39 weeks and 5 days

Stephanie and I did a little photo shoot of my baby belly today. They turned out so wonderful. I can't believe that any day now JD and I will be holding a little baby girl in our arms. But right now she's still cookin' in my belly.

Cousin Jack

Cousin Jack the cat is visiting from Laramie. Here he is joining Stephanie and I in some Sunday morning relaxing on the couch. There are now four cats in the house and it's a riot to say the least.

A nice Christmas dinner

We had a lovely Christmas dinner with our new fancy dishes yesterday. It was so much fun and I feel like such a homemaker having matching dishes and linens and glasses. The last photo is of the homemade desserts Stephanie made.... delicious!

Meowy Christmas ! ! !

In keeping with a tradition JD and I started a few years back we photographed our cats Christmas style. This was our first year however attempting the feat with 3 cats. Even with our friend Clint helping JD hold the cats we weren't able to get them to cooperate. Zihua on the right just cracks me up. Ziggy and Zihua as reindeer and Hobbs as a mighty fine Santa Cat.

Fresh snow

Even though it's only a dusting, we got fresh snow in Helena. Our deck buffalo looks frosty cold.

That photographer is pregnant

My friend Grant Hanson took these photos of me this week at a college basketball game. Baby belly is getting so big! Only 10 days till my due date now.

I love winter!

We're decorated for the holidays! The Christmas tree has actually been up since Thanksgiving weekend and JD put the final touches on our outdoor lights Sunday. The top photo shows the front of our new rental house. Which is such a treat. We moved into a 3-bedroom house on the west-side of Helena on November 1st. It's such a cozy, wonderful house. We have a spare bedroom so any friends and family have a place to stay. Although Stephanie has already called dibs on the room when the baby comes :) The house is complete with a living room just for JD in the basement. And the other nice perk of the house is the sun porch across the front. The cats absolutely love it there, except when it's -10 bellow. Putting the final touches on the baby room is on the to-do list next.

37 weeks

We're coming down the final stretch now. I'm so amazed at my skin's ability to stretch and accommodate a baby. I'm really looking forward to being able to tie my own shoes without falling over and being able to see my feet.

Zihua and the sun

In our new rental house we have a sun room that the cats absolutely love. Zihua is seen here soaking up the winter sun in the papasan chair.

Getting closer

I know we haven't posted anything new in a while... we've been busy decorating for the holidays and getting the last minute items for baby. We will post some new pictures soon!