One Little Birdy, Two Little Birdy....

This past weekend Erik and I got some of the nursery furniture in!!! We were lucky enough to have my brother and mom help us get it all up the stairs!! It looked like it was super HEAVY! Erik and I put the crib together, which was a bit of a task! We don't have much experience in that department, but we eventually got it together maybe 2 hours later. I still have lots to do in the nursery, but it's definitely getting there. Now that I am at 24 weeks, things are getting more real that we, Erik and I, are going to be parents.

P.S. I promise I will post pictures of the tummy soon....just haven't been in the mood for pictures, but I will!!!!

A LiTtle BiT oF tHiS aNd A LiTtLe Bit oF tHaT

Looking outside our window from the hotel in McCall.

So it's been awhile since I have blogged!! But we have been doing a lot the last couple of weeks!! Erik did the Bloomsday Run on May 3 and did an awsome job!!! There were over 35,000 participants!!! It was crazy, but we had a blast!!! Then after the run we drove to McCall and stayed there for the night!!! It was beautiful being right on the lake, but was a bit cold.

Garden, Dogs, Alpacas...

Erik walking Ella back from her little run she decided to take.

Andy running to catch his naughty sister, Ella!!

Boyd wanted to say hello!!

So it was a nice enough day today that Erik and I thought that we might work on the garden for a bit. We brought the dogs out into the pasture with us hoping that maybe, just maybe this one time they might obey and hang around long enough for us to get done working on the garden. In a matter of seconds, Ella was gone!!! Andy, (big black dog) obeyed and stayed with us. Ella had slipped underneath the barbwire fence and jetted after some, well we don't know exactly what she was after, it could have been her own shadow for all we know!!

AND IT'S A.......

So I popped in to Erik's work yesterday to get a quick ultrasound. Our official Doctor (not Erik) came into to do the actual ultrasound and our little bundle wanted the world to see what it was and it's A GIRL!!!! Yes, it's true, Erik and I are having a baby girl!! We are so blessed and so excited to be bringing a child into the world!! So that's the big news around our neck of the woods!!!

Catching up...

This last summer Erik and I made a goal to run a half-marathon. Neither of us had ever ran 13 miles and decided it would be fun to try. Well, we did it this past November in San Francisco with our good friends, the Duffy's. It was amazing and we had so much fun that we've decided the next big goal is to push a running stroller with our baby in it for a marathon. That's 26.2 miles of pushing a stroller -- no big deal after delivering a baby!!!!!!!! Erik made this fish face, so for the rest of the trip we all tried to make that face!!!

Washington, DC

This January, Erik and I were able to go visit my brother and my sister-in-law back in DC! It was so much fun! They are wonderful hosts. We went to a Massachusetts cocktail party! It was at the National Baseball Stadium. While we were there the Govenor of Massachusetts showed up so Erik had his picture taken with him. As you can see it pretty much made his night!!! Unfortunately, I can't remember the Govenor's name!!! OOOpps!!

Slacker...

Well, our house is just too big for two people, two dogs, and two alpacas. Combine that with our love of children and a desire to have our kids graduate before Erik has to start using a walker, and you get the result of our fruition...a baby!!!!! Yep, I am pregnant!! I am in about 13 weeks along!! We will find out more on Monday! Aside from throwing up every once in awhile, I am feeling pretty good!! Tomorrow is my first ob appointment!! Our dear friend Cathy Engle will be doing the actual delivery, but if all goes well Erik might just step in and deliver himself!! Cross your fingers!!! Stay tuned. I will post some tummy pictures and ultrasound pictures soon.