Hawaii 2011

BEST Christmas present ever? A surprise trip to Hawaii!

This is how it all began:

And here are some iPhone photos of the best vacation of 2011 so far. More photos to come!

And in case you didn't know? My husband is the best. I am a lucky lady. Lucca is an amazing traveler!!! My parents rule. Hawaii is amazing. Rustin builds a mean sand castle. Lucca prefers swimming in the pool to ocean. If you find yourself in Honolulu, dine at Orchids. And finally, I was not the most pregnant girl on the beach...hallelujah! (Although probably the most pregnant one in a bikini...)

still waiting...

well, i am now 40 weeks 3 days pregnant.  march 7th came and passed with no sign of our little Lucca joining the world yet!  she is taking her sweet time and teaching us patience before she is even born.  her daddy can hardly stand the waiting, but in true Chao style, she is arriving fashionably late :)

we had another dr. appt today to check and make sure everything is still on track and healthy with the baby's heart, fluids, etc.  everything was perfect and little Lucca FINALLY let us see her face!!   during the ultrasound, the nurse showed us what we have been waiting to see for the past 10 months....her sweet face!   every other ultrasound we've had during the past 40 weeks have been with Lucca either covering her face with her hands or her being in a position where we couldn't even see her face.  but we saw her today and she was so beautiful!   it made us even more anxious to meet her.  we go in for monitoring again on friday if she still hasn't arrived and will be induced this weekend if she isn't here by saturday.   every day we have to change our bets on her due date since this girl is taking her sweet time.  our latest guesses:

Kelsey's guess: Thurs, March 12th

Rustin's guess: Sun, March 15th

the waiting game...

here's a quick update:  

we are still waiting for Lucca!   she is due on saturday (march 7th) and we are very anxious and excited to finally meet her.  i had a dr. appt this morning and i am still 1cm dialated and 50% effaced...the same as last week.  the doc thinks she is currently 7 lbs and we listened to her healthy heartbeat.  but she is still sitting pretty high, so we made a plan that if she doesn't make her grand appearance by march 14th, i will get induced.  this means at the very latest, she will be one week late!  whew.  we are hoping she arrives before that, so my days are consisting of lots of walking, walking, walking and spicy food!  

we will keep you all posted if anything happens!  

love,

kelsey + rustin   

38 weeks

the belly in a bridesmaid dress

pregnant christmas 2008

Cousins

How fun to be pregnant at the same time as my sister! Lucca "met" her twin cousins (Lincoln + Lila) in November over Thanksgiving in Seattle. Here are a couple photos of me and Karla's ever-growing bellies (Karla at 28 weeks, I'm at 26 weeks):

10 weeks old!

THE GROWING BELLY!

5 months (Nov 2008)

3 months (12 weeks, Sept 2008)

2 months!

Lucca's 1st picture

Our little gummy bear at just 7 weeks.   August 6, 2008.