Carroll, IA

Saturday afternoon we drove out to Carroll, IA to attend a church dedication. OJ's family used to live there, and this is the first "actual" church building that they have in Carroll. So Oj's family wanted to go out there and attend the dedication. It's a little less than a two hour drive from Omaha. Here are some pictures from our drive that we took with our new camera. :)

This is the house that Oj's family lived in when they lived in Carroll, Iowa.

A cool farm

A picture that OJ took. Not sure what those are called.

A windmill

The new church building
Being from Utah, it was kind of fun to go into this building. It's like a miniature version of the ones that I'm used to. There is no gym and only a few classrooms. I guess they build them so that they can add on when there is growth, but for now they didn't need anything larger.

baby

Today I decoupaged some baby decorations for the nursery. It was pretty fun to do. I love that I get to use all this pink stuff... because it's my very favorite color! 100 days to go until we get to see her beautiful face!



This is me at 25 weeks 5 days! I don't look very cute because I've been working on my crafts... maybe next time I'll get dressed up for the picture.

25 Weeks!

Today I had my 25 week appointment. Sorry, no pictures! But the baby is doing good so far. She seems to be growing right and she has a 160 bpm heartbeat! I don't worry so much in between appointments anymore if she's okay because I can feel her moving all the time. It's so great! In 3 weeks we should have some ultrasound pictures for you all to see!

21 Week Ultrasound Pics

So here are the pictures from our ultrasound on January 13th. The top one is a picture of her face. If you look close you can see her eyes, nose, and her hand. The bottom one is the picture showing that she's a girl! (I still can't figure out how they can read these things though.) I'm not sure when our next ultrasound is... I wish they'd do one at every appointment, but I don't think our insurance company would appreciate that! Only four months left until we get to see her beautiful face! I can hardly wait to hold her!

And for those of you who wanted a picture of me, here it is. 22 weeks 4 days pregnant! Bet you can't wait 'til we get to the 40 week picture! ;)

She's still a girl!!!

So I had another ultrasound today! She is still a girl, so that's good to hear!

My Dr. said that she is about 14oz. and every part of her looks to be growing just like it's supposed to be. It was so much fun to watch her moving on the screen and to see her hands, feet, and face... I could even see her open and close her mouth a couple times. She was moving around so much that the Dr. wasn't able to get too great of a picture... but I will put the pictures we did get on a little later.

I'm thinking about doing a 3D ultrasound in a few weeks here... has anyone had one of those done? If so, what did you think about it?

It's a Girl!

Oj and I went to the Dr.'s today and had our 17 week ultrasound!
The Dr. said he is pretty sure that we're having a girl, but since I am only 17 weeks along there's a chance he could be wrong. So for now we're going to assume that she's a girl. We go back in on January 13 and then we'll know for certain!

Below are some of the ultrasound pictures. I know they're kind of hard to figure out... so the round portion on the left is her head and the round portion on the right is her belly. She is healthy and moving around! Her little heart beats at 159 bpm.

Shhhhhhhh!!!

This is Oj, I'm going behind Natalie's back and asking everyone during this Christmas season to reconsider their voting (if you voted for a girl) on our poll of what everyone thinks we are having. I'm sure it will be a girl, but it would be nice to win with the most votes atleast for a boy. There is a link under the poll that says to change vote. Do what you believe to be right....during this giving season

Kansas City Trip

We decided with school and work off that we should take advantage of the time. We decided to drive down to KC and do a little shopping and relaxing. We invited Oj's brother and his wife to come along too. Below are a few photos of Crowne Center that is all ready for Christmas!! We also ate at this fun place called T-Rex that was pretty cool.

It's official...

We're Pregnant, and we're finally ready to tell everyone. We are 14 weeks pregnant, and due May 26, 2009! Hopefully we will find out what we're having on Dec. 16th!

Video from our Wedding that we found...

We came across this video that we played at our wedding receptions and thought we would post it.