The Burlings

Hello Everyone! We hope everyone is doing well. We are great! We took a short vacation to Milwaukee with my (Kendra's) parents. Brandon and my dad went to a Brewer's game and mom and I went shopping. We all went shopping in Rockford and Milwaukee. Then, we went on a tour of the Miller Brewing Company. Brandon was in heaven. ( I will put up some pictures when I get a chance) On Friday, we had another sonogram. The baby is measuring 3 weeks ahead and in the pictures the baby has really chubby cheeks. They said the baby already weighs about 5 pounds. On Saturday, Brandon and I met Chris and Stephanie at the Lincoln Museum in Springfield and we went to Jacksonville for a cookout at Lish and Bryon's. We had a great day. I also had another visit with the Dr. and the baby's heart rate was 160. I don't think Baby Burling ever stops moving. We are getting very excited and can't wait to meet our child. We have had two baby showers and his mom's is this weekend. I am looking forward to seeing everyone. We hope you have a great weekend.

Civic Chorus Pictures

Finally some time to relax

Well, Civic Chorus is over and we are a little sad and a little happy all at the same time. We will miss everyone, but it is nice to finally have some time together and relax. This past weekend, we went to a beautiful wedding for our friends Chad and Kim. We are so happy for them. We had a great time and enjoyed seeing some friends we haven't seen in a while. This Wednesday, we are headed to Milwaukee with my parents. Brandon and my dad are going to a Brewer's game and mom and I are going shopping. We are looking forward to a small trip together before the baby comes.

Everything is going well with the pregnancy. The baby is growing and moving all the time. The heart rate has gotten a little slower but they said that that is totally normal. I am having a sonogram this Friday and I return to the Dr. on the 24th. We have had 2 showers. I had one at school and Brandon had a "Daddy shower" at work. Both showers were so much fun. In a couple of weeks we will have my mother in law's shower and after the baby is born, my family is throwing a shower. We have so much and I am very greatful for all of it.

We hope that everyone is doing well and I promise to update more often now that we are not so busy. I will add some pictures as soon as I get new batteries for our camera. We wish everyone well.

Long Time

Yet again, I must apologize for not updating this as much as I should. I promise to get better about it once the Civic Chorus show is over. We will put some pictures from the show on and some more pictures of my growing belly. Everything is going very well, but we are not home very much. We spend all of our evenings at Pekin High School working on the Civic Chorus Show. I also spend my afternoons while Brandon is at work, working on stuff for the show and our party. Sorry to make this so short, but I need to run some errands and get going this morning. I promise to update sooner.

Crazy Days

Hello again everyone! Sorry it has been so long since I update our blog. We have been pretty busy. Between Civic Chorus and the regular May activites ( Mother's Day, the end of school, & family graduations) we have not had a quiet moment. Things have been going very well. Brandon keeps busy with Civic Chorus, making sets for Civic Chorus and work. I have been busy with Civic Chorus, Civic Chorus sets, getting our house ready for a Civic Chorus party and getting everything together for the upcoming birthdays, weddings and holidays. I am trying to be prepared for things early before I get to big to do them.

Baby Burling and I grow everyday. All of a sudden I have realized that it is harder to get up and down on the floor at school and that little kids chairs are not that comfortable when you are pregnant. The kids at school are totally into the pregnancy. They have a lot of questions and I have been writing them down so I can put them in the baby's scrapbook. One little girl asked me if the baby was in a stroller in my belly. I have come to realize that you should not try to explain things because they will continue asking questions. I celebrated my first (well kinda first) Mother's Day and my wonderful husband got me Peridot earrings because that will be the baby's birthstone. He wanted me to have something that I could wear in the hospital. Isn't he wonderful.

Other then being busy, everything is pretty much the same with us. We hope to talk or see everyone very soon. I will try to update this sooner then I have in the past.

We love the warmer weather!

Again, we have had a busy week. We have had Leia (my brother's dog) and she has injured her front paw, so we have really been watching her and giving her her medicine. Everyone is finally healthy at our house. (thankfully) The baby and I are growing everyday and the baby is very active. I love to feel Baby Burling move. We are starting to be able to see kicks and rolls. It is amazing. Well, I wanted to update this but I need to keep it short because I am on my lunch break. We hope all is well with everyone.

Busy, Busy Days

This week was fun but a little crazy. On Monday, we went to the Dr. He changed my due date to August 15. It is only five days earlier, but I know that ultimately the baby will decide when he/she is going to come out and see us. The baby is doing very well and growing bigger and bigger. I love being pregnant. The baby is moving all the time and it is one of the most wonderful feeling you can have. Tuesday, Brandon taught at Eureka and I got stuff ready for a garage sale I am having in May. Lily had a bit of a scare. I let her outside and all of a sudden I heard this horrible noise. When I went outside I saw that a big black dog had Lily by the neck. I made a loud noise and scared the dog away. I got Lily inside and checked her and there was not a mark on her. We were very lucky. On Wednesday, Brandon had Civic Chorus and I went and helped with tickets. Thursday night, Brandon had a meeting and we had dinner at the shop with his parents. On Friday, Chad and Kim came over. We had dinner and played games. We had a great week.