23 Weeks

I am now 23 weeks and my belly is growing. Alex is constantly touching it and calling me "Big Belly" because he can hardly believe it. He especially thinks that my bellybutton looks funny and it sure does. But it is exciting. I had a doctor's appointment today and things are still looking great. They are keeping my original due date of December 17th, so hopefully baby boy will want to come a little early so that he won't be too close to Christmas. I got to hear his heartbeat again too and it was a nice, strong 156 bmp. I'm glad that things are progressing so well. At my next appointment I have to do the glucose test for gestational diabetes, so I am not looking forward to that, but I'm sure it won't be as bad as it sounds. Overall, I'm a happy pregnant woman because my belly isn't too big yet. :)

More news about the house. Everything is looking wonderful. The house is now painted and the outside is landscaped. They have also put carpet and light fixtures inside, so everything should be finished on time for Tuesday of next week. We are still on time to close on August 29 and then move in over Labor Day weekend! I can't wait to be in our OWN home! It will be so nice to finally own our very own place. I really feel like an adult now. Here is a picture of the house:

21 Weeks

After much demand for a belly picture, I am posting a picture of myself at 21 weeks! Yeah...I am over half way through!

House News

So the house builders accepted our offer and we cannot wait to move into our house at the end of August. We are supposed to close on the house on August 29th and hopefully move in over Labor Day weekend. I cannot wait to have our very own home and get settled in and ready to start our family.

Here's the front of our house. If you click on the picture you can see the "SOLD" sign on the window better. That makes me so happy!

Here I am posing with our newly installed kitchen cabinets and granite counter tops. I am so excited!

Park City

Last week I went to visit my parents in Park City, Utah for a whole week. It was so nice to see them after 4 months of being away. They loved being able to see my belly and we had fun shopping for little baby boy clothes too. It was very relaxing and we did a lot of fun things. It was especially nice to see my older sister, Miranda, her husband, Reza, and my niece, Leila. I miss them so much. Some of our activities included hiking to the Timpanogos caves, attending a session at the Salt Lake Temple, swimming in the pool, eating at Cafe Rio, and seeing the X-Files movie. Here are a couple of pictures:

Me and my niece, Leila.

Me and one of my best friends and roommate from BYU, Kristen, and her new baby boy, Gavin.

It's a BOY!!!

So....the big news today is that I had my 19 week ultrasound and we are officially having a BOY! Could you expect anything else from a Christensen boy? I don't think so. We are SUPER excited! Here are some really awesome ultrasound pictures:

Here is the baby's 2D profile.

Here is the proof that the baby is definitely a boy! The tech and my doctor were both shocked at how "not shy" the baby was with his private parts. Haha...that's my boy. He must take after Alex.

These are a couple of amazing 3D ultrasound pictures. This technology is incredible since it is sound waves that are creating such an awesome picture! You can really see what the baby looks like. I don't like that he is close to sucking his thumb in the second picture though. We all know that thumb sucking leads to braces and possibly head gear. I will have to break that habit first thing after he is born. I'm half way through my pregnancy now!

Shopping for a Home

So since Alex and I decided that we are probably going to stay in the Tri-Cities area for a while, we decided to start shopping for a house a couple of weeks ago. We found a house that we both love that is located in West Richland, which is a little bit closer to Mattawa, so Alex will only have to commute 45 minutes to work each way, which is still a lot, but we really want to raise our family in the city. Anyways...this house is brand new. It is actually still in the process of being built and it will be finished at the end of August. It is 2068 square feet and it has 4 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, and a 3 car garage. It is so nice and we actually made an offer on it today, so I really hope that everything works out and we can call ourselves actual "home owners" at the end of next month. It is very exciting stuff!

America's Funniest Videos

So we decided to send our prank video to AFV, and so I have to remove the video from our blog. If anyone missed it and would like to see it, just email me or comment on my blog and I can email the video clip to you.