Baby Shower

In October on our way back from Oregon my family had a baby shower for us in Iowa. It was nice to spend an evening with all these wonderful ladies who have shared a part in my life over the last 29 years! There were many stories shared about me growing up and about my mom. The ones about my mom were my favorite, it was nice to have her remembered that night too.

Here are a few pics from the evening.........................

My sister Rachael made a slide show for the shower too, you may get a few laughs when you see these old pictures of me. :)

Is it a BOY or a GIRL????

We are having a beautiful baby Girl! Abigail Rae Straw is still set to arrive around March 17, 2009. We had an ultrasound today and we are told everything is going just as it should. She is an active little one, the ultrasound tech said we have a gymnast on our hands! The doctor also said that I am healthy too.

We will post pictures from the ultrasound soon, but for now we have to go pack for our trip to Iowa for Thanksgiving.

Happy Turkey Day to all!!

5 months and a doctor visit

We had our first baby doctor appointment in SC today. The doctor was really nice and we had a very thorough visit. We heard the babies heart beat too, it was beating at 152, which is strong and right where it should be. We will go back on November 19th for the big ultrasound. They will check a lot of things with the baby and we can find out the gender, if we want to. Don't ask though because we don't know if we are finding out yet.

This is my 5 month baby bump shot, and I am wearing my favorite purple shirt!

Happy Halloween

Every year at the Credit Union each service center can choose a theme to decorate for Oct.31 This year Uptown chose Under the Sea. All of our decorations and fish hats were hand made by the employees at Uptown. We had fun wearing "relaxed" clothes for the day and handing out candy to our members. We may have eaten some ourselves too! :)

As you can see we have a VERY creative group of people at our service center!

If you didn't know.......

We are having our first baby! Our due date is March 17, 2009. Here are a couple shots of my growing belly.

3 Months

4 Months

Stay tuned for 5 months, that will be next week. :)

Back in good old SC

Well, we have been back in SC for a week now. It has taken some doing but we finally have internet at the house again so I am back to blogging. We had quite the adventure on the way back from Oregon, there was not one day in our travels when we did not hit some form of precipitation. The most dangerous and beautiful was the snow!

These first two pictures where taken while we sat on the interstate in Idaho. There were so many Semi's off the road that needed towed we went 2 miles in three hours.

Thank goodness for books on CD so we had some entertainment!

These pics were taken in Wyoming.

The roads were still covered in ice but the sun had finally come out.

Once we got to Nebraska it all turned to rain, which did not make our travels any easier, at times the wipers on high seemed to be useless. Thank God we made it home in one piece, he protected us in our travels!

We do miss Oregon but it is nice to be home and in familiar surroundings with good friends.

Adios Oregon

So, today I am putting the finishing touches on packing. Tomorrow Adam will work a half day or so and we will start heading down the road back to South Carolina. We will make a few stops on the way but the most important is in Iowa to pick up Toby and spend a day with family. We have had a blast here in Oregon and I must say we will miss it! However I am excited to be back in our home and catch up with our friends.

Look for our next blog when we are back in South Carolina. :)

If you think about it, say a prayer for safe travels and good weather!