Ellie!

We are happy to annnounce that Ellie Roggia has finally
come to join our family. She's a September 11th baby and
measured in at 7 lb 10 oz, 18 inches. She has been perfectly
healthy and has been the perfect addition to our family!

Baby Shower

My lovely sisters-in-law decided to throw me a baby
shower on Saturday, which was very fun. My friends
at work also held one for me on my last day, but I still
have to email someone to get those pics. Oops... I'll do that
as soon as I finish this!

I had a blast with everyone who was able to come!
Thanks much to Joy, Cathy, Ilene, Courtney, Kari, and Pam!

Ilene and I finally took some pictures to compare
bellies. This was also on Saturday, so we were both
right about 37 weeks. Only 3 or so more to go! YAY!

I Love to Recline....

We must first start this blog by giving a nice, BIG
THANK YOU to Mom and Pop Roggia for
the wonderful new recliner! There is finally
a means of relaxation and refuge during these
last rib-crushing weeks of pregnancy!

As evidenced below, this was a month of significant
growth and expansion. I didn't realize how huge I
look now until I downloaded these pictures!
Here's me at 35 weeks.

Here are a couple quick shots of our living room, for
Momma G. Some of our walls still look a little bare,
but it's a nice space. We just haven't really decided on the
best place to keep the new chair yet.

I made scones for the first time... and they were quite
delicious and satisfying. Brought back memories from home.
I think scones were one of my favorite things for dinner...
probably because of the yummy sweet toppings I always
use on them.

A quite shot of the office/baby's room. I've since put the
bedding on the crib... and the room is a little cleaner now,
but I guess this will do for now. And you can see the
stroller we got our awesome deal on... yay craigslist!

Kitchens, Boats, Logs, Races, and Bellies.... OH MY!

I decided that since I'm never happy with how the whole house
looks at any one given time... I will post new apartment
pictures gradually, starting with the kitchen,
as I spent lots of time scrubbing it the other day (not easy to
clean a floor on your hands and knees while being
7 or 8 months pregnant).

Yesterday, we got to go out on some boats at Cathy and
Jason's. We had a good time relaxing... and getting our
legs sunburnt... or at least that's what I did.

Last weekend, we went to the Scottish festival in Spanish Fork.
It was fun to watch the games... Adam said he felt a little
out of place with all the blondes and redheads around him.

We woke up nice and early yesterday and went to American
Fork for Adam to do a last minute 5k... to jazz up his workout
I guess. He did pretty well for someone was just "taking it easy",
6th in his age group at 20:59.




And of course, an updated belly shot. This was taken today,
just past my 32 week mark. I'm standing with the new,
but used, stroller that we bought a couple of days ago.
It was a great deal... and I'm very excited to get to that
day when I can start jogging with it!

FOR MOM: These are the colors on the bedding I bought
for the crib. It's not like the whole room is that color...
hard to coordinate those things when you're renting places.
But that's the idea... fun and bright.

27 Weeks

Yep, 27 weeks already... and I'm pretty sure it shows.

We'll put up some pictures of the new house later
this week. We still have to finish up a few things
before I'll be willing to take pictures.

A Surprise Visit!

Adam, Dad, Jake, and I somehow managed to keep a fairly large secret for about 2 months and surprised my mom by showing up in her kitchen 2 weeks ago. It was a blast to go hang out with them for a full 2 weeks. We had lots of fun relaxing and taking in some new sites. We even got to go on a White House tour this time, which was very cool. But you can't take any cameras on the grounds, so there aren't any pictures.

We finally got to visit the DC Temple and do a session together.
It was fun... and beautiful as always.

We always get to have fun with Tex. Here he is wearing Adam's hat.

We visited the National Zoo. Some animals were still
put away for winter, but it was still fun!

We took one afternoon and drove to Fredericksburg to see the sites.
This is an old house at Chatham that became a major headquarters
for Union soldiers in the Civil War.
I would LOVE a house like that!

Here is Adam outside the Rising Sun Tavern, a place our
Founding Fathers are said to have frequented on many occasions.

Mom, Dad, and Jake went with us on a day trip to Monticello
to see the beautiful house of Thomas Jefferson.

Here is Jake doing a jig in the gift shop.

Operation Impending Doom I - Timeline Amendment

Well, we had our ultrasound yesterday. First piece of news they gave us was that I am actually only 18 and a half weeks along, rather than the wonderful half-way mark of 20 weeks. It's all good, although I do suddenly feel less accomplished, as though I just lost 2 weeks in some big project. That's alright. We figure this way we won't be as upset in the long run when the baby gets here a couple weeks later than we originally thought. Anyway, the new due date is September 13.

Then on to the fun news. After repeatedly trying to give us an idea of gender, the sonographer was about to give up. Turns out this child likes to play games and move around just enough to block off any good views (a sign of what's to come?). But finally, doing a last just-in-case look, the sonographer told us that we were definitely having a little girl. She is doing well. Everything looked great in the ultrasound, and that makes us very happy. She did have an irregular heartbeat, but we'll just have to keep an eye on it. Here is a lovely shot of her in all her black and white glory.