Second Appointment Complete

Went to the doctor and was told I have gained a total of 4 lbs. I am measuring right where I am suppose to be and all my labs came back just fine. The baby's heart rate drop down to the 140s, which is where it is suppose to be. No changes with anything else! Still continuing to pray for a healthy baby:)

Berlin Banquet

- 5th in points for the year!





Joel ALWAYS has to show the 4 feature wins:)

Nick's Awards Ceremony with the Fire Dept.
5 year award and a citation award for the helicopter incident.



Keaton at Halloween. He wouldnt let me take a picture until he got to go out into the garage and work on Uncle Nick's racecar. If you can't tell he is letting the air out of the tires with the tire pressure gauge:)

One last look at the car....Hopefully soon it will sell!

More pictures from the last Race - Thanks Andy and Christy:)

Pictures from last weekend! - From my Mother-in-law:)

First Appointment :)

Nick and I headed to the doctor yesterday. I got measured and told I haven't gained much weight. After talking with the doctor for awhile she asked if we wanted to hear the heartbeat. She went on to say that sometimes it is hard to find at this time and that we may need to wait. As soon as she touched my skin there was a heart beat. She said it was right around 170. I have already heard it is a boy and I have heard it is a girl...but who knows at this point. She said I am around 10 1/2 weeks and I am due on May 15, 2009. After the doctor we heard to get labs done. After being poked 3 times the blood was drawn and I am bruised:) That is about all for now.

Friday night we had practice but as you can tell we do a lot more goofing around then work!



Saturday at the track!




This is Nick saving the car after hitting the wall. Everyone seemed to be commenting on his amazing save.



Andy, Christy, Joe, and Joel just finished chatting during the caution.

I know this picture is blurry, but this is how the season ended. The car was junk from hitting the wall and this is Nick in the middle of turns 1 & 2 correcting it however he went flying off the backstretch. We did have an amazing year though and it was interesting pulling out all the weeds:)

Update

I know it has been awhile since I last posted however not much has been going on. Nick continues to be sick and it wont go away. He has been put on different medications but still holds onto a head cold. His mouth is feeling better however I don't think he will ever eat potato chips again since that is when it all started.

This past weekend I drove down to Spring Arbor for homecoming/alumni game. Of course I didn't play but it was great to see everyone.

Wisdom Teeth

(Nick Approved of me posting this:))
So I really shouldn't be posting this because Nick will be upset but his mouth has really been bothering him for the last few days. He finally went to the dentist yesterday and he was referred to an oral surgeon to get his bottom wisdom teeth pulled out. I would love to show you a picture of how puffy he is but he really isn't in the mood for it since he has so much pain because the medication isn't working. Maybe later he will let me........

Cranes Orchard

Nick and Madison waiting to eat.

Tammie and Rob wasting time while waiting.

I guess I should finally share the news on here that Nick and I are expecting our first child but not until May. I am sure I will have much more to write about at the days go by but for now that is all:)

This is a good technique for the top of the trees. Madison was on Grandpa's shoulders while handing all apples to Grandma. Caleb was on Rob's shoulders.


This is the whole group and the place was quiet busy!

Nick and I in our apple picking adventure.


As you can tell Caleb and My dad were throwing apples at one another and trying to put the blame on other people.

This is Nick with the apples I needed and also the ones for his mom.

Another Great Day!

Practice went well finishing 2nd in the first practice and then 1st in the second practice. However qualifying was a different story. Nick was in the front to qualify and noted when he came in that the track was completely different. As did other drivers that qualified up in the front. After qualifying Nick ended up 9th. With a good roll by Gruppen, Nick got put on the poll for the race.

Heading out for the heat race with no changes to the car since the car was good.

Joe and Joel watching on:)

Nick taking the lead in the heat race.

Nick ended up taking the lead in the heat race and one his first heat race this year.

I have videos of the feature however I don't have them uploaded yet so I just get to tell you that Nick also won the Feature Saturday night. He started on the poll and took the lead from the start. His lead was getting bigger with each lap until the caution came out on lap 23. Only 2 laps left and Nick's lead from gone. Nick and #36 Smith battled for the lead and Nick came out ahead in the end for his 4th win this year. It is amazing to think that our goal at the beginning of the season was to finish top 5 of points and have at least 1 win. We are in the top 5 for points and we have 4 wins. We have truly been blessed this year. Thanks to all the sponsors, family, friends, and fans. The support has been amazing and we truly appreciate it.

This is Nick's lead before the caution came out in the feature!