Happy Birthday to Me

I just realized it's been a while since I posted... There's not really anything big going on. Today I've been relaxing and enjoying my birthday! Whoopee! (Someone say "Yeehaw" please... ...thank you.) Aaron served me breakfast in bed, and we spent most of the rest of the day relaxing and playing with William. Overall, a nice day-except for the rain...

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Last night I took some medicine that's supposed to be helping this nasty cough that I've had. I was kind of worried about the effect it might have had on the baby. I hadn't felt anything for most of the evening which is unusual since she's usually most active at night, and it was kind of bugging me. I told Aaron, who was listening to some music on his headphones, and he thought that a little rock music might wake her up. So her official first song is YYZ by Rush. :) We guess she liked it, because she gave us a little kick! Aaron is excited. He was joking afterward that now he knows she must be his baby, since she's a Rush fan. Silly husbands!

Rainy Days

Seattle is really rainy. Okay, you probably knew that, but this month has been exceptionally rainy. I haven't been able to find an official record, but I've heard that the record for most consecutive rainy days in Seattle is 33. We are currently on day number 26. That's a lot of rain-even in Seattle.
According to Weather.com:
255 PM PST THU JAN 12 2006
...EVEN MORE RAIN ON ALREADY SOGGY PUGET SOUND REGION SOILS THROUGH FRIDAY...
THE PUGET SOUND AREA HAS HAD DAILY RAINFALL SINCE THIS WET WEATHER PATTERN BEGAN ON DECEMBER 19TH...NOW 25 STRAIGHT DAYS. SOILS ARE SATURATED AND THOSE ON STEEPER SLOPES ARE PRIMED TO GIVE WAY IN LANDSLIDES.
LANDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED IN VARIOUS WESTERN WASHINGTON LOCATIONS SINCE LATE LAST WEEK. ON FRIDAY JANUARY 6...THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ISSUED AN ADVISORY FOR ADDITIONAL LANDSLIDES DUE TO WET SOILS. THE ADVISORY STATES THAT LANDSLIDES ARE HIGHLY POSSIBLE DURING INTENSE RAINFALL OR WHEN RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEED ONE INCH IN 24 HOURS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR RAINFALL EXCEEDS THAT AMOUNT.

Looking to Relocate

If I could be anywhere else today, it would be at Boskovich Farms in Oxnard, California. They grow strawberries. Mmmmm.... Strawberries...

A Tale of Cars, Curbs, and Keys

Last night I realized that we were pretty much out of milk, so I left Aaron and William to get ready for bed and headed to the grocery store. On the way out of our appartment complex, I sort of ran into the curb. Ooops. But I just continued on the way to the store. About halfway there, the car started making funny noises and kind of vibrating, so I pulled off onto the next side road and discovered that the front passenger side tire was completely flat. We just got this car in December, and I knew it didn't have a spare tire (this is something that we knew we would need to get, but just hadn't gotten around to it yet). Well, the tire shops had closed, and we didn't have much choice but to leave the car there overnight. After locking the keys in the car (also something we don't have a spare of), and retrieving them wih the help of a dent fixing tool (and the dent fixer himself), I was finally able to get back home just before 11:00. This morning Aaron was lucky enough to be able to get a ride to work, and I (with the help of the dent fixer again) have spent most of this morning retriving and replacing a tire.
I will be watching out for curbs in the future, and keeping spares of a few important items!

Better than Chicken Noodle Soup

My favorite food when I'm sick is pizza. I don't know why, but it always makes me feel better. Right now, we've all been sick with a nasty cold, so last night we got pizza. I'm eating some of the leftovers for breakfast. It's a Papa Johns "The Works" minus the mushrooms (Aaron's allergic) plus bacon. Mmmmm.... Pizza!

Christmas 2005

Well, we had quite a Christmas. William got to enjoy his last Christmas as the only child/grandchild, and I must say, came away with quite a stash. My two previous posts have more details about that.
Aaron also got to talk to his brother who is on a mission in Mexico, and we spent Sunday night having "breakfast" and playing games with some friends from church. All in all, it was a pretty good Christmas. If you want to see more pictures, go to my Flickr account (there's a link on the right). Sorry in addvance-there are lots of them, and they aren't all the best quality. But some of them are pretty fun.

