friends with a photographer!

Erica is just getting her photography business off the ground and she graciously offered to do our maternity photo shoot!! 

It was a cold blustery day, but the leaves were beautiful.

Help me out- which one should I use for my new blog header??

Erica has such amazing skills with the camera- you can barely tell I had a stuffy runny nose that day!

Here’s little Dufry- the teddy bear Adam bought for his little girl on his last trip to Europe :)

Thanks again, Erica! I love how you were able to capture our hearts in these photos!

check out more of her awesome work at: http://EricaLynnPhotography.blogspot.com/

Showered with love from my family

My family threw a shower for me to get ready for our little girl!!

My family is spread out all over the country, but amazingly, EIGHT states were represented at my shower!!! AND EVERYONE except me and the hostess had to travel OVER AN HOUR (some up to 10!) to get there! What an amazing demonstration of love! :)

The states: Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Missouri, Virginia, and Connecticut.

Karen was our hostess. She did an outstanding job of leading the devotion and games.

While I opened so many generous gifts, all the ladies played “bingo” with gift items.

Thank you ERICA for hosting the beautiful shower!! Everyone felt so welcome and comfortable in your beautifully decorated home!

After the shower, all the family and two friends who traveled a long way came back to our house to meet up with the guys to hang out for the afternoon. We made a new record for guests in our little condo: 33 people!!! (18 adults and 15 kids!)

Here are all the 4th generation kids on the front steps! From Mom’s side of the family, we’re just missing Matthew, Matthis, Jonas, and Ila. So 15 for 19, not too bad! Can’t wait for the next time we all get together!

in 3D!

Last Friday we had a super fun appointment getting 3D/4D Ultrasound images of our little girl!! At first she was a little shy... she had her hand in front of her face for the first 20 minutes :)



Following the technician's suggestion, we walked around the halls and up the stairs for a couple of minutes to see if we could get her moving. Then right before I laid back on the table, I took a couple sips of Adam's coffee...



And it must have worked! After that, she was ACTIVE and she moved her hand for a couple minutes so we could get a cute little video:



In the very beginning you can see the umbilical cord in front of her face. Then you'll notice at about 25 seconds, she moves her hand from the front to the side, and then lets out a big yawn. At the very end she rests her head on her hands :)

Some 2D shots:

FEET! (can you see her BIG toe in the left picture?!)


Profile shot, maybe smiling?!


Sleepy!


This one's my favorite, she looks so peaceful!


After that, she was done- she turned her head down to tell us she had enough poking around for the day!!

It was such a fun experience!! Adam loved it and even got a little teary-eyed (sorry hun, had to tell everyone!) What an awesome opportunity it was for us to visualize what's going on in her little world. Can't wait to touch her, hold her and kiss her in about 2 months!!