Baby Boy Slonim gets a Girlfriend

Our dearest friends, Marnie and Eric,
had a baby girl this evening.

Alexis Jean Bender
8:12p
8 lbs, 4 oz
21 inches long
Cute as a bug!!

Mom and baby are healthy!

23 Week Bump

Some of you may not know this, but my neice,
Signe, is enjoying pregnancy with me.
She also thought it appropriate that we show
off our 23 week bumps together.

21 Week Bump

Bump @ 19 weeks

This picture was taken by my 3 year old
neice, Signe... some of her best work!!

Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving All!!


Curt and I hosted our first Thanksgiving this year.
We had 10 of our Island Friends over for the feast.
Each person made a contribution to the meal and
we had such a fun day together!


We had an early afternoon visit from four manatees.
I thought i would include pictures of them...


We tried to scrub their barnacles, but they preferred
the Apples and water from the hose.



Ice with your drink?


Our long table for the feast...

And Curtie carving up the Turkey.

Full Anatomy Ultrasound

We had the full anatomy ultrasound today.
Happy to report that there were ten fingers, ten toes.
Our son is growing.... He is up to 9 oz!!
HUGE BOY... from the books we have and the items
I read on-line he is really advanced in the weight department.
Our OB is curious to know what we are feeding him!!

I have only gained 6 lb so far - as my OB put it - I am ALL BABY!!

Thought we would include some photo's from today's shoot.

Heart rate was 145 bpm


Grandma Oleson was with us for today's ultrasound and
so he gave her a wave "hello"


Leg and foot action.... Does his foot look large??


And the profile shot... I think he's pretty cute, we'll keep him!


Also happy to report that my cervix is still closed - YEAH!!
We need it to stay that way for another 6 weeks to put
us in the clear.

They also noted that my placenta was sitting low, but not
placenta previa so they will continue to monitor that.

Also, forgot to mention that he measured 18 weeks + 1 day -
so he is back ahead of schedule by a day.

17 Week Bump

It's growing...

Vandalism

Curt and I have been away from home for a week...

Combination of things - Dr. Appointments, R&R and work.

I arrived home last night, he is driving a Clients boat

down from Sarasota to the Keys.

And when I arrived I found this vandalism on the window:

Thank God for friends with great humor!!

Boy Names

I have had 24 hours to absorb and reflect
on the news of a son....

I share in Curt's excitement!!!

We have had the most fun narrowing our
list of names:
Archer
Bevan
Bridger
Brooks
Cayden
Dylan
Finley
Granger
Jacob
Judd
Kai
Landin
Logan
Miles
Miller
Parker
Sawyer
Thatcher

Fell free to email us comments on those you like
and those you don't.

We will keep you posted as the list gets shorter.

We are having a BOY!!!

We had an ultrasound today to check cerivcal length -
all looks good.

And the Ultrasound Tech asked us if we would like to
know the sex if she was able to see appropriate body
parts.... of course we would!!!

Here is the play by play....

I'm lying on the table with phone in hand to call my
sister - she wanted a front row seat....

She told us the babies knees were together.
She jostled by belly a bit to get the baby to move.

Nurse: It's a boy! Congratulations!
Curt does the obnoxious fist pump and yells out "YES!"
Curt: Call your sister
Kelli: I want her to double-check first


Boy parts blown up!

Bump at 15 Weeks

Here are the new bump pictures.
Sorry for the wet hair...

First Sailfish

My husband took me out to catch my first sailfish
today... awesome!!

You can see the picture below - it was 69 inches long!!
A great fight!!

Jumping out of the water...


Another jump out of the water...


At the side of the boat...


Curtie and I with my catch!

Fun in Fall Leaves

These pictures were just too cute
to not share!!

Niece Sophi

Niece Signe

Fall Apple Orchard Adventure

We spent the day with Grandpa Larry / Dad
today and had such fun!!

The day started out a bit strange with a vist from a
Halloween monster that delivered baskets of goodies....

We still haven't figured that out!!

We then went to Apple Jack Orchards
out in Delano, MN. The pictures below
certainly capture our fun!!



Sophi on "hay" slide.

Signe too.


The girls waiting patiently for their
turn to ride the ponies.






Sophi traveling through a hollowed out tree...



Our two little apples.


The "Cow Train"





Our Fall Family Photo


Curt and Signe in the Corn Maze


Kori and Dad


Curt and Signe with the "Apple Gun"


We followed up the Orchard with a DQ stop on the
way back to Kori's house. And just when you would have
thought we had eaten enough we ordered Chinese
food and sat around a campfire in the backyard.

GREAT DAY!!!

Week 13 - Baby Bump

Celebrating Reid's Birthday

In lieu of a Birthday gift Reid wanted to spend an evening
with Curt and I while we were home.

The three of us spent the evening at Dave & Busters.

We had a yummy dinner followed by all sorts
of video games. Reid was particularily good at "Tennis"
and "Deal or No Deal".

We had such a fun night!


Blowing out candles - we sang to him!

Fun surprise to have Sammy join.