Alright. New years resolution = keep up on this blog better
than I have in last 3 months!
By now you should all know that Jason and I are expecting a
baby in April. We’ve been busy changing our 2nd bedroom from a
storage room into a nursery. That’s been an interesting process, but we’ve
managed to get mighty creative. Hopefully we will be purchasing a nursery set
soon and I’ll be able to post pictures.
So I left off sometime in October after our tsunami scare. . . November was a fun month. I celebrated my 30th birthday with all of
our friends here. We took the weekend and went over to Ketchikan. We stayed at
the Cape Fox Lodge. My friend Beth set up an appointment for me to get a
massage and I got my hair done. Then we had a fantastic dinner at the Lodge
with everyone. It was relaxing and just what I needed at that point in my
pregnancy!
30th BDay Dinner at Cape Fox Lodge
Our Alaskan Family
Just a few weeks later we were back in Ketchikan for my 20
week doctors appointment and the ultra sound where we found out that we are
having a little girl! We are both really excited, especially because our good
friends, Rob and Jenn, have a daughter, Amelia, who now has a new best friend
on the way!
20 week ultra sound. It's a GIRL!!!
20 weeks prego.
Christmas came and went with the blink of an eye. We went
home to Portland of course. We survived 4 Christmases, 2 Baby Showers, eye
appointments, a doctors appointment, bought a new car, spent new years at
Lincoln City AND managed to fit in visits with our family and friends! It was
crazy, but well worth the trip.
Our flight went over Metlakatla and it was clear enough to see it. . . WOW!
Baby Pip's haul after 2 baby showers.
Lincoln City for New Years.
While we enjoyed our trip home, we were reminded again why
we love Metlakatla. It only took getting on the freeway from the airport to
make both of us feel overwhelmed and miss our home on the island. Doing things
like shopping for a car seat, where in Portland you go to 4 different stores
and discuss safety vs. comfort vs. cuteness could cause a couple to kill each
other! We were quickly reminded that in Met, you go to THE store and buy THE
car seat that is available. And that’s good enough. We enjoy the simplicity of
our life here that lets us focus on what’s really important – each other. A
lesson we will treasure for the rest of our lives.
Our 2012 Christmas Card
January we got back to the grind. Jason is busy taking two
evening classes for his administration certification and I have birthing
classes on Tuesday nights. Our weekends have been spent cleaning out as many
nooks and crannies as we can find in our little apartment to make room for Baby
Pip. We have also been getting out as much as possible to enjoy this beautiful
place. Winter has come and almost gone – it was much more mild this year which
was nice. We only got one week of snow/icy conditions before Christmas break,
otherwise it’s been in the 40’s and rainy. It’s hard to believe that we’ve made
it past the dark winter again and every week we are gaining another 15 minutes
of light. We are looking forward to more time after work to be able to get out
and go for walks/enjoy the outdoors.
A beautiful sunrise from my office at work. . . even if it was at 9:30 AM, it was worth the wait!
Our walking buddies, Svetlana is on the left, I can't remember the middle one's name, and Steve - who follows us all the way to our house because he knows we are suckers and we always give him left overs from our fridge.
In just over 2 months I will be headed home to Portland.
Baby Pip is due April 23rd. While we have a clinic, we do not have the medical facilities
here on the island for babies, so you have to leave 2 weeks before your due
date to wait for baby to be born. Most people go to Ketchikan – but I decided I
would rather be in Portland with family. So I will head home in the beginning
of April and stay at my Mom’s. Jason will come home one week before the due
date and may come back to work the last part of the school year. Then we will
be home in Portland for the whole summer! As excited as we are for the baby and
to spend some quality time at home with family and friends, I think both of us
will be leaving a piece of our hearts right here next to our window over
looking the water from our living room.
A couple of bonus pictures:
Why Jason loves his students = they bring him pickled octopus to eat.
Why I love my students = they are the most adorable kids EVER.
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