Preggo Update: 30 weeks and counting...

Hokey Smokes- we are in week 30...that means only 10 more weeks until we are at the long awaited 40! At times I feel like I've been pregnant forever and at other times I want time to hurry up so we can meet our little BO. I am doing my best to enjoy this pre-baby time. I have gotten into the typical nesting phase lately. I love to organize so it's actually been pretty fun! The pregnancy book I read each week says to take lots of baths and naps so I figure I better heed that advice, and often :-) This Christmas break I've been hard at work on my next grad class. I'm trying to work ahead so that when BO comes I have a few weeks to take off from class.
Zach has been working on remodelling our garage into a working man cave so he can do house projects year round. He has been making awesome progress. (I'll post pictures when he's all finished.)
Below is the latest progress on Baby O's growth starting with the earliest pics.
Here I was at 14 weeks (I think that's right, I should have written it down).

17 weeks...

22 weeks... (Baby O definitely had a growth spurt!)

26 weeks...

28 weeks...

30 weeks...

Merry Christmas!

We hope you all had a wonderful, joyful Christmas celebrating the gift of our Savior!
We haven't gotten any snow over here so it didn't feel very Christmasy but it was still a very nice day. We had a pretty typical Sunday over here. Zach preached in the morning and the children's choir I lead sang in the service (which was so sweet). There's nothing like watching little 6 year olds belt out songs for Jesus. :-)
We spent the afternoon at a friends house. We enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner followed by playing Apples to Apples. We came home and were able to chat with some of our family and hear about their days which was fun. After night church we came home and opened our gifts (we each got the other a variety of our favorite candy). It was fun opening our candy gifts by the glow of the tree and enjoying a quiet evening together. We both were commenting on how this will be our last Christmas just the two of us...it's exciting to imagine that next year there will be three stockings hung on our mantel with care.
Sorry I don't have any pictures but I wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas. We love and miss you!

Pregger Update: 26 weeks...

It's hard to believe that we are at week 26 already. Time is just flying by and Baby O is getting bigger and bigger! Baby O is about 2 pounds right now and is roughly 14 inches long. I am noticing myself grunting a bit more when I try to get up off a chair or when I'm putting on socks. I'm feeling a lot of kicks and jabs lately which is so much fun. BO especially gets active after I eat. Zach and I will often just stare at my belly for a while after a meal to try and catch BO displaying his/her soccer skills for us.
Below is Baby O's progression so far.
Here I was at 14 weeks (I think that's right, I should have written it down).

17 weeks...

22 weeks... (Baby O definitely had a growth spurt!)

26 weeks...

Wowzers!

Cute Story: This week I was subbing in a first grade classroom. I noticed a little girl staring at my belly for quite a while. I could tell her wheels were spinning as she was trying to figure out why it is so big. Finally, she tapped me on the leg, looked up at me and said timidly, "Mrs. O, I think you're eating too much." I then explained that there is a baby in my belly. She seemed relieved and spent the rest of the day trying to put her ear on my belly and telling me she could hear the baby giggling. :-)