Week 26 - Under 100!

We have finally reached the point that the count is under 100 days until Baby K is due! I can't believe it, time is going so fast and I'm sure with all of the things that are coming up it is going to be over before we know it! Which makes me think of all the things I need to get done!

The most exciting thing of this past week was Cary being able to feel the baby kicking! It is such an amazing feeling, and I'm so excited he can finally experience it too. Grandma B (my mom) came to visit tonight and was able to feel it too so she was pretty excited.

We babysat Kaden and Kylie this weekend and had a lot of fun, but were tired when they left, and thinking it is a good thing we are only having one baby at a time! They were both pretty sweet about the baby and kept gently patting my stomach! The best line of the weekend was Kylie pointing to my chest and asking if that is where the baby was. All I could do was laugh because I realize how she could be confused!

I know the front view of my belly is a little scary, but we had a good laugh over it...and my belly button so we had to add it!

Week 25 - We Have a Crib!

The past week has been pretty uneventful for us. This weekend we did manage to get the crib set up! You can see from the pictures Baby K has a cuddly blanket that was sent from one of my co-workers (see Anna I told you it would make the blog)! The next big decision is choosing the right rocker/glider! Sunday was Cary's birthday so Baby K got him the I Love Daddy onesie, he was very happy! Baby weighs almost 2 pounds now, and is moving around quite a bit! Now we are just waiting for Dad to be able to feel it move from the outside.

Exciting news of the week: My friend from work, Kristi, had a baby boy Cooper Jeremy last week. He is sweet as can be and I can't wait to meet him in person! She has already sent a list of "what you really need at the hospital" so it is nice to have someone who has just gone through this and is happy to share!

Wk 24 Baby's Got Wheels!

So after a crazy week of research and test drives, we sold our Jeep to the parents of a friend of Jill's. We will miss "Rudy" the red Jeep, but we are excited to have our Honda CR-V. We took it for a good run this weekend to Pipestone, MN and Madison, SD to visit the family.

Along the way Jill discovered she could STILL nap well in the new car..... Big surprise. Which brings up our request. We won't be looking for input on the future name of Baby K., however, the Honda DOES need a name, so if you respond and give us possible suggestions, we may just select your name for the Honda......oooh, ahhh!!!

Baby K has one very excited cousin already, Kylie our niece who is 3 was quite curious when this baby was going to come out and wanted to know if it would come out of my mouth! She also let me know she has a crib that the baby can sleep in next time we visit, because she has already requested that I sleep with her on our next visit. The picture shows her modeling how fashionable a mom can be pushing a baby in a stroller with a pink Hello Kitty Backpack. The other picture includes her brother Kaden who is 5 (they didn't want to sit too close together)! Kaden isn't interested in the baby, but he did work on perfecting his sales skills by convincing us to purchase goodies from him for his kindergarten fundraiser!

Of course we forgot to take pictures when we visited Baby's other cousins this weekend, but know Adrianna will be a good little mom to Baby K....and Austin didn't seem to believe there was a baby in my tummy! Landon will be the closest in age to Baby K, and will be just 1 year older.

We were hoping to have pictures to post from our 3rd (and probably final) ultrasound today....however Baby K once again would not cooperate and kept holding its hands in front of its face. After much prodding by the ultrasound tech the baby would not roll over and would not remove it's hands so we left with no pictures! I'm convinced the baby is going to be famous and thinks it is hiding from the paparazzi already! I am happy to say that I passed the gestational diabetes test today with no issues so I went to the store and got us each a cupcake for dessert to celebrate :)

Week 23 - Fall is Here!

We have had a busy, but uneventful week! I can't believe how fast the time is going and that it is the middle of September already! We spent the weekend running around, and attending a surprise 30th birthday for Kelly (yikes that means my big day is just around the corner)! School is back underway for Cary and seems to be going well. Our furniture arrived this weekend and we did manage to set up the changing table! Sunday marked the start of the football season and since it felt like fall we decided to make a yummy fall meal of roast, potatoes and apple crisp! Bring on the comfort food!

Week 22 - We ordered our furniture!

This week was much less eventful than the past one! I am recovering from "the stone", and we managed to get a lot done this weekend around the house and errands run. One of our stops this weekend was to Half-Price books where Cary picked out the book, Winchell Cuts the Cheese and thought it was a pretty good find (I must admit we did have a good laugh over it)! We also ordered the crib and changing table for Baby K (they are the ones in the picture, but only in cherry), hopefully it won't take too long to arrive. Now we are just trying to find the perfect glider and we can start putting the nursery together. Saturday morning we had breakfast with Kevin and Ingrid (our good friends from Arizona), it is strange to think the next time I get to see Ingrid Baby K may already be here, or as Ingrid is hoping it will arrive while they are here! We also made a trip to Eau Claire this weekend to take Grandma out for lunch (Baby K really enjoyed Pizza Del Rae and so did Grandma). We ended the weekend with salad, steaks on the grill, and garlic bread! All that was missing was the wine! It was really nice to have a long weekend!

Good news this week: 2 of our friends announced they are also expecting! Janelle and Cory Ehlers and the other aren't quite ready to be outed yet! I also had a visit from the "Get-well Fairy" who surprised me with flowers...that was very fun!

Sad news this week: Our dear friend Carolynne's grandfather passed away and some other friends miscarried their baby at 13 weeks. Please keep them all in your thoughts and prayers this week.