Monday, February 9, 2009






Here are a few more pictures of Siena and this last month and a half with family.

Sunday, February 8, 2009




Everyday she keeps getting more beautiful.  Siena's first month and a half of life has been pretty busy and fun.  She got to meet all of her family.  First, my family came out when she was first born.  My Grandma couldn't come, but everyone else was able to spend Christmas here welcoming Siena to Colorado.  Then Matt's family came and they stayed with us in town for a week and then headed up to Breckenridge.  They have been up in Breck for the last month.  Family and friends have been coming in all month to stay up in Breck.  The first weekend was the biggest with all of Mary Ellen's brothers coming in and cousin's to visit.  Mike, Kaela and Antje came in also.  So both Antje got to meet her cousin.  For the last few days, we have enjoyed spending some more time with Matt's parents back down in Colorado Springs.  

I am feeling much better and getting adjusted to being at home with Siena.  We feel pretty blessed that she has been such a  wonderful baby.  She is feeding and sleeping pretty well.  She fusses at times, but we are able to manage.  We are going to try to be a bit better now with posting.  The last couple months have been a needed hiatus from most things while we were figuring things out with our new addition. :) 




Saturday, November 29, 2008

Wow, this basketball that I swallowed is getting pretty big.  This was taken this past Tuesday at 36 and 1/2 weeks.  It's amazing to think that we are now full term and this little one could show up at anytime.  Are we ready?  Hmm, we'll see. :) 

Friday, November 28, 2008


Here is our wonderful Halloween outfit.  We thought they were pretty creative to make 20 minutes from when we got home from work.  The pumpkin looks a bit better as a side shot. :)

Monday, November 3, 2008


This is the only below the waist shot we have since we wanted to be careful and not see what kind of muffin is in the oven!!!


Wow, it has been a really long time since we last got on this to update.  Lots has been going on.  In the last few months, we have moved, traveled to the east and west coast, worked on getting the baby room set up, started baby classes, more than half way through teaching this semester, and just growing each week with the little one inside.  In the midst of all the craziness, we have found some time to hang out with friends and just relax with each other before the little one arrives.  We are still sticking to our guns with not finding out what Lil' Cramer is going to be, and we are super excited to meet him/her.  Our trips to the coasts were both a wonderful time.  We really wanted to have a chance to see family before we became a little less mobile for awhile.  It was awesome to get to see family and friends back in Washington, especially because it had been such a long time.  I really enjoyed seeing familiar faces and finding out about all of the new arrivals coming out there also.

Matt and I both went out to the east coast.  He had a work trip and then I followed along.  It was a quick trip filled with visiting with lots of people and having a baby shower out there also.  It was a wonderful time and it was pretty awesome to have a chance to catch up with family and friends out there also.  Matt then stayed on after I left for a trip to the white house with the past Beijing Olympians.  This was a pretty cool experience for him.

I am now into my nesting stage, and feeling like we need to get things ready to go.  We have 6 1/2 weeks left until our due date, but who knows it might want to come earlier. :)  We can't wait either way.  There is lots still to do in preparation, so we are chugging along with that.  The pictures that we are posting are from the 3D/4D ultrasound that we got in week 31.  It is pretty amazing to get a glimpse of what our little blessing will look like.  He/she has got some chubby cheeks!  

Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Olympic Mountain Bike Race was my first mountain bike race as a fan/spectator in over 5 years!