38 WEEKS!

Yesterday was 38 weeks.  We had a doctors appointment in the morning; everything is still going great!  We also had a baby class last night on newborn care.  It is getting so close and so real!  We are getting very excited and anxious.  

Last week at our community group, a young child, about a year old, by the name of Carter Long came up to my wife, reaching for her belly saying "ball".  He tried and tried to get this "ball" out from under her shirt.  It was so cute; his mom is pregnant and will be growing a ball just for him, so he won't have to come to my wife anymore!  We also found out that a new couple are expecting!  Congratulations to Hugh and Mandy who are due in November!  That makes 7 babies due this year alone from our community group.  We are going to have a very busy year and I can't even imagine what next year will bring.  We might need to hire a nanny just so we can have our group!

I wanted to post this movie again.  I just love imagining what she is going to look like!  Plus, who knows, the next post we do, could have pictures of the real thing!  Please be praying for a smooth birth and healthy mom and baby.  Also, be in prayer for me, as I am going to be her coach and main support.  We have been taking all the classes, but until you actually use what you learn, you don't know how you are going to handle it.  So, pray I am affective in what I need to do!  Thank you, and we look forward to introducing you to her!

37 Weeks, FULL TERM!!!

So, yesterday was 37 weeks.  That means full term!  It could be any day now, hopefully not though, our doctor is out of town until the 30th.  We would prefer having him deliver her, but have been seeing back up doctors in the office just in case!  The doctor we met with today said that everything is looking good and that her belly is ALL baby!  The doc is guessing that she is already 7 or 7 1/2 pounds already, and that she could grow to be a 8 1/2 to 9 pound baby!  That made both our jaws drop!  Please be in prayer that if she is going to be that big, that it will go smooth and not hurt Crystal.  

We spent all last weekend cleaning the house and getting the "nursery" ready.  We only have a one bedroom condo, so we are making a nursery in the bedroom with us.  Luckily for us, we have a very large bedroom.  It felt really good getting everything organized and prepared.  We are getting really excited to meet her!

Below are pics taken by Kaitlin Musser.  She does a great job and is very affordable.  A link to her web page for examples of her photos is in my "Friends and Family" section or you can just use this:  www.uber.com/silverspoon

Anyway, things are going great and will hopefully continue to go great as the days and/or weeks progress.  Thank you for stopping by!

The pictures above were taken at UW

The pictures below were taken at Kerry Park

Of course we had to get one with the whole family in it!

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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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