another week in pics

false alarm on the early summer thing! now its rainy it was much cooler this week. got our first thunderstorm since we moved here last night though, and that was a treat...

we had some stress/excitement this week. i ran into a great old friend at new seasons who i hadn't seen/spoken too in years--i was in the parking lot slinging George and i called her name.....and she turned around and had a newborn in her arms! she came over this week to visit and her mom, who is awesome, came along too. we had a great time catching up and hearing each others birth stories...but before they left her mom mentioned that i should have george-e's heart listened too...sometimes his limbs get purple, its kind of freaky. i spent the next day looking for a pediatrician and luck led me to the perfect fit for us--dr. pritchard and her nurse practitioner sue (who once specialized in pediatric cardiology of all things), gave up their lunch break to see us the next day. he looked and sounded great to them, but just to be super-sure she recommened we see the ped cardiologst at OHSU's dornbecher children's hospital--they fit us in right away and we had a good experience there. everyone swooned over mr. handsome and after an EKG they deemed him absolutely perfect. i wish i would have gotten a picture actually, of him getting the EKG, 'cause he sure looked cute with his wool soaker pants with the stickers all over his chest.

the same day all of this was going down, blake had his own excitement--he got to visit the basement of the Portland Art Museum and go through the archives of undisplayed artifacts. like a kid in a candy store! him and their newest assistant curator are gearing up to do an overhaul of the current exhibit. pieces from the Nomad collection will finally get some glory in a big museum...its all very exciting and blake SO deserves this.


so back to the week in pics, in chronological order:

our fabulous midwives--beth, marilyn, and melissa, at our 3 week check-up.

do you see the happy in his eyes?? blake in the basement at PAM

mayan holding george-e

such a sweet face

he sure is filling out! look at those "breastmilk cheeks"

mayan made this cute paper collar for Humper

baby bling! papa made baby G his first piece of jewelry for his first moon celebration

ooooh, psychadelic newborn.....

can't you guess?

Breakfast--yogurt with fresh raspberries and maple syrup, scrambled eggs, last half of leftover potato pancake (a little morning after quickie), water

Snack--apples, cheese, salami (few slices of each), cup of tea

Lunch--one perfect slice of sausage and roasted potato pizza from Pizzicato (thank you, B!!!), big ol' arugala pear salad with walnuts and blue cheese

Snack--no snack, i fell asleep

Dinner--lamb chop, risotto with peas, water, cranberry juice


So, we had our second prenatal visit with the "wives" today...Blake got to hear the heartbeat for the first time and also got very chatty and did some bonding with the ladies (it's a team of two plus their apprentice). Baby (which should be about the size of an avocado) sounds great, still very deep in my body and kicked then floated away from the doppler. Heehee....

I have been making a big effort to be really good to myself but not be nuts (that isn't my style anyway)--yoga once or twice a week, walking one to two miles a few times a week, staying very hydrated, napping when the urge hits...one of the great things about pregnancy for me is that extra nudge to be good to yourself. That is not to say I don't treat myself--in fact, the juxtaposition is that it also gives you the excuse to splurge a bit. Like the pound of fries I ate at Hawthorne Fish House the other day with Breana (that is to say I went with her but I didn't share one single fry, I shamelessly downed to whole pound) and snagging the uneaten potato cakes from my friends plates last night. Do we see a theme developing here? The current joke is this baby will be named "Tater." Fried potatoes in any form rule.


Blake misplaced the camera on his trip to Bend last weekend--so here is the weekly belly shot taken by PhotoBooth: