Belly Update

I'm loosing track of the weeks now but I'm about seven months now, due January 30th. I've been feeling really great on my days off, but working is killer lately. Luckily I have the most wonderful husband who gives me many foot massages and does many favors for me. I'm loving being pregnant It is so rad feeling her moving and kicking all the time.

More PICTURES! (eat your heart out Mom)

Sexy Nicole and Diana pics......there is nothing sexier than a 7 month pregnant lady doing that pose....

We went to the Farmers Market one morning and decided to stop by a free museum Jon had heard about. Turn out the museum was more of a gift shop with a couple of pictures on the wall, but it was still fun to walk through.

Of course we had to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. It was already a cold and foggy day, but it is always 10 times foggier and windier on that bridge.

We did the classic Lombard street and when we were walking back to our car Nicole spotted this open house! It was soooo amazing. We wanted to see inside a SF house. I can't remember how much the guy said it was selling for, but it was so much that I couldn't comprehend it.

Then we made our traditional stop at Bob's donuts.

Nicole and Casey went and checked out some sights the morning they arrive while I was taking a nap because I had worked the night before.  Casey found this sign in one of the house's......man it would be annoying to live there and have people stopping by your house and taking pictures all the time.

My favorite tourist thing to do in San Francisco is visit/watch the sea lions.  They are sooo  funny. We watched them for at least 15 min. They push each other off the docks and fight and crawl all over each other. Pure entertainment for me.

Jon, Casey and Nicole took the ferry out to Alcatraz and took a tour around there for a couple of hours.

When they got back after we ate dinner we watched The Rock. And we were tying to think of all the movies set in San Francsico......how many can you think of?

I love these GUYS!

Nicole and Casey came to visit us in SF. It was so good to see them. I actually didn't think it would ever really happen since they are so busy with school and work. But it did and it was awesome!

 We got a new Wii game Just Dance....wow it's a workout and super hilarious to watch each other. 

 We did some classic tourist things which is always fun to do because Jon and I forget to do that on our own.

Ate at some yummy places.

Halloween Tradition

 Our good friends Kristine and Jason are so nice to always put on a Halloween carving, eating, and movie night for the "first years". I know these guys are in their third year now, but I will still always think of them as first years.

 Kristine as usual put on a banquet feast that was SOOOOO delicious! Our group consisted of Taisja and Brady, Rischel and Jon, Kristine and Jason and Ben, and Me and Jon of course.

 The Couch family

 While pumpkin carving was going on Ben helped me take some pictures of his dad.....

...... and Jon...who he calls "Non"

 The final products

 The gang getting ready to watch So I Married an Axe Murderer.

 I think it's so cute how much Ben loves Jon. He was all snuggled up on his lap and once again it made me excited to see Jon with our girl.

 I'll have to say this group carves the best pumpkins I've ever seen!

 This was Jon's. He was so tired he gave up at the end and I helped him finish it....he did all the hard parts though. Isn't it amazing? It's a ship if you can't tell.

CONGRATULATIONS JON!

So Jon and I decided that he would apply for a special scholarship. It's called the National Health Service Corps.......it's super hard to get into.........and HE GOT IT!!!!!!

What this means is that our next two years of dental school will be paid for as well as a stipend that will help with our rent. This of course takes a lot of pressure off me to be the sole provider, although I do still intend to work after the baby. 

The whole point of the scholarship is that after Jon graduates, he will work for two years in an under served community. This could be somewhere like an inner city or the boondocks of Nebraska. Either way we are super excited. Jon will be working with/for another dentist and will be able to improve his skills and speed during those two years. And my favorite part is that we don't have to decided where to settle down for a couple more years after school......because we still have no idea where we want to live. Once you pick a place to set up a practise and get clients it isn't very easy to move around when ever you want......which is what we seem to do.

So anyway good job Jon! I am so proud of you and the hard work you do. And of course a special thanks to my sister Rachel who is always there to support us with essay questions and revisions!

To Jill and anybody else who cares....

Yes we are having a girl! I am due January 30th.......so I am about six months now. Can't believe how soon it is coming up!

Summer Vacation in Utah

The first few days in Utah we hung out with the Brownings. We went on a fun/beautiful trip up the canyon. We road the lift up to the top of Sundance and then hiked the rest of the way up to Stewart Falls. It was actually more of a hike than any of us expected but it was still beautiful.

It was nice seeing the changing colors. It really felt like fall. The trees in San Francisco always stay green so I kind of forget what season it is.

This was the first time Gary and Joan had ever been to Stewart Falls.

Later that week we went to Zions with my sister and brother-in-law and niece. We stopped in Beaver which is a tradition of the Ligairi's because they broke down there on the way back from their honeymoon.

Zoe absolutely loved the gigantic rocking chair as you can imagine.

We went on a few "walks" for the boys and "hikes" for the pregnant ladies. It was soo hot and pretty.

Zoe was so cute with Uncle Jon. Always holding his hand. It made me really excited to see him with our little girl.

On one of our hike/walks there was a rad waterfall that you could stand under. It felt super to get sprayed a bit because of the heat.

When we got back to our campsite a squirl had eaten our watermelon. You could even see little teeth marks. Zoe was lovin it.

We hiked up the beinning of the narrows and walked in the freezing water. Again, it felt great seeing as how it was a billion degrees! Zoe was such a good little hiker!

The two afternoons we were there we made it tradition after our hikes to get slurpies and go to the park. Little Zoe would run around and we would sit in the shade trying hard not to melt.

Jon had gone down to Zions earlier in the morning with some of his buddies to grab us a campsite because they were going quick and Rachel and Josh still had some work to do. He hiked up Angel's Landing.....which looks totally freeky to me.

.......And they also hiked up the narrows through all that freezing water.

The preggos

These squirrels were crazy tame, they were. I was bending down bcause I wanted to pet them, but Jon said I better not because of rabies and stuff.............what would I do without him...........probably have rabies.