FBC Couples Baby Shower

This past weekend, our friends from Faith Bible Church threw us an awesome Couples Baby Shower. The dads don't usually get to be a part of the baby parties, but this party was made for the guys and the gals to enjoy.

It was sweet (flowers, cutsie cupcakes, pink packages), but not too sweet (pizza, more root beer than I've ever seen in my life, and a practically naked toddler running around trying to fight the men while streamers were hanging from his diaper). Needless to say, we loved it!

This group has been a huge blessing to us since we moved to Spring 2 years ago. We have been able to share our joys and our struggles with them. We have prayed for them, and they have prayed for us. And several of us are just entering parenthood, so we will have new joys and struggles to share...I'm sure.

Here are pictures of Kara's soon-to-be friends from our church group. They had fun at the shower too!

There's something missing

I knew this would happen some day. The change was slow, but it has finally come to the point where I can no longer deny it. I just have to be honest with myself...I have no belly button.

My umbilical wonder has disappeared. No more trapped lent. No more...well, that's all it was probably good for.

Here is a cute video to help mourn the loss of my belly button.

Final Trimester!

We are officially in our 3rd trimester! Kara and I are growing, and she has continued to be incredibly active. We love watching her move and stretch around my belly. She is reactive to touch and pressure, which has given Lee a great way to play with her/antagonize her over the past weeks. But she gets her revenge at night by kicking him in the back while he is trying to sleep. I didn't realize this was happening since I am a heavy sleeper.

The picture on the left is week 16, and the picture on the right is week 27.

Kids are cute

The little one in the picture is my cousin, David. He is 4 years old, which means he is active, a bit rambunctious, and extremely inquisitive.

This weekend was the first time he has seen me with a belly. He understands that pregnant means baby, but was a little curious about how the whole thing worked. He kept coming up to me to feel my belly and try to get a peak under my shirt. After being satisfied that the baby hadn't come out, he would look at me and pronounce, "It's still in there."

After a while, I guess his mind got to thinking...and he came up to me with a question. "How does the baby get out?"

It's an innocent question, but really, what do you tell a 4 year old? So after an awkward silence, and possibly a bit of blushing, I told him the truth. "I'm going to push it out."

It must have been a good answer, because as you can tell from the picture, he likes to push things. So he put both hands on my belly and started to push on it. Unfortunately for him, but luckily for me, my grandpa quickly put a stop to that.

David will just have to wait like the rest of us. But it is nice to know that he is excited about meeting his cousin.