27 weeks

Here I am with my big belly. It was gorgeous here this weekend - 80 degrees both days! (no humidity!)

The babies room is just starting to come together. I figured I would take a picture so you can see the step by step process. After lots of debates, we have decided to keep the double bed in the room for now. (We hope to have visitors this summer) The room is not huge, but it works for now. I think we have narrowed down the bedding selections to 3 choices, Monkeys (green and tan), butterflys (Purple and pink), or ladybugs (Pink, red, and black). I am hoping to make the decision soon, I think it will really help pull the room together. Also we are closing in on a name, which will go on the wall over her crib.

The baby got a new bookshelf/storage thing. One of the projects I worked on while Geoff was away in Montana. She has lots of stuff already, so I figured might as well organize it. As for our first born...
He participated with Geoff in a 5k run for Bark in the Park (I walked the 2k with some co-workers) benefiting the local humane society(Larry is from the Humane society in STL, so we are big supporters of it). The event was not as big as St. Louis' annual one, but still really fun. I forgot my camera, but this is Larry when we got home, he was beat!
On a side note. So Eugene is affectionately refereed to as "Tracktown USA" basically running is a big deal here. Well I thought it was about time to check out a track meet. I went with my friend Andrea. It was great. So many events going on all at once. We also happen to be there on a special night where a relay team from the University of Oregon was going to attempt to break the 4 by 1 mile relay collegiate record. It was very exciting to watch!

Here is the final baton pass! They let spectators down on the track to give the runners some extra encouragement. I stayed in the stands because I already had a great view.
Here he is crossing the finish line. The old record was 16:08, so they shaved off 5 seconds. Pretty cool!
The relay team doing a victory lap.

All is well otherwise. I had a slight scare on Friday - pretty much I was in a lot of pain - Dr. Geoff fed me water. It worked, so I guess it was dehydration. I go to the doc on Tuesday, so we will tell her all about it and how to avoid that from happening again:)

STL Visit

I came home for a much needed visit! Mary Anne and my sister's threw a great baby shower in my honor. Here is me with one of the gifts - a "tree hugger" onesie!
I gave Jackson and Mckinley their b-day presents - reversible super hero capes. Thanks mom for helping me get them made. Jackson's had race cars, Mckinley got Dora.

Just a cute picture, they are getting so big!
Me will all my sisters at the shower- not often we are all in the same place at once. L-R - Jen, Steph, Me, Robin, Sara, and Kim. They are all so tiny - especially now that I am huge! Next visit home will be for Kim's big day - the wedding.

I had a great trip home. Thanks for making me feel so special! On a side note, yesterday, May 9th, marked my one year anniversary of living in Oregon.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's day to all the wonderful women I have in my life. Thanks also for all the warm wishes - its kind of neat to add a new holiday to my list that I get to celebrate!
Mom in a snugglie - yes she has one!

Kim when she can up for a visit and dropped off her son on the other side of the country - don't worry I will bring him back one day:)

Sara - sister and mom to my beloved niece and nephew

Annette - here we are at my shower

24 Weeks

Here is me at 24 weeks. My belly continues to grow! We had a doctors appointment this week and everything went great. She cleared me to fly, so I will be on a plane to St. Louis on Tuesday!!! Next month I have the sugar test to check for diabetes, hopefully eveything comes back all clear!
Larry is sad that he is not coming home:( He will stay behind with Geoff and have a boys week.
Well - we are officially growing up. We both knew one day that we were going to have to give up the sports cars and buy something a little more practical. Well that came today. Geoff traded in his beloved prelude for a 2009 Subaru Forrester. (Yes I said Subaru - we live in the Northwest and having a Subaru is like driving a Ford or Chevy in the Midwest) We went back and forth between the Honda CRV and the Forester, but the price won out. While the car is new to us, it has 7000 miles on it, so technically it is used, saving us a pretty penny.
Here is a better shot - its a really dark grey almost black color. We think it will be perfect for baby hauling and taking Larry to the coast. As sad as it was to see the prelude go, we are both really excited about starting a new chapter in our lives, starting with a family car. Come on by and we will take you for a spin!

Crib Assembly

We finally got around to putting the crib together. I have been wanting to for weeks. We didn't move the desk out of the room yet, so the space is tight, but we still squeezed it in. Here is Geoff making sure all the screws are in tight.

Larry was around for general support

Geoff checking out his handy work

Crib complete! Now we just have to pick up the mattress and find some bedding!

22 weeks and Easter

Here is me with my 22 week belly. It is getting rounder by the day:)

The baby is almost a pound and is the size of a spaghetti squash. Geoff finally got to feel her from the outside. She moves around and kicks like crazy. I am feeling good. I just started prenatal yoga, which so far is great. There are a lot of hippie all natural child birth people in the class, I am still planning on getting the drugs!
Side Shot - oh I just got 2-3 inches cut off my hair - it's still pretty long as you can see.

Geoff and I taking a picture of ourselves after we got back from our big date night. We went to Mexican, Old Navy, and Boarders (I wanted to look at fluffy girl aka maternity clothes and baby clothes) Geoff ended up buying a swim suit, I got a skirt, and baby got a ducky washcloth/hand puppet. We are a crazy couple these days!!!
My bunny cake for our Easter party. (I think it was Aunt Kay who always used to make these, I always remember hers looking so much cuter)
We dyed some eggs. One for each of us:)

Cute random picture of Larry. He was just relaxing. I have my next appointment in a week, then I will be on a plane coming to STL!!!

21 Weeks

I am half way through!!! My belly is getting huge. I am still able to mix pre-preggo clothes with maternity, but those days are getting very limited.

Here is me and Larry. I never look good in any of these pictures, we usually take them at like 11pm after the day has caused havoc on my hair and makeup, but you can get the point.


Babies new dresser. We are going to put a changing pad on top so it will double as a changing table too. I guess I am in what you call "nesting" mode. I couldn't wait for Geoff to get home when I got this piece from IKEA and I know I am not supposed to lift, so I brought it in piece by piece. Over 10 trips down to my car - keep in mind I live in an apartment. Then I put it all together before he could get home. He moved it into the room for me:)
Here is the crib, well parts of it. This is our project coming up this weekend. We have to move some furniture around to make it all fit, but I am dying to see how it all looks! We also looked at paint colors - purple of course.

Other than that our weekend was god. Geoff took an extra day off to hang out with me. We got our taxes done, thanks dad and Travis for the help. We also looked at baby mobiles- AKA SUV's. I found one that I love, (Navy Blue Honda CRV) but it is a buyers market, so I am trying to play hardball. I am coming home in about 3 weeks! Geoff is coming about a month later.