Maryville Baby Shower

Last week, Brian co-workers at Maryville threw us a baby shower. It was a nice little surprise and we were blessed again by friends. Only about 3 more weeks til our little guys arrives. We are getting very excited.

Brian opening some gifts

Parents-to-be

All Star Fan Fest

The All-Star Game was in St Louis this year, unfortunately we did not have tickets, but we did check out the Fan Fest that was in town. Jill and Chase came with us to check out the festivities.

The World's Largest Baseball

Jill and I in our future car

Chase showing us how to be cool
A real All-Star

Brian and I in the "locker room"

36 Week Update

We had our 36 week check up yesterday and had another ultra-sound to check on the baby's kidneys. For those of you who didn't know, there were some concerns with the baby's kidneys earlier in our pregnancy, but God is good and everything is perfect and healthy now. The baby is doing well, he currently weighs about 6lbs 3oz...the doctor's are predicting about 8lbs 1oz at birth... yes he is going to be a big baby. Other than that things are going well... it is hot and I am hug, so hopefully not too much longer before we get to meet our little guy. Enjoy the photos, we finally finished the nursery.

His hockey corner... we haven't decided on a name yet, so the shelf is blank for now

Changing table

His closet... this kid has more clothes than I do

View from the door way
More of the nursery
The entrance to the nursery... check out the door

Pool Party for Nancy's 50th

Early this week we went to a friend's house for a pool party to celebrate Nancy's 50th birthday. The weather was great and Nancy loved hanging out with all the family and friends.

Brian and his mommy, the birthday girl

Kevin in the pool with some of his friends :)
Brian swimming with Blake and Chase

Blakers hanging out with Uncle Brian

Aiden... I just love his big smiles

Still laughing... he loves the water

Below are two videos that I couldn't resist posting. The first one is Blake dancing in the pool and the second is Chase swimming with the dog

Babymoon to Kansas City

For the 4th of July, Brian and I headed to Kansas City for a quick visit before the baby comes. The start of our trip was a little crazy, we had a slight set back with UPS (our baseball tickets were lost), then Brian wasn't paying attention and got on the wrong highway, and for dinner it took us three tries to get a restaurant. Although despite all the craziness it was a great trip and one with many laughs.

Brian in the car going crazy...

We spent Friday night shopping on the plaza and hanging out and then on Saturday we headed to the Royals game. They have a newly re-modeled stadium, it was very hot but overall a great game.

Dinner at Brio

At the Royals game... it was extremely hot that day

Look who it is... an old Cleveland favorite, Jim Thome
Wouldn't this be nice if it were real

Brian and Lady Liberty

Their score board is in the background... Brian loved it, he thought it was so cool

Summer Fun

35 weeks... only about 5 more to go. Hard to believe our little guy is going to be here soon. Everything is going well, I have two weeks left of teaching summer school and about three weeks left of master's classes. So far I am still feeling good, a little tired at night but overall still hanging in there. Praise God for air conditioning though... last weekend it was in the upper 90's with a heat index of over 100. Well enjoy the new posts... new belly pictures to come soon.

My mother-in-law turned the big 50 yesterday. So as part of the celebration we went to the Cardinal's game with them. The weather was perfect, the game not so much. We lost. Oh well, you can't win them all.

Dad Gardner and the birthday girl in her 50-tank

Brian and I under one of the decorated arch's for the All-Star Game
We had great seats, right on the third base line

Grandma-to-be with her birthday gift. We made her a basket of baby stuff for Grandma's house, she loved it

The doctor told us we only had two more weeks of traveling, so Brian and I took advantage of our weekend off and headed to the Lake. It was our first and only trip of the summer, hard to believe we will have a little guy with us next time we head down there. The weather was hot but the water was perfect to swim in.
Brian and I on the deck... my belly is getting quite large

Nana, Nancy, and Me

Nancy and Nana at Sunrise Cantina for Nancy's pre-birthday celebration

On the boat.... I just love boat rides

This is an older picture, but a few weekends ago Brian and I went to the race track in Illinois. It was fun, I had never been before.

Friends Baby Shower

This past weekend, Jill and Hillary threw us a baby shower for a bunch of our friends. It was a hockey themed shower and they did a fantastic job. The cake is my favorite, it even has the Affton Hockey logo on it. We are definitely blessed to have such wonderful friends and family.

Hillary, Me, and Jill
Emilie, Anna, Jenny, Lindsay, and Everett