Baby Shower

This weekend three of my amazing friends (Tracy, LeighAnn and Jamie) threw a baby shower for me. We had so much fun! It was great to have some quality girl time. Alia was completely spoiled. Look at the super cute shirts that Tracy made for her. I am so lucky to have such amazing and caring friends!!!!

Tracy and I with the super cute shirts she made.

LeighAnn, Jamie and I

The dance girls ... Tracy, Donna, Desiree, Me, Marlene, Betsy

Simone, Me, Jan & Donna

Happy Halloween!

Jason and I had a relatively low key Halloween this year. On the 30th we carved our pumpkins .... without stencils this year and it was certainly interesting! On Halloween night Jason made dinner, we handed out candy and then turned out our light at 7:30 when the Blazer game started. It was an awesome game and they won at the very last second! On November 1st we went to a Halloween party where the theme was "good vs. evil". We tossed around a few ideas but nothing really grabbed us. In the end, we decided to go as a Blazer fan (good) and a Laker fan (evil). It was great because we got to be totally comfortable for the night.

The Zoo

One of our "date nights" was a Sunday morning at the Oregon Zoo. We decided to get a zoo membership so that once Alia arrives I can take her to the zoo whenever I want, for however long I want. It is a great way to get outside and exercise and enjoy a beautiful day (when we have them). We thought it might also be nice for when we have visitors in town. The newest attraction at the zoo is a baby elephant that was born in August. He is super cute!

32 Weeks!

This is what my 32 week pregnant belly looks like! 32 weeks down and about 8 more to go ... although I wouldn't be sad if she wanted to come a couple of days early. I have been feeling pretty good lately, but definitely more tired than usual. Alia is wriggling around in my belly a lot and gets the hiccups almost everyday!

She has a name!!!!!

After MUCH thought and consideration, our baby girl finally has a name:

Alia Catherine

Below is a video tour of her bedroom and a picture of her name hanging above the crib.

Ultrasound - 30 weeks

We had an ultrasound this morning and were able to see our little baby girl again. I absolutely love ultrasounds! I could sit there and stare at her cuteness forever. Today's ultrasound was just a quick one, but we did get a great look at our little girl sucking her thumb. If you look closely at this picture, you can see that it is a profile shot of her with her thumb in her mouth.

How cute is that??

Blazer Game

Last night, Jason and I went to the very first Blazer pre-season game at the Rose Garden. It turned out to be a VERY exciting win for the home team. (If you don't know about Greg Oden and Rudy Fernandez .... I highly recommend looking them up.) The crowd was into the game like it was the middle of the season. We are totally bummed that we won't be making it to as many games as we did last year, but tickets are much harder to come by and after December we are going to be pretty busy! The game was so much fun and I am so happy that basketball season is finally here. GO BLAZERS!!