On to the Third Trimester - 29 weeks

Well, it hasn't been too exciting around here lately (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). We are all still healthy and happy.

I have been working on the nursery and finally got all of the walls done last night so now just need to hang pictures and get a few finishing touches and it will be all ready for our little guy. Chase and I are both pretty anxious to meet him...although he does still have a couple of months of cooking in the oven left to do.

Our good friends Scott and Tierra had their THIRD little guy on Feb. 28th. Nash Everet Bierlink is doing great as well as the rest of the family. Trey is 5 now and Pierce is 1 year 9 months. They both love their little brother. I have included a picture of all of them. Pretty handsome little guys. We hope to get over to see them this weekend.

Other than that, not much happening over here. Work is still going well for both of us. I had a Dr. appt yesterday and everything is great.

Hope everyone is doing well. We miss you all!

Stats for this week: Baby should weigh around 2 1/2 lbs and be more than 15 inches from head to heel. My weight gain so far is 12 lbs.

Home Sweet Home - 26 weeks

Yay! I got to go home for what seemed like a very short weekend. We were running around a lot but I got to see a lot of family so I was VERY happy. Chase was home the entire week prior to me getting there on vacation and then had to leave on Saturday to come back to Seattle but he had a great time with his parents and skiing up at Snow Bowl. On Friday night the Mellgren's and the Williams' were able to get together for a great dinner so it was nice to see everyone at one time. Then on Saturday Abby and I went and had professional pictures taken together. It's been a pretty cool thing to be able to be pregnant at the same time as my sister. The photographer had us measure around our bellies and we are EXACTLY the same size around. CRAZY! We are carrying differently so we were both pretty surprised. On Sunday, my Aunt Renon, Uncle Tim and cousin Riley drove all the way over from Helena to see us and we had lunch. It was great to be able to see them. We had a busy schedule all weekend but had a great time.

The baby and I had a Dr. appointment last week and things are still looking great. He and I seem to both be growing at a good rate. He is more and more active all of the time and I can tell that he is starting to get a little more squished in there. Just 14 more weeks...we can't wait!

Stats for this week: Baby should weigh around 1 2/3 lbs and be about 14 inches from head to heel. My weight gain so far is 8 lbs.

Superbowl Baby! - 23 weeks

Well, it wasn't the Bears in the Superbowl but still a great game! We went over to by boss's (Jill's) house for the game. Brittney was able to come with us and I think that a good time was had by all.

Not much new going on with the baby right now and everthing seems to be going pretty well. I still feel great and he is moving around like crazy so I'm sure that he is growing healthy. Chase and I are going to go register for baby stuff this weekend so that should be fun. June will be here before we know it!

Stats: Baby should be a little over 1 lb and about 12 inches long. My tummy has grown like crazy lately!

Obama Mama - 21 weeks

Half way there!!! I'm sure that the next 19 weeks or so are going to fly by. The baby continues to be very active and, so far, everything seems to be progressing as it should be. He moves around so much that we can see my stomach moving sometimes. I'm not really sure when this little guy sleeps but I love being able to feel him and know he's there.I feel like I get bigger daily and am starting to wonder how he's going to fit in there in 4 more months but it is just all very exciting.

My friend Kristen, who had a baby in September, has graciously loaned me a significant amount of maternity clothes. What a lifesaver!! No more squishing into old pants and pulling on my shirts. Thanks Kristen!

Yesterday was the big inauguration day!!! I went to the historic Paramount theater here in Seattle to watch with a couple of people from work and it was packed full of a TON of excited people. What a cool experience!!! Chase has been working nights this week so he got off of work in time to watch. He has been very busy as usual but still finds time to ski and golf on the weekends which has been nice for him.

My parents suprised me with a trip home for the weekend of Feb 21st and I am so excited! For the first time in my life I am REALLY homesick and it will be nice to get to go home and see my family even if it is just for a weekend. Then, that will probably be the last trip back until we bring back the little guy to show him off! Can't wait for that!

Hope everyone is doing well! We miss you all tons!!!

Stats for the week: Baby is about 3/4 lb and 10 1/2 inches long (I can't believe that he's going to eventually weigh 7ish lbs!!). My weight gain is about 5 lbs from the beginning. Both of us are healthy and happy!!

It's a Boy - 19 weeks

On Dec. 30th we went in and had an ultrasound that revealed that we are having a baby boy!!! We would have taken either but are VERY excited. Chase hasn't been able to quit smiling since. I think that we are going to have a very active little guy as I can feel him moving around now. His favorite time to start going crazy is right as I lie down to go to sleep so that tends to keep me up a bit but it's hard to complain when it is such a cool feeling. Last weekend we got the crib and the new dresser set up in his room and it is beautiful. It is still a little strange to see a crib in that room but somthing that I'm sure we'll get used to.

Chase is still working hard and loving his residency at Virginia Mason. He started his Burn rotation at Harborview yesterday so that should be interesting but at least it is only for 4 weeks.

I will try and update this every couple of weeks or so or anytime that something important happens. I think that it is just a good way to keep all of our out of state family and friends up to date on all of the exciting things that are happening. Love you all!

Stats for now: Baby should be about 6 inches from head to rump and weigh around 8 1/2 oz. He is starting to get hair and develop his senses (so I'll have to start watching my mouth). My weight gain so far is about 1.4 lbs but it sure looks/feels like more! Belly picture is a little dark but you get the idea.