Its the Final Countdown!

Ok we know that we have been very neglectful of the blog. Despite that we're going to keep it relatively short and sweet. Time has been absolutely flying by but we have packed in a lot in the last several weeks. Two visits from Matt's parents at Thanksgiving and Christmas, which were fun as always! A baby shower for Janelle, visits with Janelle's family for Christmas, lots and lots of doctor visits including an ultrasound that all the baby's grandparents got to be a part of, Matt's birthday and celebration with friends and family, a very uneventful New Years, our cat Tony running away at the beginning of December, a new addition of another orange kitty a week ago, and sadly the passing of Janelle's grandfather. Whew that sums it up. Obviously what is in the forefront of our minds is the impending arrival of our baby girl Camille, which if Janelle had her way would be now!

The baby should be here in just about 3-4 weeks, the room is all ready and Janelle is too. Matt is still wrapping his head around the reality of fatherhood, but couldn't be more excited! :)

36 Weeks

Janelle is very proud of the fact that she has no stretch marks, not that she has any control over that, but still....

Halloween Part II

One of the party goers finally posted some pics from the Halloween party where Matt and Janelle went as roller girls. So here is the official evidence: Its Preggy Sue and Baby Mama!

Sorry it isn't bigger, since its not our pic, Janelle couldn't figure out how to make it any bigger. Its a little hard to tell how big the belly is in the pic, but for a little perspective this shirt used to fit Janelle just fine and hit at about the hips. Now it doesn't even cover the belly!

Halloween

We had a very busy October with Matt teaching two classes to try to save up money for Janelle's maternity leave, visits with friends and work. Check out our friend Jesse's blog exciting times (link on the side) for some pics from our pumpkin patch adventure with the Paulsons, and John and Amy. Jace documented the day!

For Halloween, Janelle dressed as a pregnant cheerleader at work on Friday and Saturday Janelle and Matt both went as roller derby girls. It was quite the sight to see with Matt dressed in a skirt and fish nets and Janelle wearing a half shirt with temporary tattoos on her belly. We didn't personally get pics but there are some out there somewhere....

We got several trick-or-treaters and many parents were very congratulatory when they saw our pumpkins.

Unfortunately we have fallen behind in taking belly pics, hopefully soon when we get new batteries for the camera! Janelle is feeling kicks all the time now and if you look closely they can even be seen on the outside from time to time!

5 Months!

We're more than half way there! Today marks the end of the fifth month of pregnancy for Janelle! In the last two weeks we've added a new chair and rug to the nursery and Janelle has started feeling the baby move and kick multiple times a day now. Matt has even gotten to feel some kicks over the last few days. Its exciting that now the baby is big enough to share this experience with both mom and dad!

Although it may be hard to tell from the picture, Janelle's belly has grown quite a bit over the last couple weeks as well and there is no mistaking that she is pregnant at this point.