www.chelsearosephoto.com

Here are a few of the most recent photos that I took of my sweet nieces and nephews. The others were sick the day we did pictures and couldn't make it but I wanted to share this fun part of my life with you and if you'd like to see more of my photography you can visit my website at www.chelsearosephoto.com

Also my sister is very talented and makes the cutest headbands and tutus (she made the one in the photo below) that she sells in little boutique shops throughout Utah. Her web address is www.petalsandpolkadots.com.

Wedding Excitement

Okay so... Thought I would give everyone a quick update. Today was the first day I felt the baby move!! So exciting! I am feeling great right now... I almost wouldn't even feel pregnant if it weren't for my expanding waist and aching hips. I had bad hips before this whole thing so that is nothing new it is just a little more intense. Anyway this week is an exciting one because Nathan, Chad's brother, is getting married to Paloma Dehaan. So we have some of Chad's family traveling here that we do not get to see very often. We are very excited for that and of course to have sweet Paloma in our little family. Chad has been very helpful around the house lately because I am so tired all of the time. I am so grateful for that since I have only enough energy to get to work and deal with everything there and come home and lay down. I feel like this is all very scatter-brained at the moment, so I am very sorry. Anyway We love you all, and will hopefully have some more exciting news to share soon. BTW, My next appointment is May 1 and my Doctor said there is a slight chance that we can find out the sex of the baby... but not to expect it until the following month.

Chelsea

2nd Appointment

Yea! so I had my second baby appointment today... it was fun because I got to hear the heartbeat. I say I because Chad decided to drive around Kennewick rather than hearing our baby's heartbeat. Yeah lame... granted... we didn't know that we would hear the heartbeat today and I thought he was going to do another not very fun "woman's test" on me I can't really blame him for not wanting to be there. So anyway we ended up going to Mongolian Grill afterwards with some friends of ours and it was pretty great! I love that food! Chad would be the first to tell you that things to me do not really sound very good lately so when something does sound good I cannot get it off my mind until I eat it... It really consumes my life for the brief time between thinking of it and actually getting it... nothing else will get done. Anyway it's getting closer by the day they told me that today I am 11 weeks and 3 days so I think my counter is a little off from what my doctor said but... hey close enough huh? Well, We love you all and thanks for keeping up on our fun little news. -Chels

First Belly Shot

Hello again! This is Chelsea. Thought I would give everyone a little update. I am beginning to feel normal again other than the little tummy that I am getting it seems that it (my tummy) is coming very quickly. I am only (as you can see by the cute little baby counter I added above) just over 9 weeks. One day when I feel semi-cute maybe I will snap a picture of my little baby bump so that those of you that do not see me very often can see just how quickly this little bump is truly coming along... I have another appointment with Dr. Schroff on April 3rd. I am excited to see how things are going. At this point I really hope nothing happens as this baby has already become a huge part of my life. On another note, I have decided to advertise in our little local paper here for my photography so I can try to get in as many appointments as possible before the baby comes. This will be difficult as I work full time but Chad and I have talked and decided most people want pictures when it is convenient for them too... like evenings and weekends which just happens to be what I am available as well. So of course the calls are my only hang up as I generally cannot answer my cell phone when I am at work... I am still trying to work on that little problem. We'll figure something out I am sure... Anyway this is very exciting to me because I just bought a new camera. It is a Fuji Finepix S3 Pro it is the second in an amazing line of Fuji Pro products and I love it! It was a huge investment but I am sure it will pay itself off very soon. This week was a tough work week for me but I have decided that life goes on no matter what you have going, it will never pause or stop and things inevitably pass. Thank goodness for that. I have 2 more performances of the Sound of Music today... these are our last. I am afraid that I will not know what to do with myself and although I am sure I will feel a void in my life, I am also sure there are many things I have put off and sacrificed that I am ready to get back to doing. So on that note I love you all! Chelsea