I'm a terrible blogger.

I am not the most dedicated blogger as you can see.  Kind of a bummer because my favorite blogs are the ones I can count on to be updated every few days.  I enjoy seeing the new pictures or stories.  I am apparently disappointing myself.  I also struggle with material but I have decided that since the pregnancy is now officially public, I may start writing about my experiences and thoughts on the matter.  This has been something I have looked forward to most of my life.  I went through many baby dolls growing up.  One cried so much I gave it back to my mom and said I was "too stressed out."  Another one's head fell off while I was nurturing it.  These experiences never left me disheartened though.  In fact, I am optimistic my baby will be soothed by me (of course I expect crying!) and more importantly, that it's head will not fall off.  I count that a success already.  Looking forward to the many adventures that await us through this pregnancy and when this little one appears.  

At the present moment I am stuck in bed, as I have been since yesterday afternoon, with a stinky cold.  I am trying the rest-as-much-as-possible method to hopefully heal fully and quickly.  I am shooting for tomorrow morning since we have friends staying with us.

That's all for now.  I promise another one soon...definitely an update on our first visit to the doctors on Sept. 7th.

And they begin.

Fireworks!

Two years today. Happy marriage! i love my husband. more to come later on how the second year went and what we look forward to.

Headed to ridgefield, wa to celebrate bdays with family. Picture is from crossing into wa. If you look closely you can see mt. Hood.

The Capuanos: Tour de USA

Our friends, the Capuanos are off to tour the USA for one month. Tom, Lara and the kiddos Annalee, Harper, Marlie and London left at 5:00am from Rochester, NY. We look forward to seeing them arrive in Newberg on Saturday, July 3rd. Pray for safety, health and fun as they journey. Can't wait to see you all!

Bat-Harper

Harper is one of my favorite little ones. We are extremely excited to have Lara, Tom and the 4 munch kins out here to visit on July 4th. They will be stopping to hang out for a couple days in the middle of their month long road trip. Can't wait!