Monthly Archives: September 2006

Another one bites the dust

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Simeon and I have finally reached that point in our lives where we have more friends who are married (and now with children!) than single. This weekend we added another couple to our list of married friends: David and Kristen.


The wedding was held at the Abernethy Center in Oregon City. The ceremony was outside in the Veiled Gardens and the reception was in the Ballroom. They could not have asked for a more perfect day, or a more perfect setting.


The reception was wonderful. From the fabulous food, to the adorable slide show, to all the wedding traditions ranging from the money dance, the garter/bouquet toss and ending with them exiting through a veil of bubbles.


We wish them all the best in their lives together. Welcome to the Married Club guys! All of the pictures from the wedding and reception are here. Enjoy!

26 Week Belly

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26 weeks. Wowsa. Hard to believe how quickly time flys. I only have two weeks left of my second trimester, and since it is suppose to be the best stage of pregnancy, and I am trying to make the very most of them. I enjoy each and every kick (even the ones to my bladder, thankyouverymuch, daughter-of-mine) and relish in my ever-expanding belly. And boy is it ever expanding! I have reached that point where people in public are gushing over the bellah and asking, “Ohh! When are you due??” I imagine I will continue to love the attention as long as the comments are along the lines of “You are so cute and pregnant” rather than “Oh my God you are so huge.” But knowing that day will come very soon, I will just enjoy the more flattering comments as long as I can.

Along with the growing bellah, comes the excited talk of all things baby. Now that it’s very obvious I am actually growing a human being, talk has drifted from whether I am feeling ok to when I am going to have my baby shower. Since this is all new to me, I just smile and say, “Well I am not really the one in charge of that, now am I?” So my boss, with the help of several ladies in my office, has started planning an office shower. It is very sweet, but just reminds me that I really need to get my butt in gear and finish up my registry! Eeee!

Alrighty. Here is what you have all been waiting for, the photographic evidence of the belly. So what do you think; is there a baby in there or what?


Try not to be dazed by the ribbing in my sweater. It adds a slightly hallucinogenic effect, don’t you think? And now for the close-up.

Picture Overload

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Apparently not having a working camera for months at a time makes for bad picture taking habits. When I actually brought my camera with me, I was afraid to use it, for fear of it breaking again (not that I caused the break last time, there was actually a recall). But I have taken some pictures! Then I just forgot to actually remove them from my memory card and upload them to share with all of you. After my sister hounding me, I finally got around to it. So here you are:


We have pictures ranging from our camping trip to Cove Palisades (outside of Madras, Oregon).


Teaching our dogs to dock dive…well, in Ellie’s case anyway. For Molly it was more like how to fall off the dock with the least amount of grace possible.


Having our friends Jared and Jenna come visit good ol’ Portland, Oregon.


And finally, having all our friends, both near and far, come over for our last Wednesday Night dinner. (AKA the Last Supper)

Pictures for camping are here, Jared and Jenna’s visit are here and the Last Supper are here. Sorry it took me so long!

Advice: Actually Asking For It

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Yep, I am actually going to go so far as to ask for your advice and opinions. Normally, I don’t go asking for such things, people just tend to offer them so willingly, why would you need to ask? But I want all of your opinions. God knows you have ’em!

Here is the deal: Simeon and I need to actually start doing some things to prepare for our daughter. On our list of things is to create our registry. Simple enough, right? Well, that is where you would be wrong. Have you been into Babies R Us lately? Totally and completely overwhelming. Not only are there a million and one things in there they claim you “need” to have, but there are also five or so kinds/types of each thing. So what I want to know is 1) the most valuable thing(s) you have for taking care of your baby (what made things so much easier for you?) and 2) the thing that was completely useless (Now if you simply never used it, it doesn’t mean it wasn’t good. I want actual experience. Like you tried it but it just made things worse.) Any help you provide will be greatly appreciated….that is unless you all contradict each other. Then I will really be screwed!