Episode 20: Mom in DC!

That's right! you heard it hear first.

Chanté's mom flew into DC!!

Of course she had to fly in when we got our first snow/ice storm, but we got her back to our apartment with minimal slips and slides. Chanté wanted her mom close for the new baby experience. Jake on the other hand wanted it for himself, just like your first Christmas should be as new husband and wife. But as a first time Grandma, she's über excited and welcome to share in the experience.

As far as getting labor to progress, we've tried all the normal things, short of Castor Oil. We even walked all 19 floors of our high-rise apartment complex.  So far, no Xan. I guess he's been paying attention to the weather reports and he knows that it is much too cold outside of the womb so he's decided to postpone his arrival. I just wish we had a copy of his new itinerary. 

In the meantime, we've been taking advantage of the sightseeing in D.C.  On Thursday, we took Grandma to see the Arlington Cemetery. That was number one on her list of things to see so we put that one first. Yesterday, we went to the National Archives where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are on display. We also enjoyed a couple wings of the American History Museum. 

Well, we'll keep everyone posted on our progress but as for now, we're still just playing while Grandma is in town. 

Here we are on the National Mall.

Look at that handsome man!

Yes I'm 2 days past my due date in this picture.

Jake Will Be a Great Daddy!

Don't be fooled. No, we haven't had the little one yet. Here's a couple pics of Jake holding our friends' newborn baby. These pictures were taken about a week after he was born. Jake definitely can't wait for our little one after holding this cutie.

If you want an announcement....

We will be posting plenty of pictures of our little one on the blog but no specific stats or anything. We will, however, be emailing a birth announcement shortly after his birth. If you want to get one and I don't have your email address, leave your email address as a comment and I will add you to the list. Thanks!!!

No News Yet

So, I know that we haven't posted anything for a while but there hasn't been much to post. I'm still pregnant. I will try to get a good belly picture before the baby is born. I'm definitely sticking out there now. Finally! It only took me 9 months to get a good baby belly. I'm getting to the point that I'm ready to be done though. The uncomfortable stage has hit. I can luckily still sleep fairly well but I'm uncomfortable most of the day now. :-) Ahh... the joys.

My mom set up a webcam baby shower this past weekend since we live 2,000 miles apart. I was amazed that so many people came! Thanks mom for putting it together and thank you everyone who showed up!! We are so excited to spoil our little one with everyone's generosity.

Well, there's not much else to tell. We're just in the waiting zone now. Our next post will hopefully be many pictures of our beautiful baby boy. Have a good week everyone!

Episode 18: Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!! I know that it's only a few days before Christmas but we finally got our tree up last weekend. It looks nice.

We also, just made our first big baby purchase this week. Really it's more for me but we're calling it a baby purchase. We picked it up on Thursday night and Jake had it up and working in about 10 minutes. 

Well, I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!! Enjoy the holidays!!!

Episode 17: Thanksgiving Adventures

Wow! Sorry for the lack in blog posts. For Thanksgiving we surprised our families, with the help of my brother and sister, and went home. It was fabulous! We flew in Thanksgiving morning and my sister picked us up from the airport. From there we went straight to my Grandma's house for dinner. When we walked in my mom was standing in the kitchen clear across the room and when she turned around to say hi to my sister her jaw literally dropped open. We got almost the same reaction from Jake's family. It was a great Thanksgiving! We also had a chance to go shooting with my family. Unfortunately, the only pictures we got were of everyone shooting. Enjoy those. 

This is the pro. My grandpa. 

This is my cousin.

This one is my sister.

 

And here's Jake. 

Watch what happens when he shoots. :-) That must be a powerful shot. 

This is my mom and my brother throwing the clay pigeons.

Here's everyone lined up and ready to shoot. 

This is where I was most of the morning. Hanging out by the truck. This is my cousin and his "friend."

I did take my turn too but since I was the one taking the pictures, I didn't get any pictures of me. The baby was really good. I expected him to startle but he didn't. He just slept right through it. 

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.