Trying to improve our readership...

Things have been rather slow at the Hamm household lately. Well, that's not really true but I have not had anything interesting to report on in awhile. Christmas was less than hoped for as we were unable to make our trip to Montana to see my family due to the Arctic Blast 2008. And even though we were in town, we even had an abbreviated Christmas with Jeff's family thanks to two feet of ice, snow and slush on our street. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Jeff and I perched in our front window and watched car after car get stuck. It didn't seem to matter if they had chains, four wheel drive or not... nobody was going anywhere. We did brave the treacherous conditions and make it to have dinner with the family for a couple hours Christmas Day. But, for me, it just was overshadowed by the extremely intense fear of wrecking our car and all the disappointment we had encountered over the previous week. I've never been so happy for Christmas to be over. Needless to say, I am NOT excited to see that it is snowing outside right now.

So rather than reporting these Bah Humbug type stories, it seems Jeff and I have come up with a shameless way to improve our blog readership. Maybe, just maybe, I can lure a few more readers (David) with this latest breaking news:

We're gonna have a baby!!!!! We'd like to introduce you to Bam Bam. He's 9 weeks in this picture and expected in early August. We are so very excited about this new development in our lives, and are equally as terrified at the thought of being solely responsible for this precious little passenger.

We have prayed long and hard for him, and give all glory and praise to God our Father for this blessing. We covet your prayers for a healthy pregnancy, a safe delivery and a healthy, happy baby. We of course, will continue to post updates as he grows.

Editors Note: No, Bam Bam is not the official name... it's just better than saying "it". Also, we do not yet know the gender... that won't come for a couple months. It is however a hunch that I have and a hope that Jeff has. And once again, I can't bring myself to call this precious little person "It"... so for now, it is "he". : )