The Ever-Expanding Baby Bean Bump

Yes, the BB bump has grown like crazy since our last Halloween bump post. I feel like he's growing each and every day. Below is a long overdue series of pictures charting the not-so-slow demise of my waist line. Enjoy!

At the Del Mar Fair. BB was with us and we didn't even know it!

BB= about 4 weeks old

4th of July. The day after we found out!

BB = about 5 weeks old

BB's first picture with Grandma Annie,

proudly displaying the picture with how we shared the news.

BB with his Uncle Mikie, Auntie Megan and Cousin Mckynna,

moments after they found out!

BB = 5 weeks old

BB celebrating with Cousin Mckynna on her 1st birthday,

 accompanied by his Great Aunts, Patty and Kelley. 

BB = 11 weeks old 

BB celebrating Uncle Mikie's 30th birthday.

BB = 11 weeks old

BB's 1st smore, on his mom's 29th birthday,

spent enjoying Thai food and smores over a bonfire on the bay.

BB = 12 weeks old

Labor Day trip to Bass Lake.

BB = 14 weeks old

BB on daddy's 31st birthday.

Guess what we did.  Yep, ate Mexican food.

BB = 17 weeks old

BB with his Grandma Princess Peggy during his 1st trip to MS.

BB = 18 weeks old

Sporting Halloween PJs during BB's 1st trip to MS.

BB = 18 weeks old

Auntie Bridgette and Grandma Annie

rubbing the baby bump for good luck.

BB = 20 weeks old

BB's 1st Halloween,

spent at Great Aunt Kelley and Uncle Kevin's haunted house.

BB = 22 weeks old

BB shopping. He'd better get used to this!

BB = 23 weeks old

BB is getting bigger.

BB= 24 weeks old

Making BB's 1st stuffing.

BB = 24 weeks old

BB with his 1st pair of shoes,

sent all the way from the UK from his dear Auntie B and Uncle B

(Brandina & Brian :).

BB = 25 weeks old

Uncle Mikie pointing out how big BB is getting.

BB = 27 weeks old

BB with his 1st Christmas Tree, my oh my how he has grown.

BB = 28 weeks old

Christmas 2009 with our BB.

BB = 29 weeks old

BB with mommy's lovely friends.

BB = 29 weeks old

Registering for BB's loot.

BB = 30 weeks old

Later that night....BB's 1st New Years Eve.

BB = 30 weeks old

Getting so close....

BB = 32 weeks old

A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common- Benjamin Franklin

Auld Lang Syne (You Know, Like The New Year's Song)

Somehow another year has slipped past, and though I am sorely disappointed by the lack of hover-cars and robotic housekeepers that, according to my youthful imaginings, should have been plentiful by 2010, this will nonetheless be a monumental year for us.  Baby Bean is on his way and we cannot wait to meet him!

This year we've decided to adopt a new sort of  resolution.  Instead of upping our exercise routines or tapering off the sweets, we have resolved to try our darndest to be more charitable.  Our goal is to, once a month, volunteer a few hours of our time or make a modest monetary donation to a worthy charitable effort.  Some months we'll rummage through our overstocked cabinets and closets and pass on whatever we excavate to someone who might need it more.  This is something we have always talked about doing, but have never quite risen up to the challenge.  Here's to hoping 2010 is the year we do!

To kick off the new year, we contacted a Mission in San Diego that runs a number of charitable programs for our homeless.  I asked what they were lacking, and was surprised - and a bit saddened - to find what they needed most was essentials for babies and small children.  In light of how excited we are to become parents, it was sobering to learn so many young children have to rely on the compassion of strangers for those small items of necessity.  So on New Year's Eve we went to Target and picked up an assortment of bottles, rice formula, onesies, superhero underwear, and the like in hopes that a few children can start off their new year warm and well-fed. 
I hope you all have a happy, healthy, and fulfilling new year!

Jeff & Jenny

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can.  May your coming year be a wonderful thing, in which you'll dream dangerously and outrageously. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), I hope that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.


And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
 
~ Neil Gaiman