34 weeks!

Trip to Cali

At the last minute, we were granted leave to go home to California. We packed up my Hyundai and took our little ones all the way to California. We stopped in Flagstaff for the night and the next morning Brian's parents took the train to Flagstaff and helped us drive the rest of the way home. It took about 16 hours altogether. All the traveling left me with the worst swelling of my life. My feet were so swollen and you couldn't find my ankles. Even with the swelling, we had a great time. We spent a few days out of the heat up at Brian's family cabin at Shaver Lake. We found out that Kasey is a water dog. He loves loves loves to fetch in the lake or pool. He really is a little swimmer. We also were surprised with a baby shower thrown by Krista, my mom, Janice, and Laura. It was so nice to see our family. We got so many nice gifts for our baby too. I think my parents must have purchased 3/4 of the baby's wardrobe. Brian's parents were also generous and purchased us a crib and mattress for the baby. This baby is going to be spoiled by both sets of grandparents. Brian also had a nice surprise. While we had the shower, Brian's dad took him and Sean to see a Giant's game up in San Francisco.

Now that we are back in New Mexico, we really need to get ready for this baby. We are 32 and a half weeks pregnant and time is flying. We had our 31 week appointment last week and they said baby is doing well and measuring at 33 weeks. I think he's still going to be a big boy. We also made our first big purchase for the baby. It is a Chicco travel system for the baby. We are very impressed with the stroller and car seat. Brian put it together yesterday, and he did a wonderful job putting it together. Brian, the lucky bum just got back from Florida on TDY to pick up one of their new planes. Poor guy had to spend a couple days at the beach and had a nice suntan to show for it. I have been back to work last week getting ready for school to start. I am just going to be substituting for awhile, so I don't know how many hours I'll get. I am feeling pretty well, but not sleeping well. It is so hard to get comfortable with this belly. I feel like I can't breathe when I'm on my back and I do not sleep on my side well. It just hurts my shoulder. Sleeping on my stomach is definitely out of the question. Anyway, I still feel blessed that the baby is healthy and doing well. I'll try to update more often :)

Pictures to follow.

Digital Photography

I took a digital photography class this summer at the community college. It was fun to learn how to use all the features of our new camera. Here are a few pictures that I mounted in my final portfolio. Hope you like them. If you can't tell, I like taking pictures of lines and textures.


oops...I just realized a couple of these are not my final edited versions. I'll try to update it with the ones I edited with photoshop.