Another Great Camping Trip

We spent this weekend at Navajo Lake State Park - it is the 2nd largest lake in New Mexico - and we had a fantastic time. Friday night felt a little like camping in Washington, it rained all night and and I woke up in the pitch dark when a steady stream of raindrops kept landing on my left cheek. Not to worry, it soon dried up and we spent Saturday cooling off in the lake - I even jumped off a rock ledge straight into the water. WOOO HOOOO! View from our campsite
San Juan River

Eric and Teresa

If You Need More Proof...

that plastic blags blow. Check out this slideshow that my friend Teresa sent to me.
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/MULTIMEDIA02/80505016

We Did It...

For those of you that have any interest...we jumped off the deep end and registered at www.amazon.com

Movement

The idea that I am growing a little human inside continues to be a surreal notion - but something happened a couple weeks ago that made me realize once again that yes, indeed, I am pregnant. I went upstairs to read and relax and while laying there felt something inside that was most definitely not me. When you read about feeling a baby move people describe it as a fluttering, a bubble, a butterfly, gas...whatever...this didn't feel anything like that - it felt like a flick against my insides. Now that I can recognize the small one moving, I find myself waiting for it each morning and night - when my brain is quiet and I am still.

While camping this past weekend - early in the morning - I was watching the clouds through the tent door and feeling the small one kicking like crazy. Eric was half in and out of sleep and I put his hand on my belly and said "see if you can feel this". Well, what do you know...the small one cooperated and Eric was able to feel him kick. TWICE! It was a great weekend.

4th of July Camping

Hey if you are interested check out the BELLY SHOTS post to see how my belly does grow. When I look at the progression of pictures it totally freaks me out!

We just got back from and amazing camping trip. It didn't start out so well...Eric didn't make any reservations for a camping spot and when he was calling around the day we left nothing was open at the spots we wanted to go. We ended up camping at Blue Water State Park - we have been out there before for day trip hiking and loved it and WE SCORED a great campsite. Close to the waters edge and lots of privacy. We spent 2 nights and days just chilling. This is our view from the campsite...

When I was laying on the lounger that Eric packed - reading three cups of tea - highly recommended by the way. I looked up and noticed that the tree above had all these green pinecones on it. They blended in with the needles so good - it was hard to see them.

A monsoon shower hit right at we were getting ready to leave - but see the rainbow that poked out...a good omen for a great 4th of July! Cheers!

I Was Tagged...

My friend Katy at sycamorestirrings tagged me to do a meme a couple weeks ago and I figured better late then never. The problem is that "big brother" blocks any blogs at work - so I cant work on posts. Which pretty much leaves the weekends and lord knows that there is not enough time in two days to do everything I want to do. But enough moaning about tooooo short weekends and on to the meme...

Here are the rules for this meme: link back to the person who tagged you, include the rules in your post, share 6 random bits about yourself, and then tag 6 other people at the end of your post. Since I don't know 6 people who have blogs - perhaps I will just tag 6 random folks.

1. Some anonymous person sent me a subscription to field and stream which I laugh at hysterically every time it comes in the mail...http://www.fieldandstream.com/indexhome.jsp

2. I really like shoes and currently own 62 pairs which I wear on a regular basis. My newest favorites are these...

3. I love to bake but really hate to cook - unless you count appetizers and cocktails

4. For a silent auction I just finished knitting a skinny wrap scarf

5. I am really good at starting crafty projects but ohhh so terrible at finishing them - this is a typical Aries trait by the way.

6. I am trying to improve my EKG reading skills and recently bought the most boring book I have ever bought in my life...

It Really Is A Boy!

The Sweetest Greetings

We got the nicest card from my grandma - it is an old fashioned picture of a blue bird and she wrote in the corner "singing the good news...its a boy"

The Day Did Dawn...

Ok, so I knew this was going to happen someday. I just didn’t think that Thursday June 12, 2008 was going to be the day. I hopped out of bed this morning feeling good because it was a Thursday and I had administrative time in the morning (meaning I didn’t have to see patients and I would be able to enjoy a leisurely cup of coffee). I went into the closet and pulled on one of my favorite pairs of pants – they are sage green capris, worn enough to be really comfortable but not too much to not be able to wear to work. Well what do you know – I couldn’t get the button to button. I mean I probably could have if I tortured myself but there was no way the zip was going to zip like it normally does. CRAZY. I took a picture to prove my point. Thank goodness I have a bella band by Ingrid and Isabelle – this great invention that you wear over your pants – it truly was a life saver today.

On another note – our friends from Seattle – Sheri and James are flying down to meet Eric to hike the Grand Canyon this weekend. I am bummed this was the big trip that I planned – got the permit for, trained for, got excited for – and then the little tall one decided to come along. So in true feeling sorry for myself character – I am heading to Albuquerque to get my hair cut and have some Vietnamese food. Wooo Hoooo!

Groundbreaking News...According To My Friend Katy

We had our second appointment with the peri-natal specialist in Albuquerque and it went great. We have seen these folks one other time and hopefully this will be our last visit. This time they did all the measuring of the little turnips parts and the doctor looked at the heart and made sure all looked ok.

So...its so crazy to be laying there, chatting with the ultrasound lady and seeing your child on the screen. It has a very surreal feeling to it. She was measuring everything and then out of the blue asked "do you want to know the gender of the baby?" Eric screams from across the room "YES" and I say just as loudly "NO" then I turn and look at Eric and something clicks and I just say "OK" and the lady says "I think its a boy" then walks out of the room.

The doctor comes in to check out the heart and tells us that "yep, it's a boy." On the third time that Eric asked if the doctor was sure it was a boy - the doctor said "it's either a boy or a girl with a scrotum and we're going to have problems."

So there you have it...our GROUNDBREAKING NEWS...IT'S A BOY!