Surprise baby shower!!

Sean and I traveled to the cities this weekend to see his family. When we arrived on Sat eve his mother and sisters had planned a surprise baby shower for us. Sean new all about it but I did not and it was a true surprise. I had NO idea going into it.
This is a picture that has absolutely nothing to do with the shower but I just thought that it was so cute. Here is Sean with his nephew Zack when we were over at his sisters house. Zack was in a cuddle-me kind of mood and uncle Sean's lap was just the right fit. Can't you just picture Sean as a father soon? I know that I can :)

Ok so here we are at his other sister Courtney's house. The shower has begun and instead of a corsage we got this cute bib. Our necks were too big so we took a picture of it. The cow goes moooooo when you push on his tummy.

Sean was forced to stay at the shower along with Courtney's husband Kent but I think that they had a good time. We played some games that were fun and then we opened gifts and ate some good food.

Here is a picture of Sean's mom Judy. She was a major part in putting on this shower.

Here is Sean with his favorite gift of the night........or NOT!!!!!!! This was a funny little joke played by Judy. But Sean is going to keep it and perhaps get some puff paint and make it into a Vikings shirt somehow!

Here he is with something a little better. Now that is more like it Judy!!! A vikings blanket and twins blanket. We also got a little winter cap with the TC logo on it. SOOO cute.

Here is the youngest girls at the party. Aren't they so cute? They were so well behaved and had a good time looking at all the baby boy stuff. Kaisa is wearing the pink outfit, Connie is in the brown shirt and Haley is sitting on the floor with the pink t-shirt. They actually all have 3 great smiles all at the same time. Sean and I can't believe how big they are getting. Connie was just a few months old when we met and now she is almost 8!!!!!

Here is a picture of all of the stuff that we got from the Shower. I was overwhelmed by the amount of the gifts. We are getting a little more prepared to meet our little guy, but it seems as though there is still so much that we don't have. Sean spread it all out on our spare bed and I had to take 3 separate pictures so that you can see it all. Make the picts bigger and you can see all of the cute little designs on everything.

Ok so we hadn't had enough so we decided to go to Babies R Us in Maple Grove and we bought the stroller/carseat. This happens to be a model that someone returned simply because they didn't like the fabric and it was never used. That is the one that we wanted and the price was decreased by 50.00 so we jumped on it. We didn't have to put it together and it was cheaper. Sweet!

It has the same fabric as the pack n play!

And last but not least. Here we have Sean with the stroller pretending to be on the street with his new baby. You can see that he is so happy and waving at all the people passing by. Ohhh he is so darn funny!!!!!!

Our Pack n' Play & Crib

This is Sean's first attempt at blogging. We have had a lot of fun buying some baby things lately. We've also loved putting them together. The first big item we bought recently is a Graco Pack n' Play.

The first picture gives you a good idea of what we got. The Pack n' Play has changing area, it has a night light that play songs and makes noises to soothe baby. It also can vibrate to help calm the baby. I really like it. Amber has caught me sitting in the bedroom just looking at the Pack n' Play. Can you tell we are excited to become parents?


This next picture shows the cute little bears that baby can play with while laying down. They are attached to the canopy. Why does a pack n' play need a canopy? I really don't know.



The final picture is a side view.

Again I'm just a little excited. So the pictures might be a little excessive. HAHA

Today we had a lot of help putting up our crib. We bought the crib at Target about two weeks ago but we were not able to get it to Fargo since it was in such a large box. No pick up or SUV in our family yet. Dale and Kathy came to Fargo and we had a great time putting together the crib. There were no injuries or swear words. Pretty impressive I think. HAHA. We unfortunately didn't get any pictures (we did get video) of us actually putting the crib together but we have pictures of the masterpiece all set up.

The picture above is of the crib done with all the bedding on it. Dale thought the black & white dog was actually a cow. But the cow is actually the blue fella on the mobile. Our kid might be pretty confused.

This is another picture of our beautiful crib made by Delta. I put this picture in because you can see the whole crib.

This picture is in the blog so you can see the quilt we bought. Plus I'm really excited about the crib being up. We definitely couldn't have done it without my in-laws help today. Amber and I were both amazed at how real the crib has made everything feel. It's taken our anticipation of the babies arrival to the next level. We also had Dave & Angel visit. They brought a Cricket Expression for me to play with today. It is so cool. We also got to look at their wedding pictures. Very Nice. It was a real treat to have company. Probably one of the funnest days Amber and I have had in Fargo in a long time. Thank you to the Hanssen's and Steffan's.

The bump X 3

Here we have the bump at 20 weeks


24 weeks

28 5/7 weeks! Don't ask me why I felt the need to pull up my shirt but I did and now you have to look at it. Or not. I will let you decide. Hey you can even make it bigger and make fun of me if you would like, cause I really don't care! You know why, cause Sean and I have been blessed thus far with this gift of pregnancy and soon we will have a REAL, LIVE human being to take care of. So I really don't care what happens to my body at this point. Enjoy and look forward to more pictures in the future!

superbowl party!

Ok so superbowl came and went and it brought my family to my sisters house for an afternoon of food and fun! The animals at her house are always the star of the show as you can see the only pics I took were of animals. Here is a picture of Angels cat. He is sooo cute and cuddly, however I have never smelt anything as potent as what comes out of this cats mouth. He has the WORST breath ever. I tried to get him to eat a candy cane to make his breath sweeter but he wasn't interested. Jamie is a huge animal lover and almost always had an animal on his lap.


This is my cousin Ian. He graced us with his presence during the game and we had a great time. I can't believe how big he is getting. Such a cute teenager. I am not sure what he is doing with his hand in this picture.

I don't really know what dad is doing here but he looks really wasted. I can assure you that he wasn't. I think that he was singing to the dog or something.

Angel and Dave being silly!

Again Jamie with a dog. Look at his big blue eyes. Aren't they pretty? and of course there is mom in the background enthusiastically looking at a magazine.