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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3:30 am adventure

We had storms come thru on Friday morning, about 3:30am. Why do these things always happen in the middle of the night? Anyway, I was up shutting our windows, and heard a splintering sound. I looked out our bedroom window, and saw our huge maple tree in the front had fallen over. There was a pine tree down in the backyard and our patio table glass had smashed into a million tiny pieces. Yuck. We're very thankful the tree fell where it did and didn't hit the house - it would have fallen right into our bedroom!