My Niece

Ok, so I have to put a few more recent pictures of Bridget quick, and then in the next few days I'll update with something different.

But seriously... she is the so fun to talk and blog about. :)

Poor Heidi and Luke... I call them several times a week just to see what they're up to and then mention that it's time for some Aunt Wendi time. Then, about 10minutes later I show up at their door step asking to hold the little miss. Hopefully they'll tell me if I really start to drive them nuts..

Today I went over there and just held her for a couple hours while I did my homework. It was wonderful. :)

Visiting her in the hospital.

This is how Bridget made her first appearance at Grandma's/Aunt Wendi's house. Oh, and I rotated this picture, but it didn't really work.
I wish I could claim her as my own.

She looks so grown-up in this picture.... she is just so alert!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. :) I know I did. :)

-Wendi Jo

Ain't Nothin' Like

There ain't nothin like... snuggling with your little niece after a looong few days of studying and tests.

Thank you, Jesus, for this little sweet pea in my life.

Bridget Ann

Bridget is so precious. Such a little miracle.

Here's my side of the story :) -

I had just gotten back from my early morning walk, and was going to get ready for school when I saw that my mom was dressed and ready for the day and making breakfast. I asked her what in the world she was doing up already, and she said... We're going to the hospital!! I was quite shocked... after all, it was 5 days early from this little girl's due date.

I immediately decided that I of course would skip class for the day. I took the fastest shower I've ever taken, but then we ended up taking our time anyway, because once Heidi got to the hospital she found out she wasn't dilated very far...even though she had been having contractions since 3am.
I was thinking about going to my first class after finding out that it could be a long day.... but I was already in my mode of not going to school, and I was too excited, so I didn't go. It was awesome to see that my morning class was canceled when I checked my email later! :) (If you can't tell, I felt like it was a pretty big deal to skip class because I've never done that before....)

Anyways. Poor Heidi was in labor for 13 long hours, with no epidural. I wasn't really sure what to do... I kind of just sat on the couch and searched the web for the dumbest things. Every once in a while I would feed her ice chips, or fan her, or time contractions. I've never seen anyone in labor... but I think Heidi did amazing! Things moved along very slowly, but then finally things picked up pretty quick. At 4:10pm, little Bridget Ann was born.

Everything went great, except Bridget had myconium fluid from her lungs. So when she was born, after Heidi held her for seriously just a few seconds for a picture, they had to put her on oxygen in the nursery for a couple hours. Thankfully her oxygen levels went way up really fast. We all just stood around in the nursery window watching the little peanut until we got to hold her. :)
After trying to wait patiently for her to get fed, and have a bath, we finally got to hold her at 8pm. Oh.. and sorry to all my friends, she is now my BFF. :)

2 of my favorite girls.
6#10 oz-- The perfect size.


She didn't cry at all when they were putting tubes down her trying to get the myconium out. She's just too perfect.
Finally, Daddy gets to hold her.


Adam is soo smitten by her! I've never seen him like this with a little baby. :)

Grandpa & Grandma Knapp

Grandpa & Grandma Pfaffmann
We decided that sounds super old. Grandma Pfaffmann is my grandma, who was like 94! :)


We're all so thankful for the safe and healthy arrival. This little girl is going to add a little spice to our family.

I can't seem to get enough of her. Every time I see a picture of her I just want to go visit her. :)

I don't have any pictures on here with her eyes open... but she has huge eyes, and they're almost always open. :)

That's all for now.. maybe more picture eventually.

Love,
The Proud Aunt Wendi.

I'm an Aunt!!!

Bridget Ann Knapp was born on Thursday afternoon at 4:10pm.

6 pounds 10 ounces, 19 inches long.

Mom and Baby are doing great!

She is the sweetest thing.... I am absolutely in love!

I will post more pictures and details later. Just thought I'd inform those who didn't know(even though I already feel like everyone knows :).

Baby Showers & My Weekend

The past couple of weeks we've had 3 baby showers for Heidi and little Miss Bridget. (For those who don't know... Bridget is my little niece, arriving hopefully in a couple weeks!)

The first shower was the church shower:

Then Heidi had a family shower.

With all the showers Hyde had, it kind of felt like she was getting married again. Except the gifts were way more fun and cute. :)

The Hostesses

Last Saturday I helped with the last shower. It went good... except that the egg casserole I made took forever to bake and we tried to put off eating as long as possible. It was still kind of runny when we served it though. :/ I told them that's what they get for being in on a shower with an 18 year old. :)

I never wrote about my weekend this week. It consisted of checking my test grades every hour online, going to bible study at Ellie's, hosting Heidi's shower, and the best part... going shopping and out to eat with Jenna and Adam.
We decided to do our shopping first before the malls closed, and then go out to eat. So at 10:00pm, this is what Jenna and I ate at Texas Roadhouse.

So healthy, I know. :) Surprisingly, I still made it to church early the next morning because mom and dad served lunch. :)

This weekend I have so much homework and a test next week... I am not sure why in the world I am sitting here updating my blog.

I get to go on my first Apple River trip with the young group. I think it will be a marvelous time. :)

Have a good weekend!

-Wendi Jo

Pictures!

Well, I'm just on this new computer messing around.. trying to download new pictures.

When I should be going to bed.

