3D Baby Pictures

On Saturday Rob and I went to Prenatal View Ultrasound Clinic. We got to see Justin for the first time! It was such a cool experience. We saw him yawn, make a grouchy face when we poked him to move his arm away from his face and then he smiled! We have a DVD that turned out very cool. Here are some still shots that Rob extracted from the DVD.

Hope all is well with everyone!

31 Weeks!

Rob and I went in for another ultrasound on Wednesday. Everything is looking good! Based on all of his measurements I would be about 33 weeks pregnant, so I think that just means that he's going to be a big baby. Given his parents height that wouldn' t be a surprise! He was sucking his thumb now during the last two ultrasounds; looks like we won't need pacifiers!

4th of July Weekend

I wish that every weekend was a 4 day event! Rob and I went to Ludington, MI for the weekend to go camping & fishing. It turned out to be more of a camping trip because Lake Michigan was too rough most of the weekend to fish. When we did get out, it was quite eventful (tangled lines, me breaking a downrigger, etc) but the fish were not hungry! Jamie & Jason met us there on Saturday afternoon, so it was fun to hang out with them before we both have babies!

I forgot my camera this weekend, but here are a few pics that Mikey took. I will try to post more when I get doubles from the Fossitt's!

Rob & Jason manning the grills - steaks, yum!

Rob and my Dad

Picnic at the harbor

Me and Jamie

Cubs - Tigers Game

First of all - Happy (belated) Fathers Day to my dad and Kent! We love you very much!!

Kent emailed Rob & I on Friday morning to see if we could use 4 tickets to the Cubs/Tigers game on Sunday. Of course!!! Thank you so much Kent! Mike and Ryan came into town to go to the game and we had a great time! Our seats were great! Luckily the weather held out and they played the whole game with no rain delay.....and the Tigers won! They won by alot! The first inning was great; one homerun after another! Here are some pictures from the game. If I look like a lobster, that's because I fell asleep in the pool on Saturday and got so sunburned!! I am miserable :(

Baby Shower

Thank you so much to everyone! Rob and I feel so fortunate to have so many family and friends to help us get ready for Justin to be born! Here are a few pictures from Sunday.

We would especially like to thank our families for putting on the shower for us and to everyone who helped out by bringing food, helping set-up and clean-up, etc. Everything went really well and we were even able to get all of the gifts back to Chicago in one trip
with the Yukon! Aunt Connie wasn't riding very comfortably, but at least the ride to Michigan was roomy!

Thanks to Megan and Morgan for helping out with getting everyone drinks and filling out envelopes! It was a HUGE help! And thank you Jamie for writing down all of my gifts and who they came from....I am sure that you had writers cramp!!

Thanks to everyone who came to share this special day with us...it really means alot!



Justin's first Detroit Lions item is a Build-a-Bear from Uncle Ryan.... Lions and Tigers OR Bears, oh my! I think that if Uncle Mikey & Uncle Ryan have any say in the matter, he will be a Detroit Sports fan! Justin also got his first pair of Nike Shoes from Uncle Mikey and his first fishing pole from Grandpa Metzler!!!

He also got some Star Wars onesies from Grandma Brooks, Godsie and Ashley... Never too early to get him started!

Now we just need to paint and decorate the nursery! I'll post pictures of it when we finish!

Double Digits!

Double Digits in more ways than one.....

Justin is due in 99 days! Yeah! Finally down to double digits!

I had my doctors appointment yesterday. I had to drink the Glucola drink and then wait for an hour and they take blood. It's a test for diabetes I think? No fun! The drink was horrible :( Oh well...it's done! In the hour I was waiting I saw Dr. Kirson who is a new doctor to the practice, but one of three who could be on call when I deliver. She was very nice, so I feel better. I really like all 3 of them!

The other double digit is the weight I have gained so far!! At my May 2nd appointment it had only been 8 pounds the whole pregnancy, and yesterday it was 17 pounds!!!! Ouch! Dr. Kirson assured me that this was a growth spurt for the baby so that is normal, but I still don't feel better! My blood pressure and the baby's heart beat and everything are right on target, so she said there is nothing to worry about. However, if you see me eating more than one piece of Arnie's cake at the shower on Sunday, just remind me that I have to get on a scale again June 21st!

Memorial Day Weekend

Hello! Here is a picture of "the bump" at 25 weeks. It's getting bigger every hour if you ask me!

This weekend was pretty relaxing; we didn't do much! We are not used to not having an action packed weekend...usually we're on the go! On Sunday morning we went and bought some new patio furniture. It looks really nice on our deck! We were outside all weekend which was nice; the weather was beautiful...until Monday afternoon that is! We had very cool storms roll through. They were fun to watch. Monday was our 2nd anniversary. We had planned to go out to a nice restaurant for dinner, but after a long weekend of being in the sun we decided to just stay home and relax. Perfect end to a great long weekend!

See some of you this weekend in Bay City for the shower!

Baby Bedding

We got our bedding for the nursery in this week! I am so excited...I think it's very cute! Thank you Aunt Connie for giving us our shower gift early; I couldn't wait! I will post a picture of the nursery completed as soon as we get it done! This picture is just the stock picture from online. I think we'll have to find an elephant like in the picture though; maybe he'll take after his cousin Alec and his LOVE for elephants!

22 week ultrasound

Hello! Here are our last ultrasound pictures from May 2nd. I am sure that he's even bigger now! I don't know though; that head looks about big enough if you ask me! I like the one that looks like he's sucking his thumb. In the video that we got to take home of the ultrasound, he looks like he's talking to us. He's looking straight up and his mouth is moving. Mikey (my brother) said that he was asking us why the Lions passes on Matt Leinert in the draft :)

On another note, I am glad that the Pistons won Game 7 yesterday. I bought a Pistons onesie with a matching bib and they started losing! Hopefully the curse is over! Mikey's blood pressure goes up too high when Detroit sports gets stressful!

I went and officially joined Holy Family Parish yesterday. We've been going there since we moved here, but didn't attend the 2 hour orientation that they require. So yesterday I quit making excuses and went! It wasn't too bad. It was funny though because there was only one couple there that didn't have a newborn or was pregnant. I guess everyone else had baptism in mind too!

Have a great week!

Week 24 and counting!

Hello! Since friends have gotten so spread out all over the country these days, I thought I would start a blog to keep in touch...and I encourage you to do the same! This way, whether you're in New York, Arizona or anywhere in between we don't have to lose touch!

Not much new going on with the baby. For those of you who have not heard....it's a boy! Justin Michael Brooks is due September 8th, 2006. I am very excited, but it still seems so far away! I can't wait until I am posting new pictures everyday for you guys to see!

I PROMISE that I will have Rob take a belly shot for those of you who have requested. Don't worry; I'll keep it clothed! It seems like in the last 2 or 3 weeks I've doubled in size. My stomach just keeps growing! I have my next appointment on May 31st so we'll see how much weight I've gained.

More later!