Ultrasound pictures

Today I had another ultrasound done. They were checking his growth and did an echo cardiogram on his heart. He is doing very well and is healthy and strong. I cried when I saw his little feet.. I think it is the first time I have cried about him since knowing for sure what he has. He was moving all over the place and watching his little kicks and hand waves were so much fun. He even made little sucking motions with his lips then put his fingers up to his mouth and sucked on them, so cute. I thought I would post a few pictures...

The great Easter Egg Hunt

I created a slide show using photo bucket. This is my first attempt, so I hope it turns out ok. Let me know what you all think. Brent was behind the camera fiddling with features so some of the pictures are blurry.

Belly Pictures

I've had several people request that I post pics of my growing belly (I'm 23 weeks along)... so at the Easter Breakfast last Saturday I had Brent take a few. We got some cute pictures of Jacob on his little, and very short, egg hunt, but I am going to try and figure out how to post them as a slide show instead of one by one so it may be a few days before you get to see them.

It's official...

We are moving. We have been approved to move into our top choice, a town home. We have decided that March 29th will be the big day. We will be very busy the next few weeks, so I probably will not post very often. I am so excited to be closer to Brent's work and to have him home more. Also, the doctor the baby will be seeing on a weekly basis for several months is on that side of town so I am glad we are able to move before he is born versus after.

I was told of a really cool website called freecycle.org, it is similar to craigslist except that everything posted is free. The point of the website is to share, give and recycle - helping out each other and putting less in the land fills. So I visited this site today and found a listing where this guy was giving away moving boxes and Brent picked them up on his way home from work, those added to the boxes we saved from our last move will be more than enough to get us through this move. Hurray for cool websites!

It probably isn't worth mentioning, but today at Albertsons (thanks to some awesome deals and my stack of coupons) I spent $93 and saved $68!! How cool is that. I got several items to add to my food storage and stocked my freezer up. Not bad.

In other worse news we got our water bill in the mail the other day... $188.20 !!! For water! My electric bill was $196 and I couldn't believe that my water bill was almost as much as that. The difference is that electric is billed monthly and water is billed quarterly... but still, almost 200 bucks for water?! Incredible. Our utilities up here are outrageous, we were so spoiled in Santa Clara. I am glad to know that at the town house we are not responsible for the water bill - phew.

We've been busy...

We have had a busy few days as we pound the pavement looking for housing in Tigard (where Brent works). We have already put a 30 day notice in on our current house so the pressure is on to secure a new place. We think we found "the one" so we'll see how it goes.

In other news... everybody needs to taste this ice cream... it is a little bit of heaven I tell ya!



We have the Dryer's brand here on the west coast, but this was the only picture I could find. Not only do I LOVE this girl scout cookie, but I LOVE ice cream... then they go and put the two together and ... heaven. I can only have it in small quantities to avoid feeling sick, but that might be a good thing otherwise I'd eat half the carton.

The weather yesterday and today (it looks like so far) has been sunny and gorgeous! I am going to try to hook up with another mom with a son Jacob's age and go on a walk or go to a park.. I need to get outside and soak up the sun and smell the fresh air. AHHH... life is feeling good again.

Jacob is, I think, completely better. I haven't given him his breathing treatment for the last two days because I haven't heard him cough. Brent has been better for a long time, and I am on the tail end of a cold and nasty cough. I think by this weekend we will be able to declare our household better, Hallelujah!