Anna and I are proud to announce the birth of our daughter:

Kristina Louise Bolster

She was born in the afternoon of June 19th 2008. She weighed in at 7 pounds and 13 ounces and measured 19 1/2 inches long.

We are so happy to have her as part of our family! Anna was absolutely awesome! Each moment I see her with Kristina only amazes me more.

Last week, we thought there was a high possibility that baby girl was going to come into this world on Friday. That was fine and dandy until I realized the day and the date– Friday June 13th, 2008.

My mother, hence Grandma, has special aversion to any Friday the thirteenths. Her aversion is so bad, that my little sister Becky was very close to being born on a Friday the thirteenth. My mother wouldn’t have it; she worked really hard to get the baby out on Thursday the twelfth instead of Friday the thirteenth. So having baby girl come last Friday would have made Grandma squirm.

Friday evening, I look down at Anna’s belly and said “Baby girl you are grounded for six hours. You can’t come out until today is over”.

Immediately, Anna and I both felt a kick her in stomach. Baby girl didn’t like being grounded. She already knew.

I thought: She’s already sassy? Now I know I am in trouble.

With the recent move into our house and the baby coming, all kind of purchases have been made or have been talked about in the last two weeks. One of those shopping decisions is buying a second car so Anna and I both have a car to drive. We’ve been living on one car for the past four years. Crazy– I know.

The last two weeks have taken us on a few car shopping trips. Finding a car that accommodates my knees has always been a problem. So we’ve been looking for the right fit, the right gas mileage, and the right style to fit our needs.

Anna turns to me today and asks “So what do you want for Father’s day?”

Bob: “A new car”

Anna: “I was thinking more along a line of some kind of cookies”

Bob: “I guess that will do”

Now, I was being serious when I said I wanted a new car. It is something we need to get done and hopefully it happens before little girl pops into this world, but I guess all I get today is a cookie.

I’ll smile at that.

So, as if being 35 weeks prego (and thus 20 weeks swollen) wasn’t enough, Bob and I are taking the plunge into suburbia next week – yes folks, we bought a house. It’s up north in a community called Fall Creek – just due south of Beltway 8 and right next to 59. I don’t have any good pix of it yet – this one below is from the side of the house, seeing more trees than house – but we will be moving in next week, so expect those coming really soon.

Currently we are living in a sea of boxes – compounding the fact that this apartment has been too small for us for about – oh say – 2 years now. But relief is in sight, and we are excited to have more space to breathe in, and a yard for our little one to play in.

The fun part is now we need some furniture to fill the house, and another (more fuel efficient) car. So though I say I am ready to have this little girl come join us any time… really… I can wait a few more weeks ’til we get things taken care of!

If life reflected what our blog looks like, things would be pretty stale. Fortunately times are changing in the Bolster household. Since it has been a while since I have posted I’ll make the most important announcement first: Anna is pregnant.

Anna is due with our new baby girl at the end of June, 2008. Yes, I know, we’ve taken forever to announce it here, but that’s how the cookie crumbles sometimes. So far baby girl is doing pretty well. Anna hasn’t been too crazy during pregnancy and has only made food demands like Chicken McNuggets from McDonald’s a few times.

We took some pictures on Sunday to show the growing belly.

We are way excited, though I still look at her once a week and ask “Are you sure you’re pregnant?” or “So when the baby comes, I only have to change one diaper right?”

It has been fun to get later into the pregnancy and feel the kicks of the baby. She tends to come out the most when we’re watching a movie together. We’re truly blessed and humbled with this great new endeavor.