big belly deli

... or just a big belly. 31 weeks pregnant and growing!

sneak peek

This weekend the fam trekked down to Lake Forest for a 4D ultrasound of our baby boy at Picture an Angel. After looking at some of the images online, Brian and I were a little nervous to see what our son may (kind of) look like! In a way, it's the first time seeing your baby and we really didn't know what to expect. 

Of course, baby was not cooperating and decided that this was the perfect time to curl up in the tiniest ball - with his feet up by his face - and take a nice, long nap. The tech was very sweet and patient, and tried everything to help wake him up. I drank an entire bottle of water, took a walk, danced around, pushed around a little, fake coughed, laid on both sides... but baby was a little too comf to be bothered. We did, however, get to see a perfect image of his penis - which he was happy to show off.

Luckily after an hour of trying, she was able to snap a few pics of this sweet face:

4D ultrasound at 31 weeks pregnant

Of course I was excited for his birth before this ultrasond, but after seeing our little baby up on the screen I really can't wait to hold him in my arms! Nine weeks to go until we can give him all the love in the world!

(lots more ultrasound pics on our Shutterfly page)

sending warm wishes

We haven't done photo Christmas cards in 7 or 8 years, so I was especially excited to mail out these cute postcards this year - our last Christmas as a party of 2 + dog!

I love the postcard format I found on minted.com and I think the picture portrays our fam perfectly!

our first born

It's no secret that our Penny girl has been our baby for the past 3 years... we're kind of obsessed.

I understand that when baby arrives, everything changes - but I never want to lose the love I have for this little bundle of energy. Many people have told me that when baby arrives, dog goes. But she's brought us so much joy since we brought her home in May 2009 - I can't imagine our little family without her. 

I know she'll be an amazing big sister and can't wait for baby boy to love her as much as we do.

Is that a smile?

maternity photo shoot

We're not the most comfortable people in front of the camera, but I'm so glad we decided to do a photo shoot to help us remember this growing belly!

I'm 28 weeks pregnant here... just starting the 3rd trimester. We spent a Saturday afternoon at Jeffrey Open Space Trail in Irvine with my friend Morgan and her talented sister, Sara (check her out here. She even wrote a blog post about us!).

These are my top 3 picks from the day. Love.

you can check out the entire album on our Shutterfly page!