Bugs, Butterflies & Baby G

Lisa, Kris, Pam and Carol all got together and threw me the best baby shower a preggers could ask for! They had such great food, amazing decorations and yummy yummy desserts! Thank you guys so much! Also, thank you to all those who joined us for the festivities. And for those of you who came in from out of town, a special thanks, it really meant a lot to me and Corey.

Here's some snapshots of the great afternoon!

Entering the realm of the 3rd trimester!!!

12 weeks to go until the 40 week deadline. I don't think I've ever felt more confused before as far as having no patience for these 12 weeks to be over mixed with wanting them to last a lot longer! But, it's time to get our act together and start the final preparations for this little guy that will come and take over our lives. There's a lot to do...turn our 2nd bedroom, which is currently an all purpose room, into baby mecca...reorganize our little home to make room for everything that needs to be removed from the all purpose room...round up all the gadgets & gizmos we'll need to carry, feed, transport and play with the baby...pick out a name!!!...attend some birthing & breastfeeding classes...make some decisions on daycare options...and just prepare mentally for all that's to come.

As far as little Baby G is doing...he is constantly reminding me that he is in my belly hanging out and growing stronger every day. I'm amazed at how much I feel him move, and if this is any indication as to how he'll be outside of the womb...we are in for it! He likes to wake me up a lot in the middle of the night by snuggling up to one of my organs and using it as a punching bag. Corey was finally able to see him moving from the outside, it took some patience and a lot of starring at my tummy, but it's pretty cool to see!

I have another doc appt next week and then I get to start going every 2 weeks...luckily, I just have to walk down the street from my office to the doctors office so it's very convenient.

I haven't been a big fan of taking pictures of my pregnant self, but here are some pics at 27 weeks. I apologize for the awkwardness of the full pic of me, I have yet to find a flattering angle and felt extremely uncomfortable, but you are all more than welcome to lie to me and tell my how cute I look and how I'm "glowing" :-)

Tyler in Chicago

Kris & Mike brought Tyler with them to Chicago this past weekend when they came in for Pam's birthday party. It was Tyler's first trip to Chicago and we were so glad he was able to stop by our place for a quick visit.

What a cutie!

Vote - Feburary 5th

Super Tuesday is coming up so don't forget to vote in the primary. It's important now more than ever and our generation finally has a chance to make our voices heard.

Here's something that inspired us:

It's a Boy!!!

Corey and I had our big ultrasound yesterday and are thrilled to announce that we will be having a baby boy in May! We are soo excited! The ultrasound was an amazing experience, there was no better feeling that seeing your little baby wriggling around. He was moving around a lot for us too, a very active lil' guy. Everything looked great and he's measuring around the 50th percentile for everything so he's exactly where he needs to be.

The grandparents are of course thrilled especially since we know they all secretly wanted a boy!

Here's a few pics of Baby G!

These first two pictures are the "gender" pics. The arrow is pointing at his little wee wee! Imagine the baby was sitting on a glass table and you were looking up at it, or if you were photo copying the babies behind...here's what you'd see!




Peek-a-boo...kinda looks like a little alien!

That's his foot in the middle of the black circle

NYE 2007

This new years eve we trekked through the snow to Collin's house for some cocktails & appetizers. Then we headed off to The Chicago Chop House for the latest steak dinner I've ever had! It was a really fun night!





I was having too much fun taking pics of the food, I guess that's what you do when you can't drink...yum, apps!



Filet & Lobster served at 11:55pm!

Merry Christmas

I was very happy that my Mom & Dad came to Chicago to spend Christmas with me & Corey. It was the first time we've been able to be at our own home for Christmas since we've been together, which was really special.