Happy Daddy Day!

rich is already the best dad ever. i love you lover! xoxo.

lobster, crab and clams

father's day walk by our lake

life is good :)

bombay grill

dr. ahmed invited rich and i, and a few other ABH employees to have dinner at his uncle's restaurant, bombay grill. the food was unbelievably good.  thanks again ahmed family! i love my ABH coworkers--they are such amazing and kind people, and i'm grateful to work and learn from them.

hot mama party

ali (one of rich's dental friend's wife) is preggo, so we had a dinner for her. she is due anyday, but still walking a lot and looks super hot--hopefully i can copy cat that! ;) it was a fantastic dinner, and it was fun hearing about so much baby stuff.  i'm starting to freak out a little about the idea of having a teeny tiny nonverbal baby at home, so i'm lucky to know so many amazing mamas who are smarts.

Jack Johnson

rich and i went to a jack johnson concert, and i know i say this a lot, but it was the BEST concert ever. jack is the chillest.  the venue was amazing--it was downtown right on lake michigan, and the sky was so blue.  jack johnson's music is so good.  i loved how there were a lot of families at this concert.  i'm pretty sure baby was groovin' to the music too because i didn't feel nauseated at all.

visit from our sweet folks!

kathy and paul came to visit us for memorial day! naturally, it was the best visit ever! i had to work memorial day weekend and day, so i know rich especially was sooooo happy to have them here. rachael will be disappointed in the documentation of this trip, but we were having too much fun to take pics! :) on memorial day rich took them to a white sox game and grilled out for dinner.  they saved of their food for me, and it was delicious! on tuesday, we went to the zoo.  i was exhausted that day--but we did get to see the giraffes, mongolian camels, monkeys and lions, so hopefully i didn't slow everyone down too much.  i am growing a little monkey in my belly, so no one submitted any complaints. thanks parents! :) hopefully i didn't seem crabby either because i had a fabulous time--especially seeing the baby gorilla! the next day we got to show them around the four lakes area--pools, boats, biking/running trails, etc and had shish kabobs for dinner--thanks to rich and paul's delicious grilling. on friday, we were supposed to go on the divvy bikes and bike around downtown chicago, but of course it was absolutely frigid. kathy and i forgot coats/sweaters, soooo that never happened, but we did stop at a diner and have some great pancakes. :) we even had time to go to buffalo wild wings and see the movie, million dollar arm. it was a great time and we were sad to have them leave.  every time i spend time with these two, i am amazed by everything they do. i am blessed to have them as in-laws. love them LOTS. 

puma couldn't have been more excited to see paul

sticky buns=my new favorite dessert

bernadette and i got to eat outside for lunch at work, so does that almost count as grilling out?

too many good lookers for one pic...

we watched this mama gorilla and her baby for like an hour--adorable!

big kitty

we tried fitting in one paddle boat, but kathy and i almost ended up swimming, so we ended up getting two and having a paddle boat train

it was a beautiful night

this is us after rich won the boat race by cheating...i don't think paul approved

paul and rich went on like a 25 mile bike ride! CRAZY dudes! kathy is a crazy dudette too, but she hung with the preggy girl and we went to naperville's riverwalk and got gelato. yum!

run coyote run!

ultrasounds are great

my new favorite person--a sonographer! :) rich and i had an ultrasound appt, so we got to see our baby! we were doing the nuchal translucency ultrasound, so they needed to get a view of the baby's neck, but our little dude/dudette was not having it. when we first started, baby was hugging itself facing my spinal cord--so cute.  after about an hour, baby finally had relaxed quite a bit, but still was not in a hurry to reveal it's neck--it had both it's hands behind it's head! it was super cute--this baby will be able to chill with daddy. two hours later--they finally got baby to reposition and got some shots. i felt horrible because paul and kathy were in the waiting room for so long, but i'm not gonna lie--it was also pretty amazing being able to see and hear our baby for so long. baby was healthy and doing well.  :) CANNOT wait for 12-4.  i wanna hold this little charmer! xoxo.

HI BABY!

First Trimester=Finished!

i'm so excited about this baby! this little miracle in my belly is all i think about. :) we can't wait to see our little doll!

5 weeks

6 weeks old--already finding books for baby!

7 weeks at wrigley

8 weeks in our backyard

9 weeks!!!!

double digit week!

11 weeks and going to see mama mia

good-bye first trimester..hello 13 weeks!