Tanya at 33 Weeks

I swear Tanya's belly popped out a little more this week.  It now looks like she's hiding a basketball under her shirt.  We are spending our first Christmas in Texas, despite living here for 3 years...and it's snowing.  It was 70 degrees yesterday but it was about 35 today and the wind is howling...made for some interesting shots.  Merry Xmas!!!

Baby Shower in New Jersey

Mom and Lori threw us a wonderful shower in New Jersey over the weekend.  About 30 of our friends and family were there to help us celebrate the upcoming arrival.  Baby Barnaby received lots of great Eagles, Phillies and Iowa gear and some other cool stuff as well.  We also celebrated Christmas on Sunday with Mom, Dad, Lori, Kenny, Ethan, Aunt Carol and Uncle Ed.  And then we celebrated Tanya's birthday on Monday.

Mom and Dad-to-be

Baby's first Iowa jacket.

Baby's first beer shirt.

Born to be a Eagles fan!

Two generations of Iggles fan ready to welcome a third.

Ethan had more fun opening the box than he had with the toy we got him.

Baby Shower in Dallas

Some wonderful friends hosted a baby shower for me this weekend. Connie and Karen flew in for the occasion and Sandy drove up from Austin. It was great to see everyone! I don't have any good pics from the shower- but I think Connie does so maybe I'll post some more later!

Connie, Sandy, Karen and I before we left for the shower:


Dick and Sue sent some flowers to the shower:


Reinie somehow found this Rocky onesie in Dallas:


Tara let Lily pick something out of her box of baby stuff to give to the "baby in Aunt Tanya's tummy" and she picked out this cute Hawkeye blanket:


Here is the baby room post-shower -the baby furniture is coming this week - this is starting to get a bit more "real"......


Thanks again to Darcie, Shannon, Katie, Connie and Sandy for hosting a fabulous shower! ;)

Thanksgiving

Dick, Sue, Lori, Kenny and Ethan came to visit us for Thanksgiving. It was great to have them in town for the weekend! Thankfully Sue did most of the cooking ;)

Dave got a lesson from the master on carving the turkey.


Ethan was entertained by Winnie and she was great around him.


We went and cut down our Christmas tree on Friday.


Family photo at the Christmas tree farm.


Dick & Sue with Ethan at the Christmas tree farm.

Tanya at 29 Weeks

Well we've entered the third trimester..and things are beginning to get uncomfortable. Baby Prinz has taken to shoving his foot in to my rib cage while I'm sitting at my desk at work. Try as I may to push him out of there- the only thing I get out of it is a swift kick back from him. I'm really wishing I had a longer torso...

Karen's Wedding!

Karen got married in Naperville this weekend and I wanted to post a few pics! Check out Andrea's blog for a few more!

Karen and Dad with his Iowa gear on:


Karen and I at post-wedding watching the Iowa game:


Mom and I on Friday Night:

Tanya at 27 weeks

Tanya's belly is continuing to grow as we pass the 6 month mark.  Tanya and her Mom did a lot while I was away including picking a color for the baby's room and a rocking chair for Tanya.  Our handyman painted the room over the weekend and we picked up the chair today.  It was so comfortable that I decided it would look good in the TV room so we did some re-arranging :)

Happy Halloween!

Mom sent me some fun pictures circa 1984 and I just had to share :)

Tanya at 23 weeks

Tanya's belly has definitely popped and she can no longer hide under "big" shirts.  She also seems to be eating more but no weird cravings as of yet.  Unless you think fried chicken and a tall glass of milk is weird.  Barnaby can now be "seen" and felt moving inside Tanya's belly.  He also made his first "unofficial" visit to Iowa where he took in his first Hawkeye game.  It was a great weekend spent with our friends Adam, Dube and Megan and Tanya's family.

The gang in front of the Hawk Truck before we left for the game.

First Kicks

Dave thinks I'm making things up - but Barnaby is totally kicking me these days. It started late last week and I wasn't positive that is what it was because it's not the "fluttery" feeling that people have described but more like twitches and twinges. Since it's still happening and I have no other explanation for it, I'm convinced that it's the little guy getting his daily workout. ;)

Tanya at 20 weeks

We're halfway home and Baby Barnaby is starting to take shape.  We had a doctor's appointment on Friday and the doc said he thinks Barnaby looks just like me...I agree.  He's up to a full 12 ounces...or in layman's terms, one can of beer.  Tanya is feeling good and starting to get a little belly.  We'll try to take pictures every 4 weeks or so but there probably won't be any more sonograms for a while.

Tanya at 16 weeks

First sonogram

In the top picture you can kind of see his head and his hand...looks like he is sucking his thumb.  The bottom picture is also a profile and you can see more of his body.

About this blog

Tanya and I are expecting a baby boy on February 6, 2010. As the pregnancy progresses, we'll post updates and pictures so friends and family can follow along with us. It's an exciting, yet scary, time but I think we're ready for it. I hope our families are too :)