27 weeks!

Merry Christmas, all! We are so blessed to be able to spend this holiday season with so many friends and family, and we have loved hosting our first Christmas at our home! Some highlights from our recent holiday celebrations have included lots of games, ice skating, a feliz navidad Christmas Eve meal, and preparing for Santa's arrival with our nephew. We have loved every second of it, and we feel so spoiled getting so much great family time and knowing we've got a lot more coming!

Rock Band, of course. 

Sprinkling glittery reindeer food on the lawn.

Ice Skating!

Family Bingo with prizes from the treasure box :)

Feliz Navidad!

Sweet family!!!!

Christmas morning!

 And, of course, our weekly belly photos. :)

This week's updates include:

• Baby K is the size of a rutabaga!
• I passed my glucose screening test!
• I'm officially in the last week of my second trimester…final homestretch, here we go!!!

26 weeks!

This week's updates:

• Baby K is the size of a head of lettuce!
• We had another ultrasound today and we got to see our sweet boy yawn! It was the cutest thing ever!
• I'm still craving lots of chocolate all. the. time!
• We recently traded in Alex's 2-door Volvo for a Honda CR-V! Car seats, here we come! :)

25 weeks!

The belly is in full swing!

This week's updates:

• Baby boy is the size of a cauliflower!
• I started a prenatal yoga class last week and I love it!
• We just signed up for childbirth education classes throughout January!
• I could eat chocolate ice cream every single day…(okay, so I actually AM eating chocolate ice cream every single day!)
• I think I may be officially "nesting", as I'm crazy about cleaning and organizing all of our spaces!

24 Weeks!

We hope that all of you enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families! We are so incredibly thankful for so many things this season, including time with family, loving support from our dear family and friends, and our sweet little boy. We are getting closer and closer to meeting our tiny angelfish, and it's been a lot of fun designing his room and getting started on buying some nursery items. This is our progress so far…

It doesn't look like much in a photo, but we're excited to have the crib, crib mattress, dresser, and rocker. I'm sure we'll get them assembled sometime in the near future. :)

And baby boy and I are of course making progress, too!

Some key updates:

• Baby K is the size of a cantaloupe!
• Baby K really seemed to like pumpkin pie. :)
• We're getting closer to agreeing on a name! We plan to keep this a secret until he makes his arrival, but we're excited to be making some progress!

23 Weeks!

Whoa! I think we both had a growth spurt this week!

Some updates:

• Baby K is the size of a grapefruit!
• We are finalizing our plans for the nursery furniture and hope to order some pieces in the next couple of days!
• The latest cravings include fruit juice and popsicles (lemon-flavored, especially), lima beans (as always), and chocolate milk!

22 Weeks!

Stella wanted to help hold the sign this week. She's already such a good big sister! :)

This week's updates:

• Baby boy is the size of a papaya!
• We toured the hospital where he'll be born!
• I can't seem to get enough fruit and fruit juice!

We're making progress!

At our ultrasound appointment, we were told that Baby K is having no trouble whatsoever packing on weight! At that appointment, he weighed in at 15 whole ounces, which put him at the 65th percentile! It's nice to know that I'm not the only one growing. :)

Drumroll, please...

We are THRILLED to share that we are expecting a healthy baby BOY!!! 

Thank you to all who shared your guesses in our poll! It was a close race, but at the very end, 55% of the vote went for "boy". We're sure that's what made all the difference. :) 

Alex would like to share one of his favorite videos that captures this special occasion, so feel free to enjoy that here. :) 

Share your Prediction!

Welcome to our blog! We are excited to share updates about our growing family and our adventures in Indiana with all of you, near and far. Before we dive into chronicling our home projects, fun family visits, and explorations of our new town, we have some important and exciting business to attend to. On Wednesday, we will visit the doctor for our mid-pregnancy ultrasound, and we hope to find out if sweet baby K is a little lady or a wee gent. We thought it would be fun to collect our family and friends' predictions before we "officially" find out, and we invite you to share your guess in the comments section of this post, or on the survey found here.

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And just in case visuals might influence your prediction, enjoy these recent photos of Baby K's progress. :)

We're excited to share our news later this week!