Parents in training!

After Christmas, we "baby" sat sweet Dixie for a week and a half while my mom was in Europe for a cousins wedding. I say "baby" because Dixie is no ordinary dog, she might as well be a person! She was such a good buddy to have around, but really, I think this was "training" for me and Gabe. Our lives definitely changed during that time that Dixie stayed with us, we actually had something to take care of besides ourselves. That was just one of the small experiences God is using to prepare us for a much bigger responsibility. True parenting! As we get closer to our precious daughter's arrival, we are filled with excitement! We have been busy making a "home" for her; working on her nursery. I will keep you updated on that process and soon enough, I will be posting pictures of the finished product!

Christmas and after...

Happy Birthday Dad!

We gave my Dad skis for his 60th birthday!

Pre-party at Hotel Teatro

Steph and Kevin

Hanging out at Hotel Teatro

Gabe and Kevin boxing!

Our box to open from the Northpole!

Christmas Eve, 30 weeks!

I thought I would update you all on our Christmas. I know, its a little late. It's hard to believe that Christmas passed by so quickly. We had a wonderful Christmas! We started some of our own family traditions and also spent some great time with family! This is our last Christmas without children, so it was fun deciding on some of our own Christmas traditions. We are going to make it a tradition to spend Christmas morning at our own house, so we did just that. Our Christmas morning consisted of a homemade breakfast and opening gifts together! We felt like little kids again! Some dear friends of ours, who won't admit it, dropped off an anonymous box from "santa" a few days before Christmas. So, we joyfully got to open that surprise box! We were overwhelmed by their generosity and kindness! We were seriously like little kids; so excited about the gifts we found in this box from the northpole! What a blessing!

After spending the morning with one another, we went up to Denver to spend the rest of Christmas day with my Dad and family. It was great to see everyone and hang out with my sisters and their husbands. My little step sister, Maddie, was given guitar hero for Christmas so the guys spent a lot of time playing hero and also battling one another in boxing on the Wi. They were intense! Gabe and I battled at ping pong, I must say, as a pregnant woman, I still have my game! :) But, Gabe ended up beating me in the best out of 5 games.

Overall, it was just a blessing to be surrounded by family on Christmas!

The day after Christmas is my Dad's birthday. This year he turned 60! So we had a family celebration for him in downtown Denver. My Dad and Stepmom, Eileen, blessed us all by getting us hotel rooms at Hotel Teatro. We ate dinner in the wine cellar, a delicious 5 course meal! It was fun to celebrate my Dad. He has been such a faithful and hard working Dad! I am grateful for everything he has done for me! A few of his siblings flew into Denver for the event, which meant a lot to my Dad!

Here are some pictures to update you on all these events!

Limbo Champion!

That's my husband...Limbo Champ! I never thought I could be so proud! :) At my work Christmas party this week, Gabe won the limbo competition! He was awesome! I knew I married a wrestler, but I had no idea Gabe was so gifted at the limbo! It was fun watching him, his competitve side definitely kicked in!

We have some catching up to do...

Jenny and I at Hotel Boulderado. My mom took us there for a wonderful afternoon tea!

27 weeks!

26 Weeks!

Thanksgiving day!

Our Christmas card photo. We only made cards for the volunteers that help us in the elementary department at church. Otherwise, we slacked on sending out Christmas cards.

Football Playoffs!!

Gabe's football team, the Pine Creek Eagles, are in the playoffs! They won their first playoff game against Broomfield. We will play Heritage this friday. They are undefeated 11-0! This is the first year they have made it past the first round of playoffs, so we are very excited!

Prego Pose!

Cheesey prego pose at 21 weeks!

Baby Jenkins is a GIRL!!!

We found out yesterday...Baby Jenkins is a GIRL! We couldn't be more thrilled! The ultrasound was overall amazing! We are very thankful to say, she is very strong and healthy! The Lord answered all of our prayers. I had been praying that it would be very obvious whether baby was a boy or girl. Immediately when we started the ultrasound, she showed off who she was! The technician said in the first minute, "yep, she's definitely a girl". Gabe has thought for the entire pregnancy that she was a girl, and I later found out yesterday that the Lord actually told him she would be a girl. He heard the Lord correctly, she's all girl! She wasn't very enthused with being poked, but she did cooperate enough for us to see her beautiful body movements. Our hearts were filled with so much joy yesterday! We couldn't stop smiling and we are so excited to see our beautiful little baby girl!