Haystack My Oregon

We are back from our travels from Oregon, the family reunion was awesome! We arrived in Portland on July 25th - we made the ambitious decision to travel over to Cannon Beach before heading south to Grants Pass. Portland to Grants Pass is 4 hours, traveling to Cannon Beach added about another 3 hours! It was BEAUTIFUL though, Haystack Rock was pretty amazing! We ended up taking the 101 south for a while, which is really pretty but also slow! I decided to try an 'alternate route' using Tomtom, which basically means 'avoid all major highways'. So, it took us in the right direction but avoided the 5 at all costs! We finally figured that out and got on the main drag down to Grants Pass. We arrived about 10pm and quickly got to see everyone over at my aunt Peggy's house. The best thing about my family is that everyone is so inviting and things seem to just pick up as if we saw each other everyday. My aunts seem exactly the same to me everytime I see them - the picture in my mind today is the same one I had 20 years ago. Does that mean I'm getting older?

Saturday was 'rafting day' - which I opted against being 6 months prego - Dan went though and had a blast! I went to the pool with my little neices and two sisters (Allison and Heidi). My niece Lane could entertain me for hours on end. That little brain of hers is amazing! Saturday night was a big family dinner at an Italian place in Grants Pass. I can't say a lot for the food, but the place was perfect for hosting our big family outing and it was great to just sit down and chat with everyone.

Sunday we went to my uncle Mark's church for service - the service itself was a lot more formal than I'm used to, but the message was great and it was really neat to see the work he's doing there. We went to a big park that evening where we barbecued and chatted. Probably the most entertaining portion of the trip was watching my mother play volleyball. My mom, iron'maiden' as they call her - two-time ironman finisher, triathlete extroardinare cannot, I repeat - CAN NOT play volleyball. I'm not sure I've ever seen someone so uncoordinated! The funniest part is she is not shy about it at all - most people who are challenged at sports avoid the spotlight. Nope, not my mom - GOT IT! THAT'S MINE! - just a few phrases she likes to shout during her playtime. She falls, misses completely, hops around like a rabbit - I am laughing just writing this! Very entertaining, my aunt peggy and I almost peed our pants watching the game!

OK now we're off to the lake on Monday - which was BEAUTIFUL - I just loved it there. We rented a boat on Tuesday and spent the day on the water. I stuck to the ever so risky sports of kayaking and paddle boating. I ventured a few times out on the boat to spectate - my sporty husband of course was doing 360's on the knee board!! We ate great food, played games, got to know each other - it was seriously one of the most memorable trips of my life. It was unexpected how special it was to me. Dan participated in an 'initiation video' - I've included the link to that - a MUST see!



Below are a few pics - Lane; Lane and Dan; Mom, Allison, Lane, Me; Linda, Mom, Molly, Peggy (from top to bottom)

Pictures of Baby Myers

We went in yesterday for the 22 week ultrasound and got to see little baby Myers! It's a girl indeed and she looks great! She was in great positions and all of her little organs are looking good. They even gave us a few 3D shots, which I was NOT expecting! Below are some of the pictures, not scanning great, but good enough. She has what LOOKS like my nose! :-)

Yo MTV Cribs

We got our crib this weekend - yah! Below are some pics. After a lot of looking around, we decided to go back to the first store we looked and ordered from there. Below is a picture of the set we got (we got just the crib and the changing table / small dresser combo). The color we got is a darker wood (cinnamon). It's actually convertable so when the baby no longer needs changing table, we can flip it over it will have a flat top (like a dresser top). Very cool! The crib turns into a toddler bed and a full size bed - the pictures below show it.

We are actually doing similar walls (not the green)... but the wainscoting look at the bottom that looks like white paneling.

We are still deciding on the motif of the room - I'm hoping for girly pinks and yellows!

Scrapblog!

I just learned how to use scrapblog and it is sooo cool! So, I've added my belly shots to my first scrapblog page and stuck them on blogger - I'm so high tech! :-)

A buck 50...

