It's a.........GIRL!

OK, the doctor confirmed it, it is a GIRL! I am so excited. I'm not sure how Jim' REALLY feels about it, but he is happy too! For some reason I have just know that it was going to be a girl, so I wasn't really surprised when she said it was a girl. She also said that everything looks good, and that this is a BIG baby. I'm not sure how to take that, I guess it's better than a litle baby.
It's strange to think of it as a "she" now instead of an "it." It's kind of scary. I'm starting to realize that I know nothing about being a mommy. People keep telling me I'll figure it all out....hope so!
We went to get some groceries last night at Wal-mart and Jim said "now you can buy something pink" so I looked at all those cute girl things and couldn't decide. I didn't end up buying anything. How unlike me, to pass up spending money :)
Now we can start "really" talking about names (I'm open to suggestions byt he way), and deciding on the nursery and all that fun stuff.
Last night I made about 50 sugar cookies for us to both take to work. They were decorated with pink frosting and sprinkles. It was fun to see everyones reaction when they found out it was a girl.

Big Feet!

My newest pregnancy sympton......big old, gigantic, disgusting, creepy, swollen up feet. Not a fan!

Oh....And I want to know....

....who is it that voted for a boy on my poll??? You are in trouble! This baby is a girl, so you better start thinking that way!!!

No Internet Service!

Hi, so I wanted to post about San Francisco, but I was too tired when we got back that night, and now we are at a resort where our broadband card doesn't work, so.....I'm just writing this little blurb on the resort computers. 20 minute time limit, so I can't say much. But I'm hoping when we get on the road home tomorrow, I can do some.
The trip getting to SF was kind of a nightmare, as was the streetcar ride to Alcatraz, but it got better after that. We were very tired that night!
The next day we headed out to our next resort at Angels Camp, which is where we are now. On our way here, we stopped at an outlet mall and I must admit that I bought lots of maternity clothes. They are kinda too big, but my regular clothes are getting SO uncomfortable. Some of it's really cute, so I'm excited to wear it.
We head home tomorrow...will probably go to Winnemucca and stay the night. We have to get home on Saturday so Jim can watch the BSU vs Oregon game. Isn't it funny how football can totally rule your life? And he says he doesn't even like BSU!! We also have to get home for my nephew, Nathan Munson's, mission report! He has an incredible mission, so I'm excited to hear what he has to say.
That's all for now - K

Take My Poll!

So I'm just wondering what you all think we will have.....in regards to the baby that is.....a boy, a girl, or maybe a puppy :)
Oh, we actually are having puppies again, so if you want one.....

Day 3 - Grapes, Hippies, and Redwoods!

Today we didn't have much of a plan, just knew we were headed North, probably to see the redwoods. On the way up the freeway we so so many MORE grapes. Jim just couldn't get over it. It was quite amazing.
Our first planned stop was in a town called Willits. We thought this was where the big tree that you could drive thru was, but that was wrong. So, I found out there was a museum we could at least go to, but it was closed on Mondays! So, we took some pictures and then walked around downtown for awhile. One thing we saw a lot of was hippies. We thought maybe this was one of those hippie friendly towns, and Jim could not stand it, so we got out of there.
On our way up the road, we kept seeing hippies everywhere. I saw a guy with dread-locks past his butt...never seen them that long before! A little further up the road, it got even better.....we turned the corner, and saw hundreds of hippie camps. Come to find out, there was some big Earthdance festival over the weekend, and the area was seriously crawling with the smelly folk. At least the solved the mystery of why there was hippies everywhere :)
A little further up the road, we found the correct town with the drive-thru redwood tree, Leggett. That was fun, we drove our car through the tree, visited with some other folks from Idaho, bought a few souvenirs, and then headed for the coast.
What came next was one heck of a tree covered, curvy, never-ending road. It was pretty, but driving it just about made Jim car sick! We were glad when it ended.
Lur next stop was Fort Bragg. That was kind of a cute old town. We found some good ice cream, and some great cookies there! By then, we were ready to head home. The ride home seemed like forever, but we finally made it.
Made some dinner, and made plans for tomorrows big adventure....San Francisco! We're planning on using public transportation, I'll let you know how that goes :)

California Adventure Begins - Days 1 & 2

About a month ago, Jim and I decided we should take one last vacation before "just the two of us" became "the three of us." So, we decided to take a vacation somewhere we had never been. It had to be somewhere we could drive, and some place where we could stay in our Trendwest resorts. We decided on Northern-ish California.

I didn't really care where we went, I was just excited to get away from work, and just be able to relax!

Day 1 - Saturday

We left Nampa around....11:30 I think it was. Not a real early start, but we were only planning on getting to Reno which we thought would take about 8 hours. It only took about 6 hours, and since most all of the motel rooms were booked up due to some big Air Race event, we kept going and ended up in Auburn, CA. Nice little place I guess.

Day 2 - Sunday

We couldn't check into our resort until 4:00 pm, so we were in no hurry to get up and on our way. We had a lovely breakfast at Denny's, and then headed out at about 10:00. We had quite the drive, twisting and turning, up and down over a some big mountains and through a gazillion vineyards. Who knew there was that many grapes in the world, let alone just in one little part of California.

We got to our resort in Windsor at about 2:30 and asked if we could check in early. Yes, they said. Great, we THOUGH! When I opened the door to "our" room, there was already someone there. That made Jim really mad! (Imagine that!) So we wait about 45 minutes until we could get into our actual room. Which, may I say, has a lovely view of the pool area. We just took it easy for the rest of the night, barbequed steaks, and enjoyed the cable TV!!!

Must.......stop......eating!

I had my four month check up last week, and the only thing I really got out of it is that I gained WAY too much weight last month. I'm not going to say exactly how much it was, but it was three times what I gained in the first three months combined (which actually wasn't that much.) No wonder my pants don't fit anymore :) I'm a little ahead of schedule on the weight-gain thing, guess I better quit eating at Taco Bell so much!

Another pregnancy fact about me.....I've also started to get a little bit of heartburn, which is new for me, don't think I ever had it pre-pregnancy. It's not real fun. I'm not real fond of it. And here's something you'd probably rather not know about me ----- I've had my first experiences with losing control of my bladder while sneezing. I thought it was kind of funny the first time it happened, but every time since then it makes me quite upset. Nothing should cause a person to lose control of their bladder! I'm learning how to deal with it though.

THE BEST NEWS THOUGH.....I'm having my next ultrasound on September 25th and we'll find out what this baby is. (It's gonna be a girl though!)