28 Weeks

Here are two 28 week pictures - I was at my parents' house for the actual day, but we had to take one at home too. I guess the one pair of pants holds my belly in a little better than the other! Things are still going good - we had a little bit of uncertainty when I failed my first glucose screening test to see if I had gestational diabetes. But thankfully I passed the more intense test - a 3 hour long sitting in the doctor's office and having blood drawn 4 times test. So, I was glad to have that come back normal. I'm feeling good, and we're both getting very excited for this baby - 11 weeks and counting!

Morgan's Wedding

Last weekend Calvin's brother, Morgan, got married to his beautiful wife, Nicole. It was a fabulous weekend; we are so happy for them! Only one more wedding in January and then we're done with sibling weddings for a long time. Yikes!

We headed over to the Cities on Friday and went to the MN State Fair with Calvin's sister Angie and her husband Adam, then had the rehearsal dinner on Friday at Buca's. Saturday we were at the church in the morning getting ready and helping out until the ceremony. It went perfectly, and was a great service. We then headed over to the Science Museum for the reception and danced the night away! Kailee had a ton of fun playing with cousins and checking out the museum. Sunday Mom and I had a wedding shower, so Kailee, Calvin and Dad took the dogs to the dog park - they love that place! I was exhausted Sunday night! I'm not used to that much excitement in one weekend.

At the rehearsal...

Adam & Angie at Buca's

Kailee and Grandma before the wedding

Anita & Angie at the reception

Mom, Dad & Kailee at the reception

Mr. & Mrs.

24 Weeks

Here's the 24 week picture - getting big! Things are good - nothing too exciting. I don't even have other pictures to post; we really haven't done much lately. We're enjoying our down time while we can! We've started looking at nursery decor - there's so much cute stuff, it's hard to choose! We also registered for our child birth classes. They're on Monday nights, and first one is the Packer/Viking game, much to Calvin's dismay. We hope you're all enjoying your summers!

First Baby Pictures

We had our ultrasound on Thursday; here are some cute pictures from it! The body parts are typed on the picture on the bottom left corner. The face one is a little scary, but I love the rest. It was so neat to see the baby - now I'm really anxious for November! My favorite part was seeing the heart beat - you could see all 4 ventricles. The spine was neat too - you can see it on one of the pictures. The baby weighs one pound, and is big - the ultrasound tech said about a week ahead of schedule! My doctor's not changing my due date, but I'm hoping that means the baby will come early.

This is my favorite - I think it's sucking it's thumb!

Calvin felt the baby move for the first time on Friday night - it hadn't been strong enough for him to feel yet. It likes to move a lot at night - not too much during the day yet.

We just returned from a fun 4th of July weekend at the cabin with Calvin's family - it was our last kid free relaxing cabin trip ever! We were pretty lazy and took full advantage of that.

20 weeks

Here's the 20 week picture - halfway there! We go in for the ultrasound on Thursday, so I'll be sure to post those pictures as well. It should be the only one I have as long as everything keeps progressing smoothly.


I'm feeling good; I finally have some energy and don't have to be in bed by 9:00 every night! I'm glad it's been cool out so far - we haven't had to turn the air on yet and it's been fine. I'm starting to feel the baby move - so far it's like something poking at me from the inside, which I guess it is. I had a dream last night that the baby was a girl - my first baby dream. We'll see if it proves to be right!

20 weeks

Father's Day Weekend

Mom and Dad came over Father's Day weekend to help paint Kailee's new room - they made a lot of progress and now all that's left is the floor and some trim work. It was great for Calvin to have helpers; unfortunately I can't help with this part (darn...). We had a great weekend and love having them over for visits.

Kailee had a softball game Saturday morning - she's on an all girl's team this year. They've really gotten good this season, and Kailee is great at fielding! They have to slide everytime they come home (pretty much everyone gets home - they only advance one base at a time) and she's pretty proud of how good she's gotten at sliding!

It was a gorgeous weekend, and Kailee and Ellie had a great time playing in Ellie's new pool. She loves the water and just can't get enough of it. She loves to jump and catch the water too - that game could go on for hours!

Then there's Ginger, who wants nothing to do with the water - she's a sunbather!

Sunday we had Calvin's family over for a grill out and enjoyed the nice day. Happy Father's Day!

My expanding belly

The baby is growing quite well in my ever expanding belly! We've taken a picture every month, and will continue to add to it until the big day finally arrives. Thanks for all the well wishes - it was great to hear from everyone. The main question everyone has - are you going to find out what you're having? And NO - we're not! I've always wanted it to be a surprise, and Calvin agrees with me now too. :)

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