Ready for Christmas

Baptism Outfits

I was going to wait until baptism to show these but then I realized I would only be able to show the baby in 1 of them and I love them both; so I thought I would put pictures up of them up now.

A while ago (even before we found out we were expecting) I decided I didn't know what to do with my wedding dress. It was just taking up a lot of room in the closet. So I asked Grandma Dschaak to make it into a baptismal gown. She surprised us with making my dress into a girl gown and a boy outfit. She is incredibly talented and I really love how they turned out.

Here's the before:

And here's the finished products:

Thank you SO much Grandma Dschaak!! The outfits are absolutely amazing and I know Baby D will treasure whichever one he/she gets to wear.

Baby Shower #1

This weekend I had my first baby shower with the Cermak/Bendish side of the family. I had such a wonderful time and felt so incredibly loved. Thank you to everyone who came and to my sister and mom for planning it all. You two really went over and above to make it an incredible baby shower!

I really loved the time I got to spend with family and it just re-confirmed how loved and spoiled Baby D is already!!

Me at 29 weeks & Shell at 22.5 weeks

Mom and her sisters (if you can't tell from the family resemblance) 

Thank you again to everyone for making it such a special day!!!!

Our Halloween

Halloween for us was pretty laid back. Just a pregnant girl eating a piece of candy for almost every piece that was given out... equaling way too much candy consumption! We can't wait until next year until we can go trick or treating with our little one.

But, we did have a great visit from our favorite cowboys... Woody and Jessie... aren't they adorable?!?

2nd Trimester

As predicted the 2nd trimester has been a lot better than the 1st. I have felt great! I had a lot more energy but unfortunately that still doesn't make up for my normal laziness. Here are the exciting events that have happened in trimester #2.

• I first felt the baby move at 18 weeks (just a few days before our US)
• Baby has been kicking like crazy ever since
• Daddy still hasn't got to feel the baby kick, every time he touches my stomach he/she stops instantly - not sure what that's as sign of... I told Chad it probably means the baby doesn't like him :-)
• Had our ultrasound on August 25th at exactly 19 weeks
• Baby went on his/her first vacation (in the womb) on our trip to the Bahamas
• Found out what true pregnancy cravings were and have ate way too many of these:

Yum!

• Rocked out at the baby's first concert... Rick Springfield. Guess if it is a boy we might have to call him Jessie.

And now I am in total shock that it is onto the 3rd trimester. Time has flown by and I'm sure that this last trimester will too.

Blake is 1!!

Our sweet nephew Blake turned 1 last week...

 Happy Birthday Blake! We love you!

The Big Moves

The Cermak clan had a busy weekend. Mom and Dad Cermak sold both their houses and that meant there was lots of stuff to move! It was amazing to see all the things you can acquire in 20+ years in the same house.

We started with putting things in Mckenzie storage...

The moving couple, right after we just saw a mouse.

Then we traveled to Beulah to move the other house, the house I grew up in...

It was a tiring weekend for all involved (granted more so for the men who had to do all the heavy lifting), but we got a lot accomplished and are excited for mom and dad; and for all of their new adventures to come!!

Sorting...

Here's a look at my attempting to get organized for Baby D's arrival. We've been really lucky with getting hand-me-downs from family, however, I haven't been productive on getting it all organized yet.

So, here it sits in piles... (it is sorted by boy and girl clothes by size but that's about it). Wow it feels like I have a lot more preparing to do and only 15 weeks left!!!