We are anxiously counting down the days until Baby Boy joins us! Until then, we wanted to recount some of our summer adventures!
In June, we had a visit from Grandma Pando and Grandma Skidmore and enjoyed some of what makes Oregon so beautiful this time of year.
Jordan was able to live his dream of hard core dirt biking with help from his childhood friend Russ Chestnut. He took a weekend to get weekend to get it "out of his system", but as his friend put it, I think it only got it "in his system".
I (Alina) celebrated my 31st birthday! Jordan's sister Ashleigh was in town as well as Berke and Carol so we were able to celebrate together. One of my birthday gifts from Jordan was an expansion to our karaoke machine and we had a rather successful karaoke party with some of our new friends here in Beaverton also.
4th of July was gorgeous! Beautiful weather and fun community events. Roy was a champ and stayed up late for fireworks or "the colors", but really all he wanted to do was lay down and take a "nap" with his monkey.
Not nearly as bad as Houston heat, but it sure can get toasty here in the Northwest! Nothing like skinny dipping in the backyard to cool you off!
In June, we had a visit from Grandma Pando and Grandma Skidmore and enjoyed some of what makes Oregon so beautiful this time of year.
Jordan was able to live his dream of hard core dirt biking with help from his childhood friend Russ Chestnut. He took a weekend to get weekend to get it "out of his system", but as his friend put it, I think it only got it "in his system".
I (Alina) celebrated my 31st birthday! Jordan's sister Ashleigh was in town as well as Berke and Carol so we were able to celebrate together. One of my birthday gifts from Jordan was an expansion to our karaoke machine and we had a rather successful karaoke party with some of our new friends here in Beaverton also.
4th of July was gorgeous! Beautiful weather and fun community events. Roy was a champ and stayed up late for fireworks or "the colors", but really all he wanted to do was lay down and take a "nap" with his monkey.
Jordan had a conference in Seattle in July and Roy and I tagged along. We stayed in the city and took advantage of the shopping and sightseeing there. Roy loved feeding the seagulls at Ivar's, riding the Ferris Wheel, being at the Park with Aunt Rita and Uncle Rick, going to the Mariner's game with Grandpa and Grandma Horrocks, and especially seeing the seals at the Aquarium with Dave, Marie, and cousin Piper.
Not nearly as bad as Houston heat, but it sure can get toasty here in the Northwest! Nothing like skinny dipping in the backyard to cool you off!
We had a surprise visit from Mike and Maddie Hansen! The two little friends picked up right where they left off!
And we had a visit from Dave, Marie, and cousin Piper. It was good for Roy to practice being the "big boy" and learn to share and be gentle with baby Piper.
Roy is talking up a storm these days - picking up on things we say and forming little sentences. One of his favorite words is "Tylenols" from when we had to give him some for a little fever, haha! Other cute things he says are: "I find it"(usually when he's looking for the remote or the itouch), "no please", "yeah please", "all gone tickles" (when he wants us to stop tickling him), "no song daddy" (when he wants Jordan to stop singing), "hold you" (when he wants to be picked up), "I see it!" (when he's seen the baby move in mom's tummy), "yucky trucks" or "garbage trucks" on garbage day, "I sorry mama/daddy" (this is usually combined with a soft stroke of the face and is a sure fire way of making us forget why he was in trouble in the first place), "dangit!" (courtesy of me and Jordan's pseudo-swearing), "Jeopardy" (our whole family is all about it every night at 7pm). He loves having lunch with Dad where he can see "Daddy fishes" in the aquarium there and collect Orthopedic and Fracture stuffed animals (he now has the whole collection). We started swim lessons at the local aquatic center and he hated them at first but now he loves kicking, blowing bubbles, and doing "big jumps" into the pool. He knows his name now and well as "Dor-don" and "A-nee-nah". He's great at giving "big squeezes" and loves giving Mama's baby hugs and kisses. He knows there's a baby in Mama's tummy, but he has no idea what he's in for :).
I was working at the hospital a day or two a week until the end of July, then I got too pregnant. The pregnancy has gone very well, but that last month is brutal. I've been trying to relax and stay cool and comfortable. Also, I've been "nesting" and finishing some house projects (or rather, Jordan's been finishing house projects for me :)). We finished another ridiculous instructional video about pregnancy that you can see here:
Until next time...then we'll be a family of four!!!
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