Summer Day...

We ventured out to Washington "Wash" Park today for a McDonald's picnic. It was was nice sitting in the shade while we ate, but then we started walking and boy was it hot!!! We finally got to really try out the new camera, so here are some shots from today.

24 Weeks...

Not the best picture of me, but you get the point. :) Everything has been going well and she is moving all the time! We will sit there and watch my belly and you can just see her moving around in there, it's very cool! My last midwife appt went great! I was measuring 24 weeks and her heart rate was in the 140s.

Brynn keeps asking me if my tummy is getting bigger. She'll come up and feel my tummy and say, "Yep, it's getting bigger!"

We are almost done with our hypnobirthing class, only one more class. We have learned a lot about deep relaxation and different techniques to use during labor and birth. Our teacher, Angie, is great and she is so relaxing. I really hope we are able to utilize this during labor.

Hypnobirthing

Dan and I have our first Hypnobirthing class tonight and we are really looking forward to it! Not sure what to expect, but it's hopefully going to help me have a natural birth with no meds. Of course, I'm not totally counting out the meds, but would love it if I didn't need them. You can read more about it at Hypnobirthing Moms, which is where were are taking our classes at. It lasts for 5 weeks and it's every Tuesday evening.

Wish us luck!

Update!!! Class was great and we can't wait to go back next week!

Nebraska Trip Day 3

Our main objective for the day was to celebrate Grandma Kienker's 80th birthday. It was open house style and planned by her kids, Mike, Karen, Judy, and Marilyn. They did a great job and everyone had a good time. We headed home around the end of the open house and made it home in about 6.5 hours. We had a great trip and a great time with family!! We hope to go out there next summer as well after the new baby is born, so they can see her.

More Pictures from Day 2

Nebraska Trip Day 2

We started our day with a drive to Lincoln, where we took Brynn to the Lincoln Children's Museum and Brynn had a blast! She enjoyed shopping in the grocery store, playing in the water area, and playing in the space ship area. We then drove to the Lincoln mall and walked around a bit and had some Runza's for lunch. This was the first time I had this, and Dan's second time. They are long sandwiches made with fresh baked bread and the main ingredient is ground beef with seasoning, onions, and cabbage. Mine also had swiss cheese and mushrooms and Dan's had pickles and cheese in it in addition to the meat. They were yummy!!! It's a very heavy meal, but worth it! Brynn just had their kids meal with the mini corn dogs. :)

Then we drove back to Grand Island and Dan enjoyed driving around and showing me where he spent summers at his Grandma and Grandpa's old house, parks he played in, etc. Then we went over to Great Aunt Doris' house (Grandma Kienker's sister) and spent some time visiting with her and later her daughter, Debbie.

Soon after that we had to rush over to Central City for a dinner with the entire Kienker family at the Lincoln Manor Restaurant. It was so neat seeing all brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, and uncles all together and we had to get a separate room since our group was so big. There were around 20 of us!! It was actually Grandma Kienker's birthday that day, so at the end of dinner, we all sang Happy Birthday and she got her birthday dessert.

Dan and I decided to go and see Transformers in the tiny little theater in Central City. When I say tiny I mean tiny. It is an original movie theater built a long time ago (the only theater in Central City). They only show two movies. Once is downstairs in the original theater and it's a bit bigger. Ours was upstairs in the old balcony and they made that area into another mini theater with around 5 or 6 rows I would say. It was very neat seeing a theater that old and you can't beat $5 per ticket for an evening show! Brynn stayed with her cousins and had a great time playing with them.

Nebraska Trip Day 1

Had a nice drive to Grand Island today, especially since Dan drove the whole way. :) We got to our hotel around 5 p.m. (central time) and decided where we wanted to eat. Dan saw that we had a Valentino's close to us, which is like a Cici's pizza on steriods and way better. So we made our way over there and it was so yummy! Maybe because I had pretty much just had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch and was starving by the time dinner rolled around.

We are now back at the hotel. Brynn has been okay, but definitely getting on our nerves. She wouldn't eat any of her meal at Valentino's, so we told her NO snacks when we get to the hotel. She is now playing with her Leap frog game thing while Dan and I watch tv.

Tomorrow our plan is to go to the little water park they have here, Island Oasis Water Park. Much smaller than our Water World, but it's something to do. Hopefully we will all get a good sleep tonight and be in a good mood tomorrow. :)