Vacation Photos

Here are a few pics from our Tahoe / Moneterey / Big Sur vacation.  I'm guessing this will be our last vacation without kids for a while, so we savored every minute of it!  We also enjoyed our 5 consecutive date nights!!

Friday - a suprise visit for Martina's birthday :)

Lunch with a view in Carmel (just south of Monterey)

Big Sur coast (and the Bixby Bridge)

Pfeiffer Burns State Beach

Big Sur - McWay Falls (waterfall right onto the beach - soo cool!)

Monterey

The "three" of us :)

I took a million photos, but thought I'd spare you and only post a few :)

Thank you Gma and Gpa Billing for watching Ryder so Shawn and I could enjoy this 1-on-1 time together!  It was so wonderful!!

Ryder Skis!!

This past Friday, Shawn took the day off and the three of us hit Elm Creek to take Ryder out skiing for his first time.  Yes, he's only 2, but Shawn has been excited to take Ryder out and share this passion with him since before Ry was even born. 

Even though it was a windy, chilly day, Ryder had sooo much fun!  Every time he'd reach the bottom of the bunny hill, he'd put his arms in the air and shout "I made it!!" Followed by a quick "Again!"  Afterwards, we shared some chocolate milk in the chalet and talked about how much fun we had :)

My boys after a few runs - both excited to go again :)

Daddy catching Ry during a run down the bunny hill

Up the "magic carpet"

Our little Ryman skiing!!

A number of runs and only two falls - and he wasn't even phased by the falls.

He has already asked us to take him out again :)

(As a side note, this was a big day for Shawn, too - it was his first time being able to get a ski boot on since shattering his ankle 18 mos ago!  Very exciting!)

Friday Fun With Grandpa!

I am way behind on my blogging - these pictures are from two Fridays ago!  We met Grandpa Bob at the Edina indoor playground and had so much fun together :)  It was nice to spend the time with my dad...and nice that he had more energy than me to keep up with this busy toddler!

We played in the big open gym...

...and in the "Eagles Nest" tunnel area

A great way to burn some energy during the chilly MN winter.

29 Weeks

29 weeks - at beautiful Lake Tahoe :)

My entrance to 29 weeks was an eventful one!  Shawn left for a work trip last Monday morning, so naturally, that's when things got a little crazy.  Pretty mellow contractions hit that morning, but by lunchtime, I was counting the short intervals between them and debating at what point to call the doctor.  It was uncomfortable to walk and to breathe.

I finally called the clinic around 4:30 and they said they could get me in for a 7:30 appt (if I could wait that long).  Thankfully, things settled down on my way home from work and Ryder and I went to the appt together.  Turns out that I was now 50% effaced (not typ at 28 wks), so they sent me directly to Labor & Delivery to make sure I wasn't still having contractions and just not feeling it.

Laura picked up Ry from L&D (huge thank you!!) and I spent a few hours listening to the whooshing of the baby's heartbeat as they watched for contractions...keeping Shawn updated over the phone, 2000 miles away.

Around 11pm, I was able to go home.  What a whirlwind of a day!!  With an appointment Weds morning to make sure I was okay to travel, I was able to fly out Wednesday evening as planned (whew!).

So as of now, our c-section is scheduled for Friday, April 27th.  Lets hope baby stays content until then because I have a big to-do list for the next 9 1/2 weeks!!

Bedtime Shenanigans

Thursday night, we put Ry to bed as usual - jammies, teeth, 3 books.  After storytime, he asked daddy to shut the door and turn off the light.  Weird - we usually have to wait till he's asleep to do that. 

We didn't hear a peep after that, so assumed he was out cold. We went to go get ready for bed ourselves an hour or two later and out walks Ryder from his room - calm, as if nothing unusual is going on. He had his hat on (which was on a peg ABOVE his changing table), it was sideways & covering his eyes, he had taken his jammies completely off (never done that before), and his diaper was  clearly tinkered with. In his room, his changing table had a big wet spot like he peed on it?? With his diaper on?? No idea.  He was just like "Hi mom, hi dad" and walked out into the livingroom to go play! What?! Shawn and I were so confused! It was so hard to hide our laughter! I had to pretend cough to cover my giggles or he'd think he was funny & try this act again.

And of course, I reached for my camera as fast as I could!

Silly toddler...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ryder made flowers for all the little girls in his class :)

Sneak Peak!

Here's a quick sneak peak of my photoshoot with baby Hazel and her family this morning!  She is such a sweet little peanut, I can't wait to go through the rest of the photos!