More we like...

Maybe we will able to say something at some point, but for now we are still pretty much speechless. Asher is so completely wonderful sometimes we wonder if this is even real (the poop on my hands reminds me that it is).

Here are some more pictures we like...

All the rest are on flickr (being added to regularly, so keep checking). Also you should know that we don't delete the fuzzy or bad ones (aka the ones where kirsten let me use the camera). So just keep sifting through those until you get to some good ones.

Pictures...

More words later, but for now enjoy some pictures! You can see more on our flickr account. I think there is a link on this page somewhere...


7 lb 13.6 oz























perfect.

the post that begs to be made / a very pregnant holidays / weeks 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39 / still haven't had the baby yet

yes, so i've had a lot of time to think about what to title this post and it's changed several times...sorry about that.

so here we are, two days before the due date, and other things have changed as well...



(sorry for the photo quality, taken with the phone in a hurry...)

first and foremost, i've started looking scary-crazy-big. like my stomach has a life of its own, which, well, it does. sometimes i feel completely normal and like i did nine months ago and then i'll pass by a mirror and think "what the heck?!" it's crazy. i never imagined i could get this big.

(this one was taken on the 5th)



as for the baby, he's huge, too. i don't know exactly how big, but he feels big. he stretches inside me and it feels like his foot is going to shoot though my side. we keep telling him that there's more room out here, but he's not listening. he's doing great, though, everything progressing completely as normal. he has (if it's not obvious) dropped, he is super low, and i'm pretty sure he's getting more and more ready every day.

and speaking of getting more and more ready, we're losing our minds. as much as people try and tell you the final days are hard, the anticipation is excruciating. i've been having irregular/occasional contractions for about a week and a half now, and i keep waiting for them to get down to real business, but no luck.

as for the past couple of months, new years was great and quiet—we drank sparkling apple cider and watched one more year of dick clark...christmas was wonderful and crazy-busy and our first (and only?) here in portland...





we had our two/kind of three/four if you count the dog family christmas morning before anyone got here for christmas and once again loved every minute of the day (and made homemade hot chocolate and marshmallows—awesome)...










we spent the first couple of weeks of december in atlanta (before i couldn't travel anymore), and we loved, loved, loved seeing some family, and we were able to spend thanksgiving in texas, which we're so thankful for, to have too few days with that family every year.





(my cousin's wife and i—she's due in april...)

our pictures have been slim, but there they are nonetheless...

okay, more soon, promise...and be praying that we have this baby soon soon soon!!! we're super excited and can't wait any longer!!!