OK, don't look at my goofy face - just my halfway there belly. I'm 20 weeks today, just 20 more to go! :-) I think my belly is less than half of the size it's going to get, which means I still have a lot more growing to do! I went to the dr yesterday for my 20 week check-in, I now weigh almost 150lbs. It's kind of funny to move up on the 'big' weight on the scale. Ususally I'm 100lb on the big one then adjust the smaller one to find 120, 130, 140 - well yesterday she was toggling between 150 and 149 - she let me have 149, ha! I can't wait until I weigh more than Dan! I feel tired today, which isn't entirely unusual but I'm sluggish this afternoon. I went to the dentist and I couldn't wait to get into the chair to put my feet up and close my eyes while they scrubbed away at my teeth. Got a clean bill of health - thank goodness. Apparantly all sorts of crazy things can happen to your teeth when you are pregnant - so I have to take extra good care until I'm done breastfeeding.

I love donuts - we got a dozen (the bakery gave me 14) on sunday for our friends who helped us move. Of course about 6 of them were eaten (3 by me) and now we just have donuts laying around our house. TROUBLE!!! I had one today and I can't wait until those darn things are gone. I'm definitely at the 150 mark today!

Basement is cleared out, permit is ready for us to pick up today - yah! Contractor is coming over tomorrow to talk over a supplies list. The space down there will be very cool. We're going to have not only Dan's office but an entertainment and workout area. Dan's always dreamed of that big flat screen tv. Once it's done, we'll kick Dan to the basement and get going on the baby room upstairs.

I'm doing the Firecracker 5K on Friday, walking of course - I hope it's not blazing hot!

Baby Dreams

I've had some pretty crazy baby dreams lately...

In my dream last night I had a baby boy and we came home from the hospital and we didn't have anything for the baby. We had just a portacrib someone had lent us... Dan and I were frantically making lists for what we needed. It was September in my dream and all I could think is that the baby was earlier than we thought - but he was totally healthy and I figured I got the due date wrong.

I am also currently reading a book called 'baby wise' - it's a guide to getting your baby on a schedule so they have a somewhat normal sleeping schedule by the time they are 6-8 weeks old. The number one premise is that in the first 7-10 days that your baby is home you are getting them to eat full meals - your schedule will be whacked but that should be the number one goal. So of course I'm dreaming about breast feeding and trying to figure out that whole process in my dream. Pretty hilarious actually! I was telling Dan all about the book last night and he asked 'can we change our minds now?' ha! It's going to be so much work - and this book really gives you an idea of what you will be going through. Every baby is so different, I'm hoping ours isn't a little monster right off the bat!

We are cleaning out our basement this weekend - we have to get it prepped to start the whole finishing process. Cleaning it out alone is going to be a task! The county called me today, my permit should be processed by next week - yah! I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with everything we have to do this summer...I really hope the basement goes smoothly and we are pretty much done with that by end of Sept / early October. I want to get that baby room together!

Dan got a new mountain bike yesterday off of craig's list. It's AWESOME! it's a 22 lb bike - really light. he bought it from a guy who races and he had this bike for racing alone. It looks brand new and was taken great care of. Dan's excited to join some of his buddies on weekend trail rides.

I'll have an updated belly pic for next week - next Tuesday I'll be exactly halfway there - CRAZY!

18 weeks and counting...

It's been a while, but I'm back to blog! And I bring good news - I'm prego! 18 weeks, 1 day to be exact. The first trimester was roooough, lotsa sickness...but I'm over the hump and feeling great now! I am starting to show a little, I had someone actually notice the other day that I didn't know!

Pictures here are of me at 11 weeks (top one) and then today. I thought I had a belly at 11 weeks, I'm sure I'll look back at today's shot and find it funny in a few months. Growing belly - still white as a ghost too!

We are headed to the Moore's this weekend to hang out at the WYO ranch. We are caravaning with the Efflands, we are really excited for a weekend getaway. Dan is excited to fish with Jaxon and ride the good old Rhino. My mom is doing Ironman CDA this weekend, big accomplishment for her. It will be fun to watch on Ironmanlive.com to see how she does! Go Mom!

Stay tuned, I'll keep up with the belly shots in the coming months!