So I'm finally in the home stretch in the pregnancy department! I shouldn't really say "finally" because it's been flying by faster than I can blink. The last two weeks have been the usual pain-in-the-tail-bone as baby is starting to pack it on. Fortunately for me, I haven't actually gained hardly anything except for a belly so that's been nice!
Having a continuous glucose monitor has made this pregnancy a breeze for keeping my numbers in check and actually knowing what they're doing!!! I don't find myself thinking about blood sugars 24/7 (literally) and now feel like I can concentrate on other things (like sewing!) without worrying that I'm going to forget to check my blood sugar. Now I just need to remember to drink more water! HA!
Aviendha is so excited for Christmas now because we told her the baby would come just before then. Now all she wants to watch are Christmas movies. She watched "The Santa Clause 2" twice the other day and was singing Jingle Bells when we went to the fabric store. She wants to know if it's almost Christmas on a daily basis. Oh. Boy. While the last several months have flown by, every minute I spend telling her "not yet" is making it drag more and more. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad she's excited and she has lots of fun and interesting ideas about having a little sister; however, it's like listening to a kid ask "Are we there yet?" every 2 minutes while driving.
Gage is who I'm a little worried about. No, nothing is wrong with him. I just don't think he's going to handle sharing his parents and Tekara with another one. He's absolutely sweet until he sees Aviendha sitting on someone's lap and then he's pulling/pushing her out, grabbing her hair, ect. Yeah, he's still young enough to not understand the sharing aspect but I'm hoping he starts understanding he doesn't own all the bigger people in this house.
Let's just say that when December rolls around it's going to be insanity as usual. Times 3. My plan? To sew and buy all Christmas/birthday presents before December 1st so that we don't have to worry about that while I recover. Also because Nick hates shopping for that kind of stuff more than I do...and he gets distracted....
Anyhow, I'll be posting every Christmas present I finish on my sewing blog (sewsomuch.blogspot.com) so you can see how insane I am doing all of these with a big pregnant belly. I also have some crafts planned just for Christmas decorating. Let's see how well I can keep up!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Sullivan Lake
We finally got to go camping after 4 years! Getting a newer bigger car helped quite a bit so I was super pumped! We went to Sullivan Lake as a family during our 7th anniversary (YAY!)
It is a gorgeous lake and beautiful area. My only complaint is that our campsite was far from the water and it was a little rocky with a VERY hard ground. Outside of that, we had loads of fun!
Gage got his fill of dirt and sticks for at least a year. He would just sit on the ground and throw dirt in the air and let it fall back down on his head. He just loved being a little rough and tumble boy!
Aviendha also enjoyed herself immensely! So much so, that every day she was telling us how tired she was so that she could sleep in a tent in a sleeping bag. As soon as we were done with lunch, she'd ask to take a nap. As soon as we were done with dinner, she wanted to go to bed. We never thought we'd be fighting to keep her UP! Ha ha! She loved camping :)
We also found this ginormous caterpillar!!! This is how big it is on Nick's hand!
Our last day up in the area we went to Crystal Falls:
And Gardner Cave, the third longest limestone cave in Washington State:
This is a huge stalagmite!!!!
On our way up to the caves we stopped to check out a pretty cool little beaver dam!
The amount of water it's stopping up goes back quite a ways. The drop off in the bottom left corner is also pretty significant with no water down below. You can click on the picture to make it bigger.
After this camping trip we did another one on Labor Day weekend. Unfortunately everyone took turns puking the week before so we were all a little tired during that next trip. Despite that it was still loads of fun being in the outdoors (except that Gage was teething so he was a little cranky. My Dad, Eleasha's family, and Maranda's brood all came up as well. We apparently were still carrying the puke bug and gave it to Keeley and Jarrin so it ended poorly for them. Sorry!!!
Hopefully next year we get to do a lot more!
It is a gorgeous lake and beautiful area. My only complaint is that our campsite was far from the water and it was a little rocky with a VERY hard ground. Outside of that, we had loads of fun!
Gage got his fill of dirt and sticks for at least a year. He would just sit on the ground and throw dirt in the air and let it fall back down on his head. He just loved being a little rough and tumble boy!
Aviendha also enjoyed herself immensely! So much so, that every day she was telling us how tired she was so that she could sleep in a tent in a sleeping bag. As soon as we were done with lunch, she'd ask to take a nap. As soon as we were done with dinner, she wanted to go to bed. We never thought we'd be fighting to keep her UP! Ha ha! She loved camping :)
We also found this ginormous caterpillar!!! This is how big it is on Nick's hand!
