Say Hello...

To our little friends!

Friend #1: Evil Squirrel Bryan (picture from Google, but how I imagine our friend looking)


For quite some time we have been hearing a little critter in our walls/attic. Neither of us really thought too much of it and even jokingly gave our little friend a name... He was Bryan, a combination of our middle names (Brian and Brynne). Well with winter and colder weather approaching, we noticed pieces of nuts everywhere and quite the mess! Apparently Mr. Bryan was saving up for the cold winter. Chris and I finally had enough! We got my dad to come over and seal up all the holes he could be coming in and out of... One problem, right before he go the last board up, Bryan ran back into the house!! Rather than waiting for him to come back out, he nailed the board up anyway. We haven't started smelling any dead animals yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if we did!


Friend #2: Sneaky Little Hummingbird Woody

For several weeks, while I was at home for lunch, I was hearing this pecking noise. It was so odd because it would start at the same time everyday, no matter what time I got home. I could never figure out what the noise was and one day Chris noticed this lovely little hole friend #2 left for us! I don't know how neither of us noticed this sooner because it is right on the front of the house!! So we started coming out and scaring him away everytime we heard the pecking. It only took two or three times to scare him away for good! Now we (my dad) have filled in the hole with caulk and all Woody's work was for nothing!

Hopefully we wont have any new (non-human) friends for a while...

Beautiful Baby Girls

Tuesday, November 16 these two beauties made their debute and I became an aunt for the 9th and 10th time...

Whitney Kate

12:12 p.m.

5lbs. 8oz.

19 inches

Brooke Carolyn

12:15 p.m.

5lbs 6oz.

17 3/4 inches

Mommy holding her girls for the first time!

Daddy getting ready to take them to the nursery...

Whitney after she got all cleaned up. I think she is sticking her tounge out at me for taking her picture :)

Brooke's turn :) :)

Saturday I went to see everyone again. I think Whitney could lay like this all day and be perfectly content. So sweet...

Brooke on the other hand seems to have a little more of a personality. She would rather stretch out than be swaddled.

I think they both look a lot like Allison. They both love to make this face... I think it is so funny!

After five long days (for mommy and daddy atleast) in the hospital, the girls were ready to come home!! They look so cute!!!

They are now one week old and have been home for two nights and I think everyone is adjusting well. I can't get enough of these two beautiful, healthy baby girls and they makes me more and more excited to meet our little bundle of joy in February!!

26-29 Weeks

This is a picture of me on October 30 at 26 weeks...

I have had several people tell me I was carrying low and that means this or that. Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but it looks kind of high in this picture!

I am now 29 weeks and am definitely growing more and more lately... I will try to take another picture soon :)

I had another doctor's appointment and everything looked great. It's hard to believe but I start going every two weeks now.

Chris and I also started childbirth classes two weeks ago. The first class was really boring and neither of us really learned anything. We missed the second class, but we go again this week. I hope we learn something eventually!! I would hate to have wasted the money!

My updates are so boring, but I have really had an uneventful (thankfully) pregnancy.

With the holiday season gearing up and baby time rapidly approaching, I hope to update a little more often!!

20 Weeks -- 1/2 Way There!!

Well I am offically half way to 40 weeks! So far everything is going great! My only complaint has been some pretty bad joint pain, but as of Monday it will be a week since I have had any so hopefully I am turning a corner (knock on wood!!).

We has our big ultrasound this week (probably the only one we will have other than the one at 6 1/2 weeks). Everything looked great and we have a healthy baby.....

BOY or GIRL :)

Chris and I have decided to keep the baby's gender a surprise (to everyone except the doctor and ultrasound tech) until birth. We have had several mixed emotions about this, lots of people think it's great and others think we are crazy!!

Here are a few ultrasound pics from this week:

Cute little profile picture... The ultrasound tech had to work hard to get this picture, baby was in kind of an awkward position in the beginning! Right above the head is a hand, I lay like this a lot!

Cute little baby feet...

This was all we could see of the face at first! Looks like a skeleton mask!! I am glad we finally got a profile picture... It is a lot cuter than this, haha!!

