3RD TRIMESTER!!!!!

Well hello there! As of 6/5 I am in my 3rd trimester! We took these pictures at 28 weeks...
Here is Spear checking out the belly- he is still unsure of what to do think of it.

Baby and my belly are constantly getting bigger!!! At our 28 week checkup my belly had grown 8in in a month! It will be very interesting to see just how big I get with 12 more weeks to go!

Life Update

I am just constantly amazed at how God is ever working in our lives. We are continuously having great and wonderful things happening here (no not all of it has been easy with the stress of figuring out $, jobs, life, but we definitely are blessed!) The company Andy was doing landscaping for was just not getting the amount of jobs they where used to and had to let him go, but amazingly that opened up the opportunity for him to get his dream job. He now works at his favorite fly fishing shop getting to talk about fishing and music all day and tie flies for them at night. He is loving life! We also believe we finally found a place to rent down here which we will be able to move into in August! 

I am now at 27 weeks- one week away from being in my 3rd trimester and about 13 weeks away from baby being born!!! This is my belly on May 5th- Andy thought it would be fun to decorate it. I can not believe how big it is there and how much it has grown since! Our little guy is moving around A TON now practicing all his sweet dance/skateboarding/ninja moves. He is definitely going to have skills! As great as his growing is it has been killing my back. It was getting so bad I could not walk, but a visit to my local massage therapist, who is AMAZING, helped and my back is finally much better- I am not is so much pain! Now if I could just get him to not live on the right side of my stomach and move more towards the center :) 

This weekend we where SO excited to have some of our good friends come down to visit!!!! Alli and Dane stayed with us the whole time while Jason and Mark stopped in for an overnight visit. It was the best thing getting to see our friends from Denver and, of course with them, we had non stop fun and laughs! We spent the weekend doing a lot of cooking, bouldering, exploring Durango's fine garage sales and thrift stores, and just catching up and goofing around.  Above they are showing off some really nice poses/ tattoos. Bellow it is a picture of me and the guys. They where trying to look pregnant also- they failed :) 

Andy and I are excited to be learning more and more about sustainable living/gardening/etc.

We spent today planting stuff outside and getting our Peet Pots ready for planting- we are behind timing wise, but non the less excited to see what happens. 

Overall, it has been a great few weeks! 

MOTHERS DAY @ 24 WEEKS!

Today was my very first Mother's Day and I loved getting to celebrate my pregnancy and our little one! We started of the day going to church and out to eat w/my parents... 

(Andy giving baby some love)

afterwards we drove up La Plata Canyon and got to hike around and enjoy how beautiful it is!

Andy and I spent the rest of the day enjoying how beautiful it has been outside and loving the chance to just relax and play with my parents dogs!

We are now at 24 weeks! I can't believe that I only have about 16 weeks till He is born!

Update: for you that don't yet know, Andy and I have finally found a midwife here! That means we are getting to have a home birth!!! To say the least we are relieved and extremely excited!

one week later...

We are loving it here in Durango! Andy got a great job working for a wonderful landscaper. She is actually the woman who created the front yard for my parent's old house in Bayfield. Andy is getting to use all sorts of machinery and is spending all his time outside while having the opportunity to lend his artistic talents. It really is a perfect fit for him.

Today we went exploring in Durango. We had a great time taking the puppies to Haviland Lake, which was beautiful!

baby and I soaking up the sun and taking in the view

Andy and Speer looking for fish

We then came home and baby and I had our first lesson in casting! The little guy and I will be out there catching fish soon enough!

Lastly, it has only been a week sense the last belly pic and let me just say baby has been busy! After a few days of feeling bad, constantly needing more food, and having back and ligament pain galore this little one has gone through a growing spurt. Rumor has it by the end of this week he will have gone from the size of a banana to the size of a football!

20 weeks and so much still going on!

Yesterday we met with the midwives who will be delivering our little one and we got a tour of the birthing suite. It amazing to think there is only about 20 weeks till I give birth to our son! 

As the midwife was listening to his heart rate he decided it would be fun to continuously kick at the doppler (I believe he learned it from his new friend Harper)! 

As you can tell by the transformation my stomach has gone under the baby is growing! He is unbelievably active now. I am feeling him move daily and today Andy even had the chance to feel him move! I have a feeling this little guy is going to take after his dad and be an active little one! Sue I am going to need you to help me baby proof our place for a McKinley boy!

20 weeks and so much going on!

This past week we went to Denver to visit friends, register for baby stuff, and to have our ultrasound. The entire trip was amazing- thanks in large part to our friends Alex and Nicole. They not only provided us with a place to stay (which was incredible), but Nicole helped me with registering (it would have not gone nearly as well with out her!) as we got to spend the weekend relaxing, partying with Harper, and sharing all the baby stuff with them. It was so much fun! We also had the chance to see a few of our other good friends. One memorable evening was spent with Alli (one of my bridesmaids) and her boyfriend Dane coming up with baby names that we will NEVER use, but was so much fun! One of the best examples was "Obie Juan" McKinley. 

On Monday we went for our ultrasound and finally got to see our little one!

We received the news that little one is healthy and growing strong! Fortunately, baby cooperated and we where able to get all the pictures, measurements, and information we needed! One of the most exciting parts was finding out the baby is a...

BOY!!!

We are now back in Durango gearing up for another McKinley boy to enter the world! 

Here is a picture of us as a new family (we are holding a pic of baby) in our new home! 

18 Weeks

It has been a few weeks now and we are finally getting settled in here and loving it! The scenery around us and the life we are creating here are constant reminders of how blessed we are!

I am currently working lots, sleeping lots, and growing lots! 

Me at 18 weeks pregnant (March 27th)

(By the way, these pictures are so strange to take- normally you don't take pictures of your side and rarely do you like to show off places where you are growing/"gaining weight" :))

Andy has also been busy helping my parents move, getting a great job, and fishing!

This is the first fish Andy caught once we moved to Durango. It was big and beautiful! 

Baby, I believe, has been busiest of all- growing like crazy and moving around a ton partying in my belly. It is an amazing feeling and I love the constant reminder that the little one is in there and is doing well!

Tomorrow we have our ultrasound and find out what we are having! We can not believe it and are so excited to finally know! So definitely look for a new post tomorrow...