A couple pics for you

Here are some early prego pics of Crystal....This above picture was take December 4, 2007.

The above picture was taken January 2, 2008.

34 Weeks

Today, Crystal is 34 weeks along!  She is getting more and more uncomfortable, especially at night.  And, her skin is being stretched to the maximum!  We started our baby classes this week at Ballard's Swedish Hospital.  It seems to be a very fun group, and the instructors have good knowledge, plus, unlike the ultrasound ladies, have actually had children of their own.  We have been very surprised in how many women are in the business of helping pregnant women and teach them how to give birth, but have never had children and don't ever plan on having children.  But I guess that is Seattle, and you know what they say; those who can do, those who can't teach.  

Anyway, the past couple weeks we have been getting the house ready for the arrival of our little girl.  Crystal has been especially motivated, and been working very hard on getting everything organized.  We have a ton of stuff to give away, and a lot to put into storage we don't have.  Some friends of ours graciously offered some free storage to us though, so hopefully we will be able to fit everything in that place.  Not much else new right now, so I will wrap it up.  Please keep us in your prayers for safety, health, planning, work, etc.  Thank you!

The Atlantis in the Bahamas!

Here is the slideshow of the second half of our vacation.  We went to the Bahamas and stayed at the Atlantis.  This place was huge!  Pictures don't really show how vast this resort is!  You have to take a bus to go from one hotel tower to the other, just to walk from the lobby to the beach is probably a half mile or more!  They have about 20 huge pools, waters slides, lazy rivers as well as rapids, climbing walls, the largest aquarium in the world, shopping, casinos, restaurants, and so much more.  We could have spent a whole month there and not have seen everything.  I don't have the pictures of our dolphin adventure uploaded yet, but when I do you will see we got to swim and play with dolphins.  That was amazing!  We also went on a tour of the island and learned the history of it, went to the local markets, and the zoo.  This is definitely going to be in the top spot for vacations for a long time to come!  Thank you Mom and Steve!

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Florida Vacation

I decided to make a slideshow of our most recent vacation and took down the individual pictures.  There are just too many to post, so this way it will be easier.  This is our vacation to Florida.  We stayed with Mom and Steve, her fiance at their condo in Marco Island.  We had so much fun!  We went on an airboat tour of the Everglades and saw a bunch of alligators, birds and locals!  We then went to the Seafood Depot for some authentic Everglade cuisine.  I had the most authentic, fried frog legs and gator bites!  It was great, very surprisingly, it tasted like chicken. 

We also went to the beaches.  The sand there is so white and soft.  Then when you get down to the water, the sand turns into little shell pieces!  We went on a beach walk to see the local birds and wildlife, but we went during the wrong tide, so not many birds were there.  There were a bunch of little crabs though!  Thousands of them actually.  The weather was beautiful as well!  We stuck out like sore thumbs, with our Seattle "tans"!  

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32 Weeks

Yesterday was our 32 week marker!  It is getting so close and so real.  The baby has been very active in Crystal's belly, she seems to like doing cartwheels!  I don't have any new pics to show you of our little girl, so I will put up some pics of our recent vacation to Florida and the Bahamas soon! 

Ultrasounds

So, today we had another 3D ultrasound.  It was great!  You could see her face really well, and the technician caught some good video clips of her smiling and sticking her tongue out at us!  I put together a little video of past and present pics and videos; I hope you enjoy!

New Beginnings

As most of you know, Crystal and I are having a baby girl in early May!  So, we are putting together this blog to keep you all up to date on our life.  Soon to come will be pictures of our ultrasounds, Crystal's belly, family vacations, Toby, and anything else we feel like sharing!  So, keep your eyes out for new posts.  If you have any requests, please let us know.