The Dave Matthews Concert in West Palm.

The Dave Matthews concert has been a tradition of ours for several years now. I've been going to his concert in West Palm since my first year in high school! Matt and I have gone 3 years together and love it so much that we've decided that as long as Dave comes to West Palm, we'll be there!!! This year was extra special because my super-skinny sister Lisa (almost 70 lbs skinnier and still shrinking) is in Stuart working on her allergy-free cookbook. The finished product is going to be a HUGE seller-it's the only one of it's specific type. And helping her taste-test her fabulous recipes along the way hasn't been too bad either! So she came along with Matt, Jacqueline, Jess, Bryan, Dan, Chris and Stacy, Nate and myself. We had a great time tail-gating BUT just as we got in line to enter the ampitheatre, it started to pour!!!! We got soaked, which might explain our appearence in some of the pics! But despite the weather we had a great time together and Dave was amazing as usual. I could tell baby Jack was diggin' it because he was movin' and groovin'.
Hope all is well. I'll be posting some nursery pics tomorrow :)

32 Week Belly Shot....at DMB

My talented husband!

As many of you know Matt is a very handy guy. He's worked so hard to improve our house beyond what I thought was possible! He's added one bathroom and is getting ready to add another! He also completely reworked the floor plan on one side of our house by knocking down one wall, closing up some doorways and adding a hallway!!! I have some "before and after pictures that I'll post soon. But until then, I wanted to share with you one of our smaller projects. We came up with the idea to use Matt's childhood dresser in Jack's nursery and add a changing table to the top. It was a beautiful raw wood-we painted it white and Matt build the changing table and left room to add two baskets beneath it for diapers, wipes etc. I'm so blessed that Matt not only knows how to build and fix pretty much anything....well so far everything! I haven't seen anything that's stumped him. Not only does he know what he's doing-he completes everything he starts! Oh, and one more thing, if you every make it over to our house once Jack's here and are on diaper duty, you'll notice the height of the changing table is for us tall people!

:) Claire

Our visit with Baby Adalie and Meghan

Hi All!
As some of you may know I flew to Mississippi last week to see Meghan, James and Adalie Darlson. Meg and I have been friends since our first year in college, to be exact from our first day of college and I wanted to see their house, (which was adorable) and just see what their life is like in MS. before they relocate to Arizona this fall/winter. They took me to the Air Force base and I got to see where James spends his days (very impressive) and I was able to meet their close friends Celia & Tim-which was fun as well! I flew up in order to drive back to Fla. with them becuase it's a long drive to do alone and Meg and Miss Adalie will be down for the next several weeks!! Here are some picture of their visit with us! We cherished the 2 nights we had the both of them-Adalie is the sweetest, calmest and just all around BEST baby I've ever met (not to mention the most beautiful)! The three of us were bummed when they headed to Titusville Sunday morning. Enjoy these adorable pics.
Come back and see us soon you two!!!
-chw

My 30 week baby belly

Here's the belly as of Sunday (June 29th). We have 10 weeks (at the most) left. But his arrival is the one thing we can't plan...we'll just have to wait and see when he's ready. So far the pregnancy has been a healthy and energetic one! I've slowed down a little since the beginning of my 3rd trimester but other than a "light headed" moment every once in awhile, it's been great. My triple screen test which I had about 10 weeks ago or so came back negative for a high chance of certain genetic defects such as, neural tube defects, down syndrome etc. so that was a huge relief. Additionally, my blood-work for gestational diabetes also came back negative. At my doctor's appointment last Monday, Dr. Wells said that Jack is head down-which I kind of suspected, seeing as most of the kicks I feel are up towards my rib cage. My next appointment is Tuesday July 8th. I'll be sure to post any news I have afterwards!!

Lots of Love,

M & C

Matt, Claire and Baby Jack

Hi Everyone!!!

Well, I finally broke down and decided to be a blogger! I thought what better time to share what's going on with us then with baby Jack on the way. There are so many people we love, who live far from us and I don't want anyone to miss out on any of Jack's "firsts." So, check back with us often, especially after the big day...which is September 9th, but as you may know the chances of him coming on his due date are slim. I posted one of our favorite sonogram pics of the little guy, it was his very first picture (and one of our favorites) he's a whole lot bigger now!!!

More to come....

Love,

Matt & Claire