Here We Are

Here we are at 23 weeks...look how big we're getting!

Quick Update

So I realized this week that our baby's due date is exactly 4 months from Saturday! When I tell people he's coming in August, that seems really far away still. But 4 months seems kinda soon! And then when I realize we haven't done any baby stuff yet, it seems really soon! But I'm sure it'll take it's time getting here...

The regular volleyball season is starting to come to a close. We have our last home games this weekend against #1 UC Irvine (Thursday and Friday nights at 7)! Should be some pretty exciting volleyball. Then the team finishes off the season on the road against Stanford and Pepperdine before starting post season stuff. Hopefully the Cougars will finish off their season strong so they can host the first few rounds of the playoffs so they will be in Provo for more than 2 days during finals!

Lately...

We've been pretty busy around here lately. Volleyball season is in full swing and it really keeps us on our toes. Reed is working very hard to be a good STUDENT athlete, and I'm so proud of him. It's hard to do well in school when you travel 3 weekends in a row. I can't wait for some home games!

I'm so thankful for my parents that flew me down to stay with them and go to Reed's games in California this past weekend. The team played #1 CSUN and it wasn't pretty. Thursday night they lost in 3 without much of a fight. Friday night they played much better. But due to some bad calls, they lost some close ones in 3. So it was a bummer volleyball weekend. But it was so nice to get out of cold Provo for a few days. It was a pretty low key and quick visit, but I loved being able to spend so much time with my parents. We got to spend a lot of time together in LA traffic! Thanks mom and dad for a great visit!

Other than volleyball, not too much else is going on. We have our next dr appointment next week along with an official ultrasound (it'll be our 4th so far!). The most exciting news is that I felt our little guy move today! It was pretty awesome once I realized that's what it was. Almost half way there-we can't wait to meet our son!

There's no hiding it now...

I'm Out Numbered...

...and I couldn't be happier! We're so excited to be having a baby BOY!!!

This is HIM upside-down...

And this is HIS cute little 15 weeks foot!

Reed sent me a text after we found out to tell me how relieved he is to know he won't be stuck in a house full of girls! We are so excited!!!

Here We Go Again!

Volleyball season officially started this month! I love volleyball season-I don't like the lonely weekends when Reed travels, but I love home games! It's so fun to get to see Reed play (especially because he does it so well!) and I love all the friends that we've made through the team. Home games are definitely the highlight of my weekends!

This weekend the team started conference play against Hawaii. Reed didn't play as much as we had hoped, but he played awesome when he was in. Reed's serving in particular has improved so much from last year! BYU won in 4 on Thursday night and in 3 on Friday night. We love when the team wins in 3 games because then it's still early enough that the good restaurants are still open!

Last weekend BYU played Cal Baptist Thursday night and Lewis Saturday night. BYU easily won the first 2 games against Cal Baptist and we were sure we had this one in the bag. But we didn't. We actually ended up losing in 5 games. It was pretty disappointing. But they came back on Saturday and beat Lewis in 4.

This upcoming weekend the team travels to play at UC Santa Barbara and really should leave with 2 wins. So hopefully they will!

They Grow Up So Fast!

So one of the perks of working at a docter's office when I'm pregnant is that I've become good friends with our ultrasound tech (and I get to see my dr most days of the week!). So she'll look at my baby whenever she has an opening in her schedule! That's right, I'm only 11 weeks along and I've had 2 ultrasounds so far! So here's my first ultrasound at 7 weeks (about a week after we found out):

It was so cool to get to see the little peanut and to be able to see it's little heart beat! And here's from my ultrasound today:

Sorry it's a little hard to see, but that's the head and the top of the belly-it's the cutest baby I've ever seen! It's so exciting that it actually looks like a baby now! Our little friend wasn't moving much, but it did kinda "jump" once or twice for us. Too bad we still have 29 more weeks to go...sigh.

I'm So Far Behind...

So here's my best effort to get caught up without being too boring or too long.

Reed and I went to California to spend Christmas with my family. It was fun to be there with the fam and to be away from all the snow! But apparently we missed it a little and went to Mt Baldy...

We got our new PJs from Grandma Johansson on Christmas Eve

Christmas morning we surprised my family when they opened the 2009 family calendar and saw Baby Chilton's due date on August 4th! Then we got some good, quality Wii time-thanks Chiltons!

Mom loved boxing Ryne!

We were so glad we were able to see the fam and that Grandma and Grandpa Tibbitts were also able to spend Christmas with us. Thanks mom and dad for a great Christmas break!

And here's my new favorite picture...

This is the 2009 Men's Volleyball magnet/poster. So if you're up on BYU campus you'll probably get to see Reed's face everywhere! The 2009 theme is "Protect the House" and the season is underway! The team competed this weekend in Santa Barbara in the Elephant Bar Tournament. They had a rough day Friday, but pulled off a win against Pacific in 3 on Saturday. I'm so excited for their first home games this weekend (Thursday at 7 against Cal Baptist and Saturday at 7 vs Lewis)! So everyone head over to the Smith Fieldhouse and support the Cougars!