Showered with kindness

I was lucky enough to have two fantastic baby showers, one with my family and one with friends in which baby Edler and I were spoiled rotten!


My sister-in-law hosted my family shower at my Grams' house. A huge thank you to both of them for all their hard work!


Lindsay, me, Laura (who hosted - thank you!!), and Erin


With Arielle and Carissa, friends from work

We now have everything we will need for baby Edler's arrival...just waiting for him to show up :-) I am so very grateful for all the generous and thoughtful people in our life.

Seafair

A tradition that we love so much - Seafair! This year we took the Light Rail which was a great adventure and I highly recommend it. The Blue Angels were fantastic, the hydros were fast, the beer was refreshing (so I was told), and the day was perfect. I love traditions!

An evevning on the water

With this wishy-washy Seattle "summer" we didn't know what to expect when we scheduled an kayaking night. But we couldn't have asked for a more perfect evening! Paul's cousin was visiting from Texas and joined Brooksie, Dana and us for this adventure.


I was concerned that my belly wouldn't fit in the kayak but there was plenty of room for me and baby! :) Thank you Seattle for an evening of nice weather!!

A beautiful day for a hike

What do we do when I'm 7 months pregnant? We hike up Hurricane Ridge of course! Paul's mom Brooksie has wanted to drive over to the Olympic mountains since she moved up here (which was more than 3 years ago) and we finally got it on the calendar.



We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. It was gorgeous!!



After many little breaks on the way up, we all made it to the top and it was definitely worth it!



After that hike, we moved on to the next one - Marymere Falls at Lake Crescent.



It was a fabulous day of hiking and exploring!

Warrior Dash

This last Sunday, Paul and a bunch of our friends ran the Warrior Dash. It is described as "3.5 hellish miles" of running and obstacles. I'm pretty sure Paul finished it so fast just to get the giant turkey leg at the end :). But whatever the motivation, they all had a great time running through fire, crawling through mud, and have the scratches and bruises to prove it. I can't wait until I get to do it next year!

The second-to-last obstacle...FIRE!!


The last obstacle included mud, can you tell?


Me, my warrior, and our future warrior :)


Mmmmmm.....turkey leg!

Crab feast

I sure do miss diving, but I'm super happy that Paul still goes - especially when he comes home with a crab feast!

30 Weeks

I can't believe we only have 10 weeks to go, 30 weeks have truly flown by! We feel so blessed to have had such a wonderful pregnancy - no major issues and I'm still feeling great (besides feeling a little extra tired this week). The nursery is almost ready, the baby clothes are washed and organized, and we are deep in reading baby books. We can't wait to meet our little man!