23.5 Weeks Pregnant

Here I am at today at 23.5 weeks. I will be 24 weeks on Wednesday.

Tyler and I are doing great and life is just starting to get busy. School starts next week, soccer has already started and so has work for both of us. Tyler has a new soccer coach and he really likes him. We are hoping they are going to have a great season. He has a pre-season game tonight against Randolph College in Lynchburg. It should be a good game and I am excited to go.

I am doing really well, and have not had any problems with this pregnancy at all, which is lovely. I have been busy getting ready for my senior project and re-writing my advanced writing paper. They are both due before I graduate this semester. For my senior project I am directing a few acts from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The show will be on Nov. 10. I am trying to finish up my paper soon, before school gets crazy...

Well, that is about all that is going on with us!

A few more pictures from Oregon

I unfortunately did not take as many pictures as I hoped I would. I often forgot the camera and Tyler and I were sometimes separated as he went on work trips, and I went to Utah.

Here are the only two pictures I took in Utah... We had a great trip though and I loved spending time with the McKees! I was also able to make a quilt and bumpers for the baby with the help of my mom, Aunt Terri, Julie and Susy. Thanks everyone!

Me, Mom and Ian in front of the SLC Temple

Me and Ian with the original tabernacle behind us

Here is a picture of Tyler out on a boat for work holding a sturgeon:

Lovely fish, eh?-- He had a great experience though and this should hopefully help improve his chances of getting into grad school for Natural Resource Management.

A few reason why I love Oregon....because I feel like sharing:

-Although I am loving being back in Virginia, the weather in Portland is just so pleasant. It is is warm and sunny, without being too hot and it is not humid. Falls in Virginia are colorful, but not crisp and windy like Oregon falls. Sweater weather starts much sooner in Oregon, which is a plus.

-I do love being around family and all of our family is in Oregon

-Compared to BV, the grocery stores in Oregon are so much better, with so many more healthy choices and organic food.

-I like being close to a large city, yet close to the wilderness and some of the most beautiful country in the U.S.

I think these pictures show why I love Oregon:

The beautiful Columbia Gorge! This is on Dog mountain and I did not get to go on this hike because I felt sick that day...(Erik took this picture, which is why it is so good)

The view from my parents house

My parents house/my home/a really wonderful place

The end for now.

.....well, we are having....

A GIRL!!!

Profile! (sorry about finger prints)

Her little feet!

We are so excited about having a girl!