Seventh Month Itch

So here is my seventh month update. My baby bump is growing. My little girl is an active little meatloaf just like her daddy. My tummy is a little itchy, but no stretch marks yet. Yeah! Oh the heat is killing me. The Summer sun is too hot! No longer can I sleep through the night. Five hour nights are a personal best for me lately. I can't wait to sleep on my back again.

I hope everyone especially enjoys this last picture; because I was enjoying my first banana split! Yummy yummy for my tummy. This was a very fun day. Bryan and I went to Thanksgiving point and walked around the gardens walst snapping some pregnancy shots for your viewing pleasure. Afterward we cooled off with a shared banana split. Then we headed over to Cabellas. We enjoyed looking at the fish and all the dead stuffed animals (badgers have the longest nails/claws!) and guns. Then we vowed to take our little girl on many future camping expeditions. What a fun way to spend a Friday.

Sedated Thunderstorm Days

Jasper having a panic attack.
Jasper sedated.

We have had quite a few thunderstorms in my neck of the woods this Summer. Poor little Jasper cannot handle thunderstorms. He never has been able to handle thunderstorms ever since we adopted him into our little family. He paces, whines, breathes so hard and fast i swear it will give him a heart attack. On top of that he shakes uncontrolably. It is so sad to watch and if a thunderstorm occurs while Bryan and I are both gone we know we are going to be replacing our blinds. After three days of up all nights with Jasper, I think he is preparing me for the baby, I really needed some sleep. Sleep is hard to get nowadays anyways with a big belly in the way. Side note: I hate sleeping on my side. Anywho, luckily my Grandma Snell and Aunt Sue gave us some pills they got from the vet that relax dogs when they have panic attacks. Thanks you. Thank you. Its so nice to have a calm dog instead of one I'm afraid will have a heart attack during a thunderstorm.

Summer Vacation Blues

Everytime I turn on our computer I see this picture that Bryan recently set as our desktop background. I love this picture and it brings back so many memories of vacationing in Lincoln City. Where we will one day hopefully retire. At the same time it makes me really wish we could go on a vacation this Summer. But it is just a wish. But if my wish was granted we would be playing on the beach with Jasper and Izzy, eating the best salt water taffy, enjoying the cool 65 degree weather compared to the ugly 100 degree weather we have been experiencing here and eating dinner at Moe's. We'd stay at a hotel along the coast and in the morning head over to the Christmas Shop that is open year round and pick up Jasper an ornament to match Izzy's. The smell of sea and evergreens in the air. Oh what a wonderful aroma. It's all tied up in a wish.