Baby Shower In A Box

Being pregnant and stuck on a rock in the middle of an ocean is definitely not easy....it's hard not really having our family and friends to share it with. I don't get to go shopping for baby clothes with my mom, and when Charlie arrives, other than posting pictures online, I don't get to show off our new baby to the people that we're closest to. While I am so thankful that I have Dennis home to experience every second of this pregnancy with me, I do wish that we were at least attached to the same piece of land as the rest of our families. We are also so incredibly blessed to have family back home that goes out of their way to make us not completely feel like there is an ocean between us.

This afternoon there was a box on our front porch.

My mom and grandma sent us a box filled to the brim with baby presents wrapped in monkey/jungle themed paper.

Here's a peek at what was in the box:






I can't wait to see Charlie in this. There's just something about these nightgowns that make babies seem extra snuggly!

This is one of my absolute favorites...EVERY baby needs a glowworm!

I love this little Giraffe rattle!

This blanket is SO soft and snuggly!

A rainbow of baby bibs!

and...

My favorite outfit of all- How cute is Charlie going to look in this! Hopefully his uncle Jordan will be able to come back out to Hawaii so we can take a picture of them together!

Thank you Mom, Dad, Grandma, Jordan, Kay and Danielle for everything!!!
We love and miss you all!

30 weeks

Charlie's room is finished! The wall decal I ordered finally came in the mail and that's all we were waiting for to complete the room. I can't believe we only have about 10 weeks (give or take a few) before we meet Charlie!

Here are a couple of belly shots that Dennis took. I think he did a pretty good job!

Hello 3rd Trimester!!!

Dennis and I kept going back and forth about whether we wanted to get a 3d/4d ultrasound done again. We absolutely loved the first one we got at 17 weeks and knew we wanted to see his face once he filled out a little more but couldn't decide if we wanted to spend the money on it since there is still so much more we have to do to prepare for his arrival. When it came down to it, we decided that we would treat ourselves- plus think how awesome it's going to be to show these pictures to Charlie one day!

When the Tech first got him on the screen, Charlie was doing exactly what I expected he would...covering his face! This has been the norm for him for the last 2 ultrasounds we had. If you remember from our 17 week 3d session, he kept his arms up by his head the whole time. At our 20 week anatomy scan, he had his feet right by his head. Absolutely nothing has changed with out stubborn child!


These make me laugh- It looks like he's scratching his nose with his hands and when that didn't work out for him it looks like he tried to pick his nose with his toes! Is our child part monkey?!

He looks so sweet and peaceful in these. It's amazing how much his face has filled out in just 11 weeks!

Here's his foot back up by his face and the U/S Tech caught him yawning! In the second picture, I like to think that he was blowing me kisses!

These are absolutely my favorite. Before going to our appointment I wasn't sure how I would feel when I saw him. I thought that I really would just think that he looked like every other baby that I've seen 3d pictures of. It's so amazing because I can already see so much of Dennis and I in him. He looks so much like my baby pictures and every so often we caught a glimpse of what looked like a little butt chin! You can see it in the picture on the left- Dennis is so proud of that! I was really hoping we'd get pictures of him smiling and we definitely did!

Only 12 more weeks until we get to meet our sweet baby boy!