Countdown...10, 9,8,7,6......

The long wait is finally coming to an end.  Ten more days until Otto arrives and the Tyson and Julie Steenstra Toussaint Family makes the leap to full-fledged family status.  We're so excited and can't wait to post pictures, so be on the lookout.

Thus far, everything is going well with mom and baby.  There are no anticipated complications and Otto is growing right on schedule.  The midwife anticipates that he will arrive fairly near his due date (July 26th), and that he shouldn't exceed 7.5 lbs.  (Keep your fingers crossed!)  If mom had her way, though, Otto would have been here five minutes ago, happy, healthy, and weighing something  more like 6 lbs.  We shall see.  Actually, we'd like to start a poll, a competition of sorts.  Leave a comment and give us your estimate on when you think Otto will arrive, and how much he will weigh.  Sorry, though, no grand prizes.  Just the satisfaction of knowing you were right...but then, isn't that better anyway?  Ok, maybe not...we'll put some thought into some kind of prize...  maybe the sought after privilege of picking a third middle name for Otto: Otto Johan Henri ------ Steenstra Toussaint.  Mmmmm, unlikely, but we'll think of something.

Anyway, other than Otto's impending arrival, there hasn't been too  much of interest to speak of.  Julie has three more days of classes and can barely contain her excitement, and Tyson is still plugging along at Home Depot.  Prized employee though they swear he is, management has failed to reward his hard work and dedication with any kind of real recognition.  The hours are still less than ideal and his coworkers grow more irritating by the hour.  Ah, well, perhaps something more profitable will present itself in the near future.  We are still crossing our fingers for a job with Melalucca here in Rexburg.

Well, hopefully more good news soon.  Once again, keep your eyes open for Otto updates.  Perhaps we will post a pre-Otto teaser with pictures of his nursery.

It's a boy!

We are really excited to announce that we are indeed having a little boy come July. Baby and Mom are both doing very well. The baby is growing right on schedule. Can't wait to see all the family at Dien and Michelle's wedding.

Random Post

Hello Everyone!

Yeah we know it has been a while since our last update and so this is just going to be a whole heap of random events.

So, in two weeks, we will be finding out more about the baby. Yeah we are going to find out the gender so that we can somewhat plan for the baby.

The week before Valentines day we had a little ward activity and the Elders were asked to bring cakes and that there would be prizes. Not wanting to be too cliche i went for something that nobody else would do. Having been inspired my my sister I created a Ladybug. It was a lot of work but was happy to take second in the "Peoples Choice" award.
Both Julie and I are working hard to save money for the baby and are excited to be slowly getting done with school. Julie will be done in December with her English degree, We don't know what she is going to do with it just yet. I am still working at the Electrical Engineer degree and should be done Dec' 2011 (we hope).

We will post any new developments as they come. Being how Julie and I are camera shy there aren't a whole lot of post just yet but with the baby coming we will have more in the future.

It's Official!

We are excited to announce that we are indeed expecting a little addition to our family. Bean should arrive around July 26th. Julie is doing well and we are both working hard to prepare to welcome the addition into the home.