Happy Early Thanksgiving

For the past 2 years we have gotten to travel to Surprise, Arizona where Jason's grandparents live, to celebrate Thanksgiving together. Well I am working at the hospital this year on actual Thanksgiving Day so we celebrated the day with a wonderful turkey dinner a little early. We went to Arizona for the weekend a couple weeks ago and had a very nice visit. Jason's grandma cooked us a wonderful meal complete with all the fixings! Probably our last visit to the desert for a while.

Making Apple Crisp...it was yummmmmyyyy!

Dishing up!

Beating Jason at backgammon....he taught us how to play and
then I beat him at his own game, love it!

What a birthday gift!

So we were supposed to wait until late November to see what gender baby we are having, but we're so antsy so I decided to call a friend at Loma Linda to see if she would do an ultrasound for us. We're just over 15 weeks so we thought she could tell and .......IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We are so excited and we're seeing pink already. It was pretty funny...last night we decided to do a scientific method of determining what we're having, it's called the "rock, paper, scissors method" - best out of 9 (since there are 9 months in pregnancy) if Julie won it would be a girl since I'm a girl, and if Jason won it would be a boy, since he's a boy....well Julie won! Our method worked! :)

Showing off that left arm....she's gonna be a left handed outside hitter!


A little foot

Just hangin' out in the pool

Pumpkin Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch near our house today. It's about the coolest set-up we've seen. It's a kid's dream....petting zoo, pony rides, hay castle, games galore, giant jump houses, and don't forget the pumpkins! They also have the best gift shop full of fall decorations - I had a hard time resisting buying a bunch of stuff but then realized that I don't want to have to move it! There isn't a hay ride and I think that they may even ship the pumpkins in to the farm, they have a section you can walk out and u-pick or you can pick from a table....we chose the table route - we found some that "begged to be carved" right away! :) We got a pumpkin for each of us - even a tiny one for the baby. (ya ok, so we're dorks!) Speaking of the baby, we decided that we're going to find out what it is, our "official ultrasound" is Nov. 21 - we'll see if we can hold out until then to find out. We could really find out anywhere after ~15 weeks, it just gets easier to see the later it is, we'll keep you posted when we find out.

Oh Baby!

We are excited to tell you all that we are having a baby! We are 13 weeks and 3 days pregnant. It's due in late April. The baby is the size of a peach right now. On the ultrasounds we can see it kicking and squirming all over the place. It's nice to have connections in the ultrasound world ya know. :) We are so excited about our new addition and we can't wait to move home to Oregon in December and start our new family!

Home From Paradise

On the jungle covered, winding, one lane road to Hana!

Enjoying dinner at Mama's Fish House

The black sand beach

We had a wonderful time in Maui. We snorkeled every day that we were there. The weather was beautiful - about 85 degrees each day with just a couple days with sprinkles. We went to a Luau, magic/comedy show, drove to Hana, swam with turtles, took a catamaran trip to Molokini crater, visited a blow hole, saw and swam in the 7 sacred pools and much more. It was such a relaxing time. We stayed in a condo with a full kitchen so we got to cook a lot of our meals which made us happy. It was our first visit to Hawaii and we can't wait to go back!

Thar she blows!

We enjoyed many of Maui's beautiful pink and orange sunsets

Hawaii Photos

At our favorite beach - Napili Bay

Jason and I at the Old Lahaina Luau

Look at those hula hips go!

Jason in his snorkel get-up at Molokini Crater

I Passed (make that twice)!!!

Wow what a busy week it's been! Monday I took the first of my National ARDMS Ultrasound Board Exams! I started with Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation....and PASSED! Today I took the Vascular Principles and Instrumentation exam and PASSED it too! YaHoo...2 down and 5 to go! I think that these were going to be the hardest of all of them and there were the 2 that I am required to pass (I only have to take one more to be registered but most employers require more...and if I know the material now I might as well take them now!) so hopefully this is a good sign of things to come! I am SO glad to be done with the physics portion of my studying and exams - physics and I don't get along well, but apparently well enough to pass! :)

Jason and I leave for Maui tomorrow. I am not going to study one bit while we're gone and man alive does that feel good! We're so excited for our trip and cant wait to hit the beach, snorkel a ton, eat some good food and enjoy our time together!

Oh and on a side note...I HATE earthquakes! I woke up at 2am to loud cracking sounds and everything shaking a bit...just a 4.1 but good gosh they freak me out! They are so common place here that it doesn't make the news or anything - maybe I'm just a big baby.