Repent or Perish!!!

After church about a month ago, we saw this man preaching to us about how we are all going to Hell and that Joseph Smith is a liar. It was kind of a strange sight after coming out of church. Now he doesn't step foot on our property, but as you can tell he is within a step of the church's lawn. We asked someone about him and we found out that he is there every Sunday (and he has been). We finally remembered our camera to share this not so pleasant experience with you all. Makes me kind of sad for him. Last week the missionaries were talking to him, but apparently he didn't change his opinion towards us.

Madi takes after her Daddy

While Summer and I went to the Temple, Madi got her first lesson in video gaming from Tyler and Bryce. She looks like a natural to me.

Scrabble Champ as well!!!

If any of you are wondering why I am blogging about an ordinary game of scrabble, I'd like to draw your attention to the lower left-hand corner where you can see that QUADRATIC was played. Derrick I know you would appreciate this. For all who aren't regulars at scrabble, you only get 7 letters so I had to first play Quad with a triple word score and then the next turn I added ratic to the equation, no pun intended. And yes my father played the word SEX right above it.

Train Game Heard Round The World

On Saturday we had an international game of Ticket to ride(www.ticket2ridegame.com) via the internet. From Portland (Trevor) to Phoenix(Mom) to Philly(Ty) to China(Dad). It was pretty cool. Dad was 30 minutes from church Sun. morning. Ty was getting ready to go bowling Sat evening and Mom and I weren't doing a thing Sat afternoon. For all of those interested Portland has the best train track builders in the world apparently!!

We miss eating out!

So I hate to admit that Trevor and I were pretty much used to eating out on a regular basis (I would say at least four times a week) before we moved here. We would go to a nicer restaurant about once a week too for date night. We are trying to be thrifty and more health conscious by eating at home but we are having such a hard time breaking the habit, especially the pop. We went to the grocery store and spent over $1oo which is a lot for us and the food was gone in about a week. We were shocked, we usually spent maybe $60 at the store and it would last two weeks or until we ran out of milk. I guess that's what happens when you actually eat at home for all three meals each day. When we do get fast food or go to a restaurant we really savor it. It's like a drug and we are the addicts. It's so hard not to cheat. However, I am bitter that Oregon doesn't have Sonic, Chic fil A, or In N Out Burger; three of my favorite places to eat.

Madi's tramatic day.

Luckily Madi will not remember today for the rest of her life. She had three shots, an oral immunization, and her ears pierced all in one day. She was pretty good for all of it. She only cried for a second at each thing. Mommy wanted little gold ball generic studs, but Daddy wanted her to have some bling. Tough to see in the pic, but they're QZ studs in white gold. She's so cute.

School's out for ever(one snow day)

Unfortunately we woke up to another snow storm. It is still coming down. Our school didn't cancel due to the snow, they just decided to honor Martin Luther King Jr. a day late!!! We are having a day at home, just what Summer needed was a day to relax and just stay in!!

It's not TV I promise.

My new best study partner. I have had to study 24/7 since starting this graduate school thing.

The rest

Tiff and Derrick's (1st 2 images)
Ty and Ash's (2nd 2 images)
Tiana and Matty's last image

Ginger bread house contest!!!

Trevor and Summer's Ginger bread house

Our Little Snow Angel

Madi and I woke up to this lovely snow this morning and just had to go out and play in it. Portland rarely gets snow so it was quite a big deal around here. School was cancelled so there are kids running around our complex playing in the snow and making snowmen. Trevor and I are getting used to the weather and lifestyle of the student life. I am feeling a little bit claustrophobic but it is so cold here I don't want to go outside. Brrr!!!

Santa Clause is coming ...

Madi got to visit Santa at our ward's Christmas party on Friday. She looked so cute in her little Christmas outfit. Santa was our good friend Alex in the ward and he was probably the youngest and skinniest Santa ever. I'm sure Madilyn will get lots of presents this year. We also posted her stretching. She loves to sleep stretched out, not bound up like most babies. Then when she wakes up she stretches out some more. She also loves her baths now. She cried the first few times but now she is so relaxed and just loves the water. Also she loves to lay in her crib and look around at the stuffed animals in her crib. She doesn't actually sleep in there yet except for naps sometimes but we are hoping to transition her in there when we get to Portland.

Changes

Just a quick update of our lives. We are moving on Jan 1st and 3rd. Dad and I are going to drive the truck and Summer and Madi will fly up on the 3rd. We sold our Sentra and we're still trying to sell our house. We got our apartment in Portland all set up and there is at least one young LDS family that lives there because the wife is the property Manager. We met the husband when we visited a few months back. Any ways, we are looking forward to spending a lot of time with family before we go on our 3 year expensive adventure to the NorthWest. Madi continues to grow and is looking pretty healthy if you know what I mean.

