Coming Soon!

I'm in the process of posting a fun blog about the busy weekend we had... it's taking me a little time to get all the pictures and video together, but I'll be done soon!

It'll be worth your time, so check back soon!

A Quick Update!

Kaitlin's love of digging in the dirt prompted us to buy her a new sand table!
Brandon put it together for her the other day and we got a couple pictures of her playing in it for the first time.

She absolutely loves it! We told her she had to keep the sand IN the box instead of on the deck, and so far, she's actually been pretty good about it!

In other "Carnahan" news...

Not to brag but we were VERY impressed tonight when Kaitlin counted from 3 to 12 perfectly! We were on a walk, and Kaitlin was looking at a book. I asked her to count the toys she saw in the picture and after getting mixed up on "one, two" she started, "three, four, five......." all the way to twelve!! We were SPEECHLESS! We read to her a lot (I mean A LOT) and talk to her about numbers and colors all the time, but I had no idea she could actually say all those numbers in order! It will probably be a while before she does it again, but I'm glad Brandon was with me to witness it! I wish I had my video camera handy... but of course things like that happen when you least expect them.

Also, after having so much fun on the March of Dimes - March for Babies walk last weekend, my friend Tara and I decided to sign up for the upcoming National MS Society Walk. By upcoming, I mean THIS SATURDAY!
TWO charity walks in seven days!? I still haven't decided if we're crazy or just really motivated. But, we both like walking and walking for charity is a win-win situation. Obviously we didn't give ourselves a whole lot of time to raise money for the walk, but we figure something is better than nothing. We've already raised $30. If you're interested in donating online, you can click here: National MS Society Walk ~ May 3rd

As I write this, Brandon is watching the Avalache vs Red Wings playoff game. I'm not paying much attention, but he's doing a lot of cussing and screaming at the tv... it doesn't sound like it's going his way. Heehee...
Brandon has been keeping close tabs on the NFL draft. He said he's optimistic about the Broncos' draft picks. He mentioned tonight that our baby is due on Sept 4th, and the NFL season starts on the 6th, so he keeping his fingers crossed that he won't miss any games. He also asked if we could name the baby "Bronco"....... umm, no!! Hahaha!!

Team Kaleb ~ March For Babies

Yay! One more item to mark off the bucket list.... a 10K charity walk!

We had so much fun walking with Team Kaleb!

Team Picture (L to R): Rachel, Tara, Lisa (Kaleb's aunt), Me, Brandon, Ruth (Kaleb's grandma), Margaret, Monte (Kaleb's grandpa), Chris and Daniyelle (Kaleb's parents). *not pictured: April and Nik (Kaleb's Aunt/Uncle)

Baby Kaleb is my good friend Lisa's nephew who was born at 28 weeks. He's doing really well now, but struggled in the beginning. Since I'm currently only 21 weeks pregnant, it's really scary to think of babies being born so prematurely. The pictures you see and the stories you hear of these babies overcoming the odds are so amazing! We were so proud to be walking with so many people for such a worthy cause.

Brandon and I went to lunch after the walk and I asked if he wanted to see the pictures I took. When he got a hold of the camera, he exclaimed, "You took EIGHTY-SEVEN pictures!?"

Yeah, I guess I did...
I promise I won't bore you with ALL of them... but here's a few...

The wagon, the zoo, and the baby...

The weather was absolutely beautiful on Tuesday!
We thought it would be fun to celebrate Earth Day at the Botanical Gardens since they were having a free admission day. But, apparently, the entire city of Denver had the same idea. When we got to the Botanical Gardens, there were lines and lines of cars waiting to park. All the nearby street parking was taken and there were crowds of people walking towards the facility. After a few insane minutes of looking for somewhere to park, we came to our senses and realized that we needed to find something else to do. That's when we drove home to eat lunch and assemble our new wagon!

After all that hard work of putting the wagon together, we thought we should take it for a spin at the Denver Zoo! Kaitlin kept telling us about the animals we were going to see. She said we would be seeing elephants, giraffes, monkeys and alligators! I wasn't sure she understood what the "zoo" was, but she proved me wrong.

Here are some pictures we took at the zoo:

....and my personal favorite:

Tuesday was also our official ultrasound at my doctor's office. We got to see the baby moving around! This ultrasound also confirmed that Peanut is a girl. I must say that the ultrasound pictures she gave us are not as good as the ones my friend George does, but for what it's worth........

The first one is Peanut with her chin tucked in ~ (maybe flipping us off? hahaha!)

The second picture is Peanut's profile with her hand by her nose:

Here's Peanut profile with her hand in her mouth..... awwwww...... can you see her little spine??

So, all in all, Tuesday was a great day! We enjoyed our new wagon, we had a fun time at the zoo, and we got a sneak peak at our little baby.

Life doesn't get any better than this. :-)