bad at pictures

Many of you who will read any of these posting probably know me well enough to know that I'm bad at keeping everyone updated and even worse at taking pictures. It probably doesn't help that Chris is not particularly great at this either. But rest assured, this is our vow, that we are going to make an effort to take more pictures and to keep everyone in the loop, at least by letting you all read and see some of our postings. Many of you have expressed that i need to send out more pictures, so this week we will take some pics ans post them here for all to see. XOXO

baby 20 weeks

20 weeks! I thought that it would be cool to see a picture of the baby. this is taken with either chris or my phone, but you can see that this baby likes to suck it's fingers! I think the baby has had a hand in the mouth every time we've checked in. Also, you cannot see in this frame, but this baby has long legs and big feet! My mom will tell you big feet! She's a lil nervous if it's a girl that she will not be able to wear sexy girl shoes with a size 10 foot, lol. I think that this is just gonna be a big baby, but we're ready for that! We're still planning on delivering this baby as natural as we possibly can. Unless something happens that puts one of us in danger, that's the plan, and we're sticking to it :) At our 20 ultrasound we were told that this baby weighed 50% more than the average baby at 20 weeks and that the femur length was in the 67%, so unless the growth has slowed, we're just ready for a big one! Also at this ultrasound we were told that all parts look great and all organs and ligaments are where they are supposed to reside. All in all we've been very lucky, and pregnancy has just been fun!

this is 7 months! Still feeling great, no complications, feeling energetic. Definitely feeling pregnant, no longer feeling chubby. Baby also began big kicks around this time! This was taken during the baby's first drive to Idaho!

some progression

here's a picture of us walking the dogs. i think that this is 5.5-6months, i can't remember exactly. This is about the time that i also stopped feeling like i just appeared to drink a lot, or that I'd been putting away the lbs in the front. lol. This is also when i was still able to run, where as now it's a lil heavy in front when i run, and walking is best. Hope these pictures are fun to see how my tummy has grown.

1st time

So this is my first time ever writing on a blog, let alone this one, so bare with me. This was a great idea that Danielle had and i hope that it's fun for everyone who participates or uses the blog in any way! Hopefully I'll be diligent in using this blog and it will be a fun and helpful way for everyone to be involved to whatever extent they want in knowing about the pregnancy and the baby. I'd like to post some pictures on here so hopefully everyone can see the pregnancy progression thus far. this first photo came out a lil huge, oops. But this is my tummy at 20weeks, about when i first started showing, at least w/o a shirt on, lol Well, i hope you enjoy! XOXO