Baby Shower

Measuring the belly

Opening Gifts

Cake, Yum!

While I was home over holiday break my family threw me a baby shower. It was so nice to be able to see everyone. I just wish we had a little bit more time to visit. We were very spoiled, we had olive garden soup and bread sticks to eat, very yummy cake and fun games. Little Charlie is one lucky little boy. He now has cute bathrobes, blankets, a baby food cooker, rattles, diapers, wipes, outfits, and a whole library of books. Amongst other things! Thank you so very much to all who came to my shower. And a big thank you to My mom, mother-in law, sister, sister-in law, and grandma for putting this all together during such a busy time of year.

Love y-all Lots!

Holidays

Mike and I had a very Merry Christmas at home in Utah.
We were not able to stay very long but we had a wonderful time.

This is us with the "belly" on Christmas Morning.

My parents and sister

The Tree
(It was a real tree, smelled so good!)

My Mom even made Charlie a stocking.
His was stuffed plum full. So was mine ;)

We got a lot of things for our little man.
This one in the picture is a onesie that says
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We all spent Christmas Eve at Mike's parent's house but we forgot our camera :(
As usual they made a delicious Italian feast. So nice to have everyone home for the holidays. Mike's sister and her family even made the long trek.


It is strange to think that the next time we go back home we will have our son with us. It should make traveling just a little more interesting. We can't wait to come back! Thank you to our families for all their love and support.

10 Days and Counting

Mike and I are super excited to be heading to Utah for the holidays. It is going to be JAM packed into 5 days. We can't wait to see our families and friends. We had our latest Dr. appointment last Tuesday and all is well. Charlie's heartbeat was about 140 beats per min and my appointments are now going to be every 2 weeks and in late January we will go in every week. I guess that means I had better wrap my head around actually having this baby! It is a bit overwhelming to think about. Guess we had better sign up for those childbirth classes eh! Hope you all have a Happy Holiday!

This is us in front of the "Lobsta" traps that they decorated in the shape of a Christmas tree.
Cape Cod, Mass.

Homemade Raviolis

My husband loves to cook and I love that he loves it. One area he has been perfecting recently is making homemade pasta. We have a Kitchen-aid with a pasta attachment. It really has not been used all that much, until November came around. It started with me saying mmmm.... butternut squash raviolis sound really good. So he made them. They were delicious. Then he came up with the idea to do a roasted cubanelle pepper stuffing with mozzarella. It is quite a process but each time he is getting quicker and quicker. He also made a homemade marinara to go with the raviolis. I am one lucky girl.

Sauce

Finished Product

A View of what is to come?

Isn't this just the funniest picture! Mike's co-worker created it for him.
(I think they were a little bored working on a show one day!)
We will see if little baby Charlie comes out looking just like his daddy.

Pop :)

Sept. Oct.

It is growing :)

Beebo

My husband got this book for Christmas last year. It is all about a little baby hippo and his "beebo" or belly button. When his sister was pregnant with our nephew he thought that her belly button was so funny. Well now my belly button is starting to "pop". It is pretty sensitive so when Mike comes up to me saying beeeeeboooo I quickly turn the other way. I showed him how it is starting to look flatter his comment was it looks like it is unwinding. I thought that was a funny way of looking at it.

On a side note I had a Dr. appointment last Tuesday all is well, I listened to his heartbeat and it was about 130 beats per min. We chatted about the flu shots and heartburn. I decided to go ahead and get the flu shot and H1N1 flu shot, I really had a hard time making that decision but the Dr. recommends it and being a teacher I am at a greater risk of catching those viruses from the little kindergartners. Oh what fun.