She's growing like a weed!

Sorry it's been so long since I have blogged. The days just fly by as a new Mom. It has been a lot of fun being Madi's mom. Just getting her ready for the day or giving her a bath are the big moments of the day. She is a good eater which I am so grateful for. She was 8 pounds 12 ounces at her two week visit. The doctor was so happy that she had more than gained back her birth weight. Also she grew 2 inches. I feel like she is already growing up so fast. Trevor and I swear that she can smile, see the picture below. And the other picture is of her first real bath.

Baby Madi

Sorry everyone, my sweet dial-up connection has put a damper on my blogging. I've tried 3 times and it wouldn't work. Madi is doing well and is so cute. Although she didn't feel like sleeping last night when daddy had to wake up at 4:15 to go to work. Welcome to parenthood, huh? We're loving being parents and showing her off. Hopefully we can get some more pics posted soon. We're trying to be good blogger.

P.S. Daddy didn't really get up and help too much, it was more Mommy that didn't get much sleep.

Adventures of 1st Time Parents!!!

Maybe even this blog is too soon because we aren't even parents yet. We had an interesting experience over the weekend. Poor Summer was up all night Saturday having pretty consistent contractions. Mind you this was during the Junior Fall Classic, so we didn't want to go to the hospital. I kept telling her it wasn't real, but she had been having contractions for over 4 straight hours so we went. We got to triage and the first nurse was a grump and a few minutes away from the end of her shift. She checked Summer and said she was a 2 and 80% effaced. The next nurse was really nice and so excited for us. She checked after the first hour and said Summer had progressed to a 3 and 100%. After the next hour everything was the same but the nurse said this baby is for sure coming later that day. She said we could stay or go home and rest for a little bit. We went home. Later that night, Summer had very strong regular contractions for a full hour every two or three minutes. We went back to the hospital. After two hours of regular hard contractions on the monitor, she still wasn't dialating so we came back home. She is doing very well today. At least she gets a few days off from work before the baby comes.

Any Day Now

I am big! Wow now I know how other pregnant ladies feel when they just want to have the baby. I am pretty miserable, especially sleeping. No position is comfortable, I have been having acid reflux, and I have to get up to go to the bathroom at least three times a night. Luckily I feel pretty good during the day. I've been having lots of braxton hicks contractions and I am already dialated to 1. Yea, I'm 1/10th of the way there! I only have two more days of work and then I am have some major preparing to do. My nesting instinct is pretty strong right now. I really want to wash and organize all of the baby's things but keep telling myself just wait until next week. I still feel like she is going to come early. I think she wants out. I only have 20 days until my induction date so we'll see if she makes it until then.

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After reading this article, the Salt Lake Lugnuts recruited me to come pitch in the NABA 18+ Wood bat World Series. Apparently they didn't read the Yikes after the pitching comment, becaue that's how it was. 4 1/3 inn., 9 Runs, 3 BB's, 2k's and a very hurt ego. Luckily I found out later the team I faced had flown in over half their team for the playoff round and won it all.

I had my baby shower this Saturday and it was a lot of fun! My sister and Mom threw it for me and did a great job. Isn't the cake just adorable. That was my favorite thing. I got lots of cute clothes for our little girl and can't wait to dress her up. She is going to be so spoiled, especially by her Grandma Tracy. I feel like we are now pretty much ready for her to come, although still a little nervous. I have two more weeks of work and then I am staying home for about two weeks to relax and get ready for baby. Not to mention try to pack up some things in our house before the baby comes. Also, I just found out my doctor is going out of town the week before my due date. We have an appt tomorrow and I'm hoping to finalize an induction date. I'm a planner and just want to know when it will be. Also, Trevor and I have our two year anniversary tomorrow. I don't think we have any plans, except watch Prison Break at home. But we have been celebrating it for the last month so I can't complain. We went to a resort in town over labor day weekend as an early anniversary trip. Maybe he'll get me flowers, hint hint.

Help! I'm Nesting!

Well I had a panic attack this week that the nursery just wasn't right so I took everything back and bought all new nursery bedding. I am so happy with the new stuff. I feel like it has a theme now. I am definetly getting BIG. She is kicking my ribs and I am having trouble breathing since she is still sitting high. Only 9 more weeks to go! I'm in the single digits now and the countdown is on. I am looking forward to quitting work soon so I can relax a little bit before the baby is born. I am cutting back my hours at work starting this week from 45 to 35 so hopefully that will be a little easier for me. I'm having a 3D ultrasound tomorrow so I'll try to post the pictures. I'm looking forward to seeing more of what she looks like since the last ultrasound was just a skeleton face.