Eventful week

The previous week had been crazy busy and fun. Joshua had boy scout camp all week long. They did BB guns, archery, roping, crafting,obstacle courses and many more that has a lot to do with getting muddy,dirty and hurt :) Joshua got several bulls eye shots on both archery and BB gun, he was pretty proud of himself. Pat volunteered the first couple days so that was really nice.

On his birthday, he felt very special with the whole campers singing happy birthday to him. Apparently, he was the only celebrant at the camp that day. We took him out for pizza and had homemade apple pie for dessert. His friend Lola came over for a while to give him his pressie.

Thursday, we went for my 20th week checkup. It was nice to see baby growing at 12oz, it sure feels like baby is a lot heavier than that :) Everything is going well so that is always great news. In the early evening Joshua had his first day of hockey lesson. Boy was he exhausted that day since he went straight from camp. Halfway on the session and he came out in tears, he complained about his head hurting and turns out he just needed a helmet adjustment. After that, he went back in and finished the lesson. He was quite a trooper.

Friday, we went for barbecue dinner at their camp. The boys prepared skits for everyone. After that, we had movie night at our neighbors driveway. Jerry used his projector on a bed sheet and we all watched Avatar on the homemade screen with neighbors and friends. We were up til almost midnight including Joshua...it was a fun doing that with good friends and neighbors.

Saturday, we had Joshua's birthday party. He had 9 kids at his party. They played on the water slide, spent a lot of time hitting each other with water balloons. The weather wasn't that great at 69F but with thanks to humidity - it sure felt warmer. The crowd left mostly at around 5PM and that is when we all crashed from exhaustion :) It was a great party according to the birthday boy so that was worth it.

Today, the boys might go ice skating again to hush on Shua's skills while I sit and read a book :) Calmer weeks ahead and that is always a good thing!

Visit from John, Lynn and the boys

First day, they rested in the morning after their long trip from Indiana and we just mostly took it easy.




next day, we visited Multnomah Falls, the Crown Vista point and Timberline at Mt. Hood.


Third day, we went to mass while John is at his conference. The boys had a game of soccer at the park and just pretty much took it easy.






Fourth day, Lynn and I took the boys to Cannon Beach. It was as usual a cold, misty day but it was still a good trip. We walked to the Haystack Rock and then had some treats at the nearby shops.


Last day, we checked out Powell's bookstore at Downtown Portland then met with John and Pat there for a nice dinner at Henry's Tavern. We took the Max train to downtown which was really handy specially since I am not too keen about driving to downtown. We ended the day with a great big meal and lots of chatting :)

California Adventures

First stop, video world!

Second: Nick's swimming class
Third: Hiking at Fryman's. Aunt Sue's route every morning.

Fourth: Disneyland Adventure








Fifth: Swimming at Asaad's pool




Sixth: Malibu Beach



A fantastic trip to the California wonderland. Thank you Pastoria's for the great week!

13 weeks!

I wore this dress when I was 6 months pregnant with Joshua. I see big belly in my future.

Tempted

I officially hate Oregon. I don't normally use the word hate but it best describes how I feel about living in Oregon as of now. I haven't seen sunshine since March which lasted only for a couple of days. It has been raining since then and the allergens are just plain killing me. I have been suffering with my allergies for over a quarter now. I know the pregnancy doesn't help either but I am definitely sick and tired of being sick. Last Friday, I only went out for a 30 minutes walk to take Shua to the park and sure enough my eyes were sore in an instant. I can barely see and of course I can not use any eye drops due to the possible side effects. Other than my puffy, itchy and sore eyes, I can barely breathe, is totally congested and has been having a tough time sleeping. Yes, I am totally cranky and irritable. Joshua is struggling as well - poor little thing. I literally had to massage the bridge of his nose to open up the nasal passage while he slept the other day because he can barely breathe. His nostrils were so swollen there's hardly any space for air to pass. Anyway, sorry about my rant. I just need to release how I feel. If only I can get out of this place for the time being perhaps I'd feel better. Our California trip could not come any sooner - I wish I can leave now. If given a chance I will definitely move out of this place already - I hate it here!

Eyes...

I took Joshua for an eye checkup today since he has been doing a lot of squinting again and has been complaining about his eyeglasses not doing a good job anymore. Also, he broke his eyeglasses at school last week "by accident".

During the check when the Dr. asked him to read the letters on the screen, I know his vision was pretty bad when he started mentioning shapes and characters instead of letters, A was a Triangle, D was a square and M was a space ship or ship I suppose. It is also confirmed that he is color blind, he only got 1 right after being shown the entire book. His prescription is -2.25 on both eyes. Well, I guess at least he can see better now. He was all giddy and happy when he got his glasses - he kept saying, "I can't believe how clear I can see now". I even got him a spare sports eyeglasses so he won't need to squint while playing basketball,baseball and football again or perhaps this time he can actually see the ball coming :)

12 weeks and 5 days

A sneak peek of our new addition at 12 weeks and 5 days. It was a nice treat to have a glimpse of our baby today. It definitely brightened our otherwise rainy, gloomy and stormy day. First Trimester is almost over! Yay!