24 Weeks

Here's a look back at the past 12 weeks & how my belly has grown! It's hard to believe all the changes that are taking place, and has been so much fun feeling the baby move. Nate has been able to feel it more often now too!

24 Weeks

19 Weeks

12 Weeks

This weekend we had company and had a blast! Justin and Megan came up from Madison to visit. When they started their travels they knew we were getting snow, but no one would have thought we'd get 15-20 inches...record setting levels! Needless to say, we were definately snowed in this weekend! Saturday we ended up walking downtown to the bars to watch the Badger game...so much snow we couldn't even drive! We were able to grab a tasty lunch, play darts, Wii and of course watch many people attempt to drive places. Today we were lucky enough to have to kind neighbors come over & help snowblow our sidewalk, driveway & get my car out. Here's some pictures of the weekend.

House Projects

And the house projects continue! Last weekend we were lucky enough to have my parents down to help us work on the house. Last year at this time we figured we'd try to "remodel" at our own pace...now for some reason there seems to be a sense of urgency to get these renovations done. Hmmm, I wonder why?! Us girls worked painting walls & trimwork in the dining room, while the guys worked upstairs, taking down a ceiling, more plaster & getting a wall put up. I'm starting to see light at the end of the tunnel! Soon we'll have the electrician in to update everything, re-insulate upstairs, and get some bedrooms framed in! :)

Mom (or should I say 'Grandma Julie' & Me) 

 Dad (Grandpa Steve) & Nate...trying to look busy at work!

So you might ask why this picture isn't very clear? All of those speckles you see

are dust particles from plaster & old insulation coming down....messy stuff!

Windsor saw that we covered the couch during construction, so after

bumping into wet paint, he decided to take it easy & get some rest.

Grandma Julie busy at work...she did most of the painting while I worked

on trimwork. I tried to help as much as I could, doing what allowed

without my belly getting in the way! :) Thanks for all of the help!!

23 Weeks

I'm officially 23 weeks today & lots has changed since my last post! I've had the best of intentions, just don't know where time has gone! Everything is going very well. Baby Marx is starting to move, which is the coolest thing. On November 20th (21 wks) I started to feel movement...this time it was clear as could be. I was trying to go to sleep after working overnight & it felt like someone was doing summersaults inside of me!

On November 23rd we had our monthly check-up with the doctor. Baby Marx is very healthy & had a heartrate of  approximately 160. We are still right on track for April 1st.

For Thanksgiving we travelled out to the farm & had a blast with the whole family. Was so much fun to have everyone back at the same time. After an attempted couple of hours of sleep, all of us girls woke up for some Black Friday shopping. Once again, we managed to nearly fill up 2 vehicles...this time Amy's minivan & Katie's truck. Who would've thought we'd find so many good deals?! Can't wait to do it all over again next year!

And one more exciting thing...just this week (December 1st) Nate got to feel the baby move for the first time! I was doing some stuff around the house before Nate got home & noticed quite a bit of movement. So when Nate came home & knew baby was active, we thought why not try to see if he could feel anything. Only seconds after Nate put his hand on my belly, our active little baby wanted to say hello...I jumped it was so strong, it kind of scared me! It brought big smiles to our faces. Needless to say, we're both enoying every moment & looking more forward to April 1st!