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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Getting Ready

I have had the week off, which I have been really enjoying! I have a list of projects that I have been working on around the house. I could get used to this!

Yesterday I tackled cleaning up the soon to be nursery. While I was gone in Rome, Brian started the process, with stripping the walls. We soon realized that we have an insulation problem in the room. The heat just isn't getting to the room, and the lack of insulation in the walls is releasing any possible heat that is getting in. So, before we start any further decoration we need to resolve this problem.

In the meantime, I knew I needed to tackle the stuff in this room. This room has been the "catch all" for a good while now, so I needed to spend some time in there cleaning things out and organizing things. This was the project yesterday. I was so happy to see the end result yesterday! Granted, we still have a long way to go to get this room "Goober ready," but at least we can walk in there now. I wish I would have taken a "before" picture so you could see the progress, but now you can at least see the floor!

As we make more progress on this room, I will be sure to post more pictures. I am still deciding on the decor for the room. I am thinking monkeys! =)



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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Patt Family Tradition

Christmas Eve Dinner has become a long time tradition in the Patt Family. And of course we celebrate it in full Italian style! The first rule: No meat! The tradition is to have 7 different types of fish in order to represent the 7 sacraments, but we decided to have 3 this year, for the Trinity. It wouldn't be a Patt Family traditional dinner with out homemade pasta! Another tradition that has developed over the years is my Dad and I planning and cooking the dinner. this is a tradition that I have loved to be a part of and look forward to sharing it with our children some day. The event usually begins with a trip to the West Side Market to get all of our fresh ingredients, and a stop at Gus Gallucci's an authentic Italian grocery store in Cleveland. We had a huge time crunch this year, so we weren't able to make the ceremonial shopping trip, but will be sure to partake in that in the future.

So, Dad, my cousin Caitlyn and I spent the day chopping, sauteing, mixing, cutting, stirring and have a great time! We made Garlic Soup, homemade pasta with a lemon cream sauce, portabella mushroom burgers, and of course our 3 fishes, smelt, shrimp and halibut. (ya know, "Just for the 'halibut!'" Normally I would also be enjoying a glass (or bottle) of wine while cooking, but this year, had to pass on that for Goober's sake.

Our timing was perfect and dinner went off with out a hitch! We successfully served 22 people with food left over to spare! Except we ran out of fish! Which is a first, so next time we might have to consider the 7 fishes, or at least increasing our quantity of the 3. Bellies were full and smiles were abundant! Another year of tradition on the books! Thanks for the memories everyone!

The master Head Chef at work! Notice the pasta drying before being cut, as he is taking the spines out of the smelts.

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Meier Family Picture

Well kind of! Doesn't Goober have a great smile?! =)

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Patt Family Pictures


A much needed updated family picture! Although it will be out of date in about 4 months when Goober arrives!


Gotta have a picture of the sisters!


We like to do a serious shot...for fun! =)


The Patt Family Ladies!


And of course Mom and Dad who made this whole family possible!




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Monday, December 15, 2008

Couldn't resist

Even though we got some great fall colors, I couldn't resist posting a few black and whites!





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Senior Picture Time

I thought I had posted these already, but I guess I hadn't. I did senior pictures for 3 local high school seniors this year. We caught the fall colors just in time! I probably took about 1000 pictures total of these 3 lovely ladies! They were all great subjects to shoot!


Leah Poyo


Bethany Ledyard


Monica Recznick

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Trim the tree

I cued up the Carpenter's Christmas CD before we left to get the tree, so all I had to do was press play when we got home.

Brian got the tree all settled in the stand and I went to town with the decorating! While I decorated the tree, Brian set up the Nativity scene on the window sill in the dining room. It looks great! I love Christmas!

** The whole time I have been sitting here catching up on my blogging, Goober has been squirmin' away! I guess Goober is excited about Christmas too!**BeforeDuringAnd all done...with the Angel on top!

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A family tradition

When we were kids, we probably one went to cut down our own tree 2 or 3 times. But I remember one time when I was very young. I am not sure if I remember it so much from the actual night, or from the pictures we have of the event. I was probably on 4 or 5 years old. We were all bundled up and it was snowing. Even though we didn't cut down our own tree every year, we did ALWAYS have a REAL tree! This was always a must in our family. I think us kids would disown my parents if they ever got a fake tree! There is something about the smell of evergreen that says Christmas, that you can't get from a candle!

So, for the past two years Brian and I have gone to cut down our own tree. It's so much fun creating these memories together, and I look forward to the day that we take our children (outside of the womb) on this adventure to create more memories!

I wished there was a little more snow on the ground today, as we went out to get our tree, but I was grateful that it wasn't very cold outside. It took us a little longer than last year to pick out a good tree. The pickin's were slim, so the fact that it was warm helped me to stay focused and not pick out a Charlie Brown tree."You want me to do what? Use my muscles?!"
Our tree while it is still in it's "womb" soon to be transported to our living room!Us with the tree before Brian took a saw to itTIMBER!!Draggin' it off!I love this picture! They give you a sled to drag the tree back. If there were snow, and if we had kids with us, it would have been so fun to drag them around in the sled as we looked for a tree!

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Friday, December 12, 2008

Staff Christmas Party

I always look forward to our all Staff and Faculty Christmas Party at Franciscan University. It is always a good time...get dressed up all fancy, get to visit with people who work on campus that I don't get to see very often and always lots of yummy food! Being that I wasn't drinking any wine this year, I think I ate more food than normal! But, OH was it GOOD!

Of course we had to take some pictures to document the event.Me and the girls. Kathleen, Christi & Kristi.
My Kristi and I!
Daddy loves Goober!
The Meier Family!

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Monday, December 8, 2008

18 weeks and lots of movement!

I am now 18 weeks along and the baby was moving around a ton last night!! It was so cool to feel it, that I wish others could feel it too.

We had some friends come and visit this weekend...Becky, Trevor and their adorable little son, John Paul. It was so fun to hold him and play with him. It of course, made me very excited for our little one!!!!

Here is the 18 week belly picture, and a cute photo of John Paul!

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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Finally some belly pics!





Well, I was only going to post my most recent belly pic, but then I thought it might be fun to see the progression. I will be taking an 18 week picture this weekend. I can't believe I almost halfway there!!

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Will my patience last...

Will my patience last for this whole pregnancy!? I have been a pretty impatient person my whole life! I always wondered how I would fare through pregnancy and being patient to wait for the baby to be born...not that I have much choice in the matter! =) I am just so excited to meet this baby!

I am loving being pregnant...I have been feeling the baby move around for the last few weeks...which is amazing! I was at Mass the other day and saw my friend with her little baby girl, and just watched them interacting each other and just made me so excited to meet our little miracle! I have always wondered what our kids would look like, what kind of personality they would have, what would be their favorite things, etc? I can't wait to meet this amazing gift and discover all the pieces and parts of their life!!

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