Seattle

We went up to Seattle this past weekend to visit my brother and sister-in-law. It was a really good time - they fed us lots of yummy food and we saw a lot of the city.

I don't have any pictures, but we did the Underground Tour on Saturday, and it was really cool - I would recommend it if you visit. It is a tour about the history of Seattle and how the city was built, and the guides are really entertaining. Brian didn't stop laughing for the entire 1 1/2 hours.

Here we are at the locks - where the boats come in and out of the Puget Sound and lakes of Seattle.

We went kayaking on Lake Union on Sunday. I know, I was as surprised as you are that the belly fit in the boat. Afterwards we went to Pike Place Market and got some salmon for dinner. The market was great - a lot better than the farmer's markets we have.

On Monday we went down to Mount Rainier National Park for some hiking. It was gorgeous, but we weren't quite expecting the snow. We asked the park ranger about the route we were planning on taking and he said he wasn't sure we were prepared because it didn't look like we brought our ice picks. Ha. So we took another one with just a little snow.


We're trying to navigate through the snow. Slippery! Too bad the ice picks were in the other car.

Definitely some amazing views - the mountain was beautiful.

It was such a fun trip - thanks Brian and Katie!

28 weeks

Ok, we're in the third trimester. Does anyone else think this is going pretty fast? Let's see what we can tell you since the last update. I had the gestational diabetes screening at my last appointment and I passed - bring on the cake. My doctor also did a measurement of the baby on the ultrasound, and from that was able to predict its size at birth. He thinks it will be around 7 lbs. I think that sounds good. Just no major growth spurts now.

We started our childbirth classes. They had us watch the birth video the first week - I don't think J was ready for that. Then again, he wouldn't have been ready for it any week. Other than that, we're headed up to Seattle next week to visit my brother and his wife, and at the end of the month we're going to Tahoe for a vacation with J's family. Then we need to start getting ready for having another person in our house. Hope you're having a good summer!