YIPPEE!!!!

I got a call from my older sister last night to let me know that

SHE'S PREGNANT!!!

That is such fantastic news! Her and her husband have been trying to conceive for nearly 2 1/2 years.. they are definitely long overdue for their BFP and I seriously could not be any happier for them!!! They are going to be such remarkable parents, their little bean doesn't even know how blessed it is.
They are currently building the home of their dreams, and I am so glad they will get to set up a nursery right away. It is exactly what my sister has always wanted - their dream home complete with a little one to love. 2009 is going to be an AMAZING year for them, and for our family.
Based on her LMP, they are guessing she's about 5 weeks along right now, so we are all praying that this little bean decides to snuggle in and get cozy. My sister keeps repeating "I just hope this is real" - so we are also praying for her peace and trust in her body to do its job. Stick little one, stick!

In other big news, my husband and I have officially lost. our. minds.
We decided a couple weeks ago that for Christmas and our birthdays (my bday is about a week after Christmas, and his is 9 days later) we would give each other a new flat screen TV. Well, for some reason I let him talk me into "just looking" at Circuit City this morning. We said we would just go get a feel for our options, thats it. Yeah, right. From there we went to Best Buy, where we fell in love with one particular TV (and its price) and went home to measure the space above our fireplace mantle. We got our measurements then went to Conn's for one last comparison, and headed back to Best Buy to bring our baby home.
Yep, we've lost it.
We "gave" each other a Sharp 46" LCD TV. Yay!!!
Merry Christmas.
We are now waiting for my BIL to come over and help us hang it. He has a construction company and is a Certified Electrician, so we opted out of the store installation and he will do it for us. The best part: we got to rearrange the furniture in our living room and it looks sooo much better now, and much larger!! We had a big screen, old style "tube" TV, so it was in a corner of our living room, and the only way we could arrange our furniture to accomodate it left the room feeling very closed off from the rest of the house, and very confined. Everything is now open and breezy and feels much more welcoming! Once we get the TV up, I will take photos of the new arrangement, as well as our newly decorated master bedroom.

Looks like postponing TTC has left us bitten by the home redecorating bug instead of the baby bug. This could be detrimental to our pocket book, but so far we're okay. We agreed that this has to be the last impulse purchase we make for a long time.. we even shook on it. So we will need to find something else, equally as exciting, to occupy our minds and idle hands while we wait for the TTC green light. Any suggestions??

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!!!
Hooray for Happy Days!!!