Change of Plans

I think that alot of times when we think that we have things all figured- God sits up there and smirks at us because He knows that is not at all how it will go. I honestly don't know why we spend so much time stressing about things (it's because we think we need to feel in control).

This was a hard lesson for me this week.

You all know that we have spent the last few months adding on a salon to our house, and all along we have roughly had the goal of getting it done by November 1st. Well, November 1st was coming alot faster than we wanted it to and things were starting to get pretty stressful around the DeBoef household. My lease for my current salon is up as of the 1st so putting things off was not really much of an option. Last Friday Shawn and I sat down and made ourselves a schedule of what would need to happen on what day to have things ready to go. We thought we had things all planned out and were starting to feel pretty good about where we were setting. We have the BEST family in the world and over the weekend/Monday almost everyone was pitching in to help us out any way they could. An added bonus was that Kallen got some great cousin time out of it!!

Here was my attempt at putting in a movie to keep the kids occupied for a little bit. (it didn't last very long)

Lots and Lots of painting!!

The guys were filling in the dirt around the posts and the kids felt the need to "help". :)

Just look at those ornery kids. :P

By Monday Shawn and I were soo thankful for everything that was accomplished over the weekend, but still feeling VERY overwhelmed by everything that still needed to happen this week. (plumbers, electricians, inspectors, cleaning, moving stuff in, etc..)
On top of all of it- Shawn's girls swim team has their big Regional swim meet this Saturday with State following right behind next Saturday. My poor husband could not possible have anything else hit him....right?



Then came my doctors appointment on Tuesday.


I was just going in for a regular 37 week OB checkup and ultrasound. (they have been monitoring the baby pretty close because of some medication I am having to take) I had Kallen with me because normally they are pretty quick and we are just in and out of there- but this time we had been sitting in the exam room for 30min, Kallen had enough, and I was starting to get a little irritated. My regular doctor is on vacation this week, and finally the Dr. we were seeing came in and instead of pulling out the doppler like normal- he pulled up a stool. (uh oh) He informed me that instead of growing like he should, our baby had actually dropped down on the percentage chart. This told them that something is not right. (I am thinking- oh ok they are going to make me wait longer that our scheduled c-section on November 16th) Instead- the words out of his mouth were "we are going to deliver him on Monday". To be honest at this point I almost laughed out loud- he said "lets see here...what is the date?" and before he could look it up I said "November 1st". Basically- they think my placenta has stopped doing it's job and is no longer nourishing the baby. Because of this, they can do more for our baby on the outside than they can on the inside. In the ultrasound he measured around 5 lbs so he is at a good weight to be born. We talked over a few more details and then Kallen and I headed out- me thinking "how am I going to tell Shawn?"


I called him on the way home to say "Well, we are having a baby on Monday!" and the first words out of his mouth were "Are you kidding me?". (poor guy)



So I guess instead of opening a salon on Monday we will be having a baby on Monday! Not quite what we had planned, but that's ok!


And don't worry- Shawn is just fine. After taking about a day to get over the shock, he is excited to meet our little guy. We put a hold on the construction so that Shawn could catch up on some things at school and get ready for a sub next week. Is this ideal timing? not exactly Did we ever think we would be having a baby the week of girls state? not really But is God's timing always perfect? Absolutely


Next week is going to be a crazy week with Shawn needing to run practices in preparation for their biggest meet of the year; but we will get to meet our new little boy, and Kallen will become a big brother, and we will become a family of 4, and for all of that I am soo excited!!
We did finally come up with a name! But I am not telling- you'll have to wait until Monday. :)

Think about it..

I am not very good when it comes to computers, but hopefully I at least figured this one out. Here is a link to my friend Janel's webiste: http://team-sullivan.blogspot.com/ . She posted this today and I think that everyone needs to see it and at least think about it. This is something that has been very heavy on my heart lately and even though we are not all called to adopt, we Should all be praying for God's orphans. There is not a single morning that I don't wake up and thank God for everything he has blessed us with! And lately there is not a single morning where I don't wake up and shed a little tear (I am also super duper pregnant and emotional right now) for the starving children out there who are just waiting to be loved. If nothing else- just take time to read this, say a little prayer, and just think about it!

A day on the farm

There are several things I love about fall! But this is what I love most:

Harvest season! It's probably because I grew up on the farm, but I just LOVE seeing all of those combines in the fields. That is one of the things I miss the most about living in the country- you just don't see any combines around here.

Today Kallen and I drove down to my parents to ride in Grandpa's combine and see my sister Karlee who is back in town for the week.

Kallen LOVED riding in the combine with grandpa! He just sat perfectly still on his lap the entire time- it was like he was an entirely different kid.

We spent most of the day hanging out with Grandma and Aunt Karlee! I didn't get a picture of Kallen with Grandma Tammy but here he is with my youngest sister Karlee!

Karlee is in a program called Fusion which is in Kansas City so we went ahead and celebrated her October birthday while she was up here. We are so blessed to have both sets of our grandparents living close by, so they all came over to my Mom's for a delicious supper!!
Kallen's Great Grandpa Dave even got down on the floor to play with him.

Quite a pile of boys huh!? :P

Once Uncle Jacob got home from school, Kallen was his little shadow. He just followed Jake around and literally did everything that Jacob did.

It had been a while since we had made it down to the farm and boy were we needing it!! Sometimes you just have to get out of the city! I loved growing up on the farm and I plan on taking my boys down there as much as possible!!

Salon Update

I have not posted pictures of the salon progress in a while.

Here is a view from our back yard. We will eventually extend our deck over to the new addition.

This is the main salon entrance that clients will use on the east side of the house. We are going to build a small little deck so that the steps down will line up with the sidewalk.

A view from the inside! The door on the left will go into a closet/storage area and there will be an entryway into our house. The door on the right is the bathroom.

This is the view coming in from our deck. So the door you see is the main entrance and my station will be there in the corner on the right where you see the green sheetrock!

And here is the view when you walk in the front door. That back corner on the left will be a little kids corner and we will have a few waiting chairs along the wall with the windows.

Most of the sheet rock is up! Shawn has just a little bit to finish and then we can get it all taped and mudded. Then I think we are either ready to lay tile, or texture the walls. (I don't remember what comes next) As far as I know we are still aiming for it to be open in November, but we'll see!

A little "artwork"

Tonight Kallen decided that our walls were lacking a little pizzaz. Shawn and I were literally just around the corner in Kallen's room and he ran out and did this in a matter of two seconds.

Such a talented artist our son is. Let's just say he got in BIG trouble!!