Baby Update!

We had our appointment on friday and everything went great! It was pretty crazy when the doctor was locating the heartbeat...she was able to follow our baby around my belly as the baby was moving around! It made a swooshing sound when the baby made a movement. I couldn't believe how active he/she was! I can't wait till I get to feel the movement, which my doctor said should be in a few weeks!
As well I was delightfully suprised to find out that we will be having our ultra-sound this Tuesday!!! I will fill you guys in as soon as we find out if it is a boy or girl! (If they are able to tell...cross your fingers) They told me that you have to drink 30 ounces of water an 1 and 1/2 before your ultrasound with no trips to the bathroom! Lets hope I can make it through without bursting! lol How come you have to do this? Do any of you know why? Does it make your stomach larger so that they can see the baby? lol

Be praying that the baby and I continue to grow and be healthy!

Okay well I hope you guys are having a great week back!
Talk to you soon!

Love, Jen :)

Back home!!

We made it home on Sunday and Neil and I both started our new classes for the quarter on Monday! It is so great to know that we only have one quarter left! I am pretty excited about the courses that I am taking this quarter: Childhood Development, Social Problems, Social Psychology, Choir(I am such a choir geek), and a few excercise classes. Neil also has a full course load with ASL 3, Small Group Communication, Senior Capstone(for Communication majors), as well as a few excercise classes. On top of his classes he was also asked to student teach a course called Leading Change, which he is absolutely thrilled about. I think it will be such a great experience for him!! :)
Our next appointment to see the doctor is coming up this friday! We will get to hear the hearbeat again which I am completely thrilled about. In about three weeks we get to have an ultrasound!!!!!!! I can't wait to buy baby clothes ;)
Well I think that is everything for now! Talk to everyone later!
Jen:)

16 Weeks

We are having a baby, and it still hasn't set in. Look at my girl! She's so cute!!!!!! That's my baby in there! She finally looks pregnant, which she is so excited about. I can not say how much I love this girl...my beautiful Jennifer.

Portland Marathon!!

As you all know Neil and I completed the Portland Marathon two weeks ago!! It was very difficult for us towards the end of the race! But.....we finished! We ran it in 4 hours and 45 min. I believe the hardest part of the race was running from miles 20 through 26. Luckily there was tons of water, a Gatorade type drink, and few snacks offered along the way to keep us replenished and energized. We are already ready for out next challenge which we believe is going to be the Vancouver Marathon in May!

There were race photographers who took our picture along the way and here is one that we purchased.

There are more photos available but we are not sure if we are going to buy them because of the price however you are welcome to check them out if you would like at:

www.portlandmarathon.org click on the photos section and either type in bib # 5046 or 5047.

Thanks Rod and Signe for coming and rooting us on! It was so fun to have family to share the adventure with!

We cant wait to see everyone for Christmas!!!

Love,

Jen :)

Labor Day Weekend!

This weekend was so relaxing and great to see family! We headed over the mountains to Seattle with Tyler! It was fun to carpool and made the time pass. We left on friday and just got back late last night.

Friday was spent relaxing after a long drive home by eating a delicious dinner of flank steak and was topped of with homemade molasses cookies!

On Saturday Neil and I went for our long jog (14 miles) and then had a fun trip down to Seattle with Rod and Signe to Starbucks new independant coffee shop called, 15 Avenue Coffee and Tea, on Capital Hill. This coffee shop was amazing and you would not be able to tell that is was starbucks in diguise. The decor was very urban and inviting. The experience was so fun! You walk in to see an assortment of different coffee beans that you can choose from. From there you pick which coffee beans you would like to try and they scoop it right there to make your custom coffee! All of the pastries that we tried were delicious and unique to this particular store with nothing I have ever seen at Starbucks!

When you guys come visit we will have to take you there!

This is the website. Check it out! http://www.streetlevelcoffee.com/

The rest of the weekend was very relaxing and spent hanging out with my own (Jen's)family. I hope that everyone else had a very enjoyable time for their labor day weekend! Cant wait to hear about it.

Goodbye for now!
Jen:)

p.s. pictures to come soon!

Our Weekend Trip to Pullman

This weekend Neil and I had planned on going on a camping trip in Northern Idaho....when we showed up to the camping spot early saturday morning we were disapointed by the sad display of a campground. So instead of being disapointed for the rest of the weekend we decided to turn it into a spontaneous trip down to Pullman to visit Tyler! It was quite fun and it was a little interesting considering we only had our camping gear with us! Saturday night we grilled burgers out on tyler's porch of his new apartment and they turned out delicious. :) That night we hung out at his apartment and watched the newest batman movie, which was surprisingly quite good!
The next day we ventured around Pullman seeing the sights by runnning through the town. Jogging through an area is surprisingly a great way to get to know the city! That night before we headed home we went out to eat at an italian restaurant that had a special going for college students, at $5 dollars a plate for a spaghetti dinner which included salad, breadsticks, and a beverage. It ended up being a decent place, I think we might go there again the next time we go down and visit Tyler!

We had a great weekend even though we werent able to go camping!

Jen :)

Spring Break

So I want to let you know about spring break. Jen and I are leaving to come home to the Seattle area on the 17th of March. On the 18th and 19th I will be taking Jennifer up to Cama Beach State Park to stay sea side in a cabin for two nights. The cabin is only $23 a night which is perfect for us newly weds in college! The goal is to relax and have some alone time in the greatest place on earth: the beautiful pacific North West. We are bringing our own food and grill but in the morning we are planning on going out to a little coffee shop called Scandia which is a coffee shop dedicated to preserving the Norwegian heritage in Stanwood. For lunch one day we may go by Matt and Rachel's coffee shop.
On the 20th we will go home to celebrate Tyler's (my little bro for those who don't know us) 20th Birthday! We will also be going home to Mars Hill Church for Sunday, which we are looking forward to soooooo much! We miss our church, our family and our city. We will always go where ever God may send us, but we pray that he send us to Seattle for good.