More Recent Baby Bump Pics

So I have been a little behind on the blogging...perhaps it because we have just been so busy!!! As you can see behind me the crib is up!! Didnt Chris do a GREAT job of painting it white! We love it! Above is me at 34 weeks after a very fun double baby shower with another friend of mine who is also pregnant.

Here I am at 33 weeks on our annual family trip to the Lutsen Sea Villas in northern Minnesota.

Here I am at week 32 after my first baby shower at my parents house.

And here is the week 31 picture.

I am definitely feeling more pregnant and looking that way as well! I am pretty tired when I get home after working 9 hours with kindergarteners and I'm still working at the Bou once a week, so once a week I have a 14 hour day! YIKES! The kids at school continue to occassionally touch the bump and say, "Ms. Amy, I like your baby!" Many ask if it will be a boy or girl and when will she come. One asked if it will hurt when the baby comes...I simply said, well yes it probably will. One informed me that her mom had to have her stomach cut to get the baby out. I said, yes sometimes that happens. They also ask if they will get to meet her and I say I hope I can bring her in to visit in January or February. The plan for now is to return to work after my maternity leave is up which hopefully is after 12 weeks, but it may just be 6, I still have to figure that out. Our doctor said since our pregnancy is going so well and I am healthy that I should put my last day as the due date. So, on December 11th when I am at work waiting for baby to let me know she is ready to come out and the kids ask "when is the baby coming?", I can say, well maybe today! I can't wait for their reactions then! I am sure it will be entertaining! It is ironic that my due date is the last day of after school activities! My supervisors are very happy about that!

Twin Cities Marathon 2008

After celebrating our friends marriages the night before we went to cheer for Chuck run his second 26.2 mile journey!! The Twin Cities Marathon...the most beautiful urban marathon in the world! Baby Meyers wore her special shirt for him too! Sadly, my dad could not run it this year. It was a very hard decision to make, but with the pain he has been having for over a year in his achilles tendons, it was probably the wisest, best way to go. Once he is done with his therapy, I know he has another marathon in him!
GO CHUCK GO!!! It was a very rainy cold run but he did so well!! He finished in 3 hours 36 minutes! We went to Chili's afterwards to celebrate with some burgers, then we took about a 3 hour nap!!

30 Weeks Preggo and Two Weddings...what a night!

After 4 and a half years Katie Ream and Paul Riddell tied the knot!! It was a beautiful day and a beautiful outdoor wedding at the Outing Lodge Bed and Breakfast in Stillwater, MN. Now, this picture was turned the right way when I picked it out so I don't know what happened to it on the way to blogger but oh well!
Here is the pregnant bridesmaid Amy and her wonderful hubby Chris! Thanks Ashley for doing my hair! After the ceremony we had appetizers in the cabinlike reception hall and watched the newlyweds' first dance and the father daughter dance.
We couldn't stay all night though because we had another friends wedding to get to! Megan and Pat also got married October 4th, 2008. Their ceremony and reception was on Summit Ave. in St. Paul at the Germanic Institute. To end the night the newlyweds performed Wild Thing together with Megs dads and a friend of the couple. It was a blast!
Okay so this picture should have been with Katie's wedding...here is Lorissa, Katie(the bride) and Amy...friends since 7th grade!
More friends since 7th grade dancing the night away...Aliya, Melissa, Megs (the bride) and me!

CONGRATULATIONS to the happy couples!!

31 Weeks!

Here we are at 31 weeks!! I am in love with these new maternity jeans! I am still feeling great and getting more and more excited to meet this little lady. We have finally set up some childbirth classes which will start this week. Chris and I went to Chuck's this past weekend where Chris successfully painted the changing table! YAY! So that is up in our nursery. The crib needs one more coat of paint and we need to find a dresser and we will be on the way to having a complete nursery! With three showers coming up we will get lots of other goodies to fill the nursery with too.

30 Weeks Pregnant

Here we are at 30 weeks!! She is moving more and more each day and I am getting bigger and bigger! We go to the doctor on Wednesday so hopefully everything is still going as it should. We are getting excited to cheer for grandpa Henjum and Chuck in the Twin Cities Marathon this Sunday. Baby and I have an idea for a fun shirt to wear! We are also rooting on the Twins!!! Yesterday hopefully was not the last game we will be working this season. GO TWINS!!!

