Happy Halloween!

We have had many people comment this year on our pumpkin carvings, so we thought we'd share with you all! Instead of carving them ourselves, we decided to hire out the work and were able to find volunteers willing to work for food! We enlisted the help of the local squirrel community. Everyday they work harder and harder, and just a few days ago they moved from just the top pumpkin to all the others as well. They've even taken the stem off the first one! The jury is still out as to their pumpkin carving talents and wether or not they should just stick to nuts!


We were able to catch one of the culprits in the act!


Here's a recent picture of me taken at 35 weeks. Doc says our little girl would be safe from now on, so if for any reason I were to go into labor they wouldn't stop it! That's exciting good news and a little scarry at the same time. She's definetly head down now, which is great news since she was head up at our ultrasound just two weeks ago. She has been putting more pressure on me, although I don't think she has technically "dropped" yet. She has been pressing her butt into my lungs more and more everyday making it hard to breath.

4D Ultrasound Video

Below is the video of our 4D ultrasound for our little girl. Sorry it is blurry, but I had to shrink the file size to be able to put it on here. Also, sorry the second half isn't as good as the first, she kept wanting to roll over on her stomach. At 12min 45sec you can see her little heart beating! When she starts measuring the heart beat the tall jumps in between every five or six little beat is actually her hiccuping. Her heartbeat was 143 beats per minute, she still seems perfect! In the office we were able to hear it on the screen, but I am a little disappointed that you can't hear it on the video. At about 15min 50sec, she gets her hands and legs out of her face and lets us see her face again, this time she sucking on her umbilical cord, but not to worry I guess they love playing with it! Hope you enjoy, and be sure to turn your volume on!

Visitors & 4D Ultrasound

This last week has been a very fun and exciting week. Cindy (Grant's mom), Will & Erin (his brother and sister-in-law) and their newest family addition Colin all came to spend the week with us. Cindy made the long drive down from IA and Will & Erin were gutsy enough to take little 3 month old Colin on a plane all the way from D.C. Apparently he did great though!

We took a trip to the local Pumpkin Patch which had a really fun corn maze! I always thought those were mainly entertainment for kids, but after 30 minutes we were starting to wonder if even the five of us could find the way out!

Colin got to be the first to break in our crib, I don't think he minded the girly ladybugs, dragonflies, and flowers too much though! He seemed to love and be mesmerized by the ladybug mobile! It was nice to see he didn't have any problem sleeping in it, especially since he doesn't sleep in his own yet.

You can see more pictures of their trip, just click on the link to their blog on our blog list to the right.

Yesterday was an EXTRA special and VERY exciting day! We got to see a glimpse into what our little girl is going to look like. She was very good and cooperated in the beginning so we were able to get some great face pictures, but after the first five to ten minutes she was getting annoyed at us poking her so she kept wanting to roll over on her stomach. By the way for all of you still not convinced, we got a great shot proving she really is a she! Possibly a future blackmail photo! :) I know were biased, but she is going to be a beautiful and precious little girl!

Getting Ready For Some Football!!!!

While we were shopping the other day, daddy could not resit getting his future cheerleader her first outfit! Were hoping the Broncos have a good season so she has plenty of time to wear it.

Shower Fun

Thank you so much to my mom and cousin Liz, you both put on a very nice shower for my baby girl and me! Once I decided that I was for sure coming home for a short while they didn't have much notice, but did a wonderful job. Thank you both!

I started putting away all the wonderful gifts we received and had to share with everyone the adorable one-of-a-kind onesies that my guests got to personalize for our little girl! I hope everyone had as good of a time creating them as much as I enjoyed seeing them all when they were finished. They came out beautifully!


You can't have a baby shower without a cute little baby cake!

Welcome!!!

Welcome everyone! As encouraged by many of our out of state family, we have decided to start a blog so you can keep up to date with us and our future family addition. Most importantly though, is to share our excitement about our little girl who is expected to arrive around December 5th, 2009! Seemed like a good reason to start one! Check out our progress below!

3/26/2009 - WERE PREGNANT!!!!!


4/27/2009
Our first doctors appointment was definetly one of the most exciting! From the second I found out I was pregnant I counted the days to our first appointment. Knowing that we were going to be able to see our little one and see the little heart beating was amazing! Even though our little one was only 0.5 inches long, it was clear there was a baby there with a very strong flickering heartbeat. As excited as we were it took everything we had to not tell anyone for another month!

First Baby Picture at 8 week ultrasound - our little KB (Kidney Bean)!
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For the next two appointments our little one was hiding behind my placenta, which just happened to be covering the front of my abdomen. So hearing the heartbeat was not possible...we continued to have quick ultrasounds just to confirm the heartbeat was ok.

5/21/2009
12 week ultrasound - our little KB turned more alien like! 1 trimester almost down, two to go! At this point we were in the clear and we started telling everyone. Even though I have been holding this secret for almost two months it has now just become real...now that our friends and family can share in our joy.

6/18/2009

16 week ultrasound - our little one has two feet and 1o toes!

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7/14/2009

20 week official ultrasound

Finally the day has come for us to find out the gender of our little one! We got to have a more extensive ultrasound this time, everything appears to be normal and the best part was finding out we were having a little girl! At our appointment this week was also the first time we got to hear and not just see the heartbeat. What an amazing sound!

Sucking her thumb!

More defined feet!

It's a GIRL!!!!! Look for the three horizontal lines. Your looking at her butt, the two long white lines above and below "girl" are the leg bones, the arrow is in the space between her legs.

7/18/2009

I made it to the halfway mark, 20 weeks! Up to this point I think I have been pretty lucky, I've only been plagued by a few days of being sick, and up to this point I've barely gained any weight. Although I'm sure that has to do with the fact that I have zero desire to eat or drink anything unhealthy, but at least I'm starting to look more pregnant, and not just getting chubby.

20 weeks 2 days

8/19/2009

I've finally given up my regular clothes, maternity jeans have become a must! Everything has still been going great, she starting kicking me about 3 weeks ago, which Grant has been able to feel her as well which has been very exciting for him! So all this fluttering feeling people talk about never existed for me. She just started moving one day and there was no question it was her, especially when the kicks to the bladder started. So as weird yet amazing as it is to feel her, she likes to wake me up in the middle of the night and start kicking or punching the side I'm laying on until I switch sides. Then it will start up again a few hours later. I wish she would just pick a side already!!!
24 weeks 4 days

9/19/2009

29 Weeks

Putting our nursery together!

We finished painting the nursery last week and Grant and I were able to start moving the furniture into the room, it still looks a little bare but it's been fun and exciting now that I get to see it coming together a little more!

View from the door

Crib wall

Dresser/Changing Table

Crib Bedding