17 weeks

We had a doctor's appt. today. I love getting to hear the little heartbeat. When the doctor was trying to hear the heartbeat the baby kept kicking the probe as she laid it on my stomach. It was really cool. She let Axel help hold the probe on my stomach-he thought it was really neat being a helper. Because the baby was wiggling around so much she decided to get the mini ultrasound machine out to look at the heartbeat. We got to see the baby wiggling and his/her arm stretch out. LOVE IT!! I feel the baby moving some times, but seeing how much the baby was jamming around during the exam there are a lot of kicks and somersaults that I am not feeling yet. I think I have an active little dude in there! I remember Axel was a shaker and a mover also. The heartbeat was around 135-140 beats per minute. Per the old wives tale if the heartbeat is under 140 it leads to the blue team....we'll see if that's true. We get to have our big ultrasound in 2 weeks! I can't wait for January 11th!!! We are totally going to find out what we are having. I can't wait. As long as the baby shows us, if he/she wants to keep it a secret then we will but if he/she wants us to know then we will find out.
Grandma Ann just arrived today from Minnesota. It's so nice having family out here. Axel ran to here in the airport and with his arms wide open yelled "welcome to Alaska Grandma!" It was super cute. I hope she enjoys her week out here.

Christmas 2010

An Axel wrap for Christmas! Just practicing my swaddling technique!
Swing batter batter swing!
Helping dad get his trucks free.
Check out my new tent!
Our first Christmas away from home. It was a little quieter then we are used to but we still had a great time watching Axel enjoy the magic of Christmas!Axel set out Cookies and water for Santa and saltines and water for the Raindeer. He thought it was super cool that they were all gone in the morning. We had dinner plans with friends on Saturday and 1/2 an hour before every one came over we lost power! We didn't get power back for 5 hours! What a Christmas huh? The whole town of Eagle River was out of power on Christmas. Crazy. Luckily we just relocated the party to my friend Bethany's house. We had a ton of food and good company. We finished our day by coming home and all three of us snuggled in our bed watching cartoons until we fell asleep. It was a great day. We missed having our family around but we did well on our first holiday alone. I'll try and post a video of our presenting opening later this week.
We are excited to announce our first visitor is coming on Tuesday! My mother in-law, Ann, is coming for a whole week. It'll be so nice to have some family here. She'll get to help us celebrate Brian's (33 years) and Axel's (3 years) birthdays. Can't wait to have you here Ann!!!

16 weeks

Here's a picture of my tummy at 16 weeks pregnant! WOW huh? I'm so short-it does not give the baby much room to stretch out in-just outwards. :) Axel had to show how big his tummy was too! At 16 weeks the baby is about 3-5 ounces in weight and 4-5 inches in length. His/her's eyes are finally working, which means that they can make side to side movements and perceive light. (although the eyelids are still sealed) Crazy. The babies ears are also working so he/she can hear our voices. So cool! Hi baby this is you mommy!!!

Cookie Day

Axel and Mom making Christmas cookies. Normally this time of the year we would go to Grandma Hamblin's and bake cookies with my sisters and all of Axel's cousins. So this year we did it on our own. Not to bad for our first year alone!

Axel doing a little taste testing.

Helping with the bar's.
Time to eat!

2 thumbs up Mom!!
Look how full my belly is!!


On the baby front we are 15 weeks along! The baby is the size of a large apple. He/She should be able to wiggle it's toes and fingers. I wish I could feel the little dude. I can't wait for that. I've been continuing to sprout nicely! I'll have to post a baby bump picture soon. You won't believe my tummy already. Thankfully I get to work in scrubs every day. They sure are forgiving on a changing body.

Christmas is in the air!

We went to visit Santa this weekend! Axel wasn't ready to take a picture on his own yet. Maybe next year! Here's what Axel asked Santa for: 1. Dino's 2. A baby brother. I told Santa that we were working on that 2nd one and he could work on the 1st one. :)
Starting our Christmas tree. I know it's not much but it's the idea more than any thing. Axel loved helping dad get all the branch's together.


We are ready for Christmas!
We are 14 weeks pregnant now, which means we are in our second trimester! Yeah!! The baby is about 3 oz and the size of a lemon. We heard the heartbeat last week. It was SO cool and Axel was amazed that is really something growing in mom's tummy. January is when we get to have the big ultrasound and find the sex of the baby if we want. I think we will but we have time to think about it.