Our last day up in the area we went to Crystal Falls:
And Gardner Cave, the third longest limestone cave in Washington State:
This is a huge stalagmite!!!!
On our way up to the caves we stopped to check out a pretty cool little beaver dam!
The amount of water it's stopping up goes back quite a ways. The drop off in the bottom left corner is also pretty significant with no water down below. You can click on the picture to make it bigger.
After this camping trip we did another one on Labor Day weekend. Unfortunately everyone took turns puking the week before so we were all a little tired during that next trip. Despite that it was still loads of fun being in the outdoors (except that Gage was teething so he was a little cranky. My Dad, Eleasha's family, and Maranda's brood all came up as well. We apparently were still carrying the puke bug and gave it to Keeley and Jarrin so it ended poorly for them. Sorry!!!
Hopefully next year we get to do a lot more!
Weird Al Yankovic!!!!
We went to the Spokane Fair yesterday just to see Weird Al in concert. I have seen him at the fair before but last time it was free with fair admission. This time it was a paid event but worth every penny!!! He upped the awesomeness of his show by A LOT! He dressed up for every song, including Fat with the whole fat costume and every thing!!!
Some of the songs he did were Whatever You Like, Canadian Idiot (where he inserted the Strange Brew opening show thing that Dave Thomas does: Coo Coo coo coo coo coo coo coooo, ect.), TMZ, Polka Face, Party in the CIA, EBAY, and You Make Me.
He also did Perform This Way which is a parody of Lady GaGa's Born This Way. He dressed up as a peacock and his band mates dressed up in variations of other things that she has done in the past. If you haven't seen the video (which I find hilarious!) here it is with the same peacock costume he performs in:
He also did Amish Paradise, Eat It, and Smells Like Nirvana with cheerleaders and everything.
The best part of the show was when he did Wanna B Ur Lovr. It's not an impressive song, but is an extremely great performing song. If you haven't heard it, it's basically pick up lines thrown into a song and it sounds totally sleezy! He gets off stage and hits on girls in the crowd, climbing over people to get to them. He sat on one woman's lap and her face was priceless! She was totally laughing and grossed out at the same time!
Here's a picture of his awesome outfit, he wasn't very far from us so I was able to stand on my chair and snap a few pictures:
Here's a video of someone who saw his concert elsewhere and got a little snippet of what he does:
Let's just say I was glad I wasn't sitting in an isle seat! Ewww! But funny!!!!
For the encore they came back out and did The Saga Begins (American Pie Parody) and Yoda dressed up in these digs:
The guy who did Vader was awesome, just standing there all stoic while the storm troopers danced. Then he pulled out his saber toward the end of the song and waved it back and forth like everyone with phones.
It was seriously AWESOME! Sooooo much fun! If you ever get a chance to go see it I highly recommend it!!!!!!
Some of the songs he did were Whatever You Like, Canadian Idiot (where he inserted the Strange Brew opening show thing that Dave Thomas does: Coo Coo coo coo coo coo coo coooo, ect.), TMZ, Polka Face, Party in the CIA, EBAY, and You Make Me.
He also did Perform This Way which is a parody of Lady GaGa's Born This Way. He dressed up as a peacock and his band mates dressed up in variations of other things that she has done in the past. If you haven't seen the video (which I find hilarious!) here it is with the same peacock costume he performs in:
He also did Amish Paradise, Eat It, and Smells Like Nirvana with cheerleaders and everything.
The best part of the show was when he did Wanna B Ur Lovr. It's not an impressive song, but is an extremely great performing song. If you haven't heard it, it's basically pick up lines thrown into a song and it sounds totally sleezy! He gets off stage and hits on girls in the crowd, climbing over people to get to them. He sat on one woman's lap and her face was priceless! She was totally laughing and grossed out at the same time!
Here's a picture of his awesome outfit, he wasn't very far from us so I was able to stand on my chair and snap a few pictures:
Here's a video of someone who saw his concert elsewhere and got a little snippet of what he does:
Let's just say I was glad I wasn't sitting in an isle seat! Ewww! But funny!!!!
For the encore they came back out and did The Saga Begins (American Pie Parody) and Yoda dressed up in these digs:
The guy who did Vader was awesome, just standing there all stoic while the storm troopers danced. Then he pulled out his saber toward the end of the song and waved it back and forth like everyone with phones.
It was seriously AWESOME! Sooooo much fun! If you ever get a chance to go see it I highly recommend it!!!!!!
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