Mama I'm coming home...

We didn't get a great photo shoot in his little Thomas onsie but here are the coming home pictures from yesterday!! Thanks for all your nice comments :D

5 DAYS?!?

I cannot believe that in 5 days I am having this baby! It really has gone by so fast, I know I have been lucky. Here are the last couple of pictures at 37 and 38 weeks... what a belly!!

Safari Baby Shower & the Finished Nursery

I really have the greatest family and friends!!
Last weekend Ryan's mom and sisters threw me an awesome "safari baby" shower. They obviously put so much work into it and everything was fantastic!! Thanks so for planning such a fun party and thanks to everyone who came to visit and celebrate with me! We played some games and even did a charity project to send dolls to kids in Africa (GREAT idea by the way!). Florence also made this awesome diaper cake full of things we really need, it turned out so cute and must have taken so much time, I love it! For favors my sister, sister-in-law and mom made the cute frog cupcakes and zebra and bear cookies, they turned out adorable. It was also nice to have the kids there to test things out for us; Mikade approved the toys while Maiki tested the car seat and new books.

Thanks for everyones generous gifts I think we are finally set and it is confirmed that this will be one spoiled kid!!

More great news.... the nursery is done! Ryan finished all the details and our rocker was delivered last week. It turned out PERFECT!! So in addition to my awesome family and friends I have one incredible husband, he did everything exactly how I envisioned it.
Thanks Ryan!! XOXOX








This cradle is a family heirloom Grandpa made for my mom when she was expecting my little brother, it will be so nice to have him sleeping in our room those first few weeks. Ryan's Grandma Powell made the adorable bear blanket that matches the bedding perfectly!

Park City Weekend

The last weekend of June was crazy busy and so much fun!!

We rented a condo in Park City for the weekend...

The first night was our annual "ladies retreat". This is our 5th year doing the retreat and it has become such an awesome tradition! Basically we spend the evening catching up and pigging out as we progressively revert to the spastic high school versions of ourselves. It's such a fun release and reminds us all to stay young and stay close to our girlfriends! Thanks ladies for another fantastic year!!



The next morning we had brunch at Red Rock before some people hit the outlets and others went home to get their families. That afternoon we had a baby party/shower of sorts for guys, girls, couples, families, whoever! It was a fun luau where the kids played in the cold "hot" tub, Mike made smoothies to order, we had yummy shredded pork sandwiches, played Xbox and Wii and just hung out in general. It was so great to have everyone there ~ Thanks!
You can tell the photographer was only interested in all the cute kids...

All about the baby...

Yesterday I had another ultrasound - YEAH! I love it when we get to see him. He is doing great, just looking really scrunched and uncomfortable but hey so am I! He is 5lbs 2oz so I am still hoping he will be in the 7 pound range. Later in the ultrasound you can see his face really well, she woke him up and he yawns a couple of times. It's really cute!

The nursery is SO CLOSE! We have a couple of things to hang and we are waiting for our rocker from Babinski's, it's still on order. I love the room - I think it's perfect!! Ryan and his brother Mike are so awesome to do all of this considering my limited capabilities right now, especially when it comes to painting, ladders, etc. They did such an incredible job, thanks guys!!

I don't know how I let you guys talk me into posting these pictures but here you go... This is me at 33 weeks - yikes! I can't believe how close we are getting. Although the more uncomfortable I get (we have now added the hot summer temperatures) the more ready I feel!

Capri would not stay out of the picture for some reason!

Baby T ~ 26 Week Update

Yesterday we had an ultrasound and finally got the necessary pictures of his face and heart. He is 1lb 15oz which is exactly average so we are hoping we don't get any big growth spurts. Everything is still developing on track, I can't believe I have less than 14 weeks to go!

Catching up…

It’s been a long time since I posted!!
Below is a recap of the last couple of weeks…

April 2nd to 4th...
I went on a quick business trip to the West Coast, and when I say West Coast I mean that I covered some pretty good distance in 3 days… on the 2nd I flew to Portland, did a 2 hour presentation at Oracle and flew to Seattle that afternoon. I saw very little of Portland as you can see by my two pictures taken from the Oracle office downtown. I would really like to go back though, downtown and along the river looked beautiful from my taxi!

I arrived in Seattle pretty early and was staying downtown so I booked it down to what I thought would be the water and Pikes Place, I was surprised to find that it’s not really on the bay, I guess I was picturing something more like San Francisco. I didn’t have much daylight and figured being alone, pregnant and hiking back up the hill to my hotel may take some time so I just took a few pictures before going back. It was a pretty walk and lots of people were out heading home from work. The next morning I didn’t have meetings until 11:30AM so I went back down the hill to the market, there is a lot more going on there in the morning! All the shops were opening and I had some delicious freshly made doughnuts for breakfast – healthy!!

After my presentation I once again headed straight to the airport to catch a flight for San Jose (my company headquarters). I went straight to my hotel in Santa Clara, caught up on work, ordered room service and went to bed early. The next morning I had a Project Management training and Serene and was back in the air by 6PM. Unfortunately this flight didn’t go quite as smoothly! Southwest is the only airline that leaves late enough out of San Jose and it connects in Las Vegas, against my better judgement I booked this flight and was delayed for 2 hours in the crappy Vegas airport. I didn’t get in until almost 2AM and was exhausted! Overall it was a great trip!!

He’s gonna be a rocker…
The greatest thing happened the 16th while I was driving… I turned up the radio and the little guy started rockin’ out! I turned it back down and he was completely still so I turned it up and once again he was jammin’, this went on for about 5 minutes and then I think he fell asleep. I usually can’t feel him unless I am completely still so it was really fun to feel him so active while I was driving!

Say Cheese…
Ryan bought us a new camera while I was on my trip, it’s a Nikon D80 and we are still learning how to use it. As you can imagine the pups are our best subjects for practice so below are a few pictures from their most recent photo shoots.

This is where Capri sits while I work all day, I realize it's not the right lighting but she's just so cute!

Foliage is fun…
You know you are old when something like planting bushes in your barren flower beds is a highlight!! Last weekend we (meaning Ryan) planted 7 bushes in our front yard. It was a beautiful day, we even got a little sunburned. All of our neighbors were out doing yardwork too, it was fun to finally meet everyone.

Look at the dogs in the bedroom windows.

Serene Party….
Only three people (including myself) at Serene (my company) live here in Utah, but two of my California team mates are living here for a couple of months to work on a project in SLC. Last night they came over for a Rock Band party with their wives and the Hammer family (Colter is one of our Solutions Consultants and we have worked together and been friends for about 4 years now). We missed you Jeff! It was so much fun to have everyone over, thanks for coming!!