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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Baby Alt- 24 Week update

Hello Everyone! Things are going well here. We just had our 24 week appt. this past week and everything checked out very well. The belly (which you will see below) was measuring right at 24 weeks and her little heartbeat was strong. This was the appt. where I had to do the routine glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. It wasn't too bad... Doctor said no news is good news so if I don't hear from them that means I pass (I guess) :) We'll pray for no news! Next appt. is at 28 weeks and I think we get another sonogram so we can see how much she has grown and changed. She should be about 2 pounds by then. Hard to even believe! Otherwise I have been feeling well, watching my belly grow and enjoying a lot of kicks now that she is really moving around a lot.
Todd has been very busy working on projects around the house. He and brother Dan spent two days this week hanging the rest of our crown molding. It turned out really beautiful. The baby's room is painted too as you will see below. The paint colors took me some time to decide on but I think it all turned out perfect! Next step will be the furniture for her room :)


These are sort of out of order but here is the 24 week belly. I've been getting requests for pictures of the "bump" so here they are :)



For comparison purposes, this was the 13 week belly. I know they are different shots, but you get the idea :)



Here is Baby Katelyn's room. The green actually looks a lot greener in the picture than it really is in person.

Here is another angle of her room and I had to show the rocking chair too. It's a pale pink as you cannot really tell in the picture. I'm sure we will get a lot of use out of this :)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

2009 Walk For Sunshine Fundraiser

Every September Todd's brother Jeff coordinates an annual charity walk for the Sunshine Home which is where their brother Aaron lives in Toledo, OH. The walk is not only to raise funds for the Sunshine Home programs but also to instill in participants the importance of exercise and physical activity in ones life. The walk was inspired by Jeff's through hike of the Appalachain Trail several years ago and he has also written a book about his hike called a Walk For Sunshine. You should read it! ;) This year Team Aaron Alt alone raised $4,000 for the Sunshine Home and that was only part of it. There was also record attendance at the walk!
About our weekend... it was wonderful to see all of Todd's family and friends as we only make it up there every couple of years. The weather was GORGEOUS! It was great to be out of the Florida humidity for a few days. Unfortunately with my pregnancy brain I forgot our camara (can you believe that???) so I only took a few photos with my phone, which are below. It was a great weekend.

Todd and brother Jeff checking in the morning of the walk


This is Madison, Jeff and Beth's little girl. All the kids did GREAT in the walk!

Here is Todd's brother Aaron and sister Steph gearing up for the walk. Aaron was SO excited to be there!


This is Todd's dad Mike and his wife Sue.

Here is Todd and his little Godson William. William is Jeff and Beth's little boy. He had such fun playing with his cars before the walk started.