Not Long Now....

Hello everyone! As of today I only have 2 weeks until my due date. Crazy!!

Jared and I thought we'd have a little contest before he is born. We want everyone to leave a comment on this post with your guess as to how much the baby will weigh. There will be a prize for whoever has the closest guess (although we haven't quite figured out yet what that prize will be...).


Jared thought it would be helpful for your guesses if I posted some pictures of my tummy's progression. So here are some photos:



I think I am about half way into my pregnancy in this photo. Yea- I totally thought I was huge. If I'd only known what was yet to come.....


I have 10 weeks to go in this photo.


Jared took this last week when I had 3 weeks to go. If you look at my maternity photos in the last posting (taken the week before this) you can tell I friggin' exploded in one week's time.


This picture was taken today now that I have 2 weeks to go. You can almost see the spot where he is kicking me in the ribs...(J/K).



Thanks everyone and good luck with your guesses!!

Preggy Photos

A special thanks to my sister Natalie for taking some cute pregnant photos of me. Here are a few of my favorites:

Only 4 weeks to go!!

Funny Videos

Hi everyone! Not much is new with Jared and me so I am posting links to some of our recent favorite videos. Enjoy!

(In this video the host's commentary isn't all that funny. We just like the clip from the show)



(I love the name they gave this video. Why is violence so funny?)



(Jared wanted to put this video up in my honor. When you watch it you'll see why- LoL)

Nesting

I'm now 31 weeks pregnant and it seems strange that the big event is now so close. With my spare time (which is now much more plentiful since I am newly unemployed) I have been trying to get ready to give birth- and also avoid the subject. Just tonight I was flipping through a pregnancy magazine and suddenly there were pictures of a woman giving birth. All I can say is- wow. Thankfully I have a little bit more time to avoid that subject.

I am definitely in the nesting stage of my pregnancy. This morning I had something explode in the microwave and I was really angry, but I just couldn't leave it there. I had to immediately clean it up.

Besides cleaning, I've been doing lots of other fun stuff to get ready for the baby. Like I have rediscovered my love for sewing. My very generous sister Natalie has given me a lot of baby hand-me-downs including this adorable cradle (which I kinda hoped would come to me since the moment I saw it after she had her baby) so I sewed new sheets, etc. for it. Now all its lacking is a baby....

Gaby's Baptism

Congratulations to Gabriela who got baptized on December 28th! I'm so glad that she decided to do it in California where Jared and I were able to attend. I can't believe how beautiful and mature she is. It seems like yesterday she was the sweet little gabbing 2 year old. Just for fun, I'm including a picture of Gabriela from when Christmas when she was little. (sorry- I'm too lazy to get the picture properly scanned so it's not very good quality)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Even if Christmas is now over.....
Yea, life has been crazy lately so I haven't had time to keep up with the blog. But I am happy to announce that I am now unemployed (or you could say my occupation is now "full-time baby grower") so I will have more time to update the blog.



Even though it is now after Christmas, I still wanted to post these pictures:

Jared was sweet enough to help me again this year with buying a fresh Christmas tree. I love having a real tree. I'll be the first to admit it's a pain but its worth it for the wonderful smell all month.

Here is a close up of some of the tree ornaments, including my favorites- a cute "J" "B" and "E" that Jared's mom bought us last year. Thanks again Julie!

Since we bought the tree at Rite Aid for only $20, it has a cheaper type of pine and it had these weird branches coming out at the top, but I thought I cleverly disguised them with these stars.

These are the Christmas stockings I bought this year and put our names on. And thanks to my mom for giving us some Christmas presents early so that I actually had something to put in the stockings!

It's too fun to decorate for Christmas, so I did it even though I knew we were going to be in California this year. And boy was that nice- I didn't miss the snow for a second! It was so fun at Jared's parents house in Corona. We love vacationing there. We get the perfect mix of fun activities and just relaxing. And Jared's parents are so sweet to still pay when we go out to eat, etc. We definitely get spoiled when we spend time with them.

The best part of the trip was that we also got to visit Jared's grandparents and Aunt Lisa, and also my brother Chet and sister Shelley, as well as my parents who were all in Temecula where Chet just relocated. It was so fun to see Chet and Shelley's cute kids. And I got to show off my now very prominent baby belly.

The only down side to vacationing is when you have to come back home again! Especially since we turned off the heat in our apartment while we were gone. Check out what temperature it was when we got back on Monday night.

BABY!!!!

Well, I had my ultrasound on Friday to determine the baby's sex. For those who haven't heard yet- Its a Boy!!!

Here are pictures from the ultrasound so you can see for yourself:


Here is a picture of the baby's right arm. It's cute because you can see the little fingers.


This is a picture of the baby's left arm. This is Jared's favorite picture because it looks like he is flexing.


Here is the baby's face. This picture just shows the skeleton so it kinda creeps me out.


It's definitely a boy! He was giving the nurse a hard time finding his crotch and she kept having to push on my stomach to get him to move around, but she persisted until she finally got this shot. I know its weird, but I really think the little penis is cute.

I'm so excited that its a boy. I can't wait to hold him when he's finally here :)



To celebrate the announcement of his man-child Jared (and I) made this cake and he took it to work. He also took some celebratory "slim-jim" cigars in a cigar box we found at Savers.