Whoa baby baby

Well, almost everyone knows this already, but just in case you didn't get the memo, we are having a baby! The baby is due in about 3 months, but this is the first official blog about our bundle of joy on the way. Here's the story to this point.

We found out that we were going to have a baby in September. We were getting ready to head to Craig to see Scott and Catherine and meet their new baby girl Allison. As Ang was waiting for Chris to get home from school, she took a pregnancy test, and low and behold, it was positive. Ang surprised Chris with a card and the positive test as soon as he got home. Chris was, in a word, shocked. I believe his exact words were "I need to sit down." It took him about 3 hours (almost the whole drive to Craig) to get the wide eyed look off of his face.

Well, we kept it a secret for awhile. Ang's mom came to visit at around 6 weeks, and we did tell her and Doug. They were very excited! Then, when we were in Breckenridge at around 9 or 10 weeks, we told Chris's fam. It took Deb a couple of hours to really understand what was going on. Then, a week later, we told Ang's dad when they came to visit. So, the families all knew and we waited until after we heard the heartbeat to tell the rest of the world.

A very blurry image of our baby at 12 weeks


Ang has kind of lucked out and had a pretty easy pregnancy. The first couple of months, she was exhausted, which is typical. There was one day where she was sick, but that may have been the flu. Other then that, she's been pretty lucky.

At 20 weeks, we went in for our ultrasound and found out that we are having a little girl! We were trying to keep the sex a secret, but the ultrasound tech accidentally put the report saying it was a girl right on top of the paperwork that she handed to Ang. Oh well. The 20 week ultrasound was really cool. We got to see our little girl moving around and sucking her thumb.

Ang~17 weeks


Ang~23 weeks


Right now, we are at about 26 weeks, entering the 3rd trimester. Only about 3 months until our little girl makes her way into this world! We are very excited an looking forward to meeting her. Now, we just need to get her room ready :)

Anyway, there is the story about our Baby Girl so far.

The Suns so Hot...

Have you ever head Jimmy Buffett's song Mexico? Well, if not, listen to it. It will make you want to drop everything and head for a beach in Mexico. We were lucky enough to spend Christmas in Mexico. Chris's parents own a time share, and they were kind enough to book the whole family a trip to Cabo for Christmas. Here are some highlights.

Many hours were spent hanging out by the Infinity Pool. One of the greatest things about Mexico is laying by the pool or beach and relaxing. This was the perfect place to relax.


No trip to Mexico is complete without a walk on the beach. Here is Ang 20 weeks pregnant and enjoying the warm sand!


Here is one of our many trips into Downtown Cabo. Our resort was about a 10 minute drive from Downtown.


Sunset Cruise around Lover's Beach. Fine night with beautiful scenery!




Boys will be boys and play in waves.


Kayaking to Lover's Beach.




Whale Watching~ we got lucky and saw 2 whales up close! We were also lucky enough to see them jumping out of the water from our resort.


Christmas Eve, our last night before coming home.


What a great trip full of great memories !

Yet Again...

It has been entirely too long since we have blogged. Sometimes I wonder what the point is, but then I remember. The reason I like to blog is because it saves memories and allows us to go back and see what life was like days, months and years ago. And since it is a snow day, here is my attempt at an update.

It looks like the last time that I blogged was in late July/early August. So, here is a month by month update with some pics.

August:
- Back to school- Ang is teaching 6th grade this year
- Chris starts grad classes
- Sean and Danielle's wedding




September:
- Ang birthday- 26
- Go to Craig to visit Whinery's and meet their baby girl Allison for Labor Day weekend
- Find out were going to have our own little baby (kind of important, so will dedicate more to that later).
- Winter Park trip with good friends



October:
- Breckenridge trip with the Bergmann clan.
- Ang's dad's clan comes to visit
- Halloween





November:
- We hosted our first Thanksgiving and it was a success!
- Chris goes to Catalina... first time for a fall trip

How do I not have any pictures of Thanksgiving???????

December:
- Ang goes to Cincinnati for an IB Conference
- Merri's wedding at Mt. Princeton Hot Springs
- Mexico trip with the Bergmann fam
- New Subaru for the Bergmanns
- 20 week ultrasound





January:
- Back to school after a great Christmas Break
- Trip to Gypsum and Glenwood over MLK Day weekend
- Chris coaches basketball, so far 4-0

Well, there are the major highlights. Once again, I will try to promise to be better about blogging, and once again, I will probably fail. Hopefully see you soon, but realistically, see you in 6 months.