Christmas, Nursery and BIG babies!!!

I had a great Christmas with my Mom and Dad who arrived last Tuesday after a long drive from Ahoskie, NC. They made it in one day and were troopers! It was great having my mom cook all the meals :) My favorite part of the Holidays!!


Charlie and Dakine eyeing our Christmas turkey!!

My mom's one goal when she was here was to get our nursery done....which we pretty much did! It was a lot of fun decorating and finally getting everything orgainzed. I feel more prepared now and am anxiously awaiting Baby Welte's arrival.



It's hard to make "neutral" stuff not look boyish, but hopefully it will work if we have a girl!!



Charlie LOVED the mobile when I was putting it together, all they wanted to do was eat the stuffed animals....I am going to have my hands full trying to get them to not chew on baby toys!

I had a doctor's appointment on Wednesday where I got to see the baby for the first time since I was 17 weeks - it was amazing how much he/she has grown! The doctor said the baby was probably 3lbs 7ozs which is about 1 1/2 ahead of my "29" week status, so looks like Baby Welte is going to be BIG! Everything else looked great and I don't go back for another 4 weeks. Mom and Dad were in the room w/ us which was a really cool experience for them too. Mom was straining to find out the sex of the baby - but no luck!!! I still have no clue, I used to think girl, now I am leaning more toward boy. I know Brody wants a boy -- he bought the baby some gifts for Christmas that were clearly for a boy!!


Baby Welte at 29 weeks

Cute little face!

We have Brody's cousin Burton and his wife dropping in today so we are excited to see them for a visit. Mom and Dad left this morning for their trek back to NC. They were planning on stopping this time and enjoying the drive, checking out some beaches on the East Coast of FL. My mom will be back in the beginning of March for a few weeks to help us out with the baby!

Hope everyone had a MERRY Christmas & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas Lights Paddle

We had our monthly paddle social last night and decided to do a "Christmas Lights Tour" along the waterfront downtown. We had some last minute cancellations - I think the 60 degree weather scared them off, but nonetheless, our regulars came out and enjoyed a really fun evening! Saint Petersburg does a really nice job decorating for Christmas and there were lots of sights and sounds to see from the water.

I went out and got everyone hot chocolate and donuts to warm them up when they got back! We'll definetly be making this event a Stand Up Fitness tradition!!

Baby Shower

I am home from Maryland!! I had a wonderful trip up North this past weekend - wonderful but COLD! I am a total whimp now with anything below 60 degrees and it was a toasty 22 degrees when I arrived on Thursday!

It was so great to see everyone - friends and family! Thanks to Uncle Jim and Aunt Barb for hosting us! I got a lot of great things for Baby Welte!!! Opening up baby gifts defintely is making this whole experience more real.....I had a few moments where I was like "wait, these are for me, for my baby, I am having a baby???...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

I was able to catch up with some friends I hadn't seen since high school which was a lot of fun and got to spend some QT with all my JMU girls! It was so nice to be surrounded by everyone I love and the time flew by as I was sitting in BWI airport way too soon.

Opening Presents!!!

Me with my Grandmas (soon to be Great-Grandmas!)

Got to see Kendall and Angie from high school - it's been almost 10 years!!
My JMU girls!
My big belly at 27 1/2 weeks!


I now have to prepare for the Fahey Family Christmas as my parents are heading down to FL next week for a warm holiday! Mom and I are really excited to decorate the nursery!! Then I think it will really feel like a baby is on the way!

New House, New Address

Here is our new address where you can send baby gifts...jk!!! (but really...)

427 21st Ave N
Saint Petersburg, FL 33704

Boxes & Evergreens!

Well we finally moved into our new place last week. The move was somewhat smooth, had a few issues w/ some pesky fleas in the yard. Not sure if any of you have experienced fleas but it's NOT FUN! Charlie & Dakine are both on flea meds, but they were no match for the army that lived in our new rental, so we had to have the house sprayed and are still finding some stragglers. It put a damper on the move, but we are settled in nonetheless. The house is right by a lake and dog park, so our doggies have enjoyed their morning walks. We even saw an otter in the lake the other day - pretty amazing!


Charlie has taken over the recliner!


Our newest addition, Dakine


Seriously he sits in that chair under a blanket all day!!!!


Our Christmas tree! It's a beautiful tree, mind you it's leaning (thanks Brody) w/ only like 10 ornaments on it, haha


Picture of our new living room!



Business has been very slow as the weather in FL has definetly turned to winter. With low temps and breezy conditions, Stand Up Paddling isn't exactly on everyone's "to-do" list. We are hoping that Board Sales will increase as Christmas approaches - anyone want to buy a board? haha. I am trying to hang in there and just bunker down til the season turns - I pray everyday for a more optimistic attitude but 26 years of being a glass is half empty girl is hard to break!

I am on my last week of my second trimester believe it or not. Starting next week I will be in my third!!!! YIKES - that means a baby is soon to come! Good thing I have a shower coming up because I have no baby items! I am hoping Jody is having a boy and I am having a girl so she can send me all of Lilly's things, :) I leave on Thursday for Baltimore for my Baby Shower. I am so excited to see everyone!!! Hopefully the weather won't be bad and everyone has safe travels!