Helga & Santa!

Mom & Dad-50th Wedding Anniversary Mass

These pictures taken at the 50th Wedding Anniversary Mass that the Bishop did at St. Phillips & James Church.

Julie @ 20 weeks

OK. Here's the next installment of the pregnancy chronicles. We took this picture today, which, by our calculations, is precisely 20 weeks and 3 days.


Julie experienced the "quickening" a few weeks ago, and now she's feeling little Aloise moving several times a day. Aloise is most active when Julie is lying down trying to relax! I've only felt her kick once because most of her movements are still too subtle to be felt from the outside.


Julie's appetite is good, and she's taking a nap every day, so her temperament has been good overall. In terms of belly size, she's self-conscious because she's right on the cusp between appearing to have a giant paunch and appearing to be obviously pregnant. Hopefully, it'll only be another few weeks before she really feels like she looks pregnant instead of just fat.

I hope my candor doesn't get me in trouble, but maybe I can encourage heavier traffic on the blog by "juicing it up" a bit. We're really looking forward to some of you other folks out there adding some posts! Julie's family is putting ours to shame because all of them post all of the time on their family blog.

It's a girl!!!

Hi all,

We just wanted to share a few ultrasound photos. The first two are a full body shot and a head and torso shot. The second ones are of her arms and head, and then a 3-D one of her face and little hand. These are better in person and with an interpreter, but you get the idea!

We hope you are all well and that you'll let us know what is going on with you!

Take care,

Julie and Justin