I miss the cool mountain air!!!

Bryan and I were talking about taking a "Babymoon" this summer to a fun place that had sandy beaches, cool weather, and casinos. As you can see by our requirements for a great babymoon, we were not agreeing on a place to vacation. About that time my family started talking about taking trip to Red River, New Mexico. We had gone there when I was 15 and had a great time...so Bryan and I decided that if my family did end up going on this vacation that we would go too and use the vacation time as our babymoon. So the plans were set and we were doing a road trip across Texas in two cars leaving on July 24th, my 29th Birthday. We drove all day and stopped in Amarillo at the Ambassador Hotel and spent the night. After 12 hours of traveling we decided to go to the T.G.I.Friday's that was in the hotel to celebrate my birthday with a big brownie sundae!

(Me & Bryan in Amarillo, TX on my 29th Birthday!)

So the next day we are on the road again and headed to beautiful Red River! After driving through the flat plains of Texas we finally could see the mountains in the distance and eventually pulled up to our cabin.

We spent 5 wonderful days here. It was so relaxing, and a much slower pace of life than what we are used to. The weather was beautiful, with highs around 72 and lows around 50. Everyday we would get hours of sunshine, but then in the afternoon the clouds would roll in over the mountain tops and it would rain, and thunder all evening and night. Our cabin had no air condition, (which I was scared about being over 6 months pregnant) but it was the most peaceful thing to sleep with all the windows open and the rain hitting the tin roof. We would wake up every morning open the door, walk outside and take a deep breath of "fresh" air. I loved it!!!

Here are some of our pictures of my crazy family in Red River.

(Mom and I tormenting Bryan)

(Amy & Eric before horseback riding)

(Dad on his mule- he doesn't remember his name)

(Eric on his big butt horse that had a little gas problem...like Eric!)

Bryan was taking all the pictures when they were horseback riding so there are no pictures of him, but he was on the biggest mule ever...his name was Andre. Anyway, this mule was so big that they had to get Bryan a step stool to mount him. I was not there to see this in person, (being pregnant and all) but he drove me by the stables later that day to show me his giant mule.

(In Taos at a Mexican Restaurant)

(Watch Out for Falling COWS!!! - A sign that was on the road behind our cabin)

(Lara and her Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Friend - I loved their Chocolate Ice Cream!)

(Bryan, Eric, Amy, Lara & Dad on a fun 4-Wheeling ride)

(Lara & Eric)

(Bryan & Dad)

Since 4-Wheeling is not the safest and smartest thing to do when you are pregnant my mom and had a nice morning in town. We went out to eat breakfast at the Old Timers Cafe and do a little jewelry shopping at Frye's. When we got back to the cabin the gang was just pulling up. They were full of stories of how Amy drove off the side of the mountain, how she rear-ended Eric, and how Lara was a little daredevil slowing down to only speed up and go real fast through the huge mud puddles. The best story though was that Bryan somehow stalled on an incline and managed to run over his own leg and foot. He was bruised from his ankle to below his knee for weeks. When they were telling me all of this and showing me the pictures I got all emotional and started crying. (blame it on being pregnant!) I was just bummed that I was not in any of these pictures or had any crazy stories to tell...I'm just so used to being involved and active. But I'm glad that they all had a blast...and took some great pictures for us.

We had a wonderful time in Red River, and I know that when we got back home I was depressed. I wanted to sleep with our windows open, I wanted to walk out and see the mountains, the blue sky and breath that cool mountain air. I realized that I hate the summer heat, the traffic, and the concrete jungle that we call home. Of course now Red River feels like it's a million miles away, and I am again used to our day to day life, but looking back at these pictures I can't wait to go back and hopefully take our little girl there so she will have some of these memories.

(A last look down Main in Red River...I miss it!)

Ultrasound pictures!

Okay, so I have realized that I'm really bad at this blogging thing. I have lots of stuff that I could be posting...but not focused enough to do it. (Can I blame this on pregnancy-scatterbrain?)

Here are the latest pictures taken at on July 3rd, our last ultrasound, of our nameless little girl. (We're still working on the nameless part!) :)

It's a girl!

(picture of her bottom and backs of legs, as if she were sitting on a glass table)

She's hiding!

(4D picture of her face, at least what she is not covering with her hands)

I am now almost 7 months pregnant...time is flying by! I have been feeling really good, and some days even forget that I'm pregnant...until she starts kicking to remind me that she is there. I have been having some doses of shortness of breath recently. Nothing major, just different. The funny thing is it's not when I am walking, talking or exercising (I feel great when I'm really active), but it's when I am sitting here at my desk at work doing nothing. I think that it must be the way that I'm sitting and I'm squishing my lungs or something. Who knows! So really no complaints...yet!!!

I had another OB appointment last week, no ultrasound or anything, just a very routine visit. My doctor measured me and says that I'm measuring just perfect. Our little girls heartbeat was a strong 149 beats...so everything looks great! Our next appointment is September 2nd.