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one christmas down...three to go!

This Christmas, out at grandma and grandpa Butch's house was a little more eventful than we all would have hoped, but it was great none the less. We went out Saturday morning, because I was supposed to be to work by three that afternoon. It started snowing pretty much right when we got there...and it never stopped! It was a beautiful day to have Christmas with the family, but then it got to the point of, are we going to be able to get out of here? It was so windy and snowing so hard there were very high drifts. And out in the country there is no one to clear the roads?!? :) So around 1:30 dad, and uncle Joel went out in Joel's truck to scope the roads out, and came back and decided we all needed to leave and we would caravan home. Otherwise we might not be able to get out of grandma and grandpa's. So Joel led, and made a path with his truck and we all tried to follow in that path. A drive that would normally take 15 minutes from grandma and grandpa's to mom and dad's house in Valley Center, took us well over one hour. It was definitely by the grace of God that our car never got stuck somewhere along the way. We couldn't even see but 30 feet in front of us the whole drive home. Well by the time we got back to mom and dads I was already almost one hour late to work, and they told me not to worry about coming in. So I got the evening off, and Jeremy and I stayed snowed in at mom and dad's!! We had a great time, playing games most of the evening (after we got mom's car un-stuck right outside the driveway). We are now looking forward to three more Christmas celebrations!

Sophie and Lili

Just wanted to put up the pictures I took of Sophie and Lili last night. Jeremy and I were at Matt and Michele's, and we gave the girls their Christmas presents. One of Sophie's being the really awesome sunglasses she is wearing :)

Our babys first video!

So I want to share a couple of videos with everyone. We did a quick sonogram at work the other night, and I happened to have Jeremy and I's video camera with me, so I recorded a couple different things. In this first video you cannot actually see much until around 30 seconds into the video. If you watch closely around that time the baby has the hiccups! It is such a rhythmic motion, we are sure that is what it is. I know it is really hard to tell what you are looking at...I had the camera zoomed in too far. But the head is down, and the baby is actually kind of laying on its neck..ouch! The big white circle toward the bottom is the head, and everything above that is the abdomen and legs. Just to trying to give you a little bit of a viewpoint. So around 45 seconds, if you see what looks like a black hole in the chest, and you can see a white thing flapping, that is the heartbeat. Then around 1:00 the baby actually brings its right hand up, so you can see it! And finally, around 1:40, the baby kind of looks like it is flexing its right arm, with its hand up by its head. Sorry, I know that is a lot, I just want people to know what they are looking at, but I know it is hard.

Ok, I have one more video. This one is not as long, but Jeremy thinks you can see things better...you probably can :). Baby's head it still down with the body above it. Around 23 seconds you can see the baby in a perfect fetal position. You can actually see both legs and feet. Then around 37 seconds, it stretches its legs all the way out, then curls back up. Ok, so I know these are not as exciting to everyone else, but I had to post them. The way the second video is frozen, before you hit play, is a really good still shot of the baby in the fetal position. You can see both feet!

Be sure to look at the post below this if you have not seen it yet, and look at our new little cousin!

Lilian Ruth Thiessen

Matt and Michele did an amazing job of bringing this little angel into the world on December 9th, at 3:15 am! I was once again blessed to help with this delivery. No matter how many deliveries I am a part of every day at work, it is always such a miracle, and so amazing to be able to help with people who I know and love!
The only pictures I was able to get were pictures on my phone, but I wanted to put these up anyways!! She is so beautiful!! I can't wait for her to meet her little cousin in about 6 months!! I am excited they are going to be so close together!

14 Weeks

Just thought I would give a little update. We are now 14 weeks pregnant, and things are going very well. I am finally feeling better, and starting to get over the total exhaustion. I still can't keep my eyes open past 10 pm, but I guess that is not such a bad thing! This is a picture of me and Jeremy at his parents house last night. You can kind of tell that my belly is getting bigger. It seems like in the past week, it has just kind of blown up :). Because of that none of my jeans fit very well anymore, and if they do button, it is very uncomfortable. Thank goodness someone told me about the product called Bella Bands. I swear by them. They are awesome. If you can see the black layer underneath my long sleeve shirt, that is the bella band. They allow you to wear your jeans for longer, because you can leave them un-buttoned and un-zipped, but you put this band around them and it keeps them up! I just thought they were the most amazing thing ever. So hopefully I can stay out of maternity jeans for a little longer. Because I bought these Bella Bands, Jeremy and I went to Marshmallow Kisses at 21st and Rock. Lets just say, there was no need for me to go in that store. Everything is entirely too cute, and entirely too expensive. I will probably have to go there a few more times to get some ideas for the nursery, because they have some adorable things. If anybody else knows of any shops that have really cute and affordable baby things please let me know, because I love to look!