Back to School

School started back up on Monday. I can't believe that Dawson is already in the 2nd grade. It feels like I just dropped him off at Kindergarten. He loves his class and teacher so far. I hope it stays that way. On the second day of school he ran out of class and told me that he has a new crush. She's a new girl to the school that is in his class. She isn't as blonde as his previous crushes so I was a bit surprised but at least he is opening up to other types. The first week back is always hard getting back into a schedule. Brad starts up his musical auditions then practices next week. It's always a tough transition. I get used to having him around most of the day during the summer then all the sudden he is working 12 hours a day. We are just hoping that I don't go into labor the weekend of his musical (the weekend before Thanksgiving.)

Dawson also started his second year of soccer. His cousin, Natalie, is on the same the same team so it should be a fun season. The team seems fairly young so they probably won't do all that great but I think they will have a good time. I just enjoy watching Dawson play any sport. He has so much more athletic ability than I ever did. It just comes to him and he loves it.

I'm now 25 weeks pregnant and growing daily. The baby has days where she kicks non stop and other days where she doesn't move around much at all. I love it. The only part I do not like is all the ligament pain and sciatic pain that I have been having. I have been going to a chiropractor and that seems to help a little. We have the nursery pretty much set up and love it. It's so adorable and perfect for us. She is one lucky baby.

High School Reunion, Sunriver, and baby update

This last weekend was my 10 year high school reunion. I drove over to my parents house on Friday afternoon and came back home Sunday afternoon. Friday night everyone was supposed to meet up at the bars. Since I'm not a drinker and I'm pregnant I didn't find that appealing. Mary and I went and got ice cream across the street from the bars instead. We some some interesting characters out late at night in Arcata. We had a good time visiting with old friends and seeing people from the past. I was pretty tired by the end of the night though. In the picture above is one of my great friends, Katie, who I still keep in touch with, myself, and Mary.

Brad and I took Dawson back up to Sunriver. We always have so much fun there. Brad's parents also went. It's nice to spend time with them outside of our daily lives. We went the day after I found out I am having a baby girl so Penny (Brad's mom) and I went to a few baby stores. We found a few things that were adorable. I was a bit disappointed in some of the speciality stores with their baby girl clothing. They just didn't have any cute dresses! We took Dawson to the Sunriver mall and let him have an afternoon of fun. We had lunch, rode in bumper cars, jumped in the bounce houses, played mini golf, got a treat, and got to play in the toy store.


Here I am at 21 weeks pregnant. I feel like I wake up bigger and bigger each day. The baby is moving around a lot which I enjoy. Brad has felt her kick a few times. Mary felt her kick once and Dawson has felt her kick as well. I think it kind of freaked Dawson out because he says he doesn't want to feel it again. We are setting up the nursery (I know already!) We had found a crib and amroire that we loved back when I was only 7 weeks pregnant and last summer my mother in law had bought a red changing table and baby girl bedding that was on clearance at a baby store here. We are loving how the room is coming together. It should be complete in the next week or so and I will post a picture. I never got to set up a nursery for Dawson so this has been exciting.