What's our baby doing today?

Well I found this little pregnancy tracker at one of the websites I was browsing through this morning and thought it would be fun to share the statis of our little one. Enjoy:)

Normal??

Alright, so here I am, just shy of 8 weeks pregnant, and I have already forgotten what it is to feel normal. Speaking of "normal" if one more person tells me that feeling like I'm going to throw up constantly, feeling light headed and dizzy, having hardly enough energy to go for a short 30 min walk and craving foods I would usually never even consider eating is NORMAL than I might have to scream. My life for the past 2-3 weeks has been so far from normal that it's entirely unrecognizable. The dictionary defines "normal" as: "usual; not abnormal; regular; natural." HA!HA!HA! That confirms my suspicions that what I'm currently feeling is NOT NORMAL! Find a different adjective people.

Caging the Beast

Today is the day we're FINALLY getting a fence put in around our yard! WHOOPEE! Our usually docile, gentile and loving pitbull turns into a ferocious monster every time he sees cats in our yard...so we are forced to keep him inside or have the blood of the neighbors cats on our hands (or, more appropriately, paws). As brand new additions to the neighborhood, I don't think that would be a great way to get in good with our friendly neighbors. No matter how much I try to convice our Mr. Rogers like neighbor Ed that "Bailey would NEVER hurt your cats! We have 2 cats ourselves and he just LOVES them...." I'm pretty sure the first time bailey went barging onto his property with his mouth frothing at the anticipated cat meal he apparently thought he was having, all of my good intentions to give a good first impression went right out the window. DAMN DOG!

Brief Intro

Since Lane and I were married February 21, 2008, life has been somewhat of a whirlwind. he's been working long hours and I made the final push to graduate from Massage School as well as keep up my studies to earn my BS in Nutrition. We're both glad the long winter has finally come to an end and the sun has come to warm us once again. And though we are very busy, we still find time to be together in the evenings and on the weekends in order to reconnect and remain close to eachother. We do our best to stay spiritually connected and strong through daily prayer, a weekly couples bible study group and church on sundays. And it is just as important to us to stay physically stong which we attain through various activities we do together on the weekends.

Both my and Lane's extended family all seem to be scattered to the four winds throughout the country, and we rarely get to see, visit, or even talk to any of them. Because I feel so detached from relatives, I thought maybe a family blog would help keep everyone a little more connected and in tune with the happenings of our lives. Granted, we don't exactly live the most interesting of lives, but we do have our moments and our own little adventures. We both love God and we enjoy nothing more than to be outdoors exploring and hiking in the mountain/dessert wilderness he created. There always seems to be something new and exciting to discover when we actually take the time to get out of the city and into the "wild" where all you hear are the faint and peaceful calls of nature all around you. We also have at least one bike race planned for mid June around lake Almanor that we have been training for and are very much looking forward too:)

We're currently planning several one night backpacking trips up at Tahoe and one extended trip up in the Jarbige wilderness (on the border of Nevada and Idaho) We've been planning and looking forward to the trip all winter! However, now that I am 7 weeks pregnant, and will be more like 5 months pregnant once we actually head off into the hills, so we will have to re-evaluate things like pace and distance. Other than that, the trip will go as planned!

As for the baby, we broke the news to most of our family and friends on Mother's Day Sunday, much to everyone's delight, that we will be having our first baby in early January of 2009. Our entire family, on both sides, as well as our friends, have been overwhelmingly supportive already! It's so wonderful to have such wonderful, supportive people surrounding us to match our own feelings of becoming parents with an influx of happiness and joy. Of course we will keep you up to date with all that is happening with our little one, as well as with ourselves, through this incredible journey called life.