Tracking the belly

Well I got through my 1st week at my new job and went pretty good. Nothing to exciting yet but that is typical for beginning a new job. A lot of meet and greets, training, and sitting in some meetings that you feel clueless about. It should become really interesting once I get into the grove of it and my coworkers are really nice. I also caught up with some old friends that I knew when I worked their 5 years ago which made it better around lunch when you know people to eat with.



Carol and I have been having fun with the neighbors this past weekend with our small group on Friday and a going away party on Saturday at our friend's the Rossi's. A good portion of the neighborhood was their and was a great time. The Rossi's are moving to Milwaukee Wis where he accepted a job with Milwaukee tools. It's really sad to see them go as Carol and I have gotten to know them well. But that will be the trend for such a young neighborhood, it's kind of expected that people will be moving due to new jobs, family etc..



It was neat to see how things are going to progress for Carol as two other neighbors are pregnant. One being 15 weeks, and the other being 20 weeks along. Seeing this Carol and I decided to start a photo log of her progression of being pregnant. So the 1st photo is her at almost 11 weeks. It may not look like much but if you had seen it before it's definately progression.

Well another Sunday is here with a new anxious week coming up. I am starting at Agricredit tomorrow which I am excited about but some what anxious, as with anything new. Working at the Bank was great but new challenges bring new opportunities. The new job will also save me about 60 miles a day of commuting, keeping me closer to home. This will be a necessity once this little person comes around December 10.







Praise the Lord, Carol and I are expecting a baby in early December. This ultrasound was taken about 2 1/2 weeks ago. We had a little scare when she was about 7 weeks along but everything checked out fine and we were able to see the heart beat. Isn't technology awesome. So Carol is about 10 weeks along right now and besides being nauseous during meals is doing well. We pray that the pregnancy continues to go well and a healthy baby arives early December.

In other news Dad continues to get the crops in between rains and was able to get all the corn in before it rained again on Saturday. He is now busy getting the planter switched over to beans and hopefully will be able to plant them soon. This is the first year with this planter and has been going well. There has been a learning curve but is definately a step up from our old planter. We will be able to plant on 15 inch rows for beans but will take longer as it folds to the equivilant of a 7 row when we do so.

Lets Make a Blog

Well here we go. As many of our other friends and family are now doing I have seen that making a blog is a good way to communicate important information happening in ones life. I guess we can start from the beginning of Carol and I's relationship and then lead up to current events. Dan and Carol Bruxvoort were married almost three years ago on May 28th 2005.

We purchased our first home and moved in 2 weeks after the wedding. We live in a wonderful community in Grimes, IA and have created some life long friendships. There is nothing like having a yard to bring people together. We have had a great time doing projects on the house from simple things as painting to more complex as finishing the basement.

Carol continues to work at GuideOne Insurance doing accounting in their I.T department (if you want to know exactly what she does you'll have to talk to her because I don't know), and I am at Exchange State Bank as a loan officer for the next week. Starting on May 12 I will be working at Agricredit Acceptance. More information on that later. I think this is a good start to a blog and I promise that we will have some more information coming up.

This weekend we also made it down to Pella for the annual Tulip Festival. our neighbors the Godsey's came down before they leave for California at the end of the month to see what it was all about. Unfortunatly the weather on Friday was some what to be desired as it was rainy and windy. We were still able to see the afternoon parade and look at some tulips.