Active Baby!

Every time I look at our blog I see this peaceful little baby floating around in a bubble of space, if only that were true! This little girl inside of me is constantly kicking, rolling, stretching, and pushing in all directions. At night, when I want to roll over, I move as slow and smooth as possible trying not to wake her and start the internal beating. Most nights I sleep pretty well and the early bed time has been a much welcomed adjustment for both Tyler and I.

I finally pick the bedding that I liked, and it looks so cute in her crib! I got it off the web at Babysupermall.com, it's the Nojo Chic Blossom design (just incase any of you want to get her some of the accessories)

Today there was one of those backpack carriers on Steepandcheap.com and, of course, being the gear junkies that we are, we had to buy it. My fears of over spoiling this little one are coming to fruition much earlier than I expected. It’s just too hard to tame the excitement! Fortunately, we are blessed with such a great family and beautiful nieces who are willing to share their baby goods. Jeannette, Tyler’s sister, and Jessica, my sister, have pretty much stocked us with most of the “big items”, a crib, car seats, swings, baby baths, clothes, a pack ’n play, and I don’t even know what else. Thank you both so so much!!!

Halloween Party!

We had a great Halloween this year! We invited a few friends from Tyler's medical school class and everyone showed up looking great! Thanks to all of you who made the trip up the canyon to attend our little party, and thanks to everyone who brought treats and drinks! Enjoy the photos! (Sorry if we didn't get everyone's picture!)

Happy Halloween!!!

Question:
If these two mated, what would their offspring look like?

You'd better say "Cute as a button" but if you're thinking Halloween you might say this...

She must love Halloween as much as we do to give us her best Skeleton Face pose!

It's a Girl!

We're so excited for a girl! I'm hoping that means less trouble, however, if you look at our nieces it means more sass!

I’m finally able to feel the kicking and moving around and Tyler can feel her kicks as well, he was so surprised the first time he felt her kicking and now he talks to her all the time. In fact, my whole belly often vibrates when he talks to her.

At 21 weeks I feel like my belly is huge and I simply can not comprehend how much bigger it’s going to get. I’m already having trouble putting my socks on!

We’re starting to think about the nursery and what colors we want to do. Last week we were on a purple and brown theme, but now, I’m liking the brighter colors like the sides of this background (red, orange, green, brown, etc.). I guess I should try to find some bedding that I like first and go with those colors.

I’m still not sure we totally grasp the life adjustment that comes with having a baby, but hopefully we’ll be able to do as we always do… work hard and play harder!

A bun in the oven!

Well, I guess it's about time to spread the word...We're Expecting! As of today I am 18 weeks or 4.5 months along. We were hoping to find out the gender today but we had to make another appointment for the "real" ultrasound. We did get to hear the heart beat though, and we loved it! The Dr. was really surprised at how much the baby was moving around "it's a very active baby, in fact, it won't hold still" she said. I really haven't felt much movement yet or at least I don't think I have, it's kind of hard to tell what's what! I can tell you that I am running out of pants that fit!

As for the "Mother's or Father's instinct" about the gender we've flipped back and forth so tonight we decided to flip a coin, best out of 5, and the winner is... girl. We can't wait to see if this method hold! If this works we may market the theory.

Here's our 12.5 week ultrasound. I wish we had more prints because the baby was moving so much even back then. It would reach down for it's toes, then up to it's head. It would roll over and show it's spine, just so cute play'n around in there!

Ben Lomond Peak

We set a goal this summer to hike a number of peaks and on June 26th we decided to make the trek up to Ben Lomond Peak. We didn’t get going until the afternoon but thought we could tackle it in a few hours. The hike up was amazing! We were all just in awe of the beauty along the hike.

As we approached the peak we could see two white creatures… we watched for awhile noting their agile movements on the steep slope above…Yeti’s! They had to be Yeti’s, what other creatures would survive above the tree line on these slopes. Well, at this point we were too intrigued by the creatures to care that 4 hours had pasted and we still had to scale the final slope, which would take another hour, and then turn around and go back down. We started to climb the final slope and quietly approached the “Yeti’s”, as we came around the face of the slope we saw them…Mountain Goats, majestically roaming the peak of Ben Lomond. It was amazing to see them up there. Here I had grown up my whole life looking up at this peak and never knowing that mountain goats roamed up there. We probably saw 8 goats scattered along the slopes… with the amazing view and satisfaction of reaching the peak the moment was surreal.
The hike down was long, and I forgot to mention that we came sorely ill prepared. We had plenty of water, but we only brought a banana and nectarine for each of us… not enough to go on a 7.5 hour hike! Gratefully, we survived and made if off the mountain before the sun went down. Thankfully, my Mom had hamburgers ready for us at home!

Mowing the "Lawn"

After over a month of constant rain it finally dried up enough to mow the lawn. Tyler tackled it 4 inches at a time. Thanks T!