Belly at 21 weeks

Our Future:

It's A Girl!!!
Stormey Stories will be welcoming a bouncing baby girl around Jan 8th 2010. Baby is healthy, happy, and moving around like crazy. Thanks to eveyone for all their prayers and support!!

Mike and Kate

The Last Time

Mike and I decided last night that since our weekends of doing whatever we wanted at a moments notice are limited, we would take an impromptu train trip to Chicago. Just so everyone knows that we have our priorities straight, we went for a really good reason...Pizza and Popcorn. What can I say, I am pregnant. The day turned out great and we had a really good time. However, on the train ride home I got to thinking that this could be the last time that we make this trip without a little one in tow. The thought didn't make me so much sad, as make me realize that everything is going to be so different when this little peanut enters our lives. We couldn't be more excited and feel more blessed. Also, speaking of the last time we will do things, I am about to show you the LAST gender neutral clothing that we will be buying for Peanut!!

Mike and I found this cream colored, knit hat at the Children's Place today while in Chicago. We just couldn't resist getting it after we thought about our winter baby and the fact that his/her head may get cold. But I repeat, this is the LAST gender neutral clothing that we will buy, as well as the last time that I will have to write him/her. By this time on Tuesday we will have seen our Little Peanut for the first time and be able to stick to using one pronoun when we talk about HER!!!

Oops, did I just say that, wishful thinking I guess!!

Preparing for Peanut

Since we're only 1 week away from the half way point of this pregnancy I thought I would show everyone what we've been up to "Preparing for Peanut". This past weekend we spent 3 hours at Babies R Us registering for all of the "essentials", or things we just have to have. Though slightly overwhelming, we got most of it done and should need only one more trip once we know whether Peanut is a boy or a girl.


While on our recent baby moon to Door County we came across this sign and fell in love with the saying. We are planning on using it to let our Little Peanut how much we love him or her.
Mike recently took a Saturday afternoon and put together this glider that will be a part of the nursery. We were undecided as to whether or not we were going to purchase one when we came across this one at Sears. It was the exact finish off wood as our crib and with the great price we couldn't pass it up. I think it looks GREAT!!

Now I know that we don't even know the sex of Peanut yet, but he or she is already spoiled and has a wardrobe that other babies will drool over. This baby won't want for anything, least of all LOVE!!

Last, but not least this is the first piece of baby equipment to enter our home. When Mike put this together several weeks ago it really hit home that we are in fact having a baby. Our baby will use this swing, THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING!!

I will keep you updated on the getting ready for Peanut process, as well as sharing to big news of his or her gender. Stay Tuned!!

Baby Moon in Door County

A few weeks ago Mike and I went on our Baby Moon to Door County WI. For those of you not familiar with WI Door County is a peninsula that the cheese heads like to call "the thumb". Those of us from MI know that only one state looks like a hand and that is certainly not WI.

Other then the geographical discrepancies, Door County is a quaint series of villages on the Lake Michigan Coast. We spent 2 nights at a wonderful B&B called the Juniper Inn, I would recommend it to anyone wishing to have a quiet getaway.

I had one goal for the whole trip, other then to get away, and that was to eat cherry pie every day. Of course, being the preggo that I am, I got my wish.

Here I am enjoying my first piece of many
Mike wanted to enjoy more of the authentic Door County happenings, such as a traditional Scandinavian Fish Boil. Above is us sitting around the cauldron waiting for the "Boil-Master" to bring out the fish. (Note: it was raining, so please forgive the hair). Below is the cauldron getting fired up. Mike loved the fish, which had come out of Lake MI that morning, while I stuck to the milder chicken dinner.



If you ask anyone who has ever been to Door County what you should do there, the 2 things that they will tell you is:

1. Al Johnson's for a traditional Swedish meal.

Unfortunately since it was raining that day the goats that normally graze on the sod roof were at a nearby farm, but the food was still fantastic, and the atmosphere one of a kind.

2. Wilson's for Ice Cream.

Since we went after dinner, we had to share, but it was totally worth it, and how romantic to share an ice cream while sitting on the shore of Lake MI.

Of Course, what trip would be complete without a funny troll picture. For those of you that are wondering, I was picking my nose, what a girl will do for a photo op.

We completed our afternoon with a long Sunday drive along the coast to take in the Lighthouses and the scenery along Lake MI.

Cana Island Lighthouse
The shore of Lake MI

Our final day in Door County we went out to see one last Lighthouse before heading back south. This one was way out on a pier and next to an operating US Coast Guard Station. Again, it was cold and windy, so please excuse the hair.

Now after a GREAT weekend away we are back home and ready to prepare for the arrival of our Little Peanut in early Jan. Stay tuned for updates on our progress and to watch Little Peanut grow.