Into the Ninth Month ...

We made it back safely from snowy Iowa, and now it's time to update with lots of holiday-themed baby belly pictures!

34 weeks

35 weeks - mommy singing with Aunt Jenna

36 weeks - this is what Mike refers to as my "pregnant movie star" look. I think he's mostly referring to the oversized sunglasses.

And now for some baby room pics - we've made a lot of progress, but it's definitely not ready yet. Mike built the crib, dresser, changing table, and glider. Oh, and he put together the stroller. Ummm ... I put together the bouncy seat. Yeah.

This is the view from the door.

This is the general layout of the room once you step inside ... it's kind of a lot of furniture for a small room, but I think it will work.

Beautiful crib! (if you look really hard you can see my bouncy seat hidden in the corner)

Next time I post I will be full-term!! Wow!!

Catching up!

Yikes! It's been a while since we've posted ... we'll try to catch up on the last few weeks with the baby belly.

31 weeks

32 weeks

33 weeks

We're pretty excited about our pretty tree - and we can't wait to go home for Christmas!

Baby cage makes an appearance

29 weeks!

30 weeks - wow, I am really getting big!

Mike and I decided to go ahead and get our "baby cage" - at least, that's what Mike calls it. Other people may call it a pack-n-play or portable crib or playpen. Yeah.

So, this is where the baby will sleep for the first couple of months before we move him to his crib ... and I am contemplating the fact that I may never sleep again. Wow. Things are starting to get real.

Baby Shower!!

My lovely co-workers threw me a baby shower last weekend - so much fun! We played some classic baby shower games ... like trying to guess which melted candy bar is in the diaper (which resembles baby poo, you know) - I won that game. I don't really know what that says about me. We also played the "guess the baby food" game ... did you know they make a pureed mac and cheese for babies? Yikes. And the girls played baby shower bingo while I opened the gifts. It was a good time. And the food was amazing! It's so nice to have some baby things for our little guy - it's starting to feel real!

Check out the gorgeous cake!

Did I mention that the food was amazing? (all prepared by the lovely Dr. Pleasant - she rocks!)

Woo-hoo - presents!!

Uh-oh ... what's this? Could our baby be a wildcat? (ummm .... probably not. He's Hawkeye through and through - he really doesn't have a choice)

My fabulous co-residents - it was so nice to hang out with everyone. Baby and I felt very loved!

Into the Third Trimester ...

We had our favorite Indiana fans over to watch the game on Saturday ... another (ugly) Iowa win! The Hosts are going to have their baby girl in just a few weeks! Our little guy needs to bake a bit longer.

27 weeks for me, 37 weeks for Becky!

28 weeks