Birth Classes

This weekend we started our two weekend series of birth classes. I was not optimistic that the classes would be useful; I thought they would be full of lame breathing exercises that only advocated natural labor (despite all my 5th grade DARE training I will not be saying no to drugs) and techniques that would never work. To my surprise the class was actually pretty useful. Instead of hee-hees and who-whos the class taught a lot of relaxation and massage, plus filled us in on how labor works. While it was a little scary (they showed some videos, one that made me squirm) I feel a tiny bit better about the process.

Next weekend, the empathy belly........I'll be sure to post pictures :)

Let's Play Catch Up......Again

So I seem to be pretty bad at keeping up on the blog! I always seem to be a few weeks behind, so let me get you caught up on the happenings over the last couple weeks. Last weekend my sister and mom threw me an awesome baby shower. Everything was so great! The decorations were super cute, King of the Jungle theme, and we all had a great time eating, playing games and ogling over all the cute baby gifts. It was great to spend an afternoon with friends and family. It seems crazy to me that he is almost here, and I can't wait to put all the fun gifts we got to use.

Kaelen keeping watch over the cake table.

Kaelen and I right before we dominated at the baby word search. With her help we got every answer right!

Here is a picture of the super AWESOME diaper cake that Sarah handmade! I still can't bring myself to take it apart.

The weekend before the baby shower Trey and I celebrated our 2 year wedding aniversary. The last two years we were able to celebrate in Mexico, but this year that was not really my idea of a fun vacation (I don't think an 8 month pregnant lady in bikini would exactly be the best view, not that you could pay me to wear a swimsuit right now anyways......) Instead we spent a fun and relaxing weekend in Cannon Beach. The weather was fantastic and it was nice to spend some quality time together. We were able to explore some of the local state parks and beaches, eat lots of yummy food, and play a few games.

Trey in a true "man cave" at Hug Point.

Ecola State Park - Indian Beach.

The view from the Ecola view point.

Updates

Well, Trey pointed out to me yesterday that we haven't updated the blog for over a month! Time has been flying by around here. I am now in my third trimester, I can't believe how fast these 30 weeks have gone! I hear that everything seems to slow down from now forward, but I am hoping for the best.

I am still feeling pretty good, although there are the occasional bad days. Trey's been really great and is always there to cheer me up, paint my toes, or rub my back. I am a very lucky girl! I passed my last set of doctor's tests (glucose and something else) with flying colors and I didn't even pass out when they took my blood (I know I'm a big baby). Unfortunately, we are still not any closer to picking a name. I keep hoping the perfect name will just hit us and we will automatically just know. So far nothing seems to stick!

We have had some really exciting news within the last month. Trey got a new job within Pepsi and now is the Driver Supervisor. NO MORE WORKING WEEKENDS!! It is really nice to have days off together again (although I think he wishes he was working on the weekends when my nesting kicks in). He works 3:30am to 12:30pm; we are still adjusting to the new earlier schedule, but so far so good :)

Weekend Fun!

We had an awesome weekend thanks to the company of family and friends!

On Saturday we headed to Seaside to celebrate Trey's 26th birthday.

The crew with their bikes headed for the sand.

Trey and Geoff in action!

The bike wasn't too flattering for me, when I sat down I was all belly.

Pregnancy + 175 salt water taffy flavors = trouble

Trey has his game face on!

Sunday Trey was able to score us some VIP passes to the final day of the Dew Tour, and thanks to Grammy Barb watching the little ones, Sarah and Kaelen were able to come with us. The BMX finals were awesome! It is hard to imagine how these guys are able to pull tons of tricks on those tiny bikes.

Dave Mira

Kaelen sporting her Dew Tour hat.

FMX Freestyle

Oh, the name game!

So, right now Trey and I are stuck in the name game. Naming your child is serious business, this isn't something that you can just change later in life if you get sick of calling your son one name or another. This is a lifetime commitment! Everyday our list changes and our top choices shift. Our afternoons are filled with text messages back and forth all of which start with "Well what about..., or ......." Oh the stress! Our friends and family were kind enough to help with a name poll, but all the names that were included in the poll seem to be out of consideration (well, at least for today). Here are today's front runners:

Jaxson James
Carson James
Conner James

Since we now know that our little nameless one is a boy we have had some fun picking up a few baby things. We ordered bedding which is set to arrive any day (I can't wait to see it), we bought a playpen that has lots of little extras, we found a few fun boy outfits, and we were able to start our registry! This week we have been watching my sister's dog, so we decided it would be a good idea for Rambo and Koda to give the playpen a whirl. They seem to enjoy the soft bassinet interior and spacious changing station.

HOLY CRAP! IT"S BOY!!

Well the day finally came for us to have our 20 week ultrasound. Walking into the appointment felt like Christmas morning. I was so excited and nervous, which combined with the 30 ounces of water that they make you drink before you go in made me feel like I was going to explode. I was so shocked when the ultrasound tech told us that we were having a little baby boy, Trey says he had a feeling that it was a boy; must have been his daddy instinct kicking in! Not at all what I was expecting to hear, but a fun surprise. Trey and I are both so excited!

Finding out the sex makes the reality kind of sink in that there is a baby on the way. Now the great name debate can begin! We will be sure to keep you posted once a decision is made :)

Without making you wait any longer here is our son's first shining moment, he really wanted to make it clear to us that he is in fact a he.

Busy Week!

We had a pretty busy week last week. Trey had to be at work at 3am all week, but his reward was having a few weekends off and we will surely take them! Wednesday we had our 16 week doctor's appointment. We got to hear the baby's heart beat so that was really exciting. It is still so hard for me to imagine that there is a little being existing inside my belly. It will be fun next month when we get to have an ultrasound and find out if it is a boy or girl swimming around in there. On Thursday we were so happy to go sailing with our friend Jessica and Trey's Uncle Scott. It was an awesome evening!


Boat races on the river

Uncle Scott and Jessica