Mostly Mylisa...

These are for my sweet lonely husband who has been begging for pictures.

Wanting to push the cart all by herself.

Corn on the cob, her favorite.


Listening to an IPod
Talking to Bryce on the phone.


Posing!

Being too cute!



More corn!

What wonderful friends...

My best friend Amy(right) and good friend Pam(left) from our old Ward in Tigard threw me a baby shower while I was home. It was alot of fun although I hate being the center of attention. So many from our Ward showed up, it was so nice.

This cute outfit is from Amy's mom.

A long hard road...

Infertility and Adoption are both a long hard road that I know so many people don't understand. One of my blogging buddies who just recently adopted a gorgeous little boy posted this on her blog yesterday and every word is so true for Hubs and I.

Please take a look!

I won't be able to sleep tonight...

Well, today when I was cleaning, I found a little surprise. As you have probably guessed from the picture, it was a spider. Not just any spider, we are pretty sure it WAS a Hobo Spider. This picture is pretty close to the actual size it was too. NOT COOL! Hobo spiders are harmful, they wont kill you but they will leave a skin lesion that could last for months, and you are supposed to seek medical treatment immediately. SCARY!! I am really terrified of spiders!!!!! Especially big ones, and I hate squishing them too. So I managed to get a grip on my terror and catch it in a glass jar and then waited to kill it until Hubs got home. We dumped finger nail polish remover in the jar and we managed to poison it and drown it at the same time. So anyway I don't think I will sleep very well tonight, I will probably freak out at the smallest itch. I don't know if I am going to be able to handle spiders in my house all winter, especially big Hobo spiders.

***So that you all wont have to look at this spider every time you look at my blog, I will delete the picture after a day or so when everyone has had the chance to see it at least once.

The perfect medicine...

This is my 100th post, woohoo!

I have been SO homesick for Oregon, for my parents, for Mylisa, and for my family and friends. So what is the perfect medicine...you guessed it...a trip home! I am flying home Friday September 21st and staying 10 days. You would not believe how excited I am! And highlights will be getting to have Mylisa the entire time that I am there, and my really good friends from our Ward in Tigard are going to give me my first baby shower. I really can't wait. I am also so excited to get a long break from work (it has been crazy busy)! 10 days sounds like a lot, but then when I think about all the people I want to make sure that I see, it doesn't sound like quite enough! And the hard part is that I really hate being away from Hubs, we both become huge babies when we are away from each other for long periods of time. Maybe I can keep myself busy enough.

Our Angel "C"

Our Birthmother "C" is truly our Angel. We had a great visit with her this weekend. We went miniature golfing and got ice cream at Baskin Robbins. We were able to just sit and talk with her and ask her about things she likes and what she like to do. And just really get to know her. We felt like we could have talked to her all night. And I didn't really want to leave. And today I was really missing her. Her tummy isn't very big yet but she said that he is moving around. She made a really sweet comment telling us that he wasn't moving around much today and so she told the baby earlier that his mom and dad were coming and to move around a little so that we could see that he was really in there. It melted my heart! We are so excited to have this sweet young lady a part of our lives forever. And are so grateful for the amazing, unselfish gift she is giving us and her baby. We are so excited for this little guy to come, we can hardly stand it!

I kept on forgetting to take pictures so I only got one of C putting.

SUNDAY RECIPE --- Cheesy Chicken Sauce (Crock Pot)

Cheesy Chicken Sauce

Ingredients:
1 Can of Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Can of Cream of Celery Soup
1 Pkg of Cream Cheese
1 Pkg of Italian Season Dressing Mix (Found in the Salad Dressing Aisle)
About 1 Pound of cut up raw chicken (frozen or thawed)

Dump in Crock Pot and cook on low for 3-4 hours.

For Family Size double everything.

Eat on top of Rice or Pasta.

Explanation...

So some of you are wondering about my comment on only having to spend one winter in Montana. Well here is the explanation for you...

With the company Hubs works for (Enterprise Rent-A-Car) you have to apply for promotions and almost all promotions are to out of state offices. This means that we will be moving alot in the next 10 years or so, with probably staying in one place for no longer than two years. Hubs can apply for promotions now, but we are going to wait until February or March because the adoption process is more complicated when not in the same state.

I hope this helps with the confusion!

So NOT ready...!!

We realized this week that it is getting dark before 8:30pm. Which means summer is coming to an end. I am so not ready for the winter here...

People keep telling us that winter starts this month...What, No Fall?!?!? I cant believe I am going to miss the Fall! I don't want winter to start yet (although it will mean it is closer to when our baby is born).

I don't want to live in freezing temperatures! I don't want to have to put a coat and gloves on every time I go outside! I don't want to have to get up even earlier in the morning to have enough time to warm my car up before I drive to work which really isn't that far down the road! I don't want to have to worry about getting my car out of the snow that is piled on it because we are on a snow route! I don't want to worry about the weather conditions we will have to drive a hour and a half in when we get the call that our birthmother is in labor!

But I don't really have a choice and it is most likely that we wont be here next winter, so I guess I should just tough it out, right?