Belly Shots

This is my most recent...last Sunday. At 7 months and 6 days along.  :)

Atticus

This week we had our last ultrasound.  Everything looks good!  He is about 4.9 pounds in there and is in the 68th percentile overall.  He has been moving around like crazy.  I love feeling him...and I love seeing my belly grow!  How often do I get to say that, eh?  As of this last Monday, I am officially 8 months along!  2 more to go...crazy!

Our sweet child.  :)

 

Introducing: Stout

Now that we have a place of our own and a place with a fenced back yard...we finally have been able to get the very much anticipated addition to our family.  May we introduce you to Stout; named after the delicious, black, creamy beverage that I am not allowed to drink at the moment.  I think we both hoped to find a lab at a rescue shelter...but most dogs at the shelters here are pit bulls, huskies, and german shepherds (all dogs that our home insurance doesn't allow us to have).  When we saw "Stout" (then Suki) on the website for the city pound, we left 5 minutes later to meet her.  We got to play with her and pet her outside of the facility.  We decided we were going to think about it for the night, but on our way back into the shelter I saw a family that was viewing another dog....eyeing our Stout.  It was Trevor that ultimately said..."Let's just do it!"  We went home with her that night.  :)


 

Our first night with her. 

Mr. Duck was completely limbless by morning.

ferocious beast

After about 2 days of having Stout, we dog sat for our friend, Ryan.  It was a fun time  :)

Playing fetch with a tennis ball in the lake.  Minnie got it before Stout every time.  Every time Stout would go to jump in the water to get it she would daintily dip her toes in first.  Ha! She's so delicate!

Sitka Wedding

In our short time in Sitka, we were lucky to make a couple of really great friends. We knew when we found out that we were moving to Anchorage...that we would definitely figure out a way to get back down there for their wedding.  It was a blast!

Our peeps, Chris and Mariah

Trevor and friends, Jeff and Joe playing the music for the wedding.  Also where the drinking began.  Oi!

The day before the wedding, Chris took us out on their new toy! It was nice to view Sitka from a different perspective.

Captain Chris

Trevor bringing home the bacon...or the tom cod.

Trevor and a wee halibut.  These were 2 of the 2 fish caught that day.  Yay Trevor!

Cleaning the day's catch for the night's best fish tacos that were to be. 

Rovenna Street.

It has been slow moving...but we are officially done painting, carpeting the upstairs, unpacking, and buying needed furniture!  Furnishing Atticus's room is still in the works, however. It can not be said enough how happy we are to be where we are, doing what we are doing.  Big moves are always stressful...but the excitement of owning our first home and prepping it for our family in the works has made it a fun process.  

I am going to try to post some of these as BEFORE and AFTER pictures.

Living Room: BEFORE

Living Room: AFTER

Living Room: BEFORE

Living Room:  AFTER

Kitchen: BEFORE

Kitchen: AFTER

Kitchen: BEFORE

Kitchen: AFTER

Loft: BEFORE

Loft: AFTER

Atticus's Room: BEFORE

ATTICUS'S ROOM: AFTER

Where the magic happens: BEFORE

Where the magic happens: AFTER

 

Mowing our lawn for the first time.  Who would have thought how exciting it would be to mow your very own lawn.  Not your parent's lawn...YOUR lawn.  It was a big moment.  :)

Campbell Creek trail head right at the end of our street.  Trevor rides his bike on it to work every day...and I take my lovely walks on it.  The city of Anchorage, itself, is pretty unattractive.  Somebody described it to me this way:  If strip malls and that industrial part of town had a baby...Anchorage would be it.  I have to agree.  Which is why we were so delighted to find this trail head at the end of our street.  Incredible. 

My 30th birthday dinner that Trevor made us.  Sooooo good! We woke up for the first time in our new home on this day.  It was perfect!  

How he managed to make me this beautiful dinner and homemade cake in the chaos that was our kitchen is a miracle in itself.  Spice cake with penuche frosting...in case you were wondering.  Yuuuuum!