28 Weeks

I went to Colorado for four weeks during July and had to get a picture of my belly before I left. Here is the little lady at 28 weeks.

Yellowstone

We weren't planning on going to the park on our trip this weekend, but we had borrowed Clair's camera and thought we should try it out on the wildlife in Yellowstone. We were only in the park for a few hours, but it might have been the best animal viewings we have ever had.

Lunch at Canyon Street Grill before entering the park.

There were baby bison sunbathing everywhere. 

I was so excited to see this cute little calf and mother.

We kept driving and not more than 100 yards up the road we spotted this pair. It was definitely the highlight of the trip. 

Some pools and geysers at Black Sands

Guests can sign up to help take down the flags at the Old Faithful Inn. It was really windy, though. I don't think I would have wanted to that day.

One of the pullout drives you can take led us past this guy and some cool terraces and cones.

On our way out of the park that night we saw some more bison.

There were four babies that were chasing after each other. We sat and watched them play for about 30 minutes. We got a kick out of their little snorting, head butting, and bucking.

Island Park

This past weekend Mark and I went to Island Park. When we stay at the cabin we always just go see the same things in Yellowstone. This trip Mark wanted to take me to places I hadn't been.

First stop, Sawtell Peak. 

It was really cold

and windy on top,

but the view was amazing.

On the way down Mark spotted a moose. 

I wanted to give it some of the muffin that we were eating for breakfast, but Mark said no because it would probably want some jam.

Next, we went to Quake Lake. It is a lake that was formed from a landslide triggered by an earthquake in 1959. The earthquake measured 7.5 and killed 28 people. We were amazed that over 50 years later you could still see the trees standing in the middle of the lake where there used to be campgrounds.

Outside those windows is where the slide happened.

Here is a view from the outside.

Mark and I at the cabin standing in front of Sawtell.

26 Weeks

We went up to Island Park and Yellowstone this weekend. We were testing out a camera so there is an abundance of photos. I will post more on that later, but here is a belly picture for week 26.

It's about time.

Mark and I are having a baby and it is a girl!
Baby Girl Fitch is due to arrive the beginning of October.

I am 24 weeks and getting bigger everyday. Unfortunately with how sick I was for the first 18 weeks we didn't take any pictures of my "progressing" belly, frankly it kept getting smaller and my face became more and more green and hollow. So when we officially announced it to everyone on Mother's Day (at 20 weeks) we took a legitimate belly picture when I finally had a legitimate looking belly.

We haven't taken a belly picture since, so don't expect much as far as updates go. Baby Girl Fitch is a very active little woman and started punching and kicking at 17 weeks. We will see if this continues after she is born. We are already head over heels for this tiny nugget and can't wait for the two of us to become a family of three.