31 weeks

Thank you to Grandma Prell and Aunties Erin, Hilary, and Molly for planning a wonderful baby shower in Eau Claire! Thank you also to all you came to celebrate and for all the beautiful baby gifts!!

Thank you also to Grandma and Grandpa Park, Auntie Soo, and Eddie for driving up from Illinois just for the day!!

Here are some photos from the event:

Erin at 27 weeks and Johanna at 31 weeks

With the Grandmas

All Gabe's Aunties

Darcy and me

Darcy, Connor, Johanna, and Gabe
( I have a similar photo from Darcy's shower before Connor was born!)


Krista, me, Sarah, Heidi, Jenny, and Cassie

Longtime friends

Some of the family :)

Auntie Erin made a beautiful quilt for Gabe and a matching puppy!

31 weeks

Thank you to my mom and sisters for planning a wonderful baby shower for me in Eau Claire this past weekend! Thank you also to all who attended and for all the beautiful baby gifts!

Thank you to Grandma and Grandpa Park, Auntie Soo, and Eddie for driving up from Illinois just for the day!!

Here are some photos from the event:

my growing belly

I thought this would be kind of fun to see my growing belly. The first photo is at 4 weeks, the second one is 15, and the last one is 30 weeks. I'm missing a few weeks because I don't have the jpegs from the photos, but you get the jist...

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30 weeks

Here's 30 weeks in Duluth:

I survived and enjoyed camping during my third trimester!!! :)

We spent a four-day weekend in Duluth--camping and enjoying the city and lake. Our favorite things included a train ride and carmel apples. It was really nice to have some time away together...sort've our "baby-moon." In baby news, Gabe is growing fast--at least I hope he is because I've gained 7 pounds in the last 2 weeks. YIKES!

Pray for us and our upcoming decisions about a place to live, childcare, and our jobs. I was feeling anxious about everything falling into place, and a few good friends have commented that it'll be fun to watch and see what God has in store. He's been faithful before, and I know He'll be faithful now.

Here are a few more photo ops from our vacation:

29 weeks

WOW! We are almost 30 weeks!!! Only two and a half months to go... time is flying by quickly!

It has been good a week...we had a nice 4th of July weekend. We finally began our baby registry at Target and Babies R Us (with lots of help from Vanessa and Rachel!! :) )...and my parents came to visit us for the 4th. Hilary returned from Australia yesterday and I got to see her for a little bit last evening. Welcome back, Hilary! :)

Gabe is super active and is responding to noise and touch! He's growing quickly!

Here I am at 29 weeks:

(check out our cat Cecelia in the background...I don't know what she is going to do once we unpack that box; it's her new favorite spot!)

28 weeks

We had a fun-filled weekend with the Park family. We spent much of our time together shopping at the Mall of America, visiting the Underwater Aquarium, and--of course--eating!

Here is our family at Olive Garden Sunday afternoon (it was a little windy :) ):

Changing the signs:
Soo and her boyfriend Eddie:
Brother and Sister :) A giant sea turtle:


In baby news, I had to go in Saturday morning for a 3 hour glucose test to test for gestational diabetes. After fasting for 12-hours, drinking a nasty "fruit punch" sugar concentrated flat drink, being stuck at the doctor's office for over 3 hours, and being poked 4 times, I was left with a hungry stomach and bruises on my arms (I have small veins).

But--Praise God--the test came back within normal levels! :)

Here I am at 28 weeks: