30 Weeks along, only 10 left!

30 Week Preggie pic!

A friend got this adorable little outfit for Clark, here he is trying it on! I'm hoping he'll fit into it for the trip home from the hospital. Adorable!

BABY SHOWER!

I was able to get out to Maryland for 2 weeks where I had my baby shower, had a great visit with the family and even stayed for Thanksgiving! What a great trip! Here's pics from my AWESOME baby shower! (And for anyone that doesn't know our nursery theme is "Wilderness Lodge")

Happy Momma to be

Our beautiful hostess Cheryl, that is also due very soon... but still managed to do an amazing job with the shower. Thanks again Cheryl, you're the best!

Opening gifts....

Chris enjoying the sugar cookies! He says "It's party time!" :-)

The preggies together :-)

My amazing cake! That little cabin is soo cool! I'm keeping it for the nursery!

Ooo, chocolate! Look how adorable the wrappers are!

Bear rug! How cute!

My little lodge area, I love that moose head! That's cute too!

Our last peek....

We got one final sonogram of little Clark last week. Caleb wanted one more peek before we meet him in person in 10 weeks! I can't believe it! He didn't cooperate very well for this sonogram (rolling the wrong way, and putting the cord in front of his face), but we did manage to get a smile! What a treat to see a smile already!

Caleb will be home in just 4 weeks, so we're also very excited about that! So much excitement coming our way!!!!

His big grin. He's already a charmer.

And he's a little gentlemen. He had his legs crossed!

Yawn.... I thought this was adorable too.

Here he is rubbing his head.

Look at those chubby cheeks! We can't wait to kiss those sweet cheeks!

26 Weeks along!!

So the month of October was a little rough with Caleb leaving on his deployment and everything, but thankfully I'm surrounded with great friends and keeping busy! Now we only have 2 months until Caleb gets home! Just in time to see Clark arrive! :-)

26 week preggie pic

A shirt my friend Kris got for me. It says "Good things come to those who mate"

My Halloween costume... I decided to take advantage of my figure and be "bun in the oven"

I even figured out a way to incorporate Caleb in my costume as the "Bun maker"!

Clark's cook time Remaining : 15 weeks! Our happy little bun! :-)

23 Week Sonogram

Here's the latest sonogram pics from October 14. This sonogram was what my Doctor calls "Baby's first checkup". They check the heart, bladder, spine, liver, etc. and I'm very happy to report little Clark is a very healthy boy! He's 1 lb 2 oz and sure is kicking like crazy these days! I always say he's Kung Fu fighting in there! :-)

22 Weeks! We're beyond the halfway point!

So little Clark is doing great! I can't believe my pregnancy journey is already halfway over, but I suppose the next part of the journey is even more exciting.... Parenthood! I have a scheduled sonogram later this week so stay tune for new pics of our little guy!

22 weeks

18 Weeks! Almost Halfway!

A question that I often get asked if I'm having any "pregnancy cravings" and my response is always a very enthusiastic "FOOD!" Well, I guess I had my first "craving" experience this week. Going to the grocery store always seems to make me hungry these days, I guess it's just seeing the food. So I'm walking around the store this week thinking "What should I get as a special treat?" Well, I end up walking out with a can of chili as my treat! LOL It just sounded really, really good at the time. And yes, I devoured it once I got home and it was delish. Very strange, I know. Baby has a mind of his own I suppose.

Really getting big huh? I still feel fantastic :-)

Thanks to some really sweet friends & family, we're developing quite a wardrobe for little Clark already. Here's a few of my favorite onesies and bibs!

Oh yeah, this shirt is obviously for me. Too cute to not post. I love it!

IT'S A BOY!

Caleb's first "Daddy Duty": Putting the crib together. It turned out great!

IT'S A BOY!!! On our Anniversary, Sept 3rd Caleb said that he had a big surprise for me. Well, I had absolutely no idea what it was, so we got in the car and he just started driving. We weren't scheduled to get our next sonogram to discover the baby gender for about 2 more weeks, but Caleb contacted this place called "Stork Vision" and made arrangements for us to pay and discover the gender earlier. I guess he just couldn't wait. Needless to say the news was VERY exciting and it made our Anniversary extra special. Great Gift Caleb! Here's our boy, Clark Russell Larsen!

He's rubbing his face in this one, it was so cute!

In this one we watched him practice sucking, that was cute too.

Clark is still a little too small at this point to get the really good 3D images, but in this one Caleb insists that he looks just like him!! :-)

His cute little feet! I can't wait to tickle them!

First trimester, over already? WOW!

This time is really flying by! Today I am 14 weeks along, and we had our first sonogram! The Dr. said there was a chance of multiples and wanted to make sure there was only one, and now we've confirmed, just one baby Larsen. Watching our baby dance and stretch across the screen really brought another level of "WOW" to this whole journey. This little one has already stolen our hearts. We're so blessed :-)

I'm definitely developing a belly!

Here's our little one's first picture! We're excited to meet our sweet baby.

Big News: We're Expecting!!!!!

WOW! It was a prayer on our hearts for almost 3 years, and now that prayer has been answered.... WE ARE PREGNANT!!! Baby is due to arrive February 9th and we're truly over-joyed! Last week we got to hear baby's heart beat! That was so amazing! In about 7 weeks we can announce the gender, so lots of great milestones to come!

I've started taking preggie pics at 10 weeks and I'll be keeping them up to date every month! Stay tuned.....

Our Road Trip Adventure!

For the last 2 weeks in May we went on a whirl-wind trip all up and down the west.

We stopped in Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Missouri

First stop, Micah's in Kansas

As we headed into Colorado, this is the storm we driving into, yikes!

Hanging out with our nephews was so fun! Here's Caedmon showing his wrestling face!

And Jason's wrestling face!

It was so great to meet our first niece, Jayden! She was excited to meet her uncle Caleb!

Caleb & Jason at a park called "Red Rocks" in Denver looking for lizards

Cool, they found one!

Caedmon says "cheese pizza" (he really likes pizza)

Our next stop was the Grand Tetons in Wyoming! Here's Caleb looking for bears

Getting reading to hike up to those mountains!

This is a marmet. A beaver/gopher like little guy that we were able to sneak up on to snap a picture.

We hiked up to this lake at the base of the mountains, and yes it is frozen in May! It was beautiful!

Lesson learned: Hiking on snow is a lot harder than it sounds! There was times on this trail that the snow was thigh-high! It was a challenge, but worth it!

Pausing for a pic! We're a cute couple, huh?

Then it was on to Yellowstone!

Old faithful! It was really neat!

This is one of the natural hot springs in Yellowstone, it looked like a nice bubbling hot tub on a chilly day, but it's hot enough to boil you, so I had to resist jumping in!

We even got to see a moose! This is a cow moose! Awesome!

Next, it was on to Minnesota to see Caleb's mom. Here Caleb is learning to drive a tractor!

This is Cindy's new dog Sadie! She's a cute little thing!

And we had a delicious fish fry!

Finally it was on to Missouri to see Judd, Anna, and little Nichole. Here we are at the zoo!

Very sweet!

It was truly an awesome trip! We got to see a lot of family, a lot of nature, and we had a blast! Can't wait for the next one!