Discovery

Salt Creek Falls

Oregon Blackberries


Dexter Reservior



Last weekend we met a new neighbor who informed us of a waterfall less than an hour away from our new home. We decided to go and did a little exploring along the way. There's a ton of stuff 20 minutes from our house we never even knew about. We found an amazing campground (even picked out the best spots for reservations), two HUGE lakes, the second tallest waterfall in Oregon, and even picked a few blackberries. There's also this little town that has a old park with trains, and tractors, and stuff that kids can climb on and play with, it looks so fun, I can't wait to take our boy there. It was a great day, and we can't wait to really start enjoying all that our new place has to offer.

Mommy Photoshoot

33 Weeks

Well we can't believe how quickly time has flown by. 33 weeks all ready. It's really amazing. My friend Deanna from St George had her baby boy Anthon on Friday morning (37 weeks) and my friend Hope from Eugene is having her baby boy as I write (also 37 weeks). So if I was to follow that trend, in four weeks we could be meeting our son for the first time. Just writing "Our Son" is so weird, and exciting, and scary, and weird, and awesome. Yea words do not describe our emotions, we are delighted, and we wish it was today!

Saturday we received a package from Aunt Tina (Christy). An apple box full of clothes, and sheets, and burp rags, everything we still needed. I will be spending the day organizing the drawers and matching sizes, now that I have the other dresser done and in the room. It was an amazing gift, and we are so fortunate to have so many people thinking of us and offering their help. We could not have gotten ready for this emotionally or financially without each of your contributions so again we say thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of our hearts we appreciate each and every thing you have all done for us. Thank you Tina I love you very much.

Weekend Projects

Well a few weeks ago we decided to take the month of August off from working on the house, and go have fun, you know really enjoy this last few weeks of "just the two of us". However we decided we have more fun working on the house really. It is so rewarding when you're doing projects like these. So the weekends start out with of coarse more shopping (Home Depot, Jerry's, Lowes) gathering supplies, shelving, paint, stain, stuff like that. Then the work begins, we've stained the other dresser, for the baby's room, refinished the piano, finished pressure washing the back deck, painted all the patio furniture we bought at a garage sale (they were forest green and white with rust all over them but boy was the price right) , and last but not least, put together the baby's room. When you write it down it sure sounds like a lot. Anyway we both had a lot of fun and loved the end results. (Oh while we were in the garage staining Suni was so cute looking through the window watching us I had to include the picture)

The Fishin' Boat!

Well the tech at Ryan's work heard we were wanting an old fishing boat, and had just what we were looking for. Ryan brought it home on Friday and I was so surprised with all the character it had. (Think ahead to pictures of his first fish next to this adorable boat......my thoughts exactly) It was made in the 1950's, and I think it will be just right for our family.

Finally Rain!

For a place that "always rains" summers are beautiful and dry. It finally did rain for a bout an hour the other day, and it was just beautiful. (very "Twilighty" don't you think :) This picture was taken out of the baby's room window. What a view right! He's got the best one in the house!

Organizing, Organizing, Organizing

Lately I've been trying to organize the baby's room. Put the clothes in sizes so as to see what I still need, stuff like that. I made a list of things I thought we still needed after having the baby shower and went out and got them. I was feeling very "ready" for about a day. Then I talked to people and found out I had left things off my list I had never thought of. As easy as it is for a first time mom to forget about burp rags, and things like that, I started to wonder. I think that's the challenge realizing you'll never be as prepared as you'd like to be. Realizing life will never let you be fully "ready". There will always be something coming at you, that wasn't in your plan. It's parenthood. How could you really ever be ready for something that is completely different for every person. As frightening as that sounds, I think it's really exciting. We are so anxious to meet this little guy, and finally know him. To have put the piece in the puzzle and see what the picture is. We can't wait!

A package came yesterday. We opened it up, and I shrieked with excitement. (ask Ryan I stunned him). We had registered for this Mommy's Melodies bear, it plays womb sound as well as others. I thought it seamed so comforting. Well I went to get it a few days ago and it was gone (they did have a pink one left) so I tried another store and again nowhere. I was sad I had missed out on it, and kicked myself for not buying it months ago, but who knew. Then there it was in the box. I said something unrecognizable to Ryan as I scooped it up and hugged it. When I calmed down and Ryan figured out who had sent the package, he said, well no wonder it was something you really wanted, It's from your sister, she knows you. So Thanks Aunt Arica sooooooooo Much!