Seattle Weekend

I just got back from a quick weekend trip to Seattle to visti the family. I had such a great time getting to hang out with my sisters and neices.

My mom and sister threw me my very first baby shower while I was home and it was so specail. Lots of friends were able to come and it was a deligth to share in the joy of new baby Gates with friends and family. I am excited now to use my gift cards to get teh careseat and for baby Gates to arrive 'cause I have lots of cute outfits for him to wear.

We had a great time at the photo studio over the weekend getting pictures of the girls and Amie and I even got our pictures taken since we are both pregnant (. Who knows when this will happen again, so though the prgo shoot was quite cheesy it is actually fun to have just a few pictures of us together with the growing baby boys :) The pictures of Amie and I are really for my parents but I think one might end up in the baby book. Here are just a few from the two photo sessions:









As alwasy the time went by so quickly. It was filled with laughter, stories, movies, and tears (but only tears while watching Grey's Anatomy with Anna). Next time I see my sister's they will be coming to meet Baby Gates :). I do get the joy of seeing my parents sooner though as they will come up for Christmas which will be great since my time with them this trip was far to short.

Enjoy this one last video of Rosemary and Providence on the swings laughing and giggling together - I love those girls :)

It's a...

Tyler and I went in for our second ultrasound today and found out that we will be welcoming a little baby boy into our family this February (just what we had wanted).

Everything looks great and he is very active. I am feeling him move a little, but if he remains as active as he is now, I am sure in a few weeks his movements/kicks will be quite frequent and very noticable. Let's just hope he lets me sleep :)

Our ultrasound technician was wonderful. He let Tyler video some of the ultrasound which you can see here:





Finally tonight we are going out to buy our little boy his first outfit :) Can't wait to look through all the cute clothes and find the perfect little outfit for him.

Broadway Celebration

4 years already - Tyler and I celebrated our 4th anniversary just last week. Since our anniversary fell in the middle of the week we decided to postpone our celebration for Saturday. For our special anniversary date this year we got to go see "The Lion King" Broadway show.



It was amazing - The best part of the whole show was the opening number with "The Circle of Life" song. All the costumes were incredible to see and the enormous (almost life size) elephant come down the isle right beside Tyler and I during the song.



If you haven't seen the Broadway musical and live in Anchorage you should go and buy tickets because it is well worth it. Just make sure not to arrive late 'cause you won't want to miss the very beginning.

It was a nice evening and fun outing - here is the best picture we could get of the two of us in our seats after intermission



Happy Anniversary :)