Birthing Class

We are half way through our birthing class!  It's been interesting.  I'm not a fan of the videos...birth is a very personal thing.  But overall I think we've learned some good things- especially about Kurt's role!  I have found this to be comforting, but I think it's making Kurt more nervous.  I told him he has the easy job and will need to be the strong one.  Not sure that made him any less nervous :)  It's going to be an adventure, and probably not an enjoyable one, but we'll get Lobi on the other side!  Which is the start of a whole new adventure. 

Nativity!

Kurt and I have our first nativity!  And it's actually Lobi's.  The baby shower last Saturday had a book theme (awesome idea Jeanette!).  My mom gave us a picture book titled "The Very First Christmas" and a matching nativity!  I love the book (it rhymes) and the nativity is absolutely adorable!

The figurines and book match.  How fun!

Getting there with a little help from our friends

I had my 4th and final baby shower yesterday!  The final three were all last week- family shower on Sunday, work shower on Thursday, and college friends shower on Saturday.  I can't express my gratitude enough for the kindness and generosity of my friends, family, and co-workers!  Not only have they given me shower presents, but I've received hand-me-down clothes, a rocking chair, changing table, dresser, and a stroller!  They're all used, but in great shape and we absolutely could not have afforded to get all this stuff ourselves!  Kurt and I wouldn't have been able to make this work without all you good folks!  Thank you so much!  We love you! 

We have some clothes now!  I received lots of adorable outfits from my co-workers and tons of hand-me-downs from my sister Megan which beefed up our collection.  We're going to use the bookshelf as a 'dresser'.  We plan on buying more of the cloth containers (see the one we already have?) and using those as 'drawers'.

Lobi now has some adorable stuffed animals (the giant octopus is from Lili!  She was very excited about it) and great books!  I can't wait to read them to her.

We have more stuff under the crib and changing table and even more around the house!  I'm sure there will be more pictures once everything is put together.  I'm so glad we opted for a 2 bedroom apartment 1.75 years ago otherwise we wouldn't have enough room!

34 Weeks

I think I'm finally starting to feel pregnant- I'm definitely warmer than usual and I just noticed a couple days ago that my ankles and feet are quite swollen at the end of the day.  Strangely, the right foot swells more than the left.  I tend to spill things on my belly too...

I wore this same shirt 10 weeks ago!  I think Lobi's grown a little.

Let the Christmas season begin!

I love Christmas trees!  I decorated the tree and ate homemade Chex mix while listening to Christmas music. 

Here's our 2012 ornament.  We bought it when we went to Universal Studios back in March:

I decorated the mantle a bit too.  We have a little stocking for Lobi!

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was a busy weekend!  We were running around seeing all our different family members.  It was especially great to the Roths and Franks who came from Utah and the Tri-Cities respectively.  I think I'm still stuffed!  And still tired :)

I didn't take many pictures, but somehow the only day I did was the day I didn't shower!  And the pictures are pretty much only of Olivia.  She's so cute!

We went to Washington Park and enjoyed getting rained on while at the beach.  Here's Kurt and I with Olivia.  The last time we saw her she didn't know how to babble and her eyes weren't blue!  She's grown a ton!

Charlotte was there too!  She loves her blue dress and refuses to wear anything else...even on a 45 degree day in the rain while at the beach.  She had to be freezing!

Kurt's an expert rock skipper:

It was a beautiful day...the clouds really rolled in.

I'm so thankful for my family and that I was able to see them this weekend.  I wish they lived closer so I could see them more often- especially now that Lobi's on her way! 

Merc!

I made thank you cards to send out to those who attended my first baby shower.  I think they turned out well, but were rather time consuming so I'll be using pre-made cards for the next showers!