Merry Christmas

Joel and I did gingerbread houses this past weekend and I thought I would share them with you. We figured out pretty fast that we both couldn't be working on them at the same time with little Blythe. So Joel went first and this is what he came up with.



Then I got my turn. I found that I didn't have too much to work with or much time to work. So here is my five minute 'leftovers' house. It's pretty pathetic, but at least Joel got his castle. And hey, at my house the presents are as big as the house. Which one would you choose?



While we were making our houses Blythe was doing one thing she loves, looking out the window.



We hope everyone has a great Christmas. Blythe can't wait for it!

Christmas Greetings

Our friend Betsy posted this on her blog, so I thought I would share it with you. Merry Christmas!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

(The dancers are of our friends Brett and Betsy, then us)

one month old

We didnt know if we could do it but we have made it one month and everyone is still alive!

This is Blythe and me trying to ham it up for the camera 

This shirt sums up the last month and probably much of the near future (don't wake me I'll wake you) crazy little girl.

baby Burkhart arrives

Here are a few of the first pictures taken of the new addition to the Joel and Jackie family. I just thought of something, we are going to have to change our blog name! joel and jackie +1 how about that? anyway enjoy the cone head pictures. oh, also for those who care, she (possibly Blythe Ann Burkhart) was born yesterday the 6th of November (right on her due date!) at 6:30 A.M. As you can see on the first picture her weight is 6 lbs 10 oz. and she is a whopping 19.5 inches long.







p.s for more pictures click then click on the feet (website) then click on client and type in blythe1106 for the password

Question

Do you know what this is? This is what I dressed up as for work on Halloween. It was an easy costume since I already kind of look like one. When I got to work I was surprised to find that only a few of my co-workers knew what I was. (even after I told them). I guess not everyone has read Dr. Seuss.

baby things

To answer the question about the last picture, Jackie is due November 6th, and that picture was taken on the 6th of September. this next picture was taken just a few days ago, so about one month away from the due date!



Jackie keeps saying she is soooo huge and has gained soooo much weight but as you can see, and like everyone else says she is still so tiny! personally i think she looks pretty good. I guess it doesn't matter much what I think....but I will say that the doctor says that Jackie is small but the baby just keeps on growing right on target so thats good. on a similar note, we have been getting a lot of great things from baby showers and in the mail from great family and friends. lately, we have been trying to figure out how to work some of the gadgets. Like today we spend a good hour and a half trying to figure out how to set up a playpen/crib/changing table/bassinet, sounds complicated, and it sure is. the instruction manuel was bigger than my mechanical and electrical systems text book! the next project...car seat! i don't even dare find out how thick that manuel is. anyway thanks for all the support from family and friends, we really appreciate the help.

third try

This is my third attempt to post a new blog, but it hasn't worked out because my pictures won't load (probably because of my impatience) anyway, since the last post a lot has happened. First Jackie and I had our 6th anniversary on the 5th of September. or was it the 5th on the 6th? the next day we went to the red bull flugtag where they send flying objects off a huge ramp into lake michigan. it was fun but the flying objects were more like falling objects and we didn't see much because there were so many people we were sent into the third overflow where we got a distant view of a big screen.



well it looks like my third attempt is not so successful at loading my pictures so we will just get one picture and more words. Anyway, after that weekend, we had Joeh and Amy Recksiek come to our house and they brought there little girl Emily, we had a great time and saw some cool things. the only problem was that we got rained on the whole time because of a residual affect from the hurricane down south. it finally cleared up on their last day here so they finally were able to see the top of the sears tower without being covered in clouds.

the weekend after that we had James and Stacey come stay with us for a couple days and we had a good time hanging out with them. They were only here a couple of days so we wanted to get as much in as we could and it seemed like we were rushing around the whole town to see everything.
there are pictures to all our adventures but they are not loading so again thats too bad.

other than our adventures with visitors i have been in school and just had a preliminary review for my studio project and it seemed to be helpful and gave me some direction for the rest of the semester.