21 weeks

Just over halfway there! I seemed to have had a growth spurt the past two weeks and my stomach now gets places before I do. I also manage to spill on myself a lot more. After I took this picture I looked at it and thought, is that really how big I am? Oh well, what can you do...

Happy Birthday to Lucas!

This past Saturday we celebrated Lucas turning 28 years old! I wanted to do something different so for dinner we headed to Shabu Fondue, a fondue restaurant in Chandler. So good! It took us 2.5 hours to get through all of the courses but waiting for dessert was definitely worth it. All of those strawberries, cherries, smores, bananas and cheesecake all to dip into the chocolate fondue. Am I making your mouth water? We had a lot of fun and we definitely know we're old as that was the latest we've stayed out in a long time. Happy Birthday Lucas! I love you!

Then my poor husband had to start painting the dresser for the baby's room on Sunday all by himself. I wanted desperately to help but couldn't because of the fumes. We already had a dresser that we thought we could reuse instead of having to buy one for the baby's room. We're on two coats of paint so far and one more to go!

Baby weekend

After the ultrasound on Friday we decided to make this weekend baby weekend. We ended up going to register, which had both of ours eyes glossed over after awhile. It was fun though and created a nice checklist for us to see the things that we need to get and the things that are more luxury items that we'd like. Saturday Lucas put together the crib and changing table. (Thanks Mom and Dad!) They're not arranged in the room yet but I wanted to get the crib put together so I could take measurements and begin to order fabric to make the baby bedding.

And now Monday is coming and it's back to work. Sigh.

Can you guess what it is?

No, that isn't what you think it is.


It's a surprise! We had our ultrasound done today and it was so much fun! We were so excited and amazed to see our baby. They even surprised us and did a 4D scan (i.e. our alien baby) and gave us a DVD to take home. The baby had its' legs together and feet all tucked under so I'm not sure if we'd have been able to tell the gender even if we had wanted to know. It was hard to get a good picture of the face as the lady said it was buried in my stomach and didn't want to show it. Praise the Lord that everything looked great and we're set for a Dec. 23 due date.

I attached a couple of the photos for your viewing pleasure.

Instruction manuals?

I was able to get this shot of the trouble Bailey was trying to get into this weekend. For some reason anything low that he can walk into, he does. We had an empty cube in our bookshelf that he has been walking into and checking out.


This weekend I received my "instruction manual" books that I had ordered. Looks like a lot to read! I laughed at the one titled, "No fear guide to first-time parenting." The book is thick and the type is VERY small. I think I'm fearing reading the No fear guide.

Making space

So we spent the majority of last weekend rearranging rooms in our house to make space for the baby, with a small break to celebrate Hannah's one year birthday with some friends of ours. I told Lucas our house looks like we just moved in with furniture and things everywhere. We've made progress though and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'll definitely have to take photos when we're all done.

We also scored a great deal on a like-new exersaucer from a couple for $35, which new is $80! I was so thrilled to bring it home...although now it just sits there and collects dust. Bailey had to sniff it for quite awhile until he was okay that this new thing was in our home. Boy is he in for a shock when the baby comes!

16 1/2 week visit

I had a doctor's visit today and got to hear the heartbeat again. It was so strong and just makes Lucas and I smile everytime knowing our little one is in there. The baby has decided to camp out at the top part of my uterus for now. We were given paperwork to take home with us to start filling out for the hospital, etc. as the doctor said in the next month we'll need to be figuring some of those details out and getting organized. Time is flying by!

On the news they said we might get some relief tonight from the over 110 degree temperatures. I'm so looking forward to that if it's true. This has been the hottest summer here for us yet. We've become nocturnal on the weekends when we run our errands. I guess it helps us to get a lot done inside the house during the day though.