03-27

Today is Tracie's birthday. Happy Birthday T!

What do you suppose this look means?

Not much new to report. Dusty, Lisa and Emmerson have been here this week and have been cooking great meals for us! It's so nice to have good friends around. Emmerson is awesome! She is pulling herself up and laughs all the time! She also puts her index finger in her mouth like she's constantly pondering something. It's probably b/c her tooth is coming in, but it may be that she knows something important that the rest of us overlook...
We got an inch of snow last night! Spring keeps teasing us with a nice day or two and then the snow and wind force us back inside. We're definitely insiders these days anyways.

Emmerson has picked the bookshelf as her favorite spot in our apartment.

Monday

Had to take Ollie in for a blood test and he weighed in at 9 pounds already!

update

Oliver had his two week pediatrician appointment on Friday and he already weighs in at 8 pounds, 10 ounces! He eats like a little monster so this shouldn't really be a surprise to me. Dusty, Lisa and Emmerson are heading from Portland to visit us for the week so we are all excited about that! Hopefully we can set the stage for an arranged marriage between Oliver and Emmerson in oh about 25 years. We are planning to stay in with D, L and E for Easter and make ourselves a good meal and have some quality friend time. I will post more pictures later in the week as I'm sure we'll be taking lot's!

A few more pics... for the ol' grammies out there.

Ears

We're having a difficult time determining if Oliver got his ears from Tracie or from me...

lovin' on Ollie

silly oliver

He likes to smile in his sleep.

One Week Old

We're celebrating Oliver's one week birthday today. It's insane how much he's been changing every day! Yesterday marked a historic time in our lives when Tracie took a solid stream of urine to the shoulder and the face. I knew that boy had the potential.
Trish has been an amazing help around the house as Tracie continues to get stronger. Tomorrow she leaves for Michigan and we will all definitely miss her presence... Especially Ollie, who seems to burp and pass the gas mostly in her arms. It's that soothing voice of hers. I think she may be moving to Idaho Falls in April.
Trace is on Spring Break this week and I'm truly envious of all the time she gets to spend at home. She's such an amazing Mom!! I'm back to work and having a difficult time focusing on the job. Yesterday I caught myself hovering over my desk swinging my hips like I was trying to put Oliver to sleep in my arms. This was the second time its happened and I'm sure it's normal. I think it's normal?
Anywho, you're here for the pics, so I'll quite rambling...

more Oliver

The blog is going to change names here soon but we will be sure to send out an email to all with the new web address. Be prepared for tons of pictures. Grandma Trish is still here being the biggest help in the world! We moved into a new place this weekend (isn't our timing great?) and her and Grandpa Bob and John moved almost everything in one day! We are settling into the new place just nicely.

Oliver

Oliver David Hutchison

was born on March 4, 2008 at 1:58pm. I will post pictures later but you may see one picture on the hospital website at
www.mountainviewhospital.org

39 weeks, 6 days

I am 4 cm dilated and 70% effaced as of my appointment last night. I will try to post some last big belly shots this weekend!

39 weeks

Just wanted to update with a few pictures from the last couple of weeks. John went cross country skiing at Kelly Canyon which is just East of town. The yummy coconut cake was from Valentines Day and the picture in front of the crib is the most recent one from last night.

38 weeks, 5 days

Dilated to 3cm. Everything is ready to go, we're just patiently waiting!

37 weeks, 3 days

Not much to report from the Doctors visit today. Dilated 1-2 cm, gained 3 pounds. Uff. Everything looks great.

36 weeks, 6 days

Things are coming right along here. I think we have most everything ready for the little guy to get here. We are just patiently waiting. We feel pretty prepared! I'm getting ready to have my body back to myself and have that little one on the outside to hold onto! We can't wait to see what he looks like. Grandma Trish is planning to come out for the birth and wishes that he would just tell us when he would be here! Not much else new to report but I will keep you all updated as I'm going to the doctor once a week now.

Week 34

Well, we made it through John's 32nd birthday. We celebrated with a nice home made dinner of stuffed chicken breasts and wine (for him). That is the fake stuff in my wine glass, I just wanted to pretend. We got out the good dinner plates and lit some candles. It was a nice evening. John and his nephew Josh spent a weekend snowboarding at Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee. I'm thinking they had a GREAT time. John has just signed up for a race in June called the Wasatch Back. He is on a team of 12 and it is a relay race from Logan, UT to Park City, UT and then over to Salt Lake City. He's excited to get training and has been running a lot lately. Our birthing class has been going well and we are so grateful for it. It's really making us feel prepared for labor! We've been getting the baby's room all set up and are really anxious to meet him! I'm feeling great most days but get tired easily. Starting to feel ready to get rid of this belly!

31 Weeks

I've been a bad girl. Slacking on the blog, I know. We had a fabulous Christmas in Michigan and spent lot's of time with our families. We're getting excited to meet our little man! We've been spending most of our time getting things ready for the baby's arrival. We made a trip to Portland to visit friends for Thanksgiving and had a blast. We can't wait to do it again. I'm starting classes next week and should be done with my temp job by the end of January and will wait after the boy comes to find something else. Things are going well with Johns job, they are keeping him busy. He's gotten out to snowboard once and I think he's going to go up to Jackson Hole this weekend with his nephew Josh. We started taking a birthing class called The Bradley Method on natural child birth. I'm going to give it a shot with no medications and lot's of coaching from John. Should be interesting! That's all our news for now, I'll try to keep posting more often. Look for a new blog to come out soon as we no longer live in Alaska and the new one will be more centered around the baby because he is much more interesting than us.

22 weeks

I've just been feeling a bit on the larger side these days so I thought I would add some more pictures. My belly pic was taken this morning and the Ultrasound pics were from this past Thursday.

Snake River

The Snake River runs through downtown Idaho Falls. There is a nice paved walkway on both sides for hand in hand strolling.

Pics from the last Month

Most of these are from the drive between Fairbanks and Idaho Falls.

another picture

We finally got this scanned into the computer. It's from back in September before we left Alaska. We hopefully will have another Ultrasound done soon and will post that one also!

Settling in...

We have arrived safely in Idaho Falls! Have had beautiful sunny weather and even a bit of snow in the last week. John started work last week and seems to be settling in and enjoying his new job. I'll let him post more about that. I'm on the job hunt and plan to unpack our few remaining things. It's been a whirlwind two weeks. Around 4800 miles driven and a flight from SLC to DTW in there. Thanks to those who helped out with the packing and unpacking of the truck! Rachel, John, Jeff, Mom you guys were a tremendous help! So were our new neighbors who helped unload our entire truck when we got here and Mom and I hardly lifted a finger. Nice guys! It feels good to have all of our belongings in one place and actually some space to move around in. I will take the camera out this week with me and post some photos of town so you can all get an idea of what the city looks like. We would love some visitors this Winter! We have a spare bedroom all made up for someone just like you!
On the baby front, in case you haven't heard yet, It's a BOY! We are just so excited about it! I've been feeling some twinges but not sure if they are really baby movements or not. As you can see my belly is growing fast! We are at 19 weeks, almost the halfway point and are waiting patiently until the day when we can meet this little guy!