32 Weeks- 8 Months

This week baby was the weight of about 4 oranges.  He is almost the length he will be when he's born, now he'll just fatten up these last few weeks!  

6-16-12

This week was Country Stampede in Manhattan.  It's a huge country music festival out at a lake.  Zach's younger brother, Phil, works for a company who puts up the stages, and he was able to get us back stage passes for the whole weekend!  Luke Bryan, Zac Brown Band, Toby Keith, and The Band Perry were the main acts.  We had fun hanging out with lots of family!  Phil was there, and so were Jamie, Melissa and Miles, Zach's cousins who visited us in Germany in December.  Justin and Casey also flew in for the weekend!

31 Weeks

This week Baby Greenlee and I were showered with love once again!  Sally, Abbey, and Runge hosted a beautiful shower in Kansas City for our friends and the grandmas to attend.  We had a blast catching up, and Baby Greenlee gained some adorable outfits, a bunch of books for his library, and some necessities for when he joins us!

31 Weeks: 6-9-12

So cute!!!

The wonderful hostesses!  Thanks girls!!!

Mamas

Things are moving along!  We close on our house on June 26.   Until then we are still in Topeka at Zach's dad's house.  I've been taking advantage of my pre-maternity leave by watching TLC and HGTV, and laying by the pool as much as possible.  I've missed summer!  After we close, we'll have a few days to paint and get the house ready, and then our household goods from Germany are being delivered on July 2nd.  One great thing about the military- not only do they pack and move your things, but they unpack and put anything back together that was taken apart when they deliver! (beds, bookshelves, etc)  That means we'll (hopefully) have all of July to get the baby's room ready.

30 Weeks at the K

30 weeks down, 10 to go!  This weekend we went to the Royals game with my dad and brother.  It was a beautiful day at the ball park!

6-2-12

Free hat day at the K!

This week we celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on Tuesday.  We went to see "What to Expect When You're Expecting" (cheesy but cute) and had dinner at a Japanese steak house.  I can't wait to see what the next 4 + years will bring!!!!

Happy 4th Anniversary to us!

29 Weeks

First week of the 3rd trimester went well!  Spent a few days in Manhattan doing the house inspection (everything went well), and doing the glucose screening and having my new chart made at the hospital on Fort Riley (we have an appointment with the doc next Wednesday.)  We spent this weekend lounging by the pool and enjoying the heat!

Baby weighs about 2 1/2 pounds now, as much as a butternut squash, and is about 15 in. long.  Other than occasional heartburn (thank goodness for TUMS!), some back pain, and constant trips to the bathroom, pregnancy is agreeing with me!  Zach is even trying to gain some sympathy weight so I don't catch up with him. :)

5-26-12

28 Weeks- on to the 3rd trimester!

This past week we've been busy!  We were able to spend Mother's Day with our moms at Tellers on Sunday (for the first time in many years!)

We started the week by house hunting with a realtor recommended by our bank, USAA, which is tailored to military families.  Well, he didn't work out, so we had to fire him.  He was so slow moving, and didn't know anything about us even though we'd been in touch by email with his partner for months!  

A friend of Zach's recommended another realtor, and he's been great.  He is closer to our age, and is a very hard worker.  He is very motivated!  We did another day of house hunting with him, and ended up finding a house!  We put in an offer on Wednesday and it was accepted!  The inspections are next week, and we hope to close June 26.  

Small world...the house is now owned by a girl I went to college with- she was a Chi Omega a year younger than me!

The house in in a really nice neighborhood, it's a little outside of Manhattan, and the house is only 3 years old!  All we have to do is paint some walls, and we'll be ready to go.

5-19-12

27 Weeks

We're home!  We flew in from Germany on Thursday, and stayed over in Baltimore for 1 night.  We flew into KC on Friday, and we're staying in Lawrence through the weekend.  Sunday we'll go to Topeka to stay with Zach's dad until we find a house in Manhattan.  Monday is our first day of house hunting with our realtors!

This week baby is 2 lbs, the weight of a head of cauliflower!   He's about 14 in. long.

5-12-12

26 Weeks

26 weeks!  And we will be home before the 27th week!  I've still been feeling good, lots of movement, heartburn, and a little swelling in the feet if I don't sit down for a while.  That will be easier now that I'm not working!  Friday was my last day.  I was sad to leave my kids and my place of employment for the past 4 years, but we are so ready!

We fly out on Thursday and will be in KS Friday afternoon.  We're excited to see family, check into Fort Riley, and get to the house hunting.  We're looking at buying a house, so we're ready to get started.  In the meantime, we'll be staying at Zach's dads house (they have a pool!!!! :) )

We've also got a lot already planned for the summer- housewarming parties, family visits, wedding receptions, showers, and more!  We can't wait to see everyone.

5-5-12: 26 Weeks

I forgot to get a picture with the shower hostess last week!

Our German friends/family in Frankfurt, Tanja and Klaus (Klaus is my uncle Rainer's cousin).  We'll miss you!

My Wetzel friends at our going away dinner.