38 Weeks

Almost there. Only two more weeks! Hopefully no more than that. I am getting more anxious and excited everyday. Things are still going well. Work is getting more tiring but at least it gives me something to do during the day. 

North Carolina

Last week Austin and I were able to do a little bit of traveling. We went to North Carolina to visit my brother brad, his wife Becky and our new nephew Ethan. We had a great time seeing them and relaxing. This was the first time that Austin really got to know them. They were able to come out for out wedding but we didn't get to spend a whole lot of time with them. I didn't do a very good job of taking pictures when we were at their house but I did manage to get one.

We had a great time and it was fun spending time with you!

Washington DC and Mt. Vernon

While we were out in North Carolina we were able to take a couple days and go to Washington DC. We went to the DC temple when we first got there and then headed to downtown DC and walked around the mall afterwards. We walked around the capital building, went to the union station, saw the liberty bell. That night we stayed at my aunts house in Virginia. The next Day we went back to the mall and spend almost all day there. We spend a lot of time at the Arlington cemetery and we saw JFK's grave and the changing of the guards. We then went to the Lincoln monument, Washington monument, and the Vietnam wall. It was a lot of walking around but it was all worth it. We both want to go back someday to see the rest of DC. On our way back to Brad's we stopped at Mt. vernon. We say Washington's mansion and took a tour of it and went to his tomb, and just walked around his property and saw how he lived. 

We were pretty busy for those couple days but learned a lot about our nation's history.  It was a good experience for the both of us!

Capital Building

White House

Sitting in front of the Capital building

Changing of the Guards

Washington's mansion in Mt. Vernon

 Austin feeding some sheep!

We had a great time and it was a well needed vacation before we become parents!

Baby Shower

Last Weekend my cousin put together a baby shower for me. It turned out really good. She had great food for us, fun games and I got a lot of great gifts. It was fun to have some family and friends there that I don't see very often. My mom was able to come out too. So we had a big weekend of family and fun. Things are still going good for us. We are getting ready to visit Brad, Becky and Ethan in a couple weeks in North Carolina and while we are there we are going to take a couple days to go to DC and also see my aunt, so we are excited about that. Work is going good, and Austin will be starting school again in about a month. Time is flying by and pretty soon we will have our new addition to our family!

Here are some pictures from the Baby Shower

This is a quilt my grandma is making for us

The Candy Bar Game

Here is a pretty recent picture of me too. I was 29 weeks when we took this.

Thanks again Terressa for putting the baby shower together and thanks again to everyone who came! It was great.

6 Months!

Well I'm six months pregnant now. It seems to be going by so fast. Only a couple more weeks and I will be in my third trimester. He has been kicking a lot more lately and Austin has been able to feel him too. I think he was taken back the first time he felt him kick but he thinks its one of the coolest things. It wasn't until last week that I noticed a big change in the size of my belly. I feel like I grew over night. Things are still going good and I don't really have any complaints.

My brother also got his mission call last Thursday. He is going to the Belgium Brussels Netherlands Mission (I think I got that Right!). He is way excited and he doesn't leave till June 3rd so he will still be around when the baby is born. I'm excited for that one.

It's a Boy!

Well it's a boy! Another grandson for both sides of the family. We are excited though. Now I can actually start buying baby clothes. My due date is still May 13 and everything looked good. At first during the ultrasound he was a little shy and kept his legs together but it didn't take long for him to let us know that he was a boy. Here are some pictures too. I'm 5 months ( 22 weeks) and I'm still fitting into my normal clothes, but I don't think that it will be too much longer until I have to start wearing maternity clothes. I'll try and do better about getting more pictures taken too!

Christmas

This year we had Christmas at my sisters. We got to her house on Christmas Eve just in time for the Knutson family tradition of German pancakes for dinner! After dinner the two little boys opened there Christmas PJs and we opened one present for my parents. This year they gave us the Christmas Carols book. Each kid in my family gets the same present each year and we all open it on Christmas Eve.  We had fun opening the rest of the presents in the morning and watching the boys open there gifts and then wanting to play with the toys right then and forget about everything else. We were able to stay till New Years Day and enjoy spending the holiday season with family, even though more than half of us got sick. I think my dad and I were the only survivors!