It seems as though summer is in full swing now. It has been great to be able to relax outside and much to my enjoyment, take a dip in the pool (which is a great way for a pregnant lady to cool off!) For us, the summer season started off busy with my cousin Jess getting married Memorial Day weekend, followed by my sisters high school graduation and open house party just this weekend. It was really fun for us to spend a lot of time with the Zerbe extended family. Andy and I found some time to start some baby registries, which we discovered to be completely exhausting-so many decisions! Life should slow down just a little for us over the next few weeks. Although my time will be occupied by my overly ambitious decision to try and make a baby bedding set. I'm not terribly confident in my sewing and quilting skills but it never hurts to try right? If all goes well with that I'll make sure to post pictures of the finished products.



As for more news from "the bump":

• we are at week 22 of pregnancy giving us an estimated baby size of 7 inches and 1 pound

• we have started to feel the baby kicking

• we have an in-utero name for baby provided by my father : Chonan which is the Japanese moniker for the eldest son in a family
  

• we are now accepting all boy name ideas, although it will be hard to compete with my 3 year old nephews suggestion of "purple chicken nugget"

Here are some photos from our recent weeks....

Andy and I at Jess and Tony's wedding

Jess and Tony had the most creative way of displaying of unity. Instead choosing candles or sand mixing they chose a unity volcano...they are true science nerds at heart :)

Alexa Graduates!!