Baby Bump Goes Camping

This past weekend the hubby and I went to George Washington National Forest (GWNF) for some wheelin' and campin' with some friends

We left Friday and came back home Sunday after a wonderfully full day of fun on Saturday.

Luckily enough, baby bump and I made it safely through all the adventures!!

Although there were a few moments that I thought I might freeze...my mummy sleeping bag didn't feel warm enough for the windy nights and 30 degree F temps...

But enough talk, let me show you in pictures how much fun we had!

We chopped down some dead trees, and naturally the boys used Charley's truck to catch the tree


Saw beautiful colors on the trees

I tripped over backwards while video taping (no worries, baby bump is still safe, had a check-up today!)

splashed through muddy water...

a lot...

and again...

and one more time!

took scenic pics with my sister!

and with my hubby and baby bump


i might kinda love him a WHOLE lot

took pics of water

attempted a double piggy-back

did some wrestling

looked at the pretty moon

and sat by the fire, a lot at night!

All in all, we had a great time and I can't wait for the next trip!

Highs and Lows

So, today was an amazing day and crappy all in one

Let me explain what I mean...

My hubby and I slept in a bit this morning and were anxiously excited for our ultrasound this morning (which went wonderfully...this was the "high" part of the day)

We got to see Baby A moving around, waving hands and wiggling feet...we were shown the face and could see the eyes, nose, lips, chin...we were even able to see the chambers of the heart fluttering and working hard to pump blood through the body (which was pretty cool when the tech added in the red and blue colors to symbolize oxygenated/deoxygenated blood and where it was in the body)

Prolly the coolest part was having the tech take a picture of Baby A's "parts" area and place it in an envelope so we can be surprised along with all our family and close friends on Oct 22nd at our Gender Reveal Party!!

So now Baby A is an actual boy or girl...no more of this in the middle/hasn't developed those parts yet kinda thing....time flies doesn't it?

We left with a picture of Baby A's cute lil foot and another of Baby A's face staring at us (which is actually a little creepy looking to me since the baby looks like a skeleton type thing and hasn't gotten all that cute baby fat yet).

We also left knowing that Baby A was very healthy with a heartbeat of 153 beats/min and weighing in around 11 oz with a head full of brains (kiddo is smart already!)...we are right on target and where we should be for our due date of March 6, 2012.

Now, for the low of the day

(If you are content with the first "happy" part, please don't bother making this post be a "debbie downer" and just stop reading...)

So, we are walking back to our cars getting ready to part for the day and head in to work, talking about how badly we wanted to peek in the envelopes that contain what Baby A is SO badly...

We get to my car which was parked closer in the parking deck and we are saying our goodbyes and hugs/kisses and all that good stuff.

I open my car door and am about to get in when I notice that there is a bunch of stuff on my passenger seat...

And I am kinda a neat freak, so my car is pretty tidy on most occasions, so I think to myself, did I pull this stuff out and leave it here

Simple answer: No

More in depth answer: Stupid me, I forgot to lock my car and someone has broken in and thrown stuff everywhere and goodness knows what they have taken...elicit freak out moment and yell for hubby-NOW

So, hubby comes back over and I explain that I think my car was broken into and my silly "baby brain" forgot to lock my car at a HOSPITAL in the PARKING DECK (where technically you would *think* your car is safe, but-no, no my friends...)

I am a lot freaked out and get weirded out knowing someone I don't know has been in my car, touching my stuff and doing things in here and I could tell hubby was angry...

We attempted to go get the security people and let them know since a camera was really close to my car and may have caught the guilty person in action...

no one on duty there...perfect...typical...just my luck

We even tried to head in somewhere and tell someone, but the office buildings are suites containing way too many places...

so we turned back and realized that really the only thing taken was the $0.15 I maybe had in my car and the emergency road side car kit from my trunk.

Really, all in all, no harm done...just the fact that some creepy mc-creeperson has been in my car

Naturally, after work I came straight home and cleaned my car.

Lesson learned, do not leave car unlocked AND be happy that I leave nothing important in my car ever!

(oh, and I did end up calling the place I went to for my appointment to let them know...they told/passed it on to security...I didn't want this jerk getting any else's things and getting away with it!)

I'm pretty amazing when it comes to car stuff...

My husband can attest to this statement.

He LOVES to take apart and put back together (of course with fancier Turbo like things) his car and truck, it's what he does (he's an engineer). He's been doing this as long as I've known him (11+yrs) and way before that (apparently lawn mowers and other things at his parents' house).

