32 weeks - 12.27.08

Here I am at 32 Weeks, not much time left until we get to meet our little one, we are very excited!

Christmas Trip to MN and WI 12.17-12.25

Al and I traveled to MN on December 17th and we were welcomed with some very cold weather! We had a very busy 8 days planned while we were home. On Thursday and Friday we were able to hang out with Chase each morning and help him build his trains, play in the sand etc. We were very busy.

Al and Chase are looking at the time, the time showed that it was Geo Trax Time! Al and Chase were very busy with Geo Trax each day.
As you can see below, here is one of their trains that they created.

Saturday, December 2oth, Miller Family Christmas

Me, Grandma and Al

The Hendrickson Family

The three pregnant Cousins - Maggie (due Jan 14th), Jess (due Feb 2nd), Me (due Feb 22nd)

Sunday, December 21st, Girl's Christmas Party

Kristine, Marissa, Michelle, Erin, Sara, Me, Nicole, Linds and Adina

Al and I traveled to Nekoosa, WI on Monday, December 22nd to visit Grandpa Kerkman and Aunt Karol and Uncle John.

Cousin Mike and Brooke were able to have dinner with us as well, it was a wonderful visit. We did encounter a bit of snow, but overall we had a good trip. We picked up some cheese curds at the gas station and they were great!

Me, Al, Cousin, Mike, Uncle John, Grandpa, Brooke and Aunt Karol

Wednesday, December 24th - Christmas Eve

Mom and Dad
Me and Chase

Me and Al

Siblings

The Hendrickson/Oslowski/Kerkman Family

Al and I flew home on Christmas day and we were able to have our own Christmas when we got home. We really enjoyed our trip to MN and WI and can't wait to go back.

30 Weeks 12.14.08

Here is a picture of the belly at 30 weeks, getting bigger each day:)

Baby Kerkman's Room

Here are a few pictures of the babies room.
It isn't totally finished yet, but at least you can get an idea.

The crib and rocking chair

The dresser as the changing table

28 Weeks - 11.29

Here I am at 28 weeks. As you can see the baby is getting bigger each day, and more active. I am still feeling good, so that is nice.

A Visit from Aaron - Nov 27-29

Happy Thanksgiving 2008

Aaron was able to make it to CA to have Thanksgiving Dinner with us.

On Friday we headed to The Redwoods, we had a great time.

Al and Aaron with the big trees

Then we headed into the city to see the Golden Gate Bridge. As you can see it was a little overcast, but we still had a great time.

On Saturday we saw it a movie and then relaxed.

26 Weeks - Nov 15th

Here I am at 26 weeks, still getting bigger!

Baby Shower - 11-8-08

I went back to MN on Friday, November 7th so I could go to my Baby Shower on the 8th. The shower was held at the Hamel Community Center and my mom, sister and sister-in-law did a great job decorating.

Here is a picture of the valance for the babies room, the 3 animal pictures are wall hangings for the baby room and the rest are all prizes for the Bingo game.

Here is one of the 6 centerpieces. The baskets match the bedding and since my bedding has animals, each basket had an animal, a bib, a book and a bottle, some had frames as well and other fun stuff.

Pregnant sisters - hard to really see Jess's belly in the shirt she is wearing but we are only 3 weeks apart.

Me, Mom and Jess
Mel, Me and Jess

Opening gifts, this one was a very special gift, it was from my parents and it was a little airplane that said "Grandma and Grandpa Express", it was carrying a little flag behind it that said "Destination: Hercules, CA, Date: February 16, 2009 to meet their newest grandchild" We are very lucky that will come all the way to CA to be with us.

Just a group shot of everyone sitting down enjoying their lunch.

HS Girls

Pregnant Cousins

Jess (due Feb 2), Maggie (Due Jan 9), Me (due Feb 22)

Of course I had to take a picture with the little helper. Chase was very helpful that day, he laid out all the presents for the dice game and was very good. He is getting so big, he almost comes up to my belly button!

24 Weeks - Nov 1, 2008

24 Weeks and getting bigger!

Look at these cute onesies I got online. Of course I had to get one that had the plane that Al flies on it and then the other is "daddy's co-pilot", so cute!

High School Friends from Minnesota together in California

October 9 - October 13
My high school friends, Anna, Rachel and Kelly came out to visit. They arrived Thursday night and then on Friday, I had to go to work, but they spent the day in the city.

Then on Saturday we got up and went to Napa. Although three of us are pregnant we still wanted to go, at least Rachel could enjoy the wine!We started out at Flora Springs, they have a new tasting room and deck that you can relax on. It was great. Here is Al and I on the deck, overlooking the Flora Springs Vineyards

Here we are in the new tasting room. Rachel was able to taste for all of us!

Then we went up to the "Old Faithful Geyser of California" We got there just in time to get out lunch and then the Geyser went off, it was great. We were able to see it twice. Then we saw the few animals they had there as well. We had a beautiful day.

After we were done eating, we headed to the Petrified Forest, it is the largest Petrified Forest and it was really neat. Below you see Al and I sitting on a huge log, petrified log!

Anna, me, Rachel and Kelly. You can't see it here, but we were some mean volleyball players when we were in high school:)

On Sunday we headed to The Redwoods. We had a great time and saw a lot of big trees as well as some deer.

Here we decided to climb into the Redwoods a little to get a good picture.

Then we got back and relaxed at the house, again we had another wonderful day. I made lasagna and we were able to chat and catch up more. The girls had to leave on Monday morning, so we enjoyed talking the rest of the night.

October 4th, Half Moon Bay, CA

Al and I went down to Half Moon Bay for the day. We had a good time, we found a pumpkin patch to get a few pumpkins, then we also were able to see some awesome waves!

Then it was time to meet up with Cousin Tammy, Steve and Finn, we had a great time seeing them. They were only in town for a few days, and we were so glad that they took the time to meet up with us.

Here is little Finn, just over a year old!

Steve, Tammy, Finn, Ang and Al

Sadly they had to get little Finn back to the hotel to go to sleep so they could get on the road the next day, but it was great to see them.