For some reason it is here twice... not sure what happen and blogger wont let me delete it!!
And for comparison, this is baby at 6 1/2 weeks:

A baby is truly a miracle from God. To think that this little life started as the size of a poppyseed and will grow to be 7+ pounds and have fully developed organs at 40 weeks. It is hard to not know there is a God...

I will have a baby bump picture up in a few days... hopefully!

My next appointment is in four weeks and I have to have the glucose test :( Wish me luck!

16/17 Weeks

This picture was taken last weekend at 16 weeks...

I am definitely starting to get a bump. Most of my pants will no longer button, so I have had to be very creative in rigging them up. I have started picking up a few maternity clothes here and there and while I haven't started wearing any of them yet, I am sure I will start pretty soon. I have also started to bump into things more, which is weird since my stomach is only sticking out an inch or two more... apparently I usually cut it close when trying to do anything! I have almost gotten stuck twice in the stalls in one of the bathrooms at work!! In my defense, they are tiny and they have the most awful placement of the biggest toiletpaper holders I have ever seen.

This week I started having some major pain in my right hand/wrist. I woke up Thursday night in some of the worst pain I have ever felt (I know, I know... labor will be worse!) I got Chris to get me some tylenol, which dulled the pain enough to at least go back to sleep. Later that night I had a very vivid dream about our baby. I dreamt that the baby was a boy and that he was pretty little and had a ton of hair when he was born. A lot of people say what you dream is what will really happen. Let me tell you why I disagree with that in this scenario... Chris and I were both pretty big babies (I was almost eight pounds and I think Chris was about eight and a half pounds) and now I am 5'8" and he is 6'4". We were also both bald when we were born. I think we will have an eight/nine plus pound bald baby. We also named the baby Elijah Sutton. Elijah is the name we have been leaning toward for the first name so that isn't odd, but Sutton is a name I came across over a year ago then forgot about. Several times I have tried to remember that name and couldn't, so I thought it was odd that it came to me in a dream.

I went to my 16 week ob appointment recently, it was pretty uneventful. I got to hear the heartbeat (158ish) which was great, they took some blood (which I was apparently supposed to do last time, oops!) and that was it! I go again in two and a half weeks for the BIG ultrasound. We will get to have a look at our baby for the first time since it was the size of a pea. Don't get your hopes up though... we have opted to keep the gender a surprise to us and everyone else (except maybe the doctor and ultrasound tech!)

Until next time...

13 Week Baby Bump...

Or lack there of!

I finally got off the couch and took a picture! I am actually showing just a little bit. Before I got pregnant my waist was abnormally small (in my opinion), now I feel like it looks more normal.

Everyone (except my dad :) ) please ingnore the exposed outlet in the background! It is waiting to be changed out.

I am sure in a few weeks or so there will be a lot more belly to show!

12 Weeks, 1 Day

After a little longer than anticipated, Chris and I are happy to announce a baby is on the way! As everyone knows, Allison is also expecting and her twins should be here sometime in November. I am due February 5, so these cousins will be a little less than three months apart! We had an appointment Wednesday where we got the hear the heartbeat for the second time!! The heartrate was 180 bpm and from what we've read and what everyone keeps saying that means it's a girl. Chris has said from the beginning it was a boy, but I think he may be changing his mind :) I don't really have a preference either way, as long as he/she is healthy!!

Below is a picture from 3dpregnancy.parentsconnect.com and is about what the baby looks like now. He/she is about 2 1/2 inches long and 1/2 ounce. That's quite a change from the 1/8 inch when we found out only six weeks ago!

I am looking forward to trying to keep the blog a little more updated with how things are going and more pics of our nieces and nephews. We are rapidly approaching the "Birthday Season" which runs from the very end of August through the very beginning of March. Currently there is a small break in October and January, but that may change if our little one decides to come a little early. I think there are only two birthdays (Christa and Chris in June) that don't fall in that range!! I will post a picture of my little bump as soon as I get my butt off the couch!