Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy 2 year Wedding Anniversary to my little brother and his wife Theresa! I remember your big day like it was yesterday!! What a day it was! Baby Volkmann wanted to say Happy Anniversary too.

28 weeks!!

This is a picture of the baby's room. It's cream on top and red on the bottom. It will be accented with pink/red for a girl or blue/red for a boy.

The carseat/stroller combo. The only big thing we have bought.

Another picture of the room.

As requested, a belly shot. Remember, Trevor is managing the camera. This was taken between 27 and 28 weeks.

Another shot between 27 and 28 weeks, a little better picture by Trevor. At least my head is not cut off!! So today, I'm 28 2/7 days. I had a doctor appointment today actually. Everything went well. The babies heart rate was 140. It's has been anywhere from 130's-150's. I was measuring 28 5/7 with the good ole' tape measure. My blood pressure was great. I have gained a total of 11 pounds since I found I was pregnant. I still have about 7 pounds to be where I was pre-pregnancy(I wasn't feeling so good earlier on in the pregnancy-lack of appetite). Don't worry...the appetite is back! I feel just fine. I'm a bit tired at the end of the day and have a hard time staying up to watch the news. Trevor is doing great as well. He felt the baby kick for the first time the other night. My placenta is anterior so most of what I feel is really deep! So I think he was excited to actually feel the baby kick. We have a long list of boy and girl names. Trevor is actually very good at picking out names. Surprisingly, they are different than all my 1st and 2nd cousins. I have about 49 first cousins and 70+ second cousins and counting on my dads side of the family. So... the due date is still set for May 26th. I'm in no hurry, because I graduate from graduate school on May 8th. And...I have a lot to get done before then!! School, work, and family life has been a balancing act this semester. It's not hard work, but very time consuming with a lot of reading, discussion boards(on line classes), papers, presentations, group projects, and practicum hours. So I'll be thankful to be done! Well, I thought I better update the blog or I would have people coming after me!!!

OH MY.....I finally posted some pictures.

Some of my nieces and nephews were able to celebrate my birthday with me!! They are all growing up so fast.

Savannah was trying to help Natalie put her shoe back on.

Belle and Savannah at Christmas time.

Trevor and I in front of our huge Christmas tree! Ask Trevor if it fit in our house:)

Yes, Trevor and I in front of another Christmas tree.