Halloween pregnant belly

1st Anniversary, 10/10/2010

First anniversary:

- 5 months pregnant

-our anniversary gift to each other was buying a crib for our new baby boy coming

- Oregon Ducks game at WSU

- spent night at Couer d'Alene resort

- spent time with mother-in-law Carla -great laid back anniversary

Jack Johnson Concert

Back in April of this year, Jenny brought to my attention that Jack Johnson was coming in concert to the Gorge Ampitheater in October. Of course I wanted to go see him!

Jeremy let me know he didn't want to go a couple of weeks before and so I was able to get my friend Tiffany to go. However a week before she found out she had to work that weekend. So I asked my friend Erin and she was delighted. I was so glad I found someone to use that other ticket. I drove down that day to pick Erin up and we met up with my sister and my cousin Lisa from Seattle. We found a great patch of grass up towards the top and spread out our blankets. We discovered the incline made it difficult to sit without sliding down and so we decided to rent some chairs to sit it. Boy did they make a difference!

There were two acts that sang before Jack came on. What a beautiful night to sit out listening to great music and watching the sun go down.

New car

With a new baby coming, Jeremy and I wanted to get a new car. We knew we couldn't keep his truck because with it only being a single cab he wouldn't be able to take the baby with him.

Jeremy wanted a safe car that we could keep for many years and I wanted an SUV type vehicle so we could have cargo space and sitting room. We put everything together and decided we liked the Chevrolet Traverse.

We ended up going to the Chevrolet dealership in Hermiston to get the best deal. It took them about a month and a half to find the one for us. It was a 2010 white Traverse, used with 9300 miles on it. We put some money down and traded in Jeremy's truck. They really did great working with us and getting the price down where we needed it to be.

We love the new car and we both want to drive it as often as we can!

We are having a BOY!!

Since I had been getting weekly ultrasounds, Amanda the ultrasound tech said I could bring Jeremy in and she would let us know if the baby was a boy or girl. She would get this look on her face and lean closer to the screen and go "mmmm". I turned away quickly because I didn't want to see anything premature.

We had planned on our regular wednesday and would have Jeremy come in towards the end of Amanda's shift. Instead we decided we wanted to go in a day early and surprise everyone. Almost right away Amanda found what she was looking for and saved the picture. Our baby had their legs wide open and their was a little nub in the middle!! Our baby was a BOY!!!

Amanda said she first saw it at 13 weeks but wanted to keep looking to be absolutely sure. Jeremy had a great time taking pictures and videos and asking Amanda questions.

Afterwards we called my parents to see what they were doing that night and told them we wanted to run to Costco and have dinner with them. We went to Walmart and bought an Oregon Ducks jersey and decided to put it on the dinner table later and see their reaction. We took a picture of the jersey for Jeremy's mom Carla and said her new grandson would wear this next year to a game. I called my sister and she said I told you so since she had said it was going to be a boy. When we put the jersey on the table later, my mom grabbed it and knew immediately what it meant!

Now we could start thinking about decorating, thinking of names and buying baby clothes for a boy!

Shinedown concert

Concert highlights:

-riding with friends to concert

-eating dinner at Red Lobster and having crab legs

-getting to hear 10 years, Sevendust, Puddle of Mudd and Shinedown perform

-knowing it was the last concert on their tour and they were recording it live

-getting to meet Shinedown and get their autographs

*Favorite moment: Jeremy worrying that the music was too loud for the baby. I then tell Randy next to me who says not to worry that the baby will come into this world "rockin out!!"

Cannon Beach

Every year going to the beach is such a highlight and something I look forward to. This year we couldn't go as long but it was still well worth it.

Just like last year, Jeremy was up bright and early ready to go. Most mornings I got up with him but it was vacation and that means relaxing and getting extra sleep.
What's great about my family is everyone gets up and randomly decides what they want to do. We either go on our own or ask if someone wants to tag along. There are so many things to do that sometimes it is hard to decide.
We spent time walking down on the beach, reading books, building bonfires and making s'mores, eating pizza from our favorite place, setting up camp on the beach to read, flying kites and sun bathing, collecting sand dollars and driftwood, watching movies, eating ice cream and shopping in downtown.



Another great year at the coast with my family.