But anyways, I decided to put up a few pictures from this weekend, even though I didn't take many.

Lydia, Elise, and I ready to be waitresses for the evening on Saturday

Todd & Kandi

I love Kandi's grin in this one. :)
Little Miss Audrey is just oh, so sweet!

Some family...
Daddy's Girl.
Todd & Kandi telling two of the kiddos goodbye. I love how Hailey is pretty attached to Todd already. So cute.

Yep, that's all I've got for you.

Enjoy!

Weekend.

Well, here I am for my weekend post. It's belated because of all my things due on Tuesday, and then I just totally forgot about it.
But anyways, I will begin with Friday.

Friday I went to work in the morning, and decided I would study all afternoon/evening and then go to Kendra's for the night.
But, I had a really hard time concentrating and I just sat at the kitchen table rambling on and on to my mom.
After not getting very much accomplished, I decided just to go to Kendra's. Her family was gone for the weekend, so she had some friends over. We did what we all do best, talked/chatted.

Saturday morning we had our bible study. Of course we have to have coffee with our bible study, right? Let's just say even though I wasn't actually downstairs watching Ellie and Michelle make the coffee, I could hear every word they were saying, and boy.. was it entertaining! Not only did they have quite a difficult time, but the coffee ended up being weak, too.
:)


We did the bible study pretty early Saturday so that I could still go to the pumpkin parade with Lynette. :)
It was a sad day though because it started pouring on the parade. We did get to see Eric in the Jr. High marching band(woohoo Eric!) but that's about it, and everyone began to leave. I was soaked when I got home, and of course the rain let up as soon as we did get home.

Saturday night was my cousin Todd & Kandi's rehearsal dinner. It was at the fellowship hall, and my mom helped do the food and I was a waitress. It was kinda fun. I've always wanted to be a waitress.
They had a singing afterward, which I went to. I was SUPER happy to see Kristin there. We of course quickly got caught up with each other. That girl has more energy and I just love being with her! :)


Sunday was Todd & Kandi's wedding. It was really neat and touching. I played the piano at the reception... as usual.
Some of you might not know Kandi has 3 adorable kids. Preston, who is 5? told me that "today was a really busy day!" Yes it was little guy. :) It was cute to see them hug their mom and new dad goodbye as they were leaving. Although I'm just a cousin now to those kids, I'm looking forward to getting to know them.


Sunday night my family got to go to Benj's birthday party, but I had to stay home and study.


So yea, that was my weekend. It should've been filled with more studying, because I probably failed one of my tests.

Have a wonderful weekend, and I'll be back Tuesday with info on this weekend. :D

Thanks for listening to me.

update on who knows what

To get back into this writing habit, I should just start with writing about my weekends all the time. I think I'll do that.

But for now, I'm just going to ramble about all sorts of random stuff before I began my absolutely crazy week.

• 26 more days until I become an aunt! I really hope little Bridget isn't a couple weeks late. I kinda feel like this is going to be my own kid. I just keep getting more and more excited every single day. :) I can't wait to spoil her.

• Last Saturday, a few friends and I began a weekly bible study. We call it a bible study, but right now it's more like a book club. :) We began reading "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis. It's very deep, but I like it. A lot. All we do is read a chapter or two, and discuss it. I've never done something like this before, and it's kinda neat to do with some of your best friends.
  

• School is.... going. I guess. I haven't been graded on much yet, except for my homework, so I don't really know how I'm doing. I'm doing the bare minimum in every class. Not good. Especially when you have two tests in one day. Let's just say I have sooo much studying and homework this weekend. And the whole reason why I am updating my blog, is because I am procrastinating my studying. Yep, that's how I work. :)

• I'm not sure how all this studying will get done with my cousins wedding this weekend, and also the pumpkin parade, which I cannot miss. :) My friends were making fun of me that I wanted to switch the bible study on Saturday morning because I wanted to go to the parade. Hey, I haven't missed that parade in 18 years, why I would I miss it this year? :) Although I'm not a huge fan with the festival, because I hate anything pumpkin(except for pumpkin muffins) and I certainly do not like rides, I DO love the parade, and it's definitely a tradition I cannot miss. Next year, I am certainly taking little Bridget along for a bit more entertainment. :)

• For English we had to write a paper on our dream job. What was mine? Something I never guessed it would be, but the more I think about it the more I find it true. So what is it? Elementary Education. Craziness, I know. It's a very achievable goal, so I don't know why I'm not doing it. Maybe I should switch my major. I think I really would, but I hear that it is really hard to get a job in elementary right now. And I think it kinda always has been. If you know otherwise, let me know. :)

• Fall is my new favorite season. I love everything about it. The cool fresh air is perfect for long walks and cookouts. I love hot cider & coffee, the colorful leaves, scarves & vests, sleeping with my window open every night, and everything else fall comes with. It's such a beautiful season.

• I think I would put pictures on this post if I could. But I can't because we got a new computer, and all our files and photos aren't transferred yet. It's soo nice to finally do your homework on a computer that doesn't take an hour to turn on.

• hmmm. What else is new with me? Not much, really. Just praising God for all He has done for me in the last few months.

I hope you all have been doing well. Thanks for reading my forever boring post. I guess this is how I de-stress. :) Be looking for updates after the weekends. :)

HAVE a wonderful weekend!