baby's latest photo shoot

We went for another ultrasound last week and Baby was showing off his acrobatic skills this time, putting his feet behind his head! The ultrasound tech was cracking up, as he put his hands behind his head and proceded to hit his feet with his hands (or vice versa!) If that's what he's doing when I can't feel him, I can't imagine what he's doing when I can feel him! She also caught a picture of him opening his mouth wide and we saw his little tongue. The pictures aren't the greatest since I'm without a scanner, but hopefully you can see what I'm talking about.

belly shots II

26 weeks!

24 weeks and my face was replaced by a creepy flash...

The belly continues its expansion...

Nursery Part II

We've been doing lots of work on the nursery and it's coming together. This weekend Mike hung the curtains and the sailboat pictures and I put the bedskirt etc. on the crib. Everything's almost done, except for the letters spelling baby's name over the crib, which won't go up for awhile...


Each of the sailboat pictures has a part of the nursery rhyme that's on the quilt



I'm not sure why the walls look so bright-blue in the pictures. It's really more of a pale blue in person.

Getting in some practice...

Last weekend we went to visit our new nephew, Graham. We both got to practice holding him - he's adorable and his parents are very happy and proud, so it made us even more excited for November. Doesn't Mike look like a natural?

Cats love new stuff. The next few months should be entertaining...

(note the evil demon face as I tell him to get out of the bouncer)

Cards 3, Cubs 1

In honor of this weekend's cubs-cards series, I'd like to note that our baby is already involved in an intense tug of war for his allegience. The day Mike found out he was a boy, he bought him a little cubs outfit. But thanks to our recent visit to St. Louis, including a trip to the ballpark clubhouse and some awesome donations from our friend Liddy, the babe's wardrobe is now leaning towards the good old red and white. With our friends in Indiana evenly divided, I'm sure this will not be the last of his red and blue wardrobe. I just hope the kid likes baseball.

Baby bedding

Baby's bedding arrived yesterday and I was ridiculously excited about it. Until we get it all set up, here are some pictures from the catalogue: