Yes, I know we’ve been absent for awhile…
September 26, 2009… but we have a big announcement! We’re expecting a little one on March 28th!!
We’ve known for a while but the Mrs. decided that it was easier to maintain radio silence in blog land for awhile rather than to try to keep such a big secret. We are overjoyed and can’t wait to welcome our baby into the world!
Here are some pictures to chronicle the time surrounding our pregnancy so far. 
At Cindy & Jon's wedding with Christine, 1.5 months pre-conception (notice howthe dress was fitting at this point compared to later pictures...) - May 18, 2009
With our softball team (the Mrs. only made it halfway through the season) - June 1, 2009
At The Beacon in Tahoe (the big weekend!) with friends - July 3, 2009
Coordinating Marlo & Michael's wedding (3 weeks along) - July 12, 2009
With a couple of the Betas before Shera & Noah's wedding (about 5 weeks) - August 1, 2009
Our first ultrasound (8 weeks) - August 11, 2009
Chrystal and Veda, Mrs. and Baby Guthrie, Cort and Baby Hebert, Jordana and Jonas (10 weeks - this is the same dress from earlier!) - August 30, 2009
Second ultrasound (12 weeks) - Sept. 11, 2009
Having fun at an Aztecs tailgate with the Mr. and Lucy (about 13 weeks) - Sept. 19, 2009
We’re four months along and are just LOVING the experience so far. Granted, there are some downsides. Mrs. experienced a lot of the common first trimester ailments, but no matter what life throws at us, it is sooooo worth becoming PARENTS! Thanks so much for your love and support to our family and friends. We appreciate you more than you can possibly know! 14 weeks tomorrow and counting…
Love, The Mr. and Mrs. (a.k.a. Daddy and Mommy)
We finished Poppy’s mural! :)
August 10, 2009
And here are the most recent additions to the animal family:
And here are the other previously finished animals:
Updated nursery photos – not done yet, but getting closer!
August 7, 2009Here is the giraffe, Peachy:
The lion is named Sunny:
The monkey is Nutmeg:
The parrot’s name is Pretty Bird:
And there are three butterflies so far:
We’re getting close to the end here! Better photos posted when we’re done.
Hope all is well for everyone!
Poppy’s Room
July 31, 2009So we’ve continued work on the nursery and have finished the background:
Sketched the animals:
And today we started work on the giraffe:
He’s not quite finished and his friends (a lion, monkey, and parrot) haven’t been started yet, but I’m super excited about the masterpiece!
I’m also sewing my own apron. It’s hard. Being a homemaker doesn’t come naturally to me, but I’m trying!
Hope all is well (sorry for the short update!)!
Mural Day 3
July 15, 2009Today was a busy day – this morning I headded down to meet with Kim. After having some cocoa, we headed over to the mall to exchange an eyeliner (I bought one at MAC yesterday and when I got home, the box was empty) and then ran a couple of quick errands before meeting the boys for lunch. Everyone was generous and good sports and we had dim sum (I won’t force them to again). Afterwards, Kim and I went grocery shopping, got shoes for ballet tomorrow, and painted another layer:
Then we made dinner (taco salad), watched David ref some basketball games, and watched Push until people started falling asleep.
Hope everyone had a great day!
Hurray!
July 12, 2009Absolutely beautiful wedding today – and such amazing people! The bride and the groom are actually moving to Scotland in just a couple of months so that the bride can finish her doctorate in physical forensic anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Tell me that’s not cool!!!!
I was working haaaaard all day but I did manage to catch a couple of photos on my iPhone of the beautiful traditional Jewish ceremony and of the bride and groom heading back to their hotel at the end of the daytime reception.
Then I met my sweet hubby and Merv for some yummy sushi (spicy tuna handroll, cucumber roll, a piece of salmon skin roll, and mochi!) before coming home to bask in the air conditioning.
Have I mentioned that I love my life?
