late update!

updates!

our first meal in the new place! i have cooked a few more since than!

i finally got ian's father's day gift it was a day late... it was a daddy diaper changing kit! super cute!

we made some shelves thanks ma for the kit.

we also built another shelf outta scrap wood and we built a trunk outta of some wood we got at lowes it has been really fun.

and yes... my belly is still growing!

any time now doctor says but i do have a couple more weeks on my count down!

we have also been running a online baby shower! (thanks to my family on the mainland! you guys are the best!) check it out play some games! tarasbabyshower.blogspot.com

we have a new place in the world!

hello everyone while i was on Kauai visiting my family Ian found us a cute little studio in Wailuku we moved in and are just unpacking lots of boxes! can't wait to show you pix when it is all set up! also while i was on Kauai my mom and a couple of girls that are friends of the family threw a shower for me so much fun and thank you to all that came to help celebrate baby! hope i get to put up some pictures soon!

-much love Tara

Week 33

Week 33, yay look at that dress.... and baby :)

Tara is on Kauai and I miss her!  Thank goodness for telephones and email.

Looking forward to being a father.  I even buzzed my head to lose the mop top and look more fatherly...

even with the new hair cut I'm scared stiff.  Maybe I need a beard for added confidence...

Wish us luck, thank you for your prayers and support.  We love you!

-Ian-

hello!

hi (from tara)

thank you for caring about me! i thought i would show you how me and baby have been.... "growing" hehehe!

our first ultra sound at 16 weeks january 31 2011

feb 7 2011, feb 16 2011 (month 5) and feb 25 20011

second ultrasound they think its a girl cause they cant see anything.... but they made me read a disclaimer about that .... my confidence dropped a bit... and everyone keeps saying it looks like I'm having a boy... Ian's pretty sure it's a girl .... me about 75% sure it's a girl just hard to be hundred percent when the doctor tells you not to be...

march 9 2011

march 16 2011, april 14 2011, april 24 2011 ( easter)

thats us getting bigger!

we are starting to prep for baby!!! we have just gotten an awesome lime green car seat. we are thinking of what colors and themes we are going to do for baby so far we think that we are going to do baby in bright blue! just like on my blog http://arumenitta.blogspot.com/ i love the bright color.... my mom got us a little outfit for baby in bright blue! its cute plain with little ruffles around the sleeve. as for theme still working on it. we maybe a little behind schedule we are still looking for baby names. please let us know if you have any ideas!

thank you to my wonderful cousins working on a virtual shower for me and baby!

BAD BLOGGER! yes i am

sorry everyone i have been slacking in the updating the blog department...... yeah

so here is what is going on we are now looking for a place to move to ... crossing our fingers.... we want to move before baby comes so we are doing the apartment hunt...

i finally have gotten to one of the hapai classes and today the lady called and said i can go to the more complete classes on Saturdays but i went to the first one on Wednesday and they gave me this cool calculator!

we have been taking pictures these are the last few

i had pasted them in to my little baby journal.... it's just a sketch book i had so it has a million pages and will probably take me to baby's first birthday. we have written little cards to the baby and pasted them inside ( if you want to write baby a pre birth card you can but the card has to be smaller than 3.5 x 4.5 in i think and have a side that can be glued down )

for big news we got a car seat!!!!!!! yay! so cute! so happy we can bring baby home in something.... thank you grandma and grandpa and to my mom and dad......

car seats and strollers oh my!

i really don't know what to think on car seats and strollers!

any input is welcomed!

first car seats

so i want something safe (duh!) but compact! i don't own a SUV (i have a honda accord) and i don't think i will be having a giant baby mostly because i am a tiny person and i didn't marry a

huge guy ... we are very proportional to each other.. ( i just make him look tall cause i'm short :) )...ha ha ha ..... so we will be very surprised if we had a big kid! because of

that i don't want baby swimming in the car seat or being strangled by it either! i also want to be able to see over it to reverse out of the driveway!

so far i like these! any feed back?

Name	Britax Roundabout 50 convertible car seat	Combi Cocorro Lightweight Convertible Car Seat,	Britax Marathon 70 convertible car seat	Sunshine Kids Radian 80SL convertible car seat
Price	$199.99	$199.99	$223.99	$269.99
Seat/Carrier Weight		11 lbs.	18 lbs.	20.5 lbs.
Warranty	1 yr.	1 yr.	1 yr.
Child weight - Minimum	5 lbs.	5 lbs.	5 lbs.	5 lbs.
Child weight - Maximum	50 lbs.	40 lbs.	70 lbs.	80 lbs.
Child height - Maximum	49"	40"	49"	53"
Rear-facing Minimum Child weight	5 lbs.	5 lbs.	5 lbs.	5 lbs.
Child weight - Rear-facing Maximum	35 lbs.	33 lbs.	40 lbs.	45 lbs.
Child weight - Forward-facing Minimum	20 lbs.	20 lbs.	20 lbs.	22 lbs.
Child weight - Forward-facing Maximum	50 lbs.	40 lbs.	70 lbs.	80 lbs.
Child age range - Forward-facing	1 - 5 yrs.	1 - 3 yrs.	1 - 8 yrs.	1 - 6 yrs.
Child age range - Rear-facing	0 - 1 yr.	0 - 1 yrs.	0 - 1 yr.	0 - 1 yr.
Maximum harness weight capacity	50 lbs.	40 lbs.	70 lbs.	80 lbs.
Maximum harness height	49"	40"	49"	53"
Latch (Y/N)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aircraft Approved (Y/N)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Seat recline (Y/N)	Yes		Yes	Yes
Harness connection points	5	5	5	5
Cup holders (Y/N)	No	No	Sold sep	No
Side Impact Protection (Y/N)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Foldable (Y/N)	No	No	No	Yes
Removable backrest	No	No	No
Seat Height	27.5"	19"	26"	28.5"
Seat Width	19.5"	16"	18.5"	17"
Bottom to lowest harness slot	10"	7"	8.5"	8"
Bottom to highest harness slot	16.75"	13"	17.5"	18"
Interior seat depth (front to back)	9.5"	11"	11.5"	12"
Interior seat width	11.5"	9"	11"	11.4"
Interior seat back height	24.75"	21"	23.5"
Adjustable Headrest	No	No	No
Type of Car Seat	Convertible car seat	Convertible car seat	Convertible car seat	Convertible car seat
Installed w/o Base?	No		No
Exterior Seat Depth	25.5"	24"	19.5"
Infant Insert Included	No	Yes	Yes

strollers

yea i don't know much on strollers .... i don't even know how much i

will be using it should i look a carrier instead? or how long i can hold out before i need one of

course you want a cute one before you have to use it and a practical one when you do and so of course i got confused! i grew up on little umbrella strollers so what is good is lost on me another place where any input is welcome.... i am thinking smaller is better but i have been told travel systems are bulky

and that there are cheeper strollers so of course i am looking at those but i had made a list earlier so here it is

we are also still looking for names! family names if any of my family has some please let us know your ideas!