Episode 16: Zillo

Yes his name is Zillo. This is how we decided on his name. We wanted a name that would instill fear in others, so naturally - Godzilla. But in an effort to keep sacred names sacred, we shortened it to Zilla... but that sounds too feminine with the "a" so we swapped it for an "o". Thus - Zillo

Click play to watch 1 1/2 min video of him

Episode 15: Halloween Fun

So Halloween night we were boring and didn't dress up or go out on the town but we did have some fun with a couple of friends. After a fabulous dinner and a quick dose of Thriller we had a great battle with the game Settlers of Catan. Here's some pictures of the mini pumpkins we decorated. 

                                       Here's all of us with our pumpkins.

                                           Wow! Could I have a cheesier grin?

                                  Jake did a great job! His looks just like him. 

Episode 14: baby bump

Okay, So Chanté has expanded a wee bit in the belly region, and now she can't hide it anymore from strangers. She was trying to hide it from everybody at work for as long as she could, but she's too obvious now. Still, nobody from church knows yet : )

We'll call this her week 28 picture.

What's really fun for me is to find what parts are poking through her belly by gently squishing around the lump. So far the only thing I'm sure of was his back.

Happy Friday!!!

So, I am loving the fall weather! I am so happy that it's Friday!! That means that I'll have time to go enjoy the weather tomorrow. I hope everyone is enjoying their Friday!

Episode 13: Cincinnati

Chanté and I took advantage of the "long" weekend this last week over general conference and took a road trip to Cincinnati Ohio! It's an 8 hour drive but well worth the scenery and we took a friend and met friends there. Here's just a few pics from our trip.

First at the heart of the city is this rather interesting fountain. the lady at the top has water raining from her hands. Cool enough I want one just like it.

Chanté and Jake on a midnight stroll after a fancy evening out.

This pic doesn't capture the awesome-ness of the changing leaves, but it's amazing driving through a place that actually has trees. And though you may argue, No... Utah does not have trees.

Season Premier! Episode 12

Okay, So waiting 3 weeks to blog is apparently too long. So, Here's a quick recap of what's happened over the past month:

First week - Jake got some good pics of the local area, like the really big Penny guy and The Wall.

The second week - Again Jake got to go have fun in Salt Lake! ...if you want to call a 70 hour work week fun. Yep I flexed my musculars and got to work at the Hale Centre Theatre. Normally I just work on the lighting part of things but I did so well... I helped in other places too.

Like changing the oil on this set piece.

And building a cage thing.

   ...I'm sure I'm not the first to build one of these from the inside.

The third week - Chanté actually started growing her tummy! Our little guy is growing strong, as he kicks mommy her tummy bulges! Wow, She's only got 4 months left and is now starting to tell her co-workers only because she can't hide it anymore.

ooh! it's happening again!

Episode 11: The votes are in!

Thank you to all who voted on the baby's gender. We've carefully counted and calculated and more people think we're having a girl by a margin of 23%. Well today was the big day in the world of our little fetus. The kid got a gender and therefore we can work on the name. But hey, we've got until January. The ultrasound was fun! we got to see our growing baby kick move and roll a lot. This might be a foresight into what Chanté is going to be feeling in a few weeks. lucky her!

You can see the cute cranium and the fisted phalanges.

Our little boy Enoch will be a stud, no matter the apparel.

That means the votes for boys win! pat yourself on the back!

Episode 10: Baby News

Sorry everyone but right now the big thing in our lives is the growing fetus. You will probably hear a lot about the baby's progress.  Today was a pretty big day for us as far as the baby is concerned. I finally felt the baby moving for the first time. It's so weird. It's a little more real to me that there is another being inside of me though. Also, today we went and picked up a crib from some friends here in DC that were wanting to get rid of it. It's still in great condition so we are very grateful for this early gift. Here are couple of pictures. Jake was so excited he decided to put it together. Also, just because he's a curious human. After I took these pictures, he took it apart again since we really don't have room for it to be sitting around yet. 

rawr! Me put this together myself. No Instructions.

Kinda big for a baby?!

The Ultimate Gift

Well, there's not much to report this week. We enjoyed our long weekend and had the opportunity to watch a really great movie with some good friends. It's called "The Ultimate Gift." It just reemphasized to me how many blessings we have and what kind of people we should be. Sometimes it's so easy to get caught up in what's going on in our own day to day lives that we forget to reach out to the people around us. We also forget about the many gifts that we all enjoy. If you have time, it's a great one to watch. Blockbuster has it.