Just a few highlights of this Month

Jan and Joe flew in Thursday and Camille and Ryan flew in Saturday. It is fun to have family come visit especially when they don't live close by.

John, Joe, Erik, Hannah, and Annabel took my dad fishing Saturday morning. I don't think anything other than a cat nap was caught and a little sun bathing on such a beautiful day.

The day wouldn't have been complete without someone falling into the fish pond trying to catch some gold fish at my parent's house. As Elise took a dive for the gold Jan and I went running after her. Unfortunately only Jan actually reached the soaking wet, frantic, and scared little girl. I on the other hand, in the process of running to help Elise, biffed it and received a good sized battle wound on my left knee while trying to avoid falling on the unborn babe. It was all a little alarming but we are all doing well.

Last week my sisters threw me a baby shower as well as some ladies from my ward. We ate lots of good food at both showers and received very nice gifts for the baby. Thanks to all that helped and attended them it was very much appreciated.

We went to the Mariners game with Erik's dad and Kirsten. Erik clocked his pitching skills and threw approximately 77 mph. We all got bobble heads at the door which I don't think we have even opened yet. The Mariner's had a few good plays but seeing as how they are one of the worst teams in the league it wasn't too surprising that they lost. Oh well, the company was good and we had plenty of junk food to keep ourselves content.

Erik and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary last Friday. We took a walk down memory lane by going to lunch at Spud's fish and chips and taking a walk down Alki beach. This was were I took him on one of our dates about four years ago. It is hard to believe we have been married for two years and are going to be parents in about 3 weeks. Life goes by so fast.

We had fun at the batting cages for family home evening one night. Erik is getting ready to go to Cincinnati for a softball tournament with his work. He got some practice in batting right and left handed for the big weekend that is coming up in July. They have lots of things planned including going to the Cincinnati Reds baseball game. The baby and I will miss him but we are excited for him to do something he enjoys doing; playing sports and just plain old getting exercise.

Quadrant had a garage sale so I convinced Erik to come along with me to see if we couldn't score a coach for our new house. We were a little under prepared for what we saw that morning. The people there had been scouting this out days in advance. As we waited for the doors to open and the mad rush of people to run and grab anything they could, Erik was regretting coming and I couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous people can be. Surprisingly we scored an awesome coach, some drapes, and curtain rods.

Home update

Our home is just about ready for us to move in. Erik drove by the house today and said the front yard is in. He also peaked through the window and noticed the carpet has been laid and the appliances are installed. We have our final walk through this Wednesday and we are scheduled to close on Thursday. Amanda is eager to help paint and set up the baby’s room. I am excited to see the final product.

Dad's Progress

It takes a lot of concentration for dad to complete this task but he has come a long way and it is exciting to see him taking steps. This video was taken last week, since then he has been practicing walking up and down stairs and stepping off of a curb. I was a amazed at the exercises he performed while at the parallel bars yesterday. He was able to hold all of his weight without holding on to the bars on each foot and while bending at the knees. It was hard for him but he did it!!! If things go as planned he should be coming home next week. He continues to work hard and looks forward to coming home.