Well it's been a crazy week around our house. Last weekend Todd helped two people move and then on Sunday night he got sick. He's been sick all week and has missed quite a bit of work and school. I have been training for my online tutoring job that I will be starting soon, so I have been quite busy and tired. Then on Thursday night it all caught up with me and I got sick as well. But on Saturday Todd and I were tired of being cooped up and decided we wanted to buy some clippers so that I could learn to cut his hair. After going to the doctor (who didn't know what was wrong with Todd's throat) we went to Walmart and bought a Wahl. We both are feeling great today and we also both had the day off, it was quite refreshing to do nothing with Todd. I didn't get to try the clippers out until today. I've been nervous all weekend thinking about cutting Todd's hair. I decided that I would cut it a little longer than he usually does and then cut it shorter if it looked good. I only gave him one little bald spot behind his right ear and I think it looks okay. I keep looking to make sure that there aren't any long spots, but Todd keeps assuring me that it looks good. So we don't have a before picture, but this is Todd with his haircut.
Here is our changing table/dresser. We have a crib that matches it, but my dad really wanted to put it together for us, so we are waiting until he visits in March.
Here are a few pictures of our stroller and carseat. You can see the pattern in the second picture. We also have the play yard that matches, but I had just taken it down when I thought about taking pictures and I didn't really want to put it together again.
Todd filled my stocking with lots of goodies. Sewing scissors, skittles, markers, a game, etc.
Todd and I both got Phase 10 dice for each other, it was pretty funny.
These are the presents from my parents.
For this picture I made Todd open up his eyes as much as possible. As we all know when the Dow boys smile, they tend to close their eyes. This was as good as it gets.
Todd took this picture of my on December 18. I was exactly 18 weeks along that day. My bump is getting bigger and bigger. I am glad to say that all the nausea and most of the pains from my first trimester are gone. I've been feeling much better and this truly is the best time of pregnancy for me.
These are a few of our visitors over the Thanksgiving holiday. The top one is our nephew Brody.
This is Ian. I can't believe how big he has grown since I've seen him last.
This is our little SPOILED princess Gracee. She is way more tough than her older brother.
This is my mom and our niece McKenna. We were so excited because we all got to see her crawl over Thanksgiving. 
