Madi and Daddy's day of fun !!!!!!

I have been very busy with finals and OSCE's lately so I have not been home very early after school. When I leave in the mornings, Madi always say, "No School, Daddy, No school." Or "Daddy go to school either," which by interpretation means, you don't have to go either. I promised her that Sat. morning I would take her to the zoo if she was a good girl. I took her today and had a great time. She loved the animals and I was surprised how much fun I had. She is becoming a little person who I can have a conversation with. It was freezing so we took a break and had hot chocolate and popcorn and then we went to see more animals. She really liked the sea lions, elephants, birdies, and of course the owl (no flash photography with the owl). Hopefully she had as much fun as I did.

Baby Mama Complaints

I can't wait to be done with this pregnancy.

I'm trying to be positive so I will look ahead to the future.

I can't wait until I can breathe again or walk up the stairs without feeling like I ran a marathon.

I can't wait until I can tie my shoes without it being painful. I should just stick to slippers from here on out.

I can't wait until I can roll over in bed easily or sleep on my stomach...or sleep all night. Oh yeah I forgot I'll have a newborn, scratch that one.

I cant wait until I can eat without getting acid reflux, never had it before this little guy moved in.

I can't wait for this basketball of a belly to be deflated.

I can't wait for my Mom to come visit me in Portland for the first time since I moved here.

I can't wait to see Madi's reaction when the baby we've been talking about is actually here. I don't know what is going to happen to her baby girl she has in her tummy though.

I can't wait for see my little boy's face for the first time.

Can time just go by a little faster? I am getting impatient.

Finally an update...

We'll start from the beginning. This is what we left Portland with, a ton of snow. Actually we made it out right before the big storm hit. We were looking forward to some sunshine for sure.

Our parking lot. Snow is a big deal here in Portland.

Finally after some delays at the airport we arrived in sunny Arizona and had some time with Grandma and Grandpa Heid. We had some fun playing games at Chuck E Cheese's. The next morning was Madi's first Christmas you could say. She got lots of fun gifts and tons of clothes. The rain coat was the perfect gift!! It will get lots of use.

She doesn't look too happy here but she really does like it.

She loved opening presents!

Then we visited the Pedraza family where my sister's family is living with them right now also. Lots of family and fun.

My nephew Cooper making a silly face!

We overwhelmed my Mom's ward Christmas party, with 18 of us attending.

My brothers and sisters. It was the first time in 4 years we have all been at the same place.
Madi stayed with my Mom while we were off to Maui!! She did great, I don't even think she missed me.

Maui Highlights

We had such a wonderful time on our trip. We stayed very close to where we stayed when we were in Maui on our honeymoon 4 years ago. It was fun remembering all of the sights.

This is the view from our condo. This is the whole crew.

We went to a luau in Lahaina that was amazing. That was my favorite part.

Yes, we got leid in Hawaii! The drinks were virgin of course. We had lots of them.
My favorite was the lava flow. Yummy!

The boys got to golf on Makena due to some sweet hookup my father in law had.

We hiked to a blowhole that shot water 70-80 feet high. Very cool! I should correct myself, Trevor hiked to the blowhole, I took it easy.

We went on a whale watching cruise that was awesome. We saw 15 or more whales and dolphins. I was a little bit queasy due to the pregnancy but could still see lots of fluke up dives.

We enjoyed every minute.