Some Christmas Gifts

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I got some nice maternity clothes from Aaron's mom, and Aaron surprised me with one of my favorite movies-Moulin Rouge. I also got some rechagable batteries so I can take pictures with my camera (from santa), and some cute bowls with chilly and cornbread mixes from Melissa. There were a few other things that I got for myself, but these were the "fun" things.

William's Christmas Loot

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William got very spoiled this year! Here are most of the toys he got for Christmas.

To Anyone Who Hoped to Get a Card From Me

Sorry, it doesn't look like they're going to make it...
I made the stupid mistake of not taking the stamps (that I bought especially for Christmas cards) out of the bag before throwing it away. My stamps are now resting peacefully in the dumpster outside our appartment. But I'd like you all to know that I had a card for you! :) Maybe you'll get it next year. Actually even if I go get some more stamps and send the cards out promtly, it will probably be next year before you get them. So, if you'd like to recieve a Christmas card from me sometime around the new year, let me know. I'll try to hang on to my stamps long enough to mail it to you.

Christmas is Coming

Does anyone know this Christmas song?
"Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny, a hay-penny (sp?) will do. If you haven't got a hay-penny, God bless you."
My husband will go around singing it, but I'd never heard it before. Anyway, here's my version for you all. "Christmas is coming, my belly's getting fat, and if you're generous, it will all come back!" :) I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! As a special gift to my friends Melissa and Stephanie, I promise to be less boring and keep you all a little more updated! ;)

Merry Christmas! and God bless you!

New News

For some of you this won't be news, but I wanted to let everyone know that we are now expecting our second baby! I'm about 14 weeks pregnant, which puts the due date at May 6th. William was 10 days late though, so I'm sort of planning on it being sometime after the 6th. I'm pretty excited to have another baby, and we're hoping for a girl. Of course, we would love another boy, too- It's just nice to have a little variety! In related news, we had our second appointment with the midwife last Thursday and got to hear the heartbeat! It was exciting, and it's nice to know that everything seems to be progressing normally. Aaron and William were both there to hear the heartbeat. Aaron was trying to explain to William what we were listening to. I'm not sure if he figured it out, but he was definately trying to work out how there could be a baby in mommy's tummy, and why it would make a noise like that. Anyway, that's all the news for now. I'm sure I'll have more again soon!

Colors

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Originally uploaded by karalynlund.

William has discovered crayons. He's known of their existance for a while, but it's been just recently that he's figured out that they're for coloring pictures on paper and not for walls or TV's. Since this discovery, he's been coloring up a storm with his "colors" as he calls them. Anyway, here are a couple of examples of his artwork.

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Originally uploaded by karalynlund.

Baby Parade

Yesterday I went walking with a group of other moms from church. It was nice to get out and exercise and socialize a little at the same time. It must have been quite a sight to see six moms with their babies and toddlers parading around the neighborhood. We passed a construction crew, and one of the guys yelled out, "Baby Boom!" That was kind of funny, especially since the people there yesterday didn't even represent half of the babies that have been showing up at church lately. Anyway, I enjoyed the chance to get out, and I think William did too. He was pretty excited to be around all those babies! They ranged in age from not quite one month to just over a year. He's fasinated with babies, which is nice, but I wish he knew to be more careful around them. Hopefully his interest will last long enough for him to be excited when another baby shows up at our house, and hopefully by then he will have learned how to be more gentle.

Something...

Well, it's been a while since I wrote anything, so I thought I should write something. So here it is, a big SOMETHING. :) Things are going pretty well here. I don't really know what to write to you all about... so, I guess that's all for now. I'll let you know when I have something exciting to talk about.

Big Spider

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Originally uploaded by karalynlund.

This is a big spider that crawled up on my back porch this morning. There's a penny there for size reference. William was really excited about it and sat there saying "ber!" (his version of "spider"). It stayed in that spot for about ten minutes. I think it was having a staring contest with that little pebble. Apparently the pebble won.

box boy

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Originally uploaded by karalynlund.

These pictures were taken a while ago, but I've been a little slow to upload pics lately. William loves climbing in boxes, so we gave him a couple and cut doors and windows in them. Here he's playing peek-a-boo with me.

Ah-ha!

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Originally uploaded by karalynlund.

Make a Wish...

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It was a little breezy, so we had to protect our little flames with the back pack. If you notice, William got a bit of a head start with the cupcakes, and he's still holding the evidence!