Monday, July 27, 2009

Life As We Know It

Life as we know it just got better... They had a little picture of the bubble in Julie's womb. You can actually see the limb buds and the tail. Pretty freaky if you ask me, but exciting nonetheless. :)

Anywho, I'll try to keep posting to keep an up to date log of what's happening. Julie wants me to make a website solely for the pregnancy (which I imagine will turn into a family site with updates of the family as the baby grows). Perhaps once I get done with it I'll post a link to it, so all of you bored enough to look at my posts can go look at it.

Take care,
B

Monday, July 13, 2009

Welcome Back to Normal Life

Well, I'm now back to my new routine and I'm two weeks into my next adventure! I have a bunch of fun pictures (don't worry, the link won't make you sign up for anything if you don't want to... and if you do, it's just Facebook) from my trip with Julie through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. It was a blast and I got to see a lot of beautiful things!

Photo Album Here

Anyways, so after a much needed rest I went head first into work today and worked my butt off. :) As ALL good employees should! I'll be sure to post some cool techie stuff on my other blog since it's been a VERY long time and then this blog will become a breeding ground for information and thoughts on my previously mentioned adventure...

I'm going to be a dad! I'm very excited and thrilled about it, and after three months of trying Julie and I have our first shot at pregnancy. I certainly hope that in March I will be face to face with my very own child. We have our first appointment next month (9 weeker, for you that know) and we're both ecstatic. I'm very happy that I've been given this opportunity and the love that Julie and I share is amazing which will make this experience even that more moving for me.

Julie doesn't even know I have a blog... Or likely what a blog is... But if she ever finds it, I want her to know how much I love her and how proud I am to be having a child with her. Thank you for being the other half of my heart and showing me the other side of things when I sometimes need it.

Take care for now,
B

Thursday, July 2, 2009

2009 Road Trip Round 1

The trip down to California was a blast. HOT, but a blast. We drove down through the Central portion of the state and went West just short of the Columbia river (Since we live right by the Columbia, we were basically parallel with the river on the way down, although we were quite some ways away at points due to the highways and their directions).

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We passed beside St. Helens, which was a pretty awesome site to see even at the distance from the highway. The highway is rather skinny right here, so I was lucky enough to find a pull-off to take the shot, although I had to time the traffic right in order to keep from getting smooshed!

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So I've been back for a couple of days and have recouped from the 18 hour drive back home. The extra 4 hours spent by going towards the coast first was both horrible as well as well spent. The last four hours of the trip were a drain on my energy, but the four hours I spent on the coast in the cool air during the hottest part of the day definitely made it worth it.

After driving out towards the coast and driving about two hours north, we reached the ocean shore. Unfortunately there wasn't much life out there other than people and the waves... I didn't come to see people, so I watched the waves a bit with my brother. As the waves bounced in and out off of the shore sand we stretched our legs and enjoyed the little bit of relief from the nasty-hot weather we dealt with on the way down and while we were in California.

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After the ocean, we had to travel through some rather twisty and turning highways (those of us who are from CA know this as the Pacific Coast Highway. The rest of you know it as highway 101).

Here are the shots of the Redwood Forest:

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