So one night this week, he was installing something under the blue baby bomber (as I like to call it) and he had been out there since 5pm and it was about 9ish and he had only been in for checking what to do next online or to eat some dinner with me.

(picture from autocross)

I went out to check on him and asked was there anything I could do...

"I could use your womanly advice..."

Nice, he knows from previous times I have worked on vehicles with him that I typically don't take ALL day like he and his buddies do, partly because I don't take random tools and start making noise and drink tons of beers (especially any at all with peanut in my belly)...so work tends to progress smoothly, uninterrupted and efficiently.

So, I changed into my "ditry work" clothes, and came to help

I squeezed my way under the car to see what he needed and he explained that this bolt needed to go through this black thing with a hole and then into the hole in the car...easy enough sounding, but he had been under there trying at this stupid thing for over an hour. I explained to him the scenario..."Now, if I get this bolt in on first try, you can't get mad at me, OK?" He seemed fine with this

So, I did exactly that...

I aligned the hole and started turning the bolt at the angle that looked right to me...and SHAZAM...a woman's touch has fixed the problem. He was SUPER relieved and merely laughed at the ease of what I had done, considering he had been trying forever. He later told me I should have messed around and acted like I was trying for a while...but what's the point of that?

I had to do it the 1st time :)

He was really happy and finished up/cleaned up/tested the car out and was finally able to come in and spend time with me :) Of course, it was my bed time (this baby peanut makes me sleeeepy much earlier now)...but it was fun to spend time with him doing something I know he loves...

Plus, I love being his lil grease-monkey!

My Hubbs...the Auto Cross Racer

I can remember back to when Mike told me he was going to be in an auto cross here in town...

FREAK OUT!

In my head, I misplaced what he said with a rally race (which is more like driving on crazy courses with a wing man giving you directions at top speeds along with a bunch of other cars and hoping to not crash and kill yourself or innocent onlookers...)

Auto Cross...

This is more a pace I can actually deal with...more of a drive one car on the course at a time that is defined by orange cones to see who gets the fastest time.

*sigh*

I couldn't tell if he was more nervous or excited the closer the race got...he was always checking online to see the other cars registered and talked about it a LOT!

so cute!

His parents would also be coming along so we could all either video tape or take pictures of his turns around the course. I will say, his first trip around was a bit scary (also because when he came back to the staging area, he thought he was about to drive into a bunch of the guys standing there as spotters)...but after that he progressively decreased his time and made me proud! I think we all got some good footage of him...here are just a few...

His course drawing and notes (from his walk thru)

SOOO excited!

Even though I was freaked out before this, I totally got into it and would go back in a heart beat...Best part was actually getting to ride around inside as a passenger while he drove the course for our "fun runs" :)

Auto Show

I had the privilege to go to the Richmond Auto Show tonight with Mike and my cousin Steven and his wife Samantha...

Here are a few things we got to see...

My cousin was a "Top Gun" and had his picture on display...so we made him take a head shot...by his head shot...makes total sense!

Mike sat in ALL the minivans...ok, maybe just a couple...

We experienced a car with a speaker system...

And another can we could fit 10 kids in...

We tested out the "Hamster Mobile" (from the commercial...), this one had some lovely zebra stripe detail...

Saw a car where the running boards automatically go up and down...

Some crazy looking engine parts...

Some minivan with an odd middle seat...

Mike pushed lots of buttons (bleep bloop bleep beep...that's him making the noises as he pushes the buttons...

Mike getting excited about sitting in a Subaru...

A not so exciting color (pee yellow? ughhhh)

(way worse looking in person...)

An SOS button, which when pushed actually gave us an operator (oops!)

More button pushing...

A crazy back end system to help you get into the bed of a truck...

Just note the color..."Lime Squeeze Metallic" it exists, I saw it!

A car the boys barely fit into...

And naturally the roped off cars...(behind bars if you will...)

Bond, James Bond...The Aston Martin

We also had some other fun experiences...

When we left the building, some crazy youngster decided to scream out the window of the car he was driving to Mike (I assume, since he was the only guy far enough out) that "the girl you are with is too young for you!"...compliment? Or just crazy hoodlum hysterics...? I'll cast my vote on #2...

Also, these 3 cute kids with their dad walking around and one little girl blowing on this whistle as HARD and LOUD as she could...the dad merely muttered, "just know you can't blow that thing once you get in the car..." So she continued on her merry way, LOUD and all, and we all just giggled...

Very fun and relaxing night!