Cade in 3D!

We have been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to update the blog! We were in San Francisco over Labor Day weekend to spend time with our dear friends the Adams, celebrate Katie’s birthday and pick up our baby furniture! I will post some pictures of our very fun weekend soon.
Today I am 27 weeks, and yesterday we had a very exciting doctor’s appointment with the specialist. They did a detailed ultrasound and checked out Cade from head to toe! We had the same ultrasound at 18 weeks, which was truly amazing to see our child so in depth for the first time. This ultrasound was no less amazing as he has grown to 2.2 lbs and developed so much more.
We are praising the Lord again for such a healthy report. Cade is right on target measurement wise for 26-27 weeks, so December 15 is still the plan for his arrival! Seeing him yesterday makes us more anxious to hold him and love him, but we are grateful for the necessary “baking” time. I must admit I love feeling him move and kick around. He is an active one for sure, making his presence known often.
At the end of our appointment they flipped on the 3D/4D machine and showed us images of our little man. We were blown away. It is hard to believe that a child is developing inside my belly, and when we saw those pictures it made us more in awe of the Lord’s creative and perfect ways. We posted a few so you can see him too! We happen to think he is the cutest little man around. The nurse even said “Look he already has cheeks!” We can’t wait to pinch them!


Sweet Little face











Here he has his hands in front of his face. We watched on screen as he opened his hand to reveal 5 perfect little fingers!

This one you can see his shoulder on the left just below his face, his arm and two little hands up near his mouth.

The Ever Growing Belly!

12 weeks...

17 weeks...

20 weeks...

24 weeks!

Here's some fun profile shots of the wifey. The latest one taken tonight. Funny how the days go by. She's been a great sport about getting bigger. We've been having fun lately talking to little Cade (as we've been reading that his ears are developed enough to hear us both now). We'll keep posting some more pictures in the coming weeks as she gets farther along. Next Monday is our next appointment with the doctor, so we're excited to go again and see how much our little boy has grown. He's starting to kick a little harder and I've even begun to feel him by laying my hand on Melissa's belly. One night he kicked really hard and Melissa jumped, then asked me "Did you feel that?!". To which I replied "YES!". Guess you had to be there...
Lately, we've been taking some time to research some baby furniture and start registering at Baby's-R-Us. We've already done a couple of trips and are narrowing our selection of baby accessories, apparel, and baby transportation means. The Lord is gracious to give us such great friends who have helped us to really zero in on the quality baby stuff. So if you have any advice, we'd love to hear it!
Eric

Happy birthday Jenny!! (Part 1)

Matt and Jenny invited us to Lake Arrowhead to celebrate the last year of Jenny's 20's (I think that is a better way of saying 29, don't you ;) ). It was a great weekend with some of our closest friends, the Guties, Kalub's, and Brannon's.

It was kind of a rainy Saturday morning, but the boys still managed to get in some good skiing first thing in the morning. The girls opted for manicures and tea lattes in the village. What a way to spend a Saturday! We had a fabulous dinner with Jenny's favorites - tri-tip and corn on the cob, and then a yummy flourless chocolate cake and St. Patty's mint yogurt from Golden Spoon for dessert. Jenny had a little help blowing out her candles because Andrew and Chad’s birthdays are coming up soon too!

Thank you Matt and Jenny for bringing us all together for a fun weekend! Jenny, we praise the Lord for you and his work in your life. We pray his blessings are abundant for you in this next year of life. We love you!