First Comes Love...

I just wanted to share our 20 week ultrasounds with all of you; I'm sorry I didn't post it sooner. We can hardly believe that in a mere 16 weeks, our sweet little girl will be here!

I wasn't very diligent about taking pictures this weekend, but below are a few from our trip.  Such a fun weekend...we found lots of cute clothes for Baby, Mom, and Grandma alike! Below are a few pictures taken from our hotel room.  These were small views we had between the large buildings, but pretty none the less. First thing we did after unpacking was go to Neiman Marcus for lunch.  A fun tradition! Shopped around for the afternoon and found some cute things, then headed out later for dinner in Little Italy....best Italian food I've had in along time! Post dinner pic...I look very pregnant....and very full! As such, we decided to stroll around the neighborhood and walk home instead of taking a cab...not so bad when it's all downhill.  Gave us a chance to explore the neighborhoods and walk through Chinatown. Woke up on Sunday ready for more shopping and exploring.  Started the day at a few fun maternity boutiques, then headed down to Fisherm...

...and my Mom and I are headed to San Fransisco for a little retail therapy!  Hope everyone has a great weekend and I'll post some pics once we're back!

Thankful yet again for Friday; these weeks have been killing me!  In light of this, I thought I'd share a list of reasons why Kevin is awesome.  Please note; all credit of this post goes directly to my sister-in-law, the next Mrs. Lauckner!  This was her idea (see her blog for the original) and such a fun idea that I just had to steal it!  So here it goes; below are the top 17, non mushy/cheesy reasons, why Kevin is awesome! 1) He reads The Economist at the airport…just in case important people are watching. 2) He makes me a hot water bottle each night and tucks me into bed 3) He has such bad penmanship that it’s almost cute! 4) He has a beautiful, caring heart and drops everything to be with a friend in need. 5) He’s an amazing cook! You’ve gotta try one of his creamy risottos 6) He has the most adorably tragic adolescent pictures. See the end of this post for a few examples… 7) A Midwest boy at heart, he’ll wave off my recipes, but loves nothin...

...'cause it's a GIRL!!!!!!   Me and my 20 chins  holding the ultrasound pic right after finding out!   What a whirl wind this last week has been!  It started with our ultrasound on Wednesday when we found out we're having a girl!  And what a surprise it was....Kevin was convinced it was a boy and had me thinking that too for the last 4 months.  But we were thrilled and celebrated with dinner at The Pink Door in Post Alley!  Also stopped by a children's store on the way, where Kevin's picked out her first little outfit! Dinner was awesome!!  Highly recommended as a great place for Italian food in Seattle.  The next evening, we had both sets of parents over for dinner to announce our big news.  We decided to tell them by making a pink cake which we hid over chocolate frosting.  We also cleared our kitchen chalk board and made it into a voting poll...our friends voted on Saturday as well. Dad's voted g...