Pitch Perfect Picture

Adam and I really hate posed pictures, but my sister in-law Carrie took one of my favorite pictures of Adam and I together.  It still looks posed, but it looks very natural and both of us are actually smiling in the pic.  Usually one of us looks goofy or we are doing some sort of face.  I love it!  Thanks Carrie!  Here is her website: Pitch Perfect Picture

Big Boy!

Caden-28 weeks and 3 days

Today I had a doctor's appointment and due to Caden growing so much, the Doctor said I could have another ultrasound if I wanted.  Of course I grabbed at the opportunity.  He is measuring a week and a half early.  My very first due date-which they say is the most accurate is 4/7.  So technically that makes me 27 weeks tomorrow.  But the little guy is growing so much that they put me at about 28 weeks and 3 days.  He now weighs 2lbs 11oz and is a healthy normal growing boy.

The ultrasound technician had an opening while I was there so I squeezed in-I wish Adam had been with me, but he has been so busy recruiting, he is swamped with work-plus it was last minute.  I got to see my little man again and he was moving around a lot, at first his little butt was facing us and then he turned around.  The Tech was so nice she even took a few 4D shots of him for us.  He looked so peaceful and happy.  He definitely has Adam's nose.  He has hair growing on the back of his head and he weighs 2lbs and 11oz.

Here he is!

little ball nose like Adam

So peaceful!

Baby Class

Last night Adam and I had our first baby class.  Adam and I were almost the oldest ones there-1 couple beat us out.  Everyone else was so young.  I felt like I was on MTV's show 16 and pregnant.  One girl had braces and another guy wore his high school letterman jacket.  SO crazy.  Everyone was super nice and the class was informative, although a lot we already knew from the books we've been reading.  Adam was hilarious, but very supportive.  It was fun but kind of long-next class I'll be a single mom as Adam will be off at the National Football convention.

Home relaxing

Adam, the pets and I are finally able to relax!  It's nice being home!

Hot Chocolate and movies-the best

Blitz re-marking all his areas

Snow in Silver City

Baby room-coming along!

27 weeks

Christmas Recap

Adam and I finally got home from being gone about a month just after the New Year.  We flew back from Iowa on Thursday and then spend the night in San Diego-had a Birthday lunch with Adam's family and then made the drive back to New Mexico Friday afternoon.  As we were driving we saw a bunch of fireworks at midnight.

The last month as been a whirlwind but everything turned out the best it could possibly be.   My entire family-Mom, Dad, Gerard, Carrie, Adam, and myself (Caden too of course) were all together on Christmas.  We went to church the night before to hear my dad sing in the choir and then the next day my Dad came over to have Christmas lunch with us.  It was so nice and relaxing and I'm so happy everyone was together and health.

Adam's fam-Birthday lunch

Since we live so far away from my family, and they are all talented except me, I asked them to sing lullaby's for Caden so that I could play them for him in New Mexico.  They all recorded something different and my Dad even made up a cute song for him.  It was about Caden and Blitz!  The recorded songs were my favorite Christmas gift.  I can't wait to play them all for him.

Family signing for Caden

All in all it was a great Christmas and I was so happy to be home and spend time with my family.  I loved seeing them all and I can't wait to go back.

Adam's Birthday

Sunday night we celebrated Adam's 32nd birthday at good old Rookies.  Cara came back from STL to visit for the night and some of our other friends made it out.  It's always hard celebrating Adam's birthday because of the holidays b/c everyone is either with their families or traveling.  But several people made it out and we had a great time!  Caden met all his aunties that night too, Kate, Cara and Jae Lynne.

The day before we celebrated Adam's birthday with my whole family in Iowa City.  We also celebrated Gerard's-who's on the exact same day.

Brogla Christmas and Baby shower

12/26/10 we celebrated the Brogla family Christmas.  We all headed up to Iowa City to visit my grandparents.  All the cousins were there except Cindy, who was celebrating Christmas on her boyfriends side.  It was great seeing them, my grandparents were happy to see everyone and of course we all ate at Old Country Buffet-my Grandpa's favorite place in the world.  We all were laughing so hard at lunch at all the different food creations we made and it made my Grandpa happy hearing how much fun everyone was having.

Grandma feeling the baby

Later we celebrated Lucy getting her own State Farm Agency-we had a picture of her office and her promotion letter framed and matted, it looked so great.  Geralyn did a great job.  She was very surprised and I think it will look great in her office!

After that everyone surprised Adam and I with a baby shower!  It was our first one we had!  It was so much fun and we got a lot of really cute baby things and a ton of gift cards.  We are going to save all the gift cards until the end to see what we need after all our showers are done.  The little baby cloths and all the little diapers make everything more real and real each day.  It was nice to have my first baby shower be with my family as it's the first grandchild for everyone.  I'm glad that my family and especially my grandparents were there to celebrate with us.

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We ended the day with a birthday party for all the Nov-Jan bdays-basically I just got a cake that said "Happy Birthday Everyone" that way we wouldn't leave anyone out.

All in all it was an awesome day!  It's nice to be around family and I wish I lived closer to everyone, but not in that cold weather!