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. :)

20 Weeks...

We are half way done and 20 more weeks to go! I had my 20 week appt today and everything is looking and sounding good. Heart rate was in the 160s and she is growing well!

We are on our way to Nebraska tomorrow to celebrate Grandma Kienker's 80th birthday. It will be a nice little road trip for us and probably will be our mini summer vacation. :)

Ear Piercing Video

Here is the video of Brynn getting her ears pierced! Enjoy!

Ears Pierced Part 1

Before she got her ears pierced.

Mommy and the big girl!

Right after they were done piercing her ears!

Ears Pierced Part 2

Brynn got her ears pierced today and she did such a great job and didn't even cry (even though we were expecting her to)! She sat there very still and quiet. She looks a bit freaked out, but when we asked her if she was nervous, she said no. After she got her ears pierced she got a treat at the cookie store. She also had a great time playing in the water play area at the mall.

July 4th

We didn't do much yesterday, but still had a great day! We started the day off at Denver Zoo and had a great time. We had a very yummy lunch at Olive Garden, then came home and Brynn took a nap while Dan and I played Guitar Hero a bit and I updated my blog...FINALLY!! Then Anita came over around 5:30 and we cooked Mushroom Swiss burgers inside the house since it was raining pretty bad outside. We also had some yummy desserts (cheesecake and brownies), that I still haven't tried since I was still so full from lunch and from the burger. We watched the New York City Macy's fireworks show on tv from the comfort of our couch and that was the extent of our 4th! It was a great and relaxing day!

It's a....

GIRL!!! Most everyone now knows that we are having another girl, but here are some ultrasound pictures we got when we had our 3D/4D Ultrasound last Saturday. It was so neat to see her squirm around and get mad at the ultrasound tech because she kept poking her. Some of the pictures are hard to tell what you are exactly looking at, but see if you can figure it out. :) We are still trying to finalize a name for our new little girl, but we'll let everyone know when we do. :) In one of the pictures you can see the umbilical cord right up around her face. Enjoy!

Long time, no write

Yes, I know it's been awhile since I've written anything, but I am going to finally try and catch up on everything! To start Brynn is now 4 and she is going to be a big sister soon! We found out in April that we were expecting another baby! This little one was planned (unlike Brynn) and we are all very excited to meet the new little one. My due date is December 4th, 2009, a day before Dan's birthday. He is kinda hoping it's born on his birthday too.

Brynn started going to a new preschool about 3 minutes away from our house and she is loving it. The kids get to go swimming 3 times a week in the summer time since the school has a pool and she is really enjoying it and getting a very nice tan! She is also learning her letters and how to write as well. She has gotten very good at writing her name and we are so proud of all that she has learned so far. It's hard to believe that in a little over a year she will be in Kinder!

I'm hoping to keep everyone updated with the pregnancy and with our little family.

Happy 4th of July!