30 Weeks Pregnant and a 10 Year High School Reunion!

This past Saturday night baby, Chris and I attended my 10 year high school reunion and had an absolute blast! I think the Woodbury Class of 1998 was a pretty special class. There were so many people there I hadn't talked to in years but the way we were chatting and laughing it was like we talked yesterday. Our principal even showed up and did the ROYALS pepfest cheer! He is the best!

The festivities began on Friday night with a tour of the high school and holy cow has it changed!! There is an indoor track, additional classrooms and hallways and apparently a whole new gymnastics training room in the basement but we didn't get to see that. After the tour some classmates went to the homecoming football game. I didn't really pay attention to the game in HS and I still didn't this past Friday. My friends and I were too busy catching up, however I do know that Woodbury won! WAHOO! That is something that didn't happen to often in my 4 years as a Royal. It was a great night for homecoming too! When the game ended, some friends such as myself and three others stayed and talked while others headed to Throwbacks for drinks and dancing. When the fun conversations ended I went to my friend Alison's house down the road from the HS with our friend Jamie for more reminiscing. When the clock ticked midnight I knew it was time for baby and I to get home. Chris stayed home to watch the debates Friday.

He did come on Saturday with one of my girlfriend's/classmates fiances for a couple hours. That way the two of them didn't have to get there two hours early to set up and didn't have to stay until the wee hours of the morning but we could still show them off while they were there! My parents even got to join in on reunion fun since they were nice enough to check people in. Go parents! The night was full of good appetizers, good conversations and very fun memories...sparked by a great slideshow! Thanks for all your hard work on that Melissa and thanks to classmates who sent photos in. I even got a baby gift for being the gal there closest to her due date! One of my friends is due 6 days after me so it was a close call! The top picture that is sideways is my friend who is due 6 days after me...it wasn't sideways when I uploaded it and now I don't know how to fix it...sorry Jess!

We ended the night by dancing the soles of our shoes off at a club down the road from where our reunion was held and baby and I didn't get home until close to 3am!!! I am sure she appreciated that. We were just having so much fun!

Week 29 and a cousins wedding!

Week 29 is here!!! It was a pretty good week. Monday was a normal work at the school day and then out to Chucks for his bday, Tuesday I worked at Caribou and school, Wednesday was a normal school work day and Thursday I got my bridesmaid dress pinned up to be tailored. Yep, I get to be in another wedding as a preggo! This time it will be more obvious though since I will be 30 weeks along, not 16! I also squeezed a nap into almost every one of those days...naps are my friend lately!

We were very productive this past Friday as well and got all of our registering done!! We went to Target, then got dinner and then made our way to Babies R Us. It was quite an overwhelming but fun event at the same time. There are so many cute and fun things out there for our sweet lil girl! We are leaning towards butterfly and flower things for her. Even though we were registering for 5-6 hours I am sure we still forgot some things and added some items that maybe we don't really need. So if you are out and about shopping for us feel free to pick things up that aren't on our list if you think we need them! You parents know more than we do about what we need and what we don't need.

Last night we went to one of Chris' cousins weddings in Red Wing and had a great time! It was nice to see his family and catch up since we hadnt seen them probably since his birthday :( Today (Sunday) was spent sleeping in, baking, cleaning and of course watching the Vikes and Twins! Both teams won!!! HOORAY!!! GO MINNESOTA!!

This week will be busy...I sell Twins tickets Tues, Wed, and Thurs! Friday is the beginning of my 10 year high school reunion weekend. We are going on a tour of the school and hanging out. Chris wont be at Friday's festivities because he will be watching the first of the debates, but he will come to the main event on Saturday night. We are going to Jimmy's for apps, drinks (lemondade for me), a slideshow and catching up with old friends! Should be great!

Now it is dinner time, and we will probably watch the last few episodes of Heroes from last season so we are ready for the season premiere tomorrow! So many of our fav shows start this week!! YAY! I will watch most of them online or recorded on DVD since I will be working.

Have a great day everyone! Thanks for reading!