Christmas 2008

I know this is a bit late, but we had a great Christmas! LOTS of traveling up to Ohio to see the family! We drove to Columbus, then to Akron, back to Columbus, up to Sandusky, back to Columbus, back to Sandusky, and finally home to Charlotte. Ryan's poor Element has 1800 more miles on it! It was fun to spend time with family and especially our little nieces and nephews. We are so excited for our little guy to be here next Christmas!

Us sitting on Santa's lap!

Our niece Rayna (4).

Our nephew Jack (8 mo.)

Graduation

It's hard to believe after 4 years this day has come and gone. I graduated with my Masters in Teaching on December 20th. It was a little surreal to think that after going to class and worrying about papers and projects that I am completely finished! There were about 2000 graduates from doctoral students to undergrads. I got to walk across the stage as I heard my name mispronounced (big surprise). I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty proud of myself. Now what to do with all my extra time....

All the graduates listening to the speaker.

Before graduation, getting ready to go in.

My favorite picture! I loved I got to take my little guy with me as I walked across that stage! I am 28 weeks here!

Our Nursery!

Here it is! So much love and hard work was put into our little nursery and it turned out better than we had hoped. Ryan was a painting fool and I was the leveler! Each color on the stripe took about 5 hours. It took a lot of time, but it was worth it! This is as much as we have done until we get some shower stuff to fill it. Enjoy!

Vinyl lettering on the wall. Deuteronomy 31:6. Ryan wanted a verse on strength and courage. "Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will not leave you nor forsake you."

Ryan's sister passed down her crib to us. Thanks Brittany! It looks great! The letter of the first name is now above the crib, but we couldn't take a picture of that! It's a surprise!

Ryan putting together the crib!

Catch Up! Belly pics galore!

Oh goodness! So much has happened in the last little while! We are expecting a little one! I will be updating this blog much more when the little guy arrives. Here are some belly pics so far.

26 weeks

23 Weeks

21 weeks

20 weeks

17 Weeks

4 weeks

Yea! He's coming! We found out on July 5th 2008!

I can't believe how long it's been since I updated this. Sorry...not like this blog has tons of readers anyway! This past weekend was wonderful as we got to travel up to Ohio for the Bloom-Dixon family reunion (Andrea's side). It was in Amish country which really was kind of a hoppin' location! Surprise! The best part of the weekend was spending time with our little nephew Jack. He is 3 1/2 months old and such a joy!

Ready...Set...Go!

Well here we go. I am finally getting into this whole blogging thing. Geesh, I hope I like it. Anyway, we are the Fuds. Ryan and Andrea as most call us. This is Andrea doing most of the writing...maybe just maybe if you're lucky Ryan may post a time or two. We have just been on a few trips this summer so as I get my things together I will update soon. (Don't get too over anxious...I'll try to get pics up soon!) Happy reading!

This is us in Hilton Head

This is our little princess Mya..she's a bit tired