Marching towards Christmas

Just a note to update on what's going on in the Dodd household. Today we received what felt like a ton of snow, but ended up being only 2 inches! Brr. Tomorrow we are going to brave the cold and go watch the Kansas City Chiefs play the Tennesse Titans in freezing weather. Fun (for someone). We have decorated our Christmas tree and have actually started the process of finishing our floors on our own. This was a pretty intimidating task, but it turns out to not be as bad as we thought it might be. Other than the smell, it is really not bad at all. The end results will really be worth it too!

On the baby front, not much new news. Tonya is still not showing at 12.5 weeks, but she is having dreams about the baby which is pretty cool!

Next week we are spending Christmas in Florida with Tonya's family at DisneyWorld. I am sure we will have lots to share after that!

Happy Holidays all! (We are still trying to get that elusive Christmas letter and picture out to you all.)

Baby Pictures!

Ok folks! To all you restless, breathless family and friends... On Friday, November 30 we had our first sonogram! Wow! Incredible. The technician told us that the baby measures 2.6 centimeters, but already we could see fingers and toes and see and hear the heartbeat. It was an incredible experience. Seeing the baby and watching the movements totally changed my perspective on this whole event. We are going to have a baby! Cool! So, now we really begin the planning and being excited. Thanks to you all for riding on this journey with us.

Love,

Tonya and Kevin

Thanksgiving 07!

Somehow we managed to start the weekend off by squeezing 10.5 hours of driving in 12 hours. But, that was the worst part of the weekend...

Tonya and Kylie - the pregnant in-laws!

We spent the holiday in Austin with Kevin's family and Tonya's sister, Amber. We had lots and lots of food (10 lbs of mashed potatoes, thank you Lisa) including Double Dave's Pizza Rolls, and Rudy's breakfast burritos, making our trip to Austin official. While there we got to visit with Eric and Kylie who are expecting their 2nd baby a week and a half after us! Mackenzie and Ian are growing by leaps and bounds and we had a great time playing with them. Once again we were absolutely blown away by the magnificent home that we stayed in (belonging to Sandra and Brad). They have done an amazing amount of work to make a fantastic reunion place.

Kevin and his neice and nephews.

On the way home we visited with the other side of Kevin's family in Oklahoma and had to endure watching the Jayhawks suffer their first loss of the season.

Tonya and Julianna at the Spaghetti Warehouse

So, all too quickly we are back home and back to the routine. But we console ourselves with the thought that Christmas is only 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours and 12 minutes away. (and by Christmas I do mean DisneyWorld!)

Love to all!

Fall is in the Air and that is not all

Welcome all to our corner of the world. The leaves here are falling and the changing of seasons is not all that is changing. We want to start this Blog so that you may take part and share the joy of our growing and changing family.

We bought our first house in July, Kevin started his job at the Medical Center and there is a baby on the way. WOW what a summer!! This is 7 weeks 6 days, and a long way to go. Right now Kevin is winning the belly size contest.