Special shout out to my MOTHER without whom today could not have been possible.
Thursday through Saturday
July 11, 2009Mrs. really enjoyed her first ballet class, even though it would have been a lot more fun if Kim had been there with her. She was about 15 minutes late after trying unsuccessfully to find the building at the street address 224 East Valley Pkwy (it was 2245, about 2 1/2 miles down) and felt immediately awkward walking into a room with about 25 dancers doing warmups at the barre. Now the Mrs. actually did ballet and tap when she was a teensy kiddo, but nowadays she’s not quite as limber. Nevertheless, she stuffed her behind into a pair of spandex pants, borrowed some cutoff tights and practiced flexibility exercises.
It’s going to be a fun class once she gets more used to it all.
Friday was a busy day culminating in a wedding rehearsal at Tom Ham’s for Sunday’s wedding and a night of bingo with Scott, Sarah and Sarah’s mom out at Sycuan. It was a lot of fun although it got a bit crazy when Sarah and Cathy left and we took over their bingo cards as well (I will never know how the old ladies do it!) but we didn’t win anything.
Today was a day of laziness… highlights were driving to Costco and then enjoying grilled cheese sandwiches and chili con carne with the hubby for dinner. Is it sad when the highlight of your day is the company and the food? It was just so hot that it was a little bit hard to get comfortable. Ahhh well… we will have a lot more of this to come living here in Escondido.
While I’m posting, does anyone know how to get rid of wasps nests on our walls? We have about 5-6 of them on our front porch walls and ceiling right now; there is one made of paper and 5 or so made of mud. I admit that I’m a bit nervous about handling them…
Hope all is well with everyone! Off to bed so that I’m rested for tomorrow’s big wedding (Marlo and Michael!) at Tom Ham’s. Hope everyone has a great day!
1500 miles later
July 8, 2009Wow – long weekend! I don’t really have the energy to go into great detail, so here’s some quick facts/pictures.
Thursday was spent painting and packing. Layer 2 (palm trees on the horizon) is finished!
After making a fancy schmancy spaghetti sauce (NOT! I just added sauteed onions, garlic, rosemary, and parsley to the canned sweet pepper sauce we bought) to go with the pasta and meatballs, we hit the road. I was a road warrior and drove all the way to Sacramento (6:30pm until 2:30am) with only 2 short gas stops. I know, I’m amazing. We stayed at a hotel right by Sac. State and survived. I got really freaked out by a 3:30 am phone call from a breathy voice saying that he had seen me in the parking lot and thought we should get to know each other better. I didn’t sleep well after that, but we were up early (8ish, I believe) to start the drive to Tahoe.
We spend Friday morning through Sunday morning at the KOA Kampground in South Lake Tahoe. It was gorgeous and good times were had at the Beacon:
Chrissy and I also had a great time on the Nevada side exploring the different shops and watching the gondolas. Then we headed down Stateline to the beach-side park to stake out good seats for some fireworks action:
We threw the softball a bit, bumped the volleyball a bit, played Apples to Apples, and settled back to watch the fireworks. Kim and Larry were along with us for this year’s trip (last year it was our other good friends, Scott and Sarah):
And here’s the Mr. and I looking a bit silly:
After a 2-hour drive back to the campsite (bumper-to-bumper!!!), we caught a few z’s for the drive back down the mountain.
Sunday was spent at Dave’s pool in Sacramento and taking old time style photos in Old Sac (perhaps they will be scanned in for future viewage lol). Monday was another driving day and then softball at night (we lost for the first time this season, by 1 run). Tuesday was spent having lunch with the men (Lil Pepper!), checking out the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, and enjoying snow cones.
Today I got up super early to drive Kim to the airport (I left at 4am) at which time I realized that I had driven 1500 miles since Thursday. After returning home, I spent the day prepping for this weekend’s wedding and playing silly computer games.
I’m excited for the first day of my ballet class tomorrow!
Too tired to post more. Night!
