Yeah, I'm THAT person...

You know what I'm talking about: I am not a fan of posting just about baby stuff, but I'm going to anyway because people just seem to want to know...

The Grind (non baby):
I finish up Summer School on Wednesday this week (THANK GOODNESS) and will be setting up my classroom at the HS starting Thursday. Chad is playing for USF and is now bored with the show. Its a decent show, but anytime you play something over and over, it gets annoying! He has been at his school practicing all sorts of percussion stuff for hours and hours everyday while I'm at work- I went over and listened to him after I got home today and he sounds so good, I really love to watch him play because I know he loves it SO much. He's also working on some awesome juggling tricks!

The Grind (baby):
Our "Birth education" classes start on Wednesday evening, making the whole having a baby thing even more real! We are getting more and more excited for our little Gryn to join our family as we get closer to September.

We finished the baby room last night! We had shelves to hang, the twin bedding to put on the bed, the valance to put up, new clothes and blankets to de-tag and wash, and dots to put on the walls. It looks more like a boy's room than a gender-neutral room, but we can add some pink and purple and use it for a girl too, when the time comes, I guess.

The view from the door of the baby room. And yes, that is a porcelain doll... in a BOY'S room. I've had that doll since I was about 14 (I think). The designer's name is Titus Tomescu and I fell in love with the doll as soon as I saw it. I am displaying it until it is no longer safe to display outside glass.

The finished closet. You can't see, but the dresser is completely full of preemie to 3 month clothing. The shelving on the sides have 4 more rubbermaids full of clothes from 3-2T and about 1500-2000 diapers and two boxes of bulk wipies from Costco. We've got a swing, playmat, high chair, some toys, a bouncer, an infant bath sling, travel bed, bumbo chair, and other things I can't even think of. The best part: most, like 90% most, of it has been gifted/handed down to us. We are SO blessed and SO set on stuff for this little guy!

This shelf is for all the stuffed animals we have been given or toys we have bought. The bunny blanket in the middle was hand-made by a co-worker of mine and I really hope that Gryn loves it as much as Chad and I do. It is SO adorable!

We put the valance up on this window and bought circle declas for the wall instead of painting or putting up pictures, we really like how it turned out!

I will admit that this pregnancy has been so easy in the scope of everything. I can't complain about anything! I still see my reflection and do a double take, pregnancy was never in the plans for me, so it's hard for me to see myself and realize that its actually ME and not some other cute pregnant lady and that its MY child growing in there.

I've been feeling the extra weight more this week than ever (and I'm getting the "water retention pregnancy face", which I do not appreciate) and my time out and about is getting shorter and shorter before I get exhausted, but I keep thinking 7 more weeks and my body will start the process of normalcy again...

I sometimes get annoyed when I have a baby in my ribs or kicking my bladder, but all I can think is: poor little guy, how can I be annoyed- you're the one thats all squished, not me. Poke me as much as you need- I don't mind!!

I also have a very supportive and loving husband who thinks that this whole pregnancy thing is absolutely beautiful and is always understanding and positive about my situation. I'm super lucky!

And by the way, after looking at other peoples' ultrasounds, I think we are going to have the cutest baby ever! I didn't think I'd be able to tell that much of a difference form one ultrasound to the next, but I can, and Gryn is way freakin cuter than other people's babies! And yes, I am biased beyond reason, but really, I think he's going to be absolutely adorable!



Need I say more?

I'd like to think that I'll post before the big day, but with my track record of "blogging," the next post very well may be pics of our little dude. 33 weeks- only 7 to go!

The Vaycayshun

We just went on our last "official" vacation of the summer. We have one more trip to Las Vegas before school starts to visit with my best friend from my childhood years, but psychologically, we are in back-to-school mode. We told ourselves that this was our final vacation before school and baby and we are ready to be back. Its a little scary but really exciting at the same time.

The Trip:
We drove to Barstow, CA on Friday night last week and spent the night there. We headed out early on Saturday and spent the day at SeaWorld. We had a lovely time going to the shows and feeding sea animals.


Me, watching the sharks. I think.

Sharks. I'm sure those are sharks.

Watchin "Shamu Rocks." We watched the earlier show ad I even sat in the "soak zone" however, we did not get soaked, actually we didn't even get wet. All we got was this girl's hair whipping my leg the whole time because she couldn't leave it alone. Ugh, by the way, I think long hair is generally gross. I don't like it touching me.

Sunday we had planned on going whale watching and thought we planned accordingly, but boy were we wrong! We left an hour and a half before our boat was to leave (we were staying about 15 miles away). The boat was delayed 20 minutes and we still did not have enough time to drive park and walk to the boat. I was SOOO mad! We ended up rescheduling for Monday morning at 9 a.m. We re-vamped our plans and went to an outdoor mall, saw Inception (SO worth it, everyone should go see it), had dinner at The Cheescake Factory and headed over to the OC Fair where we were catching a Train concert!

We entered the Fairgrounds and my oh my, we must have looked like we were from a small town because neither of us had EVER seen a fair like this before. We could have spent days discovering the fair- I wish we would have known it was going to be so huge, we'd have spent the morning there!

The concert was FANTASTIC! Train is a group I have been a fan of since their debut and this was the second time I was able to see them. This particular show was the biggest the OC had ever had and that Train had ever played! We were so glad to be a part of it! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

This was taken during the concert by Train- its their tradition during the song It is Love... anyway, i freakin joined Twitter just so I could get it...I'm THAT LAME!

