Baby Crib

My Mom bought us a baby crib for Caden-Consumer Reports best rated crib!  Of course would Caden have anything else?  Adam got home last night from recruiting up in Albuquerque for the past two days but was eager to set it up-mostly I think he was just trying to make me happy though.  I was really excited and I know he was tired, but we got it done.  It took a little over an hour-but it's beautiful.  It's also HUGE.  It turns into like 4 different beds-it's really nice.  I can't wait to get our little guy in it.  After Adam and I got done putting it together we just stared at it and were smiling and laughing about how very soon a little baby will be peaking out of the crib looking for his parents.

Caden's Dresser-still undetermined on where to put it

little beachy knobs we bought

Starting to come together! Still a mess though

Future Punter or Soccer player

Caden has been kicking like crazy.  Now you can see my entire belly move and the places where he kicks.  You can't see any actual body parts but you can definitely tell where he kicks on my belly.   He is mostly active in the morning and at night.  Also, usually around 2pm he starts rolling around or something-it's like a weird feeling.  Like he is trying to reposition himself.  I really like it except when he wakes me up in the middle of the night.  I'm up to 13lbs gained so far.  i love feeling him move.  He is the size of a large mango now.

Today we got our crib and Adam and I are going to put it together when he comes home.  I can't wait until the little guy comes.

My Cool Dad

A few weeks ago my Dad was honored with the highest award given by ISHA (Iowa Speech-Language Hearing Association).  He was awarded Honors of the Association.  I'm very proud of him.  He has been very passionate about his profession and is now working at St. Ambrose University as a professor there.  Although he is 'retired' he still seems to like working a lot!  Yay DAD!

Here is a link to my Dad's website: Sound Principles for Literacy

My Dad :)

Gerard, Susan, Dad, Paige and some dude

Relaxing with Blitz

I wasn't feeling well yesterday and I was talking to the baby a lot.  Blitz curled up next to me and hung out.  I swear he knows I'm pregnant or else just getting fat b/c he will come up to me and lay on me but be very careful of my belly.  Adam says he doesn't know, but I think he does!

Toilet Tally

OK, so today Adam and I tallyed the number of times I went to the bathroom-in 24hrs.  Survey says=19 times!!!   SO LAME!

Family Time

At the end of our trip in San Diego Adam and I spent some time alone with Caden.  We did our ritual of getting breakfast burritos from our favorite taco shop and ate them at the top of Mt. Helix.  It was so nice-we have been doing that ever since we met.  It's our little tradition.  From the top of the mountain you can see all of San Diego.  We eat breakfast there and then pick out all the places we want to live and dream about our life on the ocean.

After breakfast Adam and I spent the day doing a little baby shopping and walking on the beach.  It was really nice out and we were able to walk along the beach in Pacific Beach and hang out on the cliffs in Ocean Beach.  We decided our baby room theme would be the beach.  We got Caden some cute seashells and a picture frame in the shape of a surfboard.

Thanksgiving in San Diego

We spent Thanksgiving at his Aunt and Uncle Jim and Lynn's house.  All his immediate family was there and there was a ton of food, it was the first Thanksgiving I had had with his family-it was so nice and Adam was glad to be back too.  A special guest appearance was made from Adam's little brother-Jeffry-a long standing family joke and guest-he even made a little speech before dinner.

The best part of Thanksgiving was spending time with Adam's family.  We all spent a lot of time together and we enjoyed everyones company.  I miss living close to family, it's the downfall with moving so much for football.  It was really nice to spend time with them though.  Adam and I also got to hit up our favorite restaurants, I have to say eating comes in a close second to my favorite things to do in San Diego.  It was fun to be back in a big city.