36 weeks tomorrow!

HI All! Life is good here in Gizzy world. The kids are back in school and slowly getting back to the school routine. Today as a family we went to the OB for a final ultrasound. Last week my belly started to measure a little small so they wanted to take a peak to make sure everything was ok.

As you can see from the bottom photo, our little man was giving us the thumbs up. The top photo is a face shot. He is getting big! 6 pounds, 6 ounces and we have about 4 more weeks to go. Have a great week everyone!
Love,

Beth

35 1/2 weeks pregnant!

The photo above was taken today at about 35 1/2 weeks pregnant and the one below was taken 1.5 weeks ago when I was 34 weeks. As I compare the two photos, I don't see much a difference in my belly size...my little guy is actually sitting pretty far off to the right side, so if you look down at my belly at time it is visibly off center :D. I'll have to try and catch a photo of it sometime!

Hi All,

As I sit here updating the blog, Matt is serenading our little guy and me on his guitar (he says hi also). We hope your holidays were safe and fun for everyone. Matt and I especially enjoyed a relaxing season this year. We didn't have the kids on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day so it was a little quiet around here, but we enjoyed it. It was nice to have some slow time to just enjoy our little life together before everything changes.

Kodi and Eden both had a wonderful Christmas and they went only a little vacation with Matt up North in Hayward, Wisconsin. They spent 3 days cross country skiing and hanging out with some of our friends. During that time I enjoyed having a quiet house and relaxing...something I've gotten quite good at this Christmas break :D.

Today we finished buying the final items we needed before the baby comes. All we have left to do is install the car seat based into our cars, but we figure we have a little more time before we need to do that. My body is starting to "prep" for childbirth, I starting having the braxton hicks contractions yesterday and I am sure they will continue off and on until our little guy joins us. I'll try to update the blog at least twice a month if not weekly.

This week I start the weekly OB visits. It's crazy to think that we are almost to the end of our pregnancy! We could have our little boy pretty much any time now. I've been feeling great and I will be a little sad once he is no longer inside me as I have cherished almost every day. I feel very blessed to have had such a nice and easy pregnancy, hopefully childbirth will go the same :D.

Matt and I are off to the store. Have a great week everyone!
Love,
Beth and Matt

32 Weeks and Counting!

32 Weeks Pregnant!

OUR BABY'S NURSERY!

Hi All,

Sorry it's been awhile again since I last updated. Here is a recent photo of my ever-expanding in a good way body :D. I truly feel blessed at how great I have felt throughout my pregnancy. There is a part of me that is sad that it is going as fast as it has. It's hard to believe that I only have 2 months left! Time sure does fly.

We have the baby's room essentially completed, though I still need to figure out how I want to arrange the wall hangings. Kodi has drawn a very cute picture for the baby that I plan on framing. I also have a few pieces from my childhood nursery and also photos of Matt, my dad, and I when we were less than 2 years old that I plan on framing. I'll try to update again in the next week or so :D. Happy Holidays all!

This past Sunday, my wonderful sister-in-laws and mother-in-law threw me a lovely baby shower. It was very touching to have family and a few friends get together to celebrate our little bundle of joy!

Our bi-annual Christmas Pageant is taking place this Sunday at church. Danette Braun and I have been working hard with our 9 angels to choreograph 6 different pieces of music and our girls are really coming together! They have worked so hard and we are so excited to watch them perform at the 3 services this Sunday at church. If you are from around Tosa, the services are at St. Matthew's on Sunday, December 14 at 8:30am, 11am, and 4pm. Our Christmas pageant is always a special treat!

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of your week!

Love,

Beth

Getting so big!

Our little man is now up to 3 lbs 4 oz. Everything looks great on the ultrsound and they are expecting him to be a good size baby, so that is good...though I tell him he can't get too big as he needs to fit out of me (ha ha).

From left to right: My younger sister Sarah, me, and my older sister Angie.

The beautiful quilt Sarah made for our little man!

Who do you think will deliver first???

The diaper cake that my sister Angie and brother-in-law Marvin designed and built for us.

Kodi and Eden with Santa

28 weeks pregnant!

28 weeks and counting!

It is hard to believe that I am now in my third trimester. Time is certainly flying by fast! I feel so blessed to have had such a comfortable pregnancy thus far...I can only hope that this final trimester will be as lovely as my first two were. I am going to try and update the blog more frequently now that we are in the final leg of our journey.

Our little guy has become quite a mover and shaker. His kicks and moves around quite a bit now. When my mom was pregnant with us girls, my dad would put something on her belly and watch us girls kick the object and I have found that to be a great past time also. Kodi was really cute the first time he saw the remote control move on my belly and as soon as he touched my belly the baby gave him a good tap saying "hello". He was in awe that he could feel the baby from inside me.

This past Sunday my wonderful family threw us a couples baby shower in Fridley, MN. We all had a blast at the shower. My mom and sisters all put so much thought into planning it and it was greatly appreciated by us Gissibls. Matt, Kodi, Eden, and I were all excited about all the wonderful baby gifts that our loved ones gave to us. Thank you all so much!

Tonight, we all worked together on the babies room and it is all coming together. The walls are painted, the baseboard is in place and the furniture is now in the room. All I have to do is figure out where each furniture piece will fit best, it is amazing how much smaller the room looks once you put the furniture in it (though which room doesn't look smaller with furniture in it).

Tomorrow morning, I have another ultrasound. I am getting excited to see my little man again. I'll post some updated photos after the ultrasound. Here is the most recent photo of my belly.
I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Much Love, Beth

Well it's been a long time since I've last updated the blog, I apologize for that. My pregnancy is still progressing nicely. My last ultrasound earlier this month went well - everything looks just fine with the baby, so that is a blessing. I have really enjoyed my pregnancy thus far and really have no complaints aside from an occasional ache or being a little tired...but it's all so worth it :D. This past weekend, Matt and I started prepping the baby's room. We are hoping to get around to painting sometime this month and then we can move the furniture into his room.

The fall soccer season ended last weekend and both the kids had fun this fall. Tonight a bunch of the neighbors and us are getting together for a pizza party and bonfire before and after trick or treating. All the neighborhood kids are very excited for it all.

I'll try to post more photos soon :D
Happy Halloween!