Us, after the concert, Chad took video, I'll try to get it going. I looked for the picture that had the least amount of pregnancy pudge face. Note to self and others who are pregnant- COLORS are best, don't wear white. Bad choice.
*Chad bought this Turkey leg after the show- gross. He bit into and got some bones. I was soo grossed out, and I had to hold it on the way back to the hotel while he drove. I almost threw up on it.


Monday we woke early, checked out of our hotel and left again for whale watching. Even with commute traffic, we made it in plenty of time and ate a tasty breakfast on the pier while we waited for the boat to be readied. We spent two and a half hours on the boat looking for whales, dolphins, and sea lions. We weren't able to see any whales, but we saw lots of dolphins and a few sea lions. We also saw some HUGE fish, I'm not sure what they were, but they lurked in the water like sharks!! We loved being out there! Dad had given us a suggestion on lunch the day before, so we headed out on the pier off the beach and ate at Ruby's Diner, a cute little 50's style restaurant. We watched a bunch of fishermen just outside and had a great time just taking in the ocean and spending time together.



Open Ocean. This was a little scary for Chad and me. We are land people and deep water freaks us out. But we really did enjoy ourselves.


Sea Lions. We did see them in the actual ocean, but they were hard to catch with the delay on our camera.


These are the giant fishes we saw, I did a random shot, but we got them! They look like sharks!


Us on the boat. We really had a great time!


Us on the pier in front of Ruby's!

We left from Newport Beach to drive to Las Vegas to spend the night with Colby and Stephanie. We were so nervous about driving through Baker in the middle of the day, so we broke out the rest of our water and turned off the AC. We made it without any problems and went swimming that evening at Doug and Kay's. It was wonderfully relaxing! We spent the next day hanging out with our nieces and nephews!

I'm sure we have much more in the way of documentation for this trip, but I think it is via video and I don't have the energy (or desire) to post the video. And really vacation video is only interesting to those who were on the actual vacation, in my opinion.

3 weeks and 5 days...

Chad and I realized tonight that we are getting back into "teacher mode." That's right, the title is the amount of time until school starts for us. I have begun teaching summer school- just finished up the first week. I'm grateful to be able to start getting up early and getting my body ready for the transition back to school. I'm sure I'll be exhasuted the first couple of weeks, but I'm excited to get going at the HS.

Its almost been two months since I posted, so I'll give an update (with pics):)

We left the last day of school for NSL and spent a week visiting with family. It was wonderfully relaxing and we always love spending time with mom, dad, and Mandi's family. We were also able to spend some time with some of my old friends. We really enjoyed ourselves.

A few short days after returning from NSL, we headed to Las Vegas for Thomas' graduation. We are so proud of him and can hardly believe that he'll be off to college in the next few weeks. We loved spending time and catching up with family and friends.


Us with Thomas just after graduation- so awesome!

My mom and Mandi's family came a few days after we returned from Las Vegas. They threw me a baby shower and helped get Gryn's room, clothes, blankets, diapers, etc ready. It was so fun looking through all the clothes, blankets, towels, etc. It made it so real. We played some baseball (in the dusk and dark- scary!), hiked at Zion, played poker (I heard Mandi laugh harder than I've ever heard her laugh in my life- it was hilarious!!), did some shopping, and just relaxed.


Crib set just after Chad had put it all together.


The closet, already fully stocked. We have a wardrobe for the kid for about two years! And tons of diapers, however those will probably only last a few months :) I wasn't able to turn it, sorry.


This is the crib set done. We still have three shelves to hang, so I'll have to post a "finished product" picture.


Zion National Park.


Chad started rehearsals for the Utah Shakespearean Festival while the fam was here. his show started July 2 and he is really enjoying himself. Its always wonderful to watch and hear him perform because he loves it so much!

We had planned a short trip to NSL again to have the 3D ultrasound pictures done. It ended up being worth it, but was a NIGHTMARE to get figured out. We had three full days with no shows or rehearsals. The day we were supposed to leave (I was waiting in Cedar for the show to get over- with all our stuff) they called an impromptu rehearsal for the next day and Chad couldn't miss it, so we had to go back home. We had to leave the next day, which cut our trip short, however we were able to sit on our front porch that night and watch the fireworks in Hurricane- complete with homemade strawberry ice cream and brownies!

We went to our ultrasound and Gryn would not show us his whole face, just profiles, so they asked us to come back the next day- the day we were leaving. We went back and this time was worse than the first, we got feet, hands, and nose- thats it. We had to reschedule again. We left to go back home and found that the only time we had to do the u/s again was over the weekend. We went home Thursday night and went back up to NSL on Friday after Chad's show. It was ridiculous. However, Gryn was much more cooperative the third time and we were able to go to Lagoon and Lagoon-a-Beach with Mandi's family. It was a nice trip up again, even though it was short and we had to go home for an evening.


We were able to go to Alex's baseball game while we visited. Little kid sports are SO cute!


We found these cute boys at Lagoon, think their parents will let us keep them?


This was taken 7/10/10, just a few days before I hit 7 months. We are officially two months away, 9 weeks and little guy will be here!


The little dude. He looks so happy and content snuggling. We're excited to see him outside the womb :)


Another bebe pic. His eyes are open in this picture- the tech was amazed at how much his eyes were open while we were seeing him. We are totally enamored with this little guy and can hardly wait for Sept.


Flippin us the bird. Yeah, this is what we got on day two of trying to see his face.


Yep, the bottom of his foot is covering his face. Unbelievable. This is the view we saw the most of.

We are off for an amazing pre-baby, pre-school vacation on the beach this weekend, it will be wonderful. I'll update a little more when we get back.