Almost Finished

Now we just have to finish the orange and green stripe around the room! And I use the term "we" very loosely. I'm going to work today and maybe it'll be finished by the time I get home.

Walker says this is the room he always wanted but I would never let him have. I don't remember him asking. But then he went on to say that he would be happy to sleep in Ben's room if Ben ever wants to sleep in our room with me!

All in a Night's Work

Tonight he'll start adding the white (teeth, eyes, star, stripe) and black outlines.

Wall Mural

Here's the rough sketch on the wall so far. Walker hopes to have all of the painting finished by this weekend. There will be a brown and burnt orange stripe around the room. It's hard to grasp the size without any furniture in to compare it to, but this easily takes up 3/4 of the wall. From top left going clockwise are Captain America, Wolverine, Iron Man, Daredevil. The Hulk and Spiderman will also be represented in the room. Can you tell that my hubbie much prefers Marvel over DC?? Walker is so talented when it comes to this kind of thing, I just love to sit back and watch him create.

Walter E. Plagge

Walker's grandfather passed away on the seventh of this month. We made a trip to Colorado for the funeral. Here is the obituary that was in the local paper, written by Lisa.

Walter E. Plagge was born February 17, 1930 in Belle Plaine,Kansas to Walter H. and Olga (Wooldridge) Plagge. He passed away peacefully watching the birds on his front porch January 7, 2009.

Walter enlisted in the U.S. Navy November 12, 1948 and married his beloved Charlotte on December 23rd. To this union were born Danny Lee, Russell Scott, Walter Kenneth and Lisa Kimberlasue.

Walter was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1955. In addition to the Navy, Walter worked for Boeing Industry, Gano Grain, Bartlett Elevator and retired twice from Co-op/Temple Grain. He was active in the family farm and ranching until the day he died.

He was active in the Masonic Lodge, Eastern Star, Rainbow and Shriners. He served on the Pritchett School board and renovated the Pritchett Cemetery. He enjoyed hunting (without a gun), carving arrowheads and peace pipes, hunting for Indian artifacts, riding motorcycles, flying and being with his family.

Walter was preceded in death by his parents; his brother Kenny Ray; sister, Irene Milligan and his beloved Charlotte(2001).

Walter is survived by his sons Dan of Pueblo West, CO; Russ and wife Sonja of Pritchett, CO; Ken and wife Debbe of Celina, TX; and Lisa and husband Elmer Lippoldt of Sachse, TX.

Walter was Grandpa, Granddad, Oupa, and Poopa to Stacy (Darrin), Ryan (Kelly), Cody (Kirstin), Troy, Clint, Brandon (April), Kendra (Jerad), Walker (Dollye) Plagge and Logan and Breckin Lippoldt.

Walter was Great Grandfather to Kylie, Jamie, Lynzie, Quinten, Scott, Kyle, Whitman, Breanna, Braedon, and Rémy.

Guesses

It's that time again! I started getting some guesses/requests for dates that baby Ben will arrive...
So far the guesses include:

Kelly-February 4th
Walker & Mom-February 7th
Tony-February 13th
Dollye-February 12th
Annie- February 21st (her birthday)
George- February 16th

Last time the closest guess was Aunt Elizabeth who guessed the 21st!

Baby Ben Progress

I forgot about posting these from the beginning of December...so here they are! Most of what you can see is his profile, he's already pretty filled out so it's hard to get a good shot. The third down is an arm and his face.

This pregnancy is progressing a whole lot faster than Rémy did. Rémy was a few days late and I really didn't have many contractions until the week before I delivered her. This time around I've been having Braxton Hicks for about 2 months and last week started having real contractions about every 20 minutes. I went in for a visit on Friday and the Dr. moved the due date up by two weeks to February 20. SIX WEEKS AWAY. Whoa. We also got to have a sonogram and she measured and said he is big for his age...about 4 pounds already and that he has a honkin' noggin.

We made quite a bit of progress this weekend clearing out boxes, clothes, keyboard, office supplies, guest bed, board games, etc. from what is this little big guy's room. Walker did a concept sketch for me yesterday of what he'd like the mural to look like and he plans to start on that this week. Debbe has helped me quite a bit with the decopaging of the furniture and it looks like exactly what I pictured in my head. The changing table is finished, the dresser is complete, the bed is half way finished. I plan to finish packing our bags today, just in case we get caught somewhere and have to go to the hospital. We're definitely feeling a little more pressure to accomplish things before he's born, but a little fire under my belly always helps me get more motivated.

Rémy's waking from a nap...more to come later.