Memorial Weekend

Yet another Memorial Weekend has come and gone! This was the first holiday weekend that we actually spent at home and it was SO NICE! Our friends Mary Kate and McConnell came up from Portland to check out our new house. On Friday, we ended up having a really nice dinner at BRIX, which is a new wine bar right down from our house. Saturday consisted of the boys playing golf in the morning at the ever famous Wayne Golf Course, while Mary Kate and I had lunch on the waterfront of Kirkland followed by some serious shopping at Crate and Barrel (thanks Bill and Paula!).

The folklife festival was in full swing at the Seattle Center so we headed down there on Sunday to see our good family friends the Radford's perform their Tahitian dancing. It was amazing as usual. Then it was off to the beer garden with the whole crew before heading to McCormick's for happy hour on the deck.

All in all it was a great weekend. The weather was beautiful, which was a surprise considering it was supposed to rain the whole weekend!

Brooklyn is doing great! She is more active than ever and her kicks are much harder, which is exciting and painful all at the same time. I think she likes to torture her dad already though because whenever Joaquin goes to feel her kick, she immediately stops! Which in turn pisses him off. Oh well, soon enough she will be here and he can play with her non stop!

Talk to you all soon!

Scorcher in Seattle

This weekend was absolutely beautiful in Seattle! Joaquin and I went to dinner with our friends Josh and Michelle Wright and their 2 babies Jeremiah and Allison on Friday and the promptly fell asleep at 8:00 pm (we are getting old).

Saturday consisted of shopping for maternity shorts, because everything that I have acquired is already too small! Followed by some wine tasting with Ariell and Jill while Joaquin was out on the boat with his guys (of course I was the DD consuming water and crackers). By the time we got home our house was a balmy 90 degrees so we immediately headed to the movie theatres to get a little A/C.

On Sunday we took a look at cribs and changers and finally made a decision on one. The we headed to the cheese festival at Pike Place Market. The weather was perfect. 75 degrees and sunny! After cheese it was time to hit Anthony's all you can eat crab feed. I think Ariell may have given Joaquin a run for the crab eating championship. I think she may have tapped out at 5.5 crabs! Needless to say not one of us was feeling well when we got home!

We got good news from the doctor today too. My blood work came back and we do not have gestational diabetes! We are now officially in the 3rd trimester and racing toward the home stretch!

Love you all!

Doctor's Appointment

Today we had our usual monthly doctor's appointment. Everything checked out perfect again. Brooklyn is measuring 27 cm., Which the doctor said is right where she needs to be. I also had my glucose test today. Let me tell you, that drink is disgusting! I think I am still on a sugar high from it.

We will start going to the doctor every 2 weeks now that we are entering into the 3rd trimester. We will also have the opportunity to visit with some of the other doctors in the office just in case Dr. Anton is not on call when I go into labor.

Now we just need to get the nursery put together so she has a place to stay when she comes home. I am wanting to do it this weekend, but it is supposed to be HOT here in Seattle which means I will more than likely be looking for shade instead of setting up a room. Maybe I can convince Joaquin to go to Babies R Us to look at Cribs, etc. where there is A/C! Yeah right, that store is like torture for any man!

Getting Bigger

Well here it is, our first picture on our blog. So far so good, I am just starting to get uncomfortable. We go into the doctor on Thursday to take the glucose test. Hopefully all will come back normal! Brooklyn has been very active! Joaquin actually saw her kick through my skin the other day and he thought that was pretty cool. The nursery is actually clean now, we just need to get some furniture in there. We can't wait to meet this little person!

It's about that time...

Well, we are 27 months pregnant today and we figured it was about time to try out this whole blog thing so that we can keep people up to date as the date draws near. I can't believe we only have 3 months left until we get to see her cute little face! I am very curious to see what she looks like, hopefully like Joaquin! :)

I will try and post some picture of the ever growing belly. It is hard to believe that I am probably going to get about 2 times bigger! YIKES