Babymoon!! 29 Weeks

A getaway to Southern California was perfect for our "babymoon"! We stayed in Sunset Beach and spent the week taking in a Dodgers game, sitting front row at a taping of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, exploring the Midway and lounging at the beach. It was relaxing and perfect temps, especially when I saw Salt Lake reached 99 degrees while we were gone. Here are a few highlights from our trip, including my weekly baby belly pic! Baby is the size of a butternut squash!

How far along: 29 weeks
Total weight gain: about 20 pounds
Maternity clothes? yes. Any woman who tells you she's not wearing maternity is extremely uncomfortable at this point.
Stretch marks? none, thanks to a daily slathering of cocoa butter and vitamin E oil
Sleep: OK, just dealing with the occasional hip aches and I can't sleep without my pregnancy pillow.
Best moment this week: The tonight show was sooo fun!!

Miss anything? Sushi!

Movement: It's crazy to see him move from one side to the other

Food cravings: chicken salad sandwiches, strawberry ice cream, fresh fruit

Anything make you queasy or sick? nope.

Gender: Little boy!!

Labor signs: none

Symptoms: none

Belly button in or out? in

Wedding ring on or off? on

Happy or moody most of the time? so excited!!

Looking forward to: baby showers!

 

NYE 2012 in Denver!

Brent and I rang in the new year in Denver, Colorado! The highlight of the trip was the Broncos game on New Years' Day! We had awesome seats and it was so cool to be at a NFL game. Neither of us had been to a professional game so we were taking it all in! We cheered on Tim Tebow and Eddie Royal (so cool to see them in person!) but the Broncos lost 7-3 against the Chiefs.












We spent New Year's Eve downtown. We ate dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. It was so good! If you ever go, get the Dumb Luck Coconut Shrimp! We saw Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows at the 16th Street Mall. Great movie. We walked a bit downtown then celebrated the beginning of 2012 playing card games and throwing confetti off our balcony at the hotel.

Cheers to 2012!

Visiting Susan

Our cruise was beyond awesome! But one of my favorite parts of our vacation was seeing my pregnant sis, Susan. I hadn't seen her in months! She and her husband moved up to Washington so this was the first time I had seen her in awhile. Though our stay was short, we had so much fun!
Here's the quick version...
Susan has a dog, named Sam... and he's big! Actually really big compared to our little terrier. He's a bit rambunctious so we made Brent play with him outside.
While Brent was playing with Sam, us girls thought we'd be "domestic" and bake a cake. Only she didn't have a cake mix, or frosting, or powdered sugar. So we made due with what we had and made a cake from scratch. The cake actually turned out not too bad. The frosting on the other hand tasted like butter with food coloring. But at least we made the finished project look good, right?
One night we went to watch the Seattle Mariners play at Safeco field! It was a great night and the Mariners won. I absolutely love baseball games.
The night before we left, I was lucky enough to get to go to Susan's baby shower! She got a ton of cute things and I was glad I got to be there for her.

Brent with Sam on the rock

Vancouver, BC - the Olympic city

After our cruise, we decided we just had to make a trip to Vancouver, BC. The city will host the Olympics in February so we really wanted to see the sights. We rented a car, drove from Seattle and across the border to our northern neighbor. Our hotel was right in the heart of the city. We walked downtown, made a trip down Robson Street (a famous shopping street), saw BC Place, GM Place (where the Vancouver Canucks play) and walked a ways down to Gastown, the historic part of Vancouver. The next day we were feeling adventurous, so we rented roller blades and spent the afternoon blading around the seawall in Stanley Park. I thought I was this awesome blader but apparently that was when I was 14. It took some getting used to, but by the end, we were total pros!

Just after we crossed the border

Robson Street
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BC Place


GM Place - home to the Vancouver Canucks

The famous steam clock in Gastown

Gaining some speed...


Slowing down as I round the corner

And he's off...

Made it all the way around the seawall injury free!

Victoria, BC

Our last port was Victoria, British Columbia. The city has a strong British influence- and I loved it! The must-see attraction is Butchart Gardens- it's stunning! It is full of all kinds of plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, you name it!- from all over the world. People from everywhere come to visit.
After a walk through the gardens, we made our way downtown to see the Empress Hotel, Parliament (Victoria is the capital of BC) and buy some Canadian souvenirs!

The Empress

On the steps of Parliament

Formal night

Our last formal night on the cruise was so much fun! The dessert was baked Alaska... yum! To present the dessert in all its' glory, the servers paraded through the dining room. Our server stopped in front of our table and lit the baked Alaska on fire! It was a fabulous night!

Baked Alaska!

Savio getting ready to light the baked Alaska!

Our server, Ender!

We loved everyone at our table!

Juneau - the capital city!

Our next port was Juneau, the capital of Alaska! We had a packed day planned so we jumped off the boat and got on the bus. Our first stop was Mendenhall Glacier. This glacier is about 20 minutes outside of downtown. It's not as big as Hubbard but still really cool and off to the side of the glacier was a huge waterfall!
The Macaulay Salmon Hatchery was neat to see. The hatchery raises different types of salmon and we learned a lot about the different types of marine life in Alaska.
We took in a bird's eye view from the top of Mount Roberts. We rode the tram to the top and hiked around the mountain.
Downtown Juneau was fun to see, too. We ate lunch at the Red Dog Saloon, an old saloon that's been in Juneau since the town's mining days.
Before we knew it, the day was over and we got back on the Infinity to sail away. But before we left Juneau we sat in the hot tub and enjoyed the scenic views. Juneau is so beautiful, it's breathtaking.

Mendenhall Glacier


Brent touching starfish at the hatchery

Macaulay Salmon Hatchery

Acting tough at the Red Dog Saloon

On top of Mount Roberts

Downtown Juneau

In the hot tub

The days are long in Alaska. No joke, this picture was taken at 12:15 am!