The tree is up...

And the cats want it down. Or at least to take the lights and ornaments down. Right now our tree has no lights on the bottom third. This should help with the cat issue. No lights outside this year. After we had our new roof put on, it was to cold to get on the roof to put up lights. There are presents under the tree, and most times at least one cat.

Kathie is continuing her up swing. Sleeping less and feeling better. Both of which are making her happier. We have gotten her some pants that fit, and will fit later. This made her feel a lot better.

Well now a picture of the cats...

Shopping and updates

Jon and Kathie are shopping for each other and the family for Christmas. We are doing most of our shopping online, as we are busy working when the stores are not busy, and home when they are. Most of Jon's shopping is done, and Kathie is about halfway there.

We have updates a couple of pages on the website. We have also included a sign up for our email newsletter. Ther are pictures of the cats and new ones of Koryn.

Both of our jobs are going well. We are both busy and are enjoying our jobs. Kathie is feeling better most days, and is sleeping a little less. We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and stays safe this holiday season.

It's growing....

We are taking pictures, tracking Kathie's tummy. Be patient as it may take a while to load....

Happy Thanksgiving and other news

Jon and Kathie want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We hope you all travel safely, and enjoy your Thanksgiving day.

We have elected to stay home this holiday, and travel to both sets of parents over the Christmas holiday. Jon and Kathie plan to have the fireplace going, and sit down to a nice turkey dinner. Of course we will watch the football games on Thursday, and even more on Saturday.

On other news, Tyler is now on a diet. He protests by waking Jon up between 1 and 4 in the morning. Izzie doesn't mind it much, we think. He is now 14 pounds and she is about 7 to 8 pounds.

Over this weekend, Jon will update the website with new pictures of Kathie, and a couple of the cats. Kathie is slightly starting to show, so I'll have some pictures up about that. Look for more updates in our weekly newsletter, and soon, I'll have a sign up for that both here and on our web site.

Feeling better and making lists

Kathie is feeling better. Not all of the way better, but better enough to want to start making Christmas lists for us and for family members. We have a couple of ideas and have not really thought about presents or even shopping. After going to Target on Saturday, we have decided to miss most of the headaches and shop online.

I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and if you are traveling, drive or travel safely.

"Operation Name Bert" has begun

Yes, we are looking at names for the baby. So far we have a couple of ideas. Just a couple:

Boys

1. Jacob Roger
2. William
3. Joseph
4. Micheal

Girls

1. Caroline
2. Emilie

Yes, only two girls names right now. We kind of ran out of steam after looking at boys names. If you have comments or any ideas, please leave a note here or email Jon at jonbernhardt@charter.net.

Medicine is good and I am tired of Chicken

After our recent appointment, we asked for some medicine to help Kathie get through the morning sickness. We got some, and it has helped. She is still sleepy, but she feels better. This is a good thing, as she now just lays on the couch in the evenings and we watch TV. Well, I guess that is normal for us. Anyway, note to those who are pregnant and have morning sickness, there is medicine that can help, and don't be afraid to ask for it.

Has anyone seen "My Little Sunshine"? If you have then you will understand..."Chicken?! Again with the $%#%((* chicken?!" Kathie's stomach and Bert really like chicken and turkey. So that is what I make. Chicken patties, grilled chicken, fried chicken and chicken strips are common now. I do get a hamburger every once in a while and we have found that the buffet is very helpful as well. She gets what she wants, and I eat what I wish, which sometimes is chicken. All well, soon we will move into the second trimester and hopefully a wider selection of food.

New picture of "Bert"

We have decided to call the baby Bert for now. We do not know if it is a boy or girl yet, but did not want to refer to the baby as it, or the baby. So we decided on Bert. Besides, twins run in both of our families, so it could have been easily expanded to Bert and Ernie.

Everything is looking good. Bert is 10 weeks along and kicking. Yes, he was waving and kicking during our latest ultrasound. It was really cool. Well, here he is.....

Pictures of the cats...

Here are some new pictures of our cats.....

We should soon have new pictures of the baby. Probably next week.

First Post

Hi everyone. This will be our new Bernhardt Blog. Here we will update more often than our website. We plan to post new pictures and news about us and our new baby. Please continue to visit and look for updates.