Newest Ultrasound

I got another ultrasound a few weeks ago because in the last one they did-he wasn't cooperating and they couldn't get a good look at his spine.  I didn't mind! :) (usually when you're seen on base-they only do 2 ultrasounds apparently)

He's so cute...even if the 3D looks a little creepy! 

The whole time he kept moving his hand which was holding the cord, in front of his face-or putting one of his feet in front of his face-so it was hard to get a good one. But these ones turned out pretty good

Baby

It's a boy! :)

 I like that he figured out the "peace" sign :)

He kept yawning the whole ultrasound.

And he might be mad at me later on in life for posting this...but here's proof of a boy! :)

(Elden might make me take this off after he finds out)

It's Official....

I NEED to move to Hawaii! At least at some point in my life-even if it's just for a year! It would be like a permanent vacation.

Our vacation was wonderful (well...except for the whole part when Elden got sick).  It was just the vacation I needed.  We didn't do a ton-just layed out, swam and snorkeled, ate hula pie twice and at Puka Dog. :)  Had Elden felt better-we probably would have done more outings-but I'm really ok with just doing nothing and laying in the sun!

We did go to the Polynesian Cultral Center one night-and the HA: Breath of Life show was AMAZING!!! It's seriously the coolest show I've ever seen! The fire dancers were my most favorite part! I highly recommend it if you ever go to Oahu! We got discounted tickets on Hickam AFB (another benefit of being in the Air Force), but even if you have to pay full price-it's worth every penny! 

We didn't take any pictures really-other than the 3 I took on my cell phone which really aren't anything good.  I did take some when we went snorkeling at Hanauma Bay-but they're on the disposable underwater camera we bought in 2008 for our trip to Mexico, and we're still not done with it.  We're not very good picture takers! So it will probably be another 3 or 4 years before we finally develop the thing.

Here it is!

I know no one necessarily wants to see a picture of my uterus. However....now there is a baby growing inside of it!

We're pretty excited to say the least!! 

Monday morning we went to my appointment thinking I was almost 12 weeks along-but apparently i'm only around 10. Sadly I hope that doesn't mean a few more weeks of being sick all the time! I was really hoping as I got into the 2nd trimester I would start to feel better! It's been pretty miserable! 

My due date is March 27th. My niece Kiley's birthday :)    

Recent Events

First-I'll update on the car.  They found it that night-a few miles from our house in a Motel 6 parking lot.  It appeared the person was planning to leave town because he had luggage for he and a girl in the trunk.  He had smoked inside of it (YUCK!!) so now it's a little smelly, but everything else is ok-other than the fact he has the key still.  We've kept the car at Elden's parents for the past few weeks.  We THOUGHT Volvo was ordering a new lock kit, but we just found out the other day, they hadn't.  So anyway-we now have to go down there to figure out what to do.  Regardless-it's going to cost $, and insurance won't cover it :( Oh well...better than having to buy a whole new car I guess.

A few days after the car incident, Elden flew to Oregon where I was, to see my sister Penny's family.  We went to Portland that weekend where Blake was having a chess tournament, and that Saturday, Elden, Caylyn, Carson and I went on a little adventure to Tillamook for cheese and ice cream, and an aviation museum in McMinnville (that had planes, and more impressivly to Carson, TANKS!). It was also Carson's birthday that day too. 

Tillamook was cool...I guess.  They were making pepper jack cheese, so we watched that for a few minutes, and then we sampled cheese, and then got ice cream. Elden and I also have a tradition of buying christmas tree ornaments when we go places, and the one from Tillamook probably has to be the best yet! It's a small block of cheese :)

McMinnville was a few hours away, and the GPS took us on quite the adventure to get there-and took a few EXTRA hours...it was a very senic drive though.

Carson wasn't feeling well, so he said if he could stick his head out of the window, he'd feel better...I guess it worked :)

We were on a road like this for an hour...luckily no cars were coming the OTHER way

But Carson was more excited than I've ever seen him! In fact-when we pulled in the parking lot, he saw the tanks and started totally going crazy and screaming and jumping up and down.  (I regret that i wasn't able to get to my phone in time to record it before Caylyn slapped him to get him under control).  

After the tanks, we went in the museum and they had the Spruce Goose and a TON of other old planes. Then across from that building, they had other airplanes and space stuff.

Right before we left Oregon we both got extremly sick-flying was TORTURE!!! To make matters worse, a few days after we got home,  I got my tonsils and adenoids taken out.   The dr. had told me it would take me 2 weeks to recover and that i wouldn't be able to work.  I totally didn't believe him.  I thought, maybe a week at best, and I'd at least be able to do stuff on the computer for work.  But holy cow, was I wrong! It's been the worst 2 weeks of my entire life! The first week I was pretty much drugged and slept the entire time.  The second week, I wished I was drugged, and slept the entire time.  Finally, at exactly 2 weeks, I'm feeling a little bit more human.  Probably mostly due to the fact that I can actually eat something other than jello or soup.  It still hurts to swallow, and talk...but not as much as before.

Anyway-I didn't mean to complain.  It's been a rather exciting several weeks...not ALL bad.

Tuesdays stink more than Mondays!!!

Mondays are typically a stressful day for me for work-but it seems lately, everything falls apart on Tuesdays.  A few weeks ago on a Tuesday, I was running some errands for work, and rear-ended someone in the Volvo. It had to get an entire new bumper and hood and we JUST got it back on Friday. Ruined my entire day!

So, this morning I get a call from Elden.  Someone stole the Volvo! 

Yep! Tuesdays OFFICIALLY suck! I'm in Oregon watching my sister Penny's kids and so he was driving the volvo to work.  He had gotten in the car to leave, and had to come back in the house to get something he left inside, and then he heard the car door shut.  He said he ran out as fast as he could and jumped on the hood-he held on until they got past our neighbors house and ended up with some road rash on his hands, arms and leg, and tore up his uniform. He said he didn't know what he was thinking because he really could have been hurt! (The police officer also lectured him a little about doing that) Luckily he's just a little sore.  Anyway-I sure hope they find it!! I love the Volvo! It's a REALLY good car, still in good shape (especially because it just got a new hood and bumper last week as well as a new radiator in October), and most importantly-it's paid for! So, we'd love to go a few more years without a car payment!  I'm hoping and PRAYING it will be found!!

Elden and I were just talking that now we totally feel violated! We used to think our neighborhood was fairly safe.  It's typically very quite with not much going on. Now I want to move more than ever (we were already tossing around the idea so we could live closer to Schriever AFB so Elden didn't have such a long commute), and if we don't, I feel like we need to get a security system put in or something.  We already have to put new locks on the door since the house keys were on the keys to the car.   I'm already really jumpy when I'm home alone-which is all day since I work from home, (or even with Elden home, I sometimes get freaked out) but now I feel like it's going to be worse.  Basically-i'm ready to sell it and move to a house in a gated community! 

I always wonder what type of person does stuff like this? Obviously it's hard to imagine being that evil to take things that don't belong to you and hurt people....but it's even scarier knowing that someone like that, is lurking in my neighborhood! Yep! I'm ready to move!