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lego my prego

Jason — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:15:47 +0000

Hi all.

Well, it’s been a month or something since Kristi took her home pregnancy test. We (mainly me) have been skeptical of the test results, even though Kristi has been feeling a bit nauseous and drinking salad dressing out of the bottle. Nothing weird about that, right? Well, we had our ultrasound today to figure out the “due date” of our new bundle of joy.

The date is…….. February 2^nd 2009. She is 7 weeks pregnant at this time, so when we took the test, she was only about 3 weeks along, which explains why the line was so faint. So, there you have it. I am a daddy again!!!

For this birth, we plan to have a nice, small, cozy gathering around the fireplace. Hoping for some snow (but not too much!!!). Please pray for my wife that this one goes much smoother than her others, especially Gabby’s, whose birth really put the hurt on her!

Baby #5. Yes, baby #5 for y’all that don’t know our whole story.

– may the phat be with you all –

gabby loves to ’swim’

Jason — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:57:58 +0000

I only have one picture, but it’s a cute one. Used my phone to take the photo, but Gabby loves the water. We bought her this ‘1-ring’ pool and she loves to crawl around and splash in it. I also thinks she likes being naked! I hope to have many more pictures this summer!

Our new pregnancy is going fine. Not too much nausea, but Kristi is tired a bit more. My computer died over the weekend, so I was able to enjoy the family and the warm weather this weekend (after our floods!!).

– may the phat be with y’all –

moving south? not this year, but there’s a great reason!

Jason — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:57:14 +0000

Hi all. A couple posts ago I mentioned we were trying to move south for the winter, and we’ve been very excited and blessed with the opportunity to do so. But, God surprised us with great news, something I’ve been praying about for a while now. I’ve been praying that after Gabby, if we He’d bless us with another baby. Well, it took us 4 years of trying (boy was it fun) to get Gabby here, but to our surprise, we have been blessed with a pregnancy!! Kristi is pregnant and due sometime this winter.

We’re not exactly sure when the due date is, we are waiting to for the doctor to get back in town. Our midwife is coming for our first visit today and I don’t think she expected to be back at our house 8 months after delivering Gabby!

Well, I’m back to work after a day at the courthouse waiting for jury duty that never happened.

– may the phat be with you –

cher-y-coke

Jason — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:55:28 +0000

Here’s a funny story. We were at the mall here in Bloomington and it was dinner time. After getting all of our shopping done for Maddy’s birthday we decided to get something to eat. There was a new stir-fry place in the food court. So, as we were ordering (and why are they so pushy with the chicken? Do they have an overstock of chicken?) we get to the end and we are ordering our drinks. Kristi says “I’ll just share your coke with you” So, I turned to the gentleman and say I’ll have a coke, we are going to share a coke. So, as we were checking out, he hands me a coke. I set it down. I look up, and he hands me another cup of a drink. He then says me me, “Here is your cherry coke.” But imagine it in broken engrish, and it does sound similar to share a coke. But he thought we wanted a cherry coke. Well, i took the drinks to the table and Kristi was quite suprised and I said, “here is your cher-y-coke“, in my really bad, border-line racist, engrish. It took her a while, but then she bursts our laughing. Needless to say, we thought it was funny and she thought I should post this on my blog.

– may the phat be with you –

nothing to say really

Jason — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:47:53 +0000

Well all. I haven’t posted in a while, but I really don’t have much to say. The weather absolutely sucks here. I need the 85-90 degree days!!

I will say that iBarnett is cranking along and busy as ever. Getting a little burned out, so I am taking tonight off and going to the movies with the kids, to see the new Narnia movie. The big question is, how do you explain to your loving, good, honest children, that their good and Catholic family is sneaking in candy, popcorn and drinks so you don’t have to pay for it there? It is “breaking the rules” and being sneaky, but very economical for a medium to large families. It’s been tough to explain to them, especially after you get on them for sneaking food up to their rooms at bedtime! I guess you can just pull out “just do it because I said so!” but, hey, lets trick the movie theater and save money by sneaking in our own food!

OH! Look what I mixed together at UT (http://www.uniqlo.com/utloop/):

Cool huh?

Ok, I’m just rambling now. How ’bout y’all check out the houses we are looking at for our “winter getaway”. These are on an island off Georgia, but we are also looking at houses in Destin Florida. If anyone knows of somewhere we aren’t looking, let us know. We want water/beach and warmer weather. 60 degrees +.

Dutton Waller: Site - Pix
Marsh Mermaid: Site - Pix

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trying to make a plan a reality

Jason — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:34:29 +0000

As anyone probably knows, making a plan into a reality isn’t always that easy, and sometimes just not doable. Well, Kristi and I had a crazy plan to move to Florida during the winter months here in Indiana, January/February/March. At first we thought that we’d have to be at a state in life where iBarnett.com is successful enough to support our family. Well, on a “doesn’t hurt to ask” whim, I posed the idea to my employer and asked if there was a way for me to telecommute from Florida (or any other southern, warm state) for 3 months. They said they’d look into it. Well, I just forgot about it, but was approached this week and was told that it is an option and that I could do that!! We are quite excited.

So now comes the task of finding a rental home south somewhere for those months and securing the iBarnett.com funds to do so. If business keeps going as it does, then that’s no problem at all. Finding an affordable house, that is a big task. So, I guess if anyone knows of a house or condo (near or on a beach) then please let us know. Kristi has found a few in Florida that are very affordable, furnished and 1 block from the beach!!

– As always, may the phat be with you –

kristi and maddy bounce

Jason — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:54:34 +0000

Please take a quick 2 min 30 sec view of the high flying bouncing aerobics of Kristi and Maddy Barnett! During a quick 10 minute break during home school on a nice day, they decided to just go bounce, no knowing that the TMZ Paparazzi was filming them!! Enjoy!

Photos of the event

atlanta, here we come!

Jason — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:53:04 +0000

I have been really getting into some Podcasts lately, all of them are grouped together at SQPN.com. In June, I hope to take the family to Atlanta for a couple Catholic conferences. Below is a promotional video for the one I am really really interested in. I’d love to meet all the Podcasters I listen to and gotten to know over the past few months. Also, a couple of them are “friends” on my Facebook!!

– may the phat be with you –

my kids are great!!

Jason — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:25:38 +0000

Just added a video to my facebook profile, but wanted to list it here too for all of those who read this and don’t use facebook. This is a video of Gabby, Maddy, Bradley and Kristi. Just a quick 33 second video, but Gabby’s laughter is so cute!!

watch the video

beware of this Dodger!

Jason — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:02:50 +0000

Don’t mess with this Dodger from RBBYS League in Ellettsville Indiana! Opening night is Friday, 4/25 and his first game day is Saturday 4/26 with a double header!!

Right now Bradley plays center field and sometimes shortstop. He strives to be a pitcher, but we’ll need to work on his strength. He’s still pretty young for a pitcher in his new league.

Go Dodgers (of RBBYS not the MLB ones)!!!

– may the phat be with you all –