A Baby Day

So we installed the car seat today! We decided to switch its occupant, however, to try to get a more realistic feel. Meet the newest baby substitute:

As you can tell, the car seat takes up pretty much ALL of the back seat!

After we installed the car seat, we took a trip to our nearby Lake Padden to enjoy the sunshine.

If you can't tell, that shiny spot in the middle of the lake is ice!

Catching Up

Okay, so it's been a really long while since we last posted...sorry! Here's a post to try to make up for all that lost time.

November 23 (week 24)

December 2 (week 25)

December 7 (week 26)

December 14 (week 27)

January 11 (week 31)

February 1 (week 34)

Bellingham Baby Shower...with games!

We got a car seat at our shower, so we thought we should try it out and make sure we could figure out how it works. Welcome its first occupant! We installed it in the car today and about ran out of room!

There should be more pictures to come, and hopefully I'll be more regular about posting!

What a Way to Celebrate

On Monday, we went to the doctor and found out WE'RE HAVING A GIRL!!! We are so excited about this news and can't wait to meet her! Tuesday marked our 2-year anniversary, as well, so this was a wonderful way for us to celebrate! But while we're still mostly child-free, we decided we'd get away for a night to celebrate at a bed and breakfast. (We also found out that this kind of trip is called a babymoon.) It was such a fun and relaxing weekend!

There was a window between our bathroom and the bedroom!

And we had our very own fireplace!

We loved the theme of the room - rustic and outdoorsy.

This was the view from outside our room...on a very misty morning.

This is me doing a baby picture...in the rain.


This was so cool! Our hosts told us about this stream in which there were salmon spawning! This is a fish I finally caught in action as it was trying to jump over this mini waterfall! Watching these guys was amazing, and it gave a whole new meaning to "go against the flow!"

Halloween Fun

Our campus group went on a retreat over Halloween this year, so we thought we'd show you some of our costumes!

Steven's a lumberjack, and I'm a...well, you can read the sign.

These were the hicks from South Carolina! I had to get my picture taken with them since they were in town!

In other news, I started feeling the baby kick for sure this week! How fun! This Sunday also marks week 20, which means we're officially halfway there!

Week 19

We went to Lake Padden today and took some fun pictures! We'll start you off with some pregnant pics - then get to the fun stuff!

...the contemplative side...

what a great smile :)

Apple Picking!

Washington is known for its apples, so we thought we'd take advantage of it and go pick some apples! We went with some friends, Kyle and Tabitha, so we had ourselves a grand 'ole time.

Look how big this apple is!!!

Steven had just accidentally broken a branch of this tree trying to get an apple from the very top. Ah, the things husbands do for their wives!

This is your baby belly picture of the week too - week 19!

Week 18

Today marks week 18, so here are a few pictures.


My aunt also sent us our first baby outfit, so I thought I'd share that with you all as well. Thanks Aunt Jacki!