7 months pregnant and seventh doctor visit

Today completes month 7! We start 31 weeks tomorrow and are happily cruising along. We had our seventh doctor visit today and our little guy is growing right on track. His heartbeat is still great and we are eager for our followup ultrasound on the kidneys next week. We start our birthing classes on Monday. I am feeling great and continuing to love pregnancy. We are so excited that in a couple months we will be holding, hugging and snuggling with our precious little one!

Our nephew has arrived!

Ryan and Julie welcomed their bundle of joy into their family today. Trevor Michael Adams was born at 4:31 pm - 7 lbs., 11 oz., 20 inches long. Congratulations to the proud mom and dad! - we love you all and can't wait to meet our precious nephew!

Fall colors in Tahoe

Our trip to sunny San Diego

Tailgating before the Jimmy Buffet concert

Excited for our little guys "first" concert...our future parrothead!
Nothing like brothers...these guys love hanging out
Kellie and Maggie ready for dinner after a great day walking around the Gaslamp District and chillin' out by the pool

We just got home from a great 3 day trip to San Diego for the Jimmy Buffet concert and to hang out with Ryan and Kellie. They ran in the Chicago Marathon last Sunday and headed west for the concert and some rest and relaxation. We had a great visit and enjoyed the warm weather and good times of the San Diego area. We stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel in the Gaslamp District. It was a very cool hotel and the location was great. Jimmy Buffet was tons of fun...and he helped the guys stay on track for it being 5 o'clock somewhere :-) Hee hee!

A taste of winter!

Here are pictures of what we woke up to last weekend. October 11th is a bit early for snow in our opinion and we are glad that it has warmed back up.

Sixth doctor visit

Today was our 28 week appointment and all is great! Our little guy measured right on size, my weight gain was good and the heartbeat is still in the 150's. My glucose challenge test came back good and no issue of anemia either. We will start going to the doctor every 2 weeks moving forward and will have our follow up ultrasound in a couple weeks. I am feeling really good in the start of the third trimester and look forward to growing and making more room for the little one over the next 12 weeks. The baby is about 2 pounds and will start packing on the weight every week. Greg and I are so excited to meet our little guy in just a few months!

Fall is certainly here...

Each morning I try to get in my 1 1/2 mile loop around the neighborhood. I love the time to exercise, enjoy the quite time and breath in the Tahoe air. Over the past couple weeks I have realized that fall is certainly here as I went from my short sleeve shirt to a sweatshirt to a beanie and this morning even all those layers left me a little chilly. It appears be time for gloves and a couple more layers! I figure I will just keep layering up until the snow flies and I can't be out walking on the slippery snow and ice. The aspens are turning yellow and pine needles are covering everything...certainly beautiful for sure! I will try to get some pictures up of the colors this week.

Third trimester

Ok, here is the picture of me at 27 weeks and the start of the third trimester.

6 months pregnant

Another month has flown by...we have completed month 6 and are forging ahead into the 3rd trimester - WOW! I am feeling wonderful and so enjoying pregnancy. As many have commented to me "your belly has really blossomed in the past couple weeks". I will get a picture up within the next couple days for all to see. Our little man is still moving a ton and it is so much fun. Sometimes at work I catch myself looking down to see my belly moving all around - slight distraction but certainly a good one. As he grows the movements are much stronger...Greg commented last night that sometimes he thinks he is going to push right out of my belly - HA.