Movie Star

At our ultrasound we got a few videos of our little girl. I thought that was so fun. So here are a couple of my favorites.

You can see her kind of wiggle and then wave to the camera at the end. So sweet.

In this one you can see that she's got the hiccups, which is kinda sad since they shake her whole body, but also cute to watch.

The Good Stuff

Now that we're officially "private," I feel a bit better about sharing pregnancy and baby stuff on here. Sorry about the hassle of having to sign in or not being able to check out our blog with Reader, etc. (I know the feeling...not my favorite thing in the world) but I've heard about too many weirdos. Hopefully you'll still check up on us from time to time. Let's be honest...it's not as if I post all the time. But I will try to be better. I've got a few things I want to blog about, but we'll start with the best part---OUR BABY! As you all surely know by now, I am pregnant with our first little one--and it will be a darling little girl. I am due January 2nd and we couldn't be more excited. I am now a whopping (almost) 24 weeks, so I'm more than half way! We have had 2 ultrasounds (they couldn't see her spine at the first one, so we got to go back for another) so here are some pictures of our little babe.

Foot

Profile

Her cute (kinda creepy) face...and big round belly

Full body shot

So there you go. I'll get some pregnant pictures up soon...Chase isn't home during the week, and I can't take a picture of myself, so you'll just have to wait. :) But I'm definitely getting nice and round!

I've had a wonderful pregnancy and I love being pregnant. I haven't been sick, I haven't had crazy mood swings (for the most part), nor have I had cravings, unfortunately. I feel this little girl kick/move all the time, especially when I'm in a reclining position. All the more reason for me to relax. :) I love feeling her, and I love that Chase can feel her now. It makes it all so real.

I'll try to keep you updated on our progress, especially for those of you who are far from us. Thank you for all your love! We love and miss you all!

Privatizing

In order to be able to safely and comfortably put up pictures, videos, and information about our upcoming baby, we have decided to take our blog private. So for those of you who are interested in continuing to read my frequent :) blog posts (I promise, it will get better) send me your e mail address and I will add you. This will probably happen in the next week or so! Love you all!

Making Contact

As you all know, we live in the mountains. You also know that the country recently switched from analog TV to digital. That little switch took away the 2 channels we received through a monstrous antenna. We're too cheap to get cable (and we don't really need it) so we decided to try our luck at picking up digital channels. The video below is Chase's attempt at finding that long-lost signal. Or perhaps he was just trying to locate his friends from outer space. Either way, he wasn't successful. But it makes for a good laugh.

The Life of 2 Cascadians

Cat's Out...

Here's our big secret....I'M PREGNANT! I'm only 3 months, and due January 2nd. We're excited for a New Year's Baby.

Here's an ultrasound picture of our little tyke at 7 weeks. Now I'm a whopping 12.

We're excited.

Now you know.

Anything new?

Unfortunately....not. Nothing is happening. Same 'ol, same ol for us. I am still subsitute teaching as much as I can, and Chase was working some landscaping jobs while waiting for his Forest Service job to start. Today was his first day back with the U.S. Forest Service as a Hydrologic Logic Technician Supervisor. He's excited to start this job again and to be doing something he enjoys and is good at....definitely helps that he gets to work in the mountains with his hikin' boots and granola bars. I'm still waiting to hear about the 15 jobs I applied for in the McCall-Cascade area. No one is hiring until things get busy....probably the end of May. So I'm still waiting....it sucks. But we're hopeful something will work out. So for now, Chase is working in Boise getting things ready to go and he'll be starting in Garden Valley in 2 weeks. That's when we'll make the big move to Cascade. It'll be fun. We're excited.