Pregs 33 Weeks

Here I am at 33 weeks. Wayne and I are at the Hillcrest annual Christmas banquet. It was a good time! Fun to see all the students dressed up and lookin' spiffy!

Our little Christmas tree

We bought a little artificial tree at Target and set it up last night. I have to find all my decorations before we can get it looking a little more like a Christmas tree. It's cute. Both Wayne and I are taller than it. Haha. We're slowly getting the house in order. It'll be so nice when it's all done.

"Sew"-fun times with Alison!

I had so much fun with Alison on Saturday night! I went over to her house and she helped me sew a bumper pad and a blanket for Breiden. They both turned out so great! Thank you Alison so much! Looking forward to another 'craft' time with you!

Breiden's room

Here's a couple of pics of Breiden's room so far. We haven't moved much in yet. Just a little dresser and a chair. Hopefully we'll get the crib and changing table in today or tomorrow! It's so exciting. I love all the little clothes and shoes. So fun!

Here's some more...

So, here's the other pictures I have so far. I'll have to do some "after" pictures when everything is done. Noah and Mikenna are coming over tonight to help with some painting and putting stuff in Breiden's room! Yay. It's getting done! What a relief!

Here's some pics for you mom!

Okay, just a few for now because it's taking forever to load these pictures. So, there will be more in a few days!

Clogged drains...urghl.

Well, our pipes are acting up. Clogged shower drain, toilet makes funny noises and if we take a shower or run the water too long...the water comes up the sink drain and makes some funny glugging and gurgling noises. As we speak, there's some workers here trying to figure it out. I hope they can find a solution. We'll see.

Photo shoot

My best friend Erin and I had a wonderful time together when I was up in Canada visiting family and friends. We spent the whole day together laughing, shopping, having coffee at Second Cup, laughing some more, catching up on eachother's lives, reminiscing, eating supper together, having a photo shoot and of course laughing some more. Such good times with my bestest friend of almost 15 years. Wow, we've had such a journey together, haven't we Erin? I'm so glad that I have you in my life. Even though we're so far away, things between us will never change. I love you so much my dear dear friend. You hold a very special spot in my heart! Can't wait to see you in the new year.

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New house, new shoes, new love for Grey's Anatomy

Hey everyone! Just want to give you a few updates from us Stenders. I just got back from Canada last Saturday. Had a great trip there for one week. It got a little chaotic at times with all 9 of my nieces and nephews but it was so fun. I will post some pics but our home computer is packed away at the moment.
While I was visiting family and friends in Canada, my wonderful hubby was busy moving our belongings to our new purchased home. We haven't actually moved in to live because he's been ripping out gross carpet and refinishing the beautiful hardwood floors underneath. Next, we will paint the whole main level with colors of our choice. Right now, it has awful wallpaper and spongepainting. Urgh. We are living at Wayne's brother and sister-in-law's house. They are so great to let us come and move in on them! Hopefully, we can get into our home this weekend.
As for the rest of our lives...I have blisters on my feet because I got some new shoes that I love and keep wearing even though my feet are suffering. Baby Breiden is doing somersaults and karate kicks ALL THE TIME and I love it. Wayne too! We are now hooked into some great TV like Project Runway, the Office and of course... Grey's Anatomy! We didn't have a TV last year, so we didn't watch a lot. I missed out on last season but I've been caught up and now we both love Grey's.
Work is going good for both of us. It's been fun for Wayne to be up at the school. He really enjoys what he does and he's definately good at it. The students LOVE him and they all hang out in the Campus Ministries office all the time. It's great. I'm at Bethel Church and it's awesome. I'm learning some new computer programs and really enjoying the staff. I also love that it's part-time.
Good things happening with the Stenders! We love you all!

Pregs 23 weeks

Okay okay, I know all these pictures on here are of me...but I'm trying to show off Breiden and how big he's growing! I will soon post pics of my loving hubby and maybe some other random pics I can find. For now, enjoy yet another picture of your truly. (Maybe a little different scenery in the background)

21 Weeks

It's a....

Self-explanitory!

Left forearm with his hand over his face... probably trying to suck his thumb!

Cute little baby feet! They are crossed, one over the other.

Baby stender's profile. He was lying on his back. The dark part in his body is his little heart!

Well, there you have it! If you haven't figured it out from the top picture with the big arrow and the word...BOY, on the left side...then I don't know where your brain is! Yay, baby stender is a BOY! We are so excited with this little blessing. And can't wait to meet him. I had my first ultrasound today and that was such a cool experience. We got to see everything from his little fingers and toes to his kidneys and inside his brain! So neat. He is healthy and growing at a good rate. His heartbeat is totally normal and he was movin' around like crazy...kicking and trying to suck his thumb! I still haven't felt him yet but any day now, I'm sure! His estimated time of arrival is January 23, 2007. So we'll see if he sticks to that date! Maybe he'll enter the world on his daddy's birthday...Jan 21. God is so good!

17 weeks

Girls night out

Larissa, Hallie, Alison and Meghan all ready to rock the track

Me, Larissa, Alison, scary pirate guy, Meghan, Hallie and Keisha at Bug-a-boo Bay

Here's some of the girls in my 'monthly' group! We went to Bug-a-boo Bay in Alexandria for supper and then went go-karting. Keisha (the other prego) and I opted to cheer them on and take photos. Looking forward to our next evening together, ladies!

Baby Stender's little heartbeat

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Oh to get him to smile normal...

Good times at Tuscarora

These are some of my girls that I had as campers. They loved it that I'm preggers and were so sweet to let me sleep when I needed to. They took good care of me!


Randi Jacobsen and I. She's a senior this year at HLA and such a dear!


These crazy girls got dressed up in bright, tacky 80's clothes for the Counselor Program. All the counselors did a rendition of "Joyful Joyful" from Sister Act 2. It was so great!

14 weeks and counting

Okay, we finally are home and getting settled and so I thought I'd start with a picture of yours truly. It's a self-taken-photo so don't mind the background and the camera.

Tuscarora!

Just a quick update... we're out in Pennsylvania at Tuscarora helping with Leisure Week (family camp) and Teen week. It's going really well. We're all exhausted because we're in charge of the kids groups during the morning and evening sessions. Especially me. I'm tired anyways but add 18 3-5 year olds and I'm spent. But the week is almost over and then we jump right into Teen week. Yikes. I'm ready to come home cuz this July has been a blur...quite the adventure. I had a doc appt the day that we left to come out here and everything is normal and looking good. I'm still in the 'fat' stage right now where my clothes are getting too tight but you can't really tell that I'm preggers. So, I'm hoping that I just start popping one of these days. I'll post a pic soon! Love you all.

Being crazy in the mountains!

Next stop... Glacier National Park

Glacier was AMAZING!! It was heartwarming to me to be in the mountains again and I loved it. There was a little bit of concern about Bears at the Rising Sun Campground where we stayed but we were fine and we kept everything in the van when we weren't around or when we were sleeping. It was a little chilly up there too so the last night Em and I zipped our sleeping bags together and we were much warmer! We went for a little hike to St. Mary falls. The whole two days we were there, the weather was perfect. We were told that we missed the sleet and snow and freezing rain by 3 days. Yikes! We drove up to Logan's Pass the first day but the road west of that was closed for road construction. Luckily it opened up the day that we had to leave so we got to drive the whole Road to the Sun. SO BEAUTIFUL!! I would love to go there again