33 weeks pregnant

33 weeks down. 7ish to go. Baby Laib is doing well. He officially has a name but it will be kept secret until he shows his face to the world:) His room is slowly coming together and it's been fun sorting through all the cute little baby boy clothes. It's still hard to imagine actually filling them with a little human being, but soon enough it will be a reality. I feel like it has been a fairly smooth pregnancy for me (even though I don't have anything to compare it to). No morning sickness, minimal back pain, no swelling (yet), and very manageable weight gain. I hope future pregnancies will be the same but I won't get my hopes up.

26 weeks pregnant.

Baby Registering Day!

Had fun registering for baby stuff yesterday with Justin, my mom, and sister-in-law Thomasine. Fun to pick out stuff for baby Laib but kind of surreal at the same time since we won't be holding him for about 14 more weeks. Here's a couple of pics from our day.

Why is blogging so hard?

Let's just say that I suck at blogging. I would like to be a better blogger especially with our first baby being born in a few months. So... I am going to give it another shot. We'll see how this goes. Baby Laib is due on June 26th. Can't believe how fast the pregnancy has gone already but I have a feeling the last 8-10 weeks are going to feel like an eternity. We haven't done much to "prepare" yet because it all seems so far away, but with my mom coming to visit next weekend, I am sure we will do some baby shopping of some sort. We do know that baby Laib is a boy but we still haven't picked a name. Anyone else have trouble landing on a name for their child? It's hard when there are so many options out there. Here's a pic of our little guy at about 22 weeks.

Run For Poverty

I have recently decided to start an organization called Run For Poverty. I will be running one road race a month in hopes to raise money for orphans in South Africa. I will be partnering with Project-O and they will be receiving all the funds raised by Run For Poverty. To learn more about RFP go to www.runforpoverty.com or email me at courtney@runforpoverty.com. 

Newport Beach

Justin and I spend the afternoon at Newport Beach. It was very warm but it was still nice to walk around. We encountered the "Birdman" who would let you hold one of his huge birds on your arm. It was pretty cool. Justin and I both took a turn and as you can see, the "Birdman" put BOTH birds on Justin which we didn't see him do to anyone else. We walked the pier a little and also had some lunch while we were there. Here are some pics from the day. 

Des Moines

I drove to Des Moines yesterday to visit my family. I don't get to see them very often and sometimes I just feel like I need a spontaneous visit so I just do it! Especially now that I have a 5 month old nephew, it's tough not being able to see him grow and change every day. So I am here till Saturday. Currently I am at the mall sitting outside the Mac store using their wireless. This is a very common spot for me when I am in the area. I try not to actually go inside the store too much because I want to buy everything, so instead I just outside:) While I am here, Justin is at home living the single life. He's probably eating tuna out of the can, sleeping for 6 hours, and working the rest of the time. haha. Don't worry J, I will be back soon!

Stellar Kart

Snowboarding!

This past Saturday I got to take 8 high school students snowboarding. We went to Four Lakes Resort in Lisle, IL, which was only about a 30 minute drive. 5 out of the 8 had never been snowboarding before so they spent most of the day learning how to keep their faces out of the snow. They all did really well catching on and no one gave up. Here's a couple pics from our day. We ended the trip with a stop at Taco Bell on the way home. Nothing like a bean burrito after a hard days work!

 

Movie with the boys.

On New Years Eve day, Justin and I took the 3 TeSelle boys to see a movie at a theater called Hollywood Boulevard. We saw the movie 'The Tale Of Despereaux'. It was a cute movie and the boys had a lot of fun. Below is a picture of Justin with Gunnar (8) and Tygar (6). Stone (4) and I were in the seats next to them. The red shirt theme was not planned. Just happened to be a coincidence:) Thanks Greg and Caroline for letting us "borrow" your kids!