Stick It

Today Nick and I went to try acupuncture for the first time. We have both heard great things from friends and wanted to try for a long time but the cost was just too much.

Enter Working Class Acupuncture! At Working Class Acupuncture you pay $15-$35/session depending on what you feel you can afford. Our acupuncturist was super nice and the atmosphere was very relaxing (as long as you don't mind sharing your space). Community acupuncture is able to thrive at such a lost cost due to volume. The acupuncture is done in a common room filled with recliners and the acupuncturists float from patient to patient.

We heard about Working Class Acupuncture at the communal dinner we went to last Fall and then my midwife suggested them as well. They say it takes approximately six sessions (we are going to go weekly) to really know if it is something that will work for you. I have high hopes. I think simply being forced to relax in a quiet room for an hour is probably good for my blood pressure even by itself.

From there we went to the tax office, home depot, lunch, petco, verizon, new world market...you know a very zen afternoon!

25 Weeks and Counting

Between camera troubles and just being busy I have not subjected you to any belly shots lately so here you go:
Awh....

And how I really feel...

Birthday Madness!!

Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of my 25th birthday. I have been very blessed with several days of celebrating!

Sunday night Nick and I ate at El Burro Loco with some friends. I got an awesome birthday balloon and the most delicious chocolate on chocolate with chocolate shavings on top cake.

Yesterday a HUGE box arrived from my parents with this AMAZING quilt (and bedding accessories) inside. Yes, that's right, my mom made this quilt for me. It is beautiful! Bedding is one of my guilty pleasures in life and I must admit I slept better than I have in a while tucked under this puppy last night.


Then this morning I was greeted by this amazing sunrise out my back window:


And when I got home this was waiting for me:

My present from Nick!

Inside were these awesome things:

Toesox! They fit amazing and feel sooo great.

Thanks to everyone for all the awesome birthday wishes. I am one lucky lady!

Sun Drunk Love

While I am busy working from home today the boys were in full effect enjoying all the sun courtesy of El Nino.

Here is they are on the rug together:


This is my favorite. The irony! Luke enjoying the sun and while brushing up on his mushroom culitvation:

Morning Beauty

We have really been blesses by El Nino this winter. No studs, no chains just sun (some rain of course, we didn't move!)and mild temps. Nick got some great shots of the sun burning off the fog yesterday morning outside the kitchen window:

Take The Stage!

This past weekend I got the chance to see The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at the Sandy Actor Theater in nearby Sandy OR. It was wonderful!

I will admit I am not a huge theater fan. I know - a crime! I have seen Broadway, off Broadway and off off Broadway and just never fell in love. This little hometown theater put on an amazing show. The seats were comfortable, the actors wonderful and the theater staff super nice. (Full disclosure, my friend Tora Holmes is in the play).

If you are in the area I highly recommend checking out a show.

Bad Joke

I must admit I am a sucker for dumb jokes. Nick is always bringing home great ones. Here is the latest one I just had to share....

The is a family of moles all together in their mole tunnel. The dad mole says - "Yay, spring is here. I am going to go up and see what it is looking like." He digs his way to the surface and pops his head out. "Tep, spring is here, it smells like sweet sap". Next the mom mole squeezes up next to the dad, pokes her head up and says, "You are right! I smell honey". Finally the baby mole scurries toward the end of the tunnel behind his parents and says, "All I smell is molasses!"

Horrible, I know!

Miller Time

Last year about this time Nick and a friend fell the enormous fir from in front of our house. Here is a shot of the logs we salvaged and have been waiting to have milled:

Squaring it up:
Second cut for tabletops and beams:
Here is the largest log (41") that Nick and the miller had to jack by hand onto the mill. That took a while!
It was so large they had to cut into it make it fit:
Two logs down. The milling is resuming today as they tackle some fencing for a friend. Today will be my first time to see the mill in action and I am super excited. Apparently it has been quite the happening as Nick says half the day is spent talking to everyone who stops by to see what is going on. Love small town life!

Baby Shower Pics

While I was in Tulsa last week I had my baby shower with friends and family. The weather could not have been worse (7 inches of snow on top of a layer of infamous Oklahoma ice) and yet many people braved the elements to come. It was a wonderful shower from top to bottom!

One of my girlfriends who helped with the shower built me this diaper cake:

What a great idea! We are now all set with a stash of newborn disposables to help us as we adjust to the baby and get used to the cloth diaper thing.

Here is a group shot of me and some of my girlfriends who came out:

I have known some of these girls since elementary school and it was so sweet of them to come.

The entertainment was provided by my girlfriend's four year old:

Such a shy child!

One of the things I loved about the shower was that we did not play any of those typical baby shower games. Instead, my girlfriend had everyone bring a bead to the shower and we strung them together to make a birth necklace. Now when I am in labor I can focus on each of the beads (separated by spacers - one for each "child" the giver has) and the wonderful person who gave it to me. So special!

Everyone brought such beautiful and interesting beads! One example is this bead which was sent by my Aunt who could not attend the shower. It is a blue flower button from my Great Grandmother's button box:


Here is a pic of the completed piece:


I was gifted many wonderful things including some amazing handmade items. Here is me with my girlfriend and the sling she made me. As you can tell I am very excited:


Here is an adorable baby blanket my mother sewed:


Many people could not make it so they sent cards with pictures of what they were having shipped to my house. As you can tell, again I am very excited (what a dork!):


Here is me and the ABCs of Tulsa book I previously posted about:


Thanks to everyone who wither came to the shower or sent their love. Gunnar is a very luck baby to have such amazing people in his life!

Viola!

Nick has finished the nursery and took some great panaromic pics with his phone. Now the hardest part is fiuring out where to put the furniture and not cover anything up. Gunnar is a very lucky boy!