A few more showers and a chair.

We have had a couple more showers.

One Themed in CHICAGO BEARS!!!!! Awesome! Thank you Erin and Greg for hosting! It was GREAT. We ate, drank beer, chatted, laughed, and opened some presents.

Here are some pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/greg.coomer/CarlaBabyShower?authkey=Gv1sRgCIKC8qzKtv7mSw#

Andy's office threw a baby shower as well. This theme... SEATTLE SOUNDERS!!! We played some games that involved pictures of parents or children, a baby knowledge quiz, and nursery rhyme fill in the blanks. Along with great food and lots of laughs.

Here are some pictures:

http://cid-52697d17f252b3ef.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Andrew%20Baby%20Shower?ct=photos

No more showers planned until Mr. Burns comes out. The nursery has a bunch of stuff in it. It has the BEST, more COMFORTABLE chair... EVER! Excellent find goes to Carla! Here is the picture.

We plan to have the baby room done and ready to go by Christmas. Carla still thinks Mr. Burns is coming out December 29, 2009, but... I think... still January 20, 2010.

The coolest stroller EVER!

Here is the coolest stroller / car seat / baby carrier EVER! Thank you to Andy's parents, Grandpa & Grandma Anderson, Gran, and Aunt Pat & Uncle Gene!

This is AWESOME!

Showers... Baby room... and more!

It has been awhile since posting. So, here are some highlights and pictures over the last few weeks.

Carla had a shower where everyone got manicures and pedicures... Ali was a great host and from the pictures, everything looked like a blast! I am sure that Jeremy and Dustin had the most fun out of all of the girls.

Here are some pictures from the event:
http://suttles.smugmug.com/Events/Carlas-Baby-Shower/10137683_XLWsr/1/696984664_ya2Pz#696984664_ya2Pz

Some of the gifts that our friends gave to Mr. Burns from that pedi/mani shower:

Probably one of the best books... EVER!!!!! thanks Dustin and Jeremy!

Some new pictures of the baby room. Put some curtains up, it is coming together!

Carla and Baby Room pictures

Not much to report, but we wanted to share some pictures with you.

A couple of Carla with Mr. Burns.

A few more pictures of the new closet and storage unit from IKEA.

And a few more pictures of the baby room slowly coming together!

Baby room is starting to look like a baby room.

It has been a month since our last update... but really not a ton to share.

We have had a couple doctor visits and all is progressing as should be. Our next visit is the glucose test... yep, drinking a bottle of high sugar mixture and blood to be drawn. I am sure Carla will pass with flying colors. :)

Mr. Burns is still kicking. the food craving for the last week: Pineapple... lots of pineapple.... and more pineapple.


We started the baby room transition in the last month. Here is our starting point:






Then... the crib and changing table/dresser arrived (THANK YOU SU!!!!):






So, Andy started to build the changing table / dresser:






















After the changing table / dresser got built, it was time to start the crib. So, here are a couple pictures of the finished crib (THANK YOU SU!!!):






so, that is update for now. All is well and hopefully we can get a couple more pregnant pictures of Carla posted in the near future.

Mr. Burn's... quite the swimmer!

It has been pretty exciting to tell friends and family that we are having a boy. Lots of responses of happiness and excitement! There are many responses like... "dang, what is Andy going to teach this boy..." I look forward to having some fun with my son. :)

As for names, We are still throwing around first names. We have his middle and last name decided upon... but, we still have 4 months to firm it up. :)

This last week Carla passed 21 weeks and check out the belly!!!

She is VERY excited to move past the "I look fat" stage and into the "I am showing/pregnant" stage.

Baby room: coming together... slowly. By next weekend, the baby room should be clean and ready for furniture. Once we the room is ready, we can move ALL of the baby stuff that our friends and family have already given to us. Thank you everyone! books... clothes... decor... small shoes... tons!

In our last OB appointment, she was trying to find a steady heart beat, but... Mr. Burns was moving like a fish! We heard plenty of small beats, but nothing regular, then... a regular heart beat, then nothing... then something... then nothing. It was like fishing! We got a bite... then it got away....then a bite... The OB was very confident that all was well and Mr. Burns is an active baby! :) She asked if Carla was feeling Mr. Burns and at that time... nothing.

Wednesday, September 2:

The email subject from Carla to Andy: "Pretty sure Mr. Burns just kicked me...."

The email content from Carla to Andy: "So I am a little freaked out because it is just a SUPER weird thought that Mr. Burns is now big enough to kick me. I thought it was supposed to feel like 'butterfly kisses'... baloney. I feel a fish flopping in me. WEIRD! Not sure I like this. Can I be done now? Maybe it is just REALLY weird feeling gas."

Carla has spent the last few days "enjoying" this new movement from inside her belly... Mr Burns and her have poking contests and he doesn't want to lose... :) I can't feel or see anything, but I am told that he is quite active. As Carla continues to teach voice lessons, Mr Burns has been quite active when a student isn't singing correctly! Mr Burns starts kicking, as to say, "sing correctly, you are killing me in here!"

Four months to go. Anybody up for a little baby pool to predict the date that Mr. Burns comes into this crazy world???

17 weeks!!! Boy or Girl??

It has been a bit since posting. Not much happening... Carla is feeling a billion times better! She hasn't taken the anti-nausea pills for a little over 2 weeks and... EVERYTHING is stay down! :) YEAH!!! The second trimester is here...

We started a registry with Babies'R'us and amazon.com. Registering was pretty cool! Especially since Carla knew what she really wanted. Bottles, toys, wipes, furniture, bedding, etc.... it made the process very easy. The hardest part was the stinking car seat, stroller, carrier stuff. We probably spent a good 45 minutes looking between individual items and the all-in-one travel system. Who knew how difficult it would be!!!!?!?!??! Anyways, we must have looked pretty frustrated and a couple with their baby walked by and said... you want that one. Period end of story. So, we registered for the all-in-one travel system by Chicco. We had a quick conversation with them and said our many thanks to them! We continued on our registering (with the scanner gun)... and by the end, we were EXHAUSTED!

Saturday, August 8:
We headed down to Portland for Carla's cousin's wedding and her step-dad is radiologist... so he offered to give us an ultrasound to see if we could identify the gender. Carla is all for as many ultrasounds as possible, so we took them up on their kind offer.


So, here is one scan: (side face profile)





and another.... (this is a face shot, see the smile)






and... last shot:


IT IS A BOY!!!!


We have been throwing around a few names, but we aren't sharing yet. Of course, if you want to suggest something... you can.

We have a future Chicago Bears and Seattle Sounders FC fan!!! Maybe we should name him... Ditka!!!!!!!