Patriotic Weekend

Fourth of July weekend was so fun! Paul and I went to Keystone on Wednesday and Paul's friend/coworker, Chuck, joined us for some mountain biking on Thursday. Then we all slept in on Friday when we were supposed to be in Breckenridge for a 10K. We got there late so the guys ran a 9K instead joining in the crowd of runners a bit late. Then we headed back for a free July 4th Orchestra concert. We sang patriotic songs with the Orchestra as well as just enjoyed their talents. Later in the day, it was such a treat: Julia and Bryan spent the weekend with us. They had been trekking throughout the west visiting every National Park. We enjoyed fireworks over Lake Dillon, Paul and Bryan mountain biking, Julia and I getting pedicures and just talking and talking. The last night we stayed up way past all of our bedtimes. I think our little baby was confused by my schedule. She has not stopped kicking and moving ever since this weekend! A good time was had by all:) Pictured above is the 4 of us, Chuch and Paul saluting the flag, Chuck and Paul after the race and then the orchestra.

Two Preggo Neighbors

Tonight we went over to our neighbor's house to plant some plants (well the guys planted and Jen and I chatted). Jen and Mike used to live next door but moved to a new house in the neighborhood this year. Jen and I both walked out some hard times longing to start families and then we both surprisingly got pregnant within months of each other. Anyways, just had to take a pic of us preggo gals.

Our Baby's First Garage Sale Shopping Spree

As most of you know I am an avid "Garage Saler". I LOVE a good garage sale and love to tell you how much I paid for something. I have been patiently waiting and waiting to buy baby clothes someday for our little one and today was the day! I found 2 upscale garage sales that had the cutest stuff and I finally got to buy baby stuff! It was soooo fun and I think the sellers were amused by me as well because between the two garage sales, I was there over 2 hours! But man, did I get some adorable clothes! I set them all out to show Paul when he gets home.

Whew, What a Fun Weekend!

We had such a fun and spontaneous weekend! Paul took Friday off and we headed to the Springs to meet Ramona and Pete to stay at a cabin near Woodland Park. After a wonderful Thai lunch with them, Paul and I headed up there to realize that oops, the cabin doesn't have cell phone coverage and Paul is on medical call. So we met Ramona and Pete in Manitou Springs and had a blast checking out the place they are getting married at---it is gorgeous! (http://www.rockledgeinn.com/about.html) Then we ate at a cute restaurant downtown Manitou. We spontaneously had a slumber party at Ramona's(and soon to be Pete's) new townhome. They made us breakfast and we went to the pool in their neighborhood. It was such a relaxing time spent with wonderful friends!

Then we met up with Brian and Erica Saturday evening, but Erica is in her first trimester and is not feeling too great (hmmm...I can have some empathy!) so Brian and us went out for dinner. As we were driving home, Paul said, "let's see if there is any room at the Air Force Academy Lodge" So, they had one room left and we stayed another night in the Springs. We went to New Life Church and out to lunch with our friends, Christina and Sloan. Then stopped by to say "HI" to Rafael and headed home quick because in an hour we had 10 of our neighbors coming over for a progressive dinner. Paul and I cleaned and made dinner in the most hurried manner we have ever done. We had a great time with our neighbors last night, too! I was so proud of everything that I was able to do this weekend, that I decided to not take my anti-nausea meds last night. Whoopsy! I still need those, it was a rough night. I am so glad I have the day off of work today, because I am exhausted!

Pictures of our Baby Girl!

I took pictures of the ultrasound pics so they look kind of weird, but the first of her face and the other is her feet. The tech couldn't get a clear picture of her feet because she was "dancing" constantly. We have fallen so in love with her now:)

It's a Girl!

Well, Little Baby Houge is a Girl! We were so surprised yet very excited. For some reason blogspot will not allow me to put the scanned cute pictures of her, but as soon as I figure it out, I will post it. (Sorry Leann) She is so active! I have felt her move almost nonstop since week 17. She really likes to kick me in the morning to get out of bed and eat! This morning she kicked me 6 times in the same place...she is one hungry girl. During the ultrasound she was doing somersaults and moving all over. The u/s tech kept commenting on what a little exerciser she was...like her dad. She is pretty big as well. In fact she is measuring in the 70-90th percentile on everything. Labor is not looking so great for me:) The doctor said she looked fabulous and we are soooo thankful for that. What a miracle!

Jen's Baby Shower/High Tea

My neighbor who has become my dear friend, is having a baby boy in August. We had to celebrate that in the form of a tea party...so we got out the hat and gloves and scones and cucumber sandwiches. We had so much fun being girlie, that I think we would forget that Jen was having a boy!