Happy One Year!

For our one year anniversary Alan and I took a trip up to Victoria BC. The trip was awesome and we had a great time! Can't wait to return when I am not pregnant, and able to walk around a bit more.

Baby Bump Pics

I have been getting requests to update pictures of my baby bump. I have been taking these photos each Tuesday morning to get a consistent reference point. Note that I said 'morning', so most of the time it's right after I am out of the shower and I haven't done my hair or make-up :)

If you hover on the image, the week will show up.

From Collages

Picking Cherries

So we don't have grape vines for vino, and we don't have olive trees for olive oil, but we do have a huge cherry tree in our back yard. I made a great cherry and raspberry crisp with the fresh cherries we picked!!

The nesting has begun...

In less than 48 hours our "baby" room went from a cluttered mess with a closet used as a catch all to this. We are not finished, but Corina has definitely gotten a good start on things. At 9:30 pm last Thursday she decided it was necessary to repaint the closet!!

 

 

 

It's a GIRL !

Ashlee Diane
Last Thursday we had our 20 week doctor's appointment and found out we are having a little girl! It was a thorough ultrasound to take measurements and everything looks good!

I'm Pregnant!

Hi it's me, back from my blogging haiatus. For those who didn't yet know I am 20 weeks pregnant! This Thursday we have our doctor's appointment that should determine if we are having a boy or a girl. At this point I have no idea. I think I am carrying pretty low (so I am told, I have no reference point), so there are bets out it's a boy. Alan and I will be extremely happy with either, but we do want to have girl.



Here is a photo of my belly at 20 weeks

To give you some insight into my pregnancy so far, it been pretty good. For the first trimester I was extremely tired and did not like food very much. At that point I had no interest in writing about my pregnancy. Now that I am in my second trimester I have my energy back and eating food is no longer an issue. With all this extra energy I have I thought I should start blogging my pregnancy to share with you all!

First Weekend At The Cabin!!!

We closed on the cabin last week, and this was our first weekend at the cabin. We went up there with Rich and Diedre for a nice long weekend of rest and relaxation.

Saturday morning we had deer outside the window munching on the leaves around the cabin.

Along with unpacking and decorating, Saturday morning we went and got ourselves a nice canoe! The truck was perfect for hauling the canoe back from Vancouver where we bought it.

It was all inclusive, so we had paddles, life jackets, and a cool thing so I could take it to the lake without Corina needing to carry it. Corina didn't mind just watching me pull it down to the lake!

Even though it was drizzly, Corina still climbed in the canoe with me so I could get a little fishing in.

Let is snow, let it snow, let it snow!!

If you have missed the weather report, Portland has been hit with the most snow it's ever gotten in 40 years. Here are some pictures of our house and the snow!

Here is our front yard before the snow came, notice the snow man is sitting on the lawn with almost no snow, and also notice the candy cane lights on the lawn!







Here is how it looked after the snow, notice the snow man is almost gone, and the candy cane lights are completely gone! The snow does look cool when we turn on our lights now. In case you were wondering, the truck runs really well in the snow, and it does doughnuts without any issue.



Here are the before and after pictures of our outside awning. We were cleaning it off everyday, but that last night of snow did it in. Once it started collapsing we knocked it over so it wouldn't fall on top of everything under it. I think I saw tears in Corina's eyes.