One project after another

Ryan the Landscaper! We spent a beautiful Saturday out in the yard (after a trip to Home Depot to buy the plants). Good thing he used to work for his brother in law, Matt who owns a landscaping business--he really learned a lot from you Matt. You would be proud!

Above: All those pink little flowers came from our tree. They have all blown away now.

To the left is the before picture.

It's Official!

Ryan received a call to St. John

Lutheran Church...Ellisville MO as the Associate Pastor!

We went to dinner at PF Chang's with Mom and Dad Peterson and Friends from church. Very good! Here is a picture of some of the guys hanging out before service.

The Chapel was crowded and filled with anticipation! The Zeman clan watched the service via the Internet.

More details about CALL DAY

It is a little difficult to read so I will recap where all of our friends will be going.... Kevin and Aldeberan= California. Heather and Eric=Texas. Tom and Tami=Florida. Erin and Brian=Texas. Jamie and Greg=Texas. Krista and Ryan=Nebraska.
Frank and Lee= MO. We are so excited for them all, but will deeply miss them. Most of them will be moving in the beginning of June, which is right around the corner.
Tom, Brian and Ryan all dressed in their clericals...aren't they handsome?
And then us wives: Tami, Erin and Kristy...soon to be pastors wives...yikes!
Mom and Dad Peterson came from Wisconsin to help us celebrate. The day wouldn't have been the same with out them. We are so glad they made the long trip!
Here is Pastor Pete, the "other" associate pastor! We are excited to continue to do ministry with him and Pastor Hower (He was unable to make it because his son was getting married out of town).

Preparing for the baby

Here is the baby room; the ceiling is green and the walls are yellow. We will post more pictures once we get further along.
What stroller? What car seat? No one told us that this was going to be so hard!
We went for dinner and then spent the whole rest of our Friday Night registering at Baby's R Us. One of the ladies who worked there was our personal educator. We spent more than 2 hours with her as she explained pros/cons, safety etc. Don't look at our registery yet..we aren't finished!

Just a couple more Easter pictures

Thank you Noah and Annika for the home made placemats that you made for us. We loved them.

More Pictures from Easter Weekend

Easter Blessings

The Zeman family came to visit us for Easter weekend (Unfortunately Jenni, Chris, Noah and Annika were not able to make it because they were sick...we missed you). We sure had a full house and unfortunately the weather was frigid so didn't get to spend much time outside.

The extended weekend was packed...Holy week services, Purina Farm, Budweiser Tour, Soulard Market, the Basillica, Cici's lunch, playing darts, dying easter eggs, enjoying a wonderful family Easter brunch, etc. We had a lot of fun and we were exhausted by the time they left.

Pictures of the kitchen thus far

Here is the kitchen before and here is the kitchen half way done!!

Progress on our Kitchen Remodeling

It's amazing what 2 men (Ryan and Dad Zeman) can accomplish when I spend 8 hours at work. Ryan and I did all of the preparation work, yet we needed to call in the real handyman from Wisconsin to help us finish. Dad was such a hard worker and we are so appreciative of all he did to help us. We are NOT FINISHED! We still need our new counter tops placed and new light fixtures to be hung, but we sure did make progress. Mom Z. was not feeling well, but helped when she could. They even used their vacation days to come to St. Louis early to help us...what sweethearts. I think we worked them too hard because they ended up getting the flu on the way home.

The First look at Baby Peterson

Baby Peterson's tiny body parts!!

Our first ultrasound at 18 and a half weeks was amazing! Little Peterson has all of his/her fingers, a strong beating heart of 150 beats per minute, weighs 11 ounces, has big muscles (says daddy), and is the size of a zuchini. Yet he/she was moving around like a bouncing bean and kept turning his/her back to us and putting his/her hand over his face (camera shy?). The 45 minute ultrasound was too short, yet we enjoyed every minute and were amazed the whole time.

Boy or Girl you ask....it will be a surprise for all!

Official Due date: August 3rd, 2007 (yet the computer estimated July 29th)

Little Flutter!

Little bubbles felt...yep it was the baby moving!! Could it be from the chocolate ice cream? peanut butter? or Graham Crackers and milk?...that I love to eat (of course right before bed).

18 and a half weeks and I already have a little belly!! Maternity clothes are my friend along with my nursing scrubs!

Sisters... pregnant at the same time!

Tricia, my older sister is pregnant too!! We are so happy for them. Their baby is only 6 weeks younger than baby Peterson! How cute is that! It has been so fun sharing experiences with each other. Just hope she feels better soon.

The Zeman girls spent the day baby shopping, planning baby showers, and trying on hand-me-down maternity clothes etc. Wow, there is a lot that we need! (glad we have a house). Really enjoyed the weekend with the ladies.

Valentines Weekend at Trout Lodge

What a wonderful valentine's weekend! We spent the weekend with our good friends Erin and Brian, and of course with each other!! Erin's sister works at the YMCA camp so she invited us...what a sweetheart.

These are just a few of the activities that we did...
*2nd place in the Newleywed game, *Carriage ride, *Facials (for the girls), and Wine and music for the guys, *fireplaces, and board games, *class on how to give backrubs and... *How to make and EAT fondue (yes, we ate all weekend), *Chocolate and wine tasting (of course I just observed), *mini golf, *Prime rib dinner, *hikes (we bundled up, and a *Live Band

Overall, fun, active, relaxing and romantic weekend!