October 24, 2008

Kristi is officially "showing." In fact, we were at church and someone actually asked when she was expecting - Kristi leaned over to me to ask if I told them and I (and you can tell I wasn't thinking at this point) said no. So we had our first experience of publicly being recognized as "expecting" parents.

October 18-21, 2008

Tiffany and Jane Mouttet came to visit for the weekend as Tiffany prepared for a Leadership Conference in DC. It was great to see them and we toured some classic and new monuments.

We visited the new Pentagon memorial which is visually stunning and the experience is moving. In the background is the new Air Force memorial which is one of the more noticeable sites in DC.



Next we visited Arlington National Cemetery and watched the changing of the guard.

It is always inspiring to be there and it was wonderful to have this visit with Tiffany and Jane.







Finally, we visited a number of other sites: the National Zoo, National Archives, Chinatown, Library of Congress and even Union Station.

This particular site is one of the most known in DC it is the Iwo Jima Memorial.

September 15, 2008

Well the baby room better may be better than any other room in our house! Thanks to Phil we finished the wainscoting of the walls and all the trim.

Here are a couple of key facts:
1. the furniture is great (thanks Phil and Sue) and Kristi and I will probably be years behind in getting similar pieces of furniture for our own bedroom.

2. If we are going to be rocking the baby back to sleep at night let's do it in comfort! So a new chair is the final touch on the baby's room.

Added new photos

We've been using Flickr for photos but I did not have all of them available for viewing so now you can click on the Photostream to see many more photos that before.


Enjoy!
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Getting the baby room ready

This weekend Phil and Sue came to Reston to help us get the Baby Room (Nate's description) / Nursery (Kristi's description) ready. Phil is a much better carpenter than I am so there is no way we could have done this project without him!

Our world is changing

We are preparing for our world to be very different next spring. In 2008 we went with Phil and Sue Russell and Kara and Chris Moore (Kristi's Mom and Dad and Sister and Brother-in-law) to Kauai, Hawaii.

This year we are getting ready for our first child to be born and excited about the new chapter of life.

We will cherish this time but look forward to new pictures with a baby in the photo.

10 and half years later...we're expecting our first child!

Kristi and I are so happy to announce that we are expecting our first child and we hope to share this news with our friends and family.

More to come in the days ahead.
Nate & Kristi