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2000: Senior year of highschool, homecoming dance 2001: High School graduation 2002: Chicago trip with roommate 2003: Got my first chin...

Chili trying out the new travel system while daddy watches closely We have a crib in my office, a dresser in the dining room, the travel sy...

Hope everyone had a great holiday! As we were taking the pictures for this year's card (and yes, the santa hats are on the chinchillas h...

This week we really started cleaning out the baby's room and picked out a paint color which matches the decor we picked out nicely. It...

Fipsy the chinchilla is the same size as baby girl is right now! Yesterday was my 24 week checkup at the doctor - I am finally back to th...

At 23 weeks, baby girl is quite active, especially when mommy plays New Super Mario Bros. Wii (or even just watches daddy play). This week ...

Proud Daddy feeling baby move Daddy got an awesome Thanksgiving gift yesterday from baby girl - he got to feel her kicking for the first t...

It's a GIRL! In addition to the sex of the baby, the technician checked out many baby's organs and everything is growing just as e...

We're almost to 20 weeks (2 days until this pregnancy is half done!) but there were a couple things from week 19 that I really wanted to...

Just a few more days until we find out the answer to the question everyone's been asking - is baby a boy or a girl? I thought it might b...

Baby Belly - 18 weeks Halloween Costume

Sorry I didn't update last week...not much going on to report. I went two weeks without throwing up, but this week baby decided I needed...

I'm a few days late posting the 16 week update. The week started off with an email from fitpregnancy.com , telling me that my baby is no...

Also known as "a record 4 consecutive days of non-puking" week. Started the week off though by throwing up 4 times from various sm...

Much better this week, I only threw up 3 times...and once was in between eating Doritos on the couch and getting up to get a soda from the f...

Baby bump at 13 weeks (to quote Tom, "you're going to be huge") Are you sure you aren't having twins, since you've bee...

The "feeling good" that I alluded to last week was short lived...this week I've felt horrible nearly every waking moment, and ...

Yay, we made it to 12 weeks so I have now posted all the previous blog entries that I wrote up while we were waiting for this point. At ...

Just shy of 2 weeks since the last visit to the ER, we ended up visiting once again. This trip was much less exciting than the last...no new...

Warning: if you are not interested in the gory details, just enjoy the picture of the baby above and skip the rest of this post!   After ...

We saw the heart beat on the ultrasound today at the doctor - it's much more exciting to see the baby on screen than just the printe...

There's not much to see yet, but confirmation that there is really a baby in there. Up to this point I've just been tired, and even...

Rather than write a separate blog about the baby, I figured I'd just write up a few entries and then post them all when we're ready...

Victory Junction Gang Camp added another stuffed animal to their sewing program, Vic the Horse, so of course I had to attempt it. It went a ...

Roo's adorable picture (above) is now featured on amazon.com and gianthamster.com reading the recently released book, Celeste and the ...

Happy Easter from the chinchillas! Click here to see the rest of the pictures.

The St. Louis newspaper website has launched a new logo. I was never a fan of the old one, so this new one is an improvement in my mind. I w...

New logo alert - I noticed on a Jack in the Box commercial last night that it ended with a new logo. Of course I said to myself, is that a n...

Today is an absolutely gorgeous day for February the 25th. The thermometer reads 55 degrees, and it's only 10:30 am. I've got the wi...

We stopped by the zoo this afternoon on our way to Andy's birthday party - it was the last week for the Sunday "March of the Pengui...