28 weeks Pregnant & a New House!

Here is our first HOME we've ever owned! We are new homeowners!!! So exciting! This is me on closing day right after all the papers were signed April 23rd, 2009. It is ours! It is in Aurora, CO. It is a 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom ranch-style home with a finished basement...totally renovated with brand new appliances, counters, cabinets, paint, carpet, windows, and doors. And a great yard in the back. Great place to start our family! So the purple shirt picture is my 28 week photo! Me & the baby are definitely getting bigger. I am still LOVING being pregnant and feeling him kick all the time. His kicks are getting much stronger and more regular. Nate's feeling him kick more often now too. I'm feeling pretty good and have a lot of energy still. Which is good because moving-in is A LOT of work!

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

We went to the zoo in Colorado Springs when Dad & T were here. These are my two favorite pictures. Man those giraffes have long tongues to eat those crackers! Anyone who can go to that zoo really should!

Dad's visit April 16th-21st '09

So Dad and Teresa came to visit us in Denver, CO right before we moved into our new house. It was our last visitors in our Breakers apartment! We had a great time for 5 days. The first two days we had a fluke snow storm in the middle of April! Tons of snow! The first picture was the first nice day when the snow started to melt. The 2nd pic is my Dad and I at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs (all 4 of us stayed there for one night). Then the 4 of us at the Broadmoor golfcourse (just using as a background). Then a cute pregnancy picture of Nate & I (Nate looks GQ to me). : ) I am 26 weeks here.

Cuddly Kitties

Look who thinks he's the baby boy. : ) hee hee. Denver layed in that baby sack for hours one night...he loved it. And then that's Bella snuggling with my Dad's head when he was here visiting. She liked him a lot.

Uncle Jim

Uncle Jim came and visited us for one night while he was here on business in Colorado Springs. We always have a blast hanging out with him!

Angie & Eiko

I realized I don't have any pictures of Eiko & I on here yet! This is us hanging out with nonalcoholic fruit drinks with Angie at 22 weeks and Eiko at 26 weeks at Doug & Eiko's apartment at The Breakers. The second picture is with their brand new crib! Eiko is due June 26th '09. It is VERY fun having a pregnant friend so close!

Quick Update

So I noticed I never gave you the result of Nate's interviews (all of you know already). Nate got in to BOTH schools for a PhD in Immunology!!! So he had to choose and we both discussed it seriously for a couple weeks before deciding. As you know, we decided that Nate would go to University of Colorado to get his PhD. They are both great schools, but the family/home life was much better here. Houses are affordable here, we love the area and outdoor activities (mtns), we love our church, we have great friends here, and Angie loves her job here (and has a day shift position, which she would probably lose in Seattle). So, we are staying in Denver for 5-6 more years!!! It is official! Nate starts in the end of August '09 so he might be done around 2014 or 2015 (wow that sounds far away). : ) So, what's this picture about? We started looking for houses after we figured out our plan, and we got a great realtor named Mike Cooke (he was also our loan agent). We looked for about one month and saw almost 30 houses! It felt like a long process. But we found one we LOVED and put an offer on it that day! It was up for $230, we put the offer in at $220...the next day they counteroffered $227 and we accepted! We felt like it was gonna go fast so we quickly said YES! It is a GREAT price for an amazing house! Tell you more about it later.