one more post about Cabo

I know you are totally sick of hearing about our trip to Cabo but there are just a few more pictures that I have to share. Aunt Lori, Uncle Carl and Uncle Craig all went surfing and it was fun hanging out on the beach and watching them battling the waves.
Uncle Carl with an amazing wipe out!




Uncle Craig and Uncle Carl also showed off their "slack lining" skills. Don't ask me to explain really what it is or why it came from but Craig and Lori have been doing it for years, and it is fun to watch. Chris and I are horrible at it but Sam was a natural!

one of many

I feel like I have lots to update you all on and thought this morning that I would do one great big post but instead I think I am going to break it up into many small posts today and tomorrow! Lucky you!

34 Weeks! Today I am 34 weeks along. Doctor's appointment yesterday went very smooth. I am back into normal weight gain range (apparently all you need to do is go to a foreign country and eat guacamole almost everyday!). Avery's heart beat was very strong. Sam was with me and her face when Avery kicked really loud over the monitor was pretty cute. My blood pressure was fine and my belly measured right on target. Everything is normal and going great. We still need to get pre-registered with the hospital for the delivery and figure out what the heck we are going to do with Sam when the time comes for me and Chris to head to the hospital but I am sure we will figure something out.

Okay, time for breakfast....be back later.

Belly Photos!

I haven't done a great job of documenting this pregnancy. I don't do many updates just solely devoted to the baby on here and my pregnancy journal that I was really good at keeping up with for the first pregnancy was all but forgotten after the first few months this go round. I also have not been great about taking belly photos. Since I am not keeping a pregnancy journal really I have no place to put the belly photos so I haven't taken many. But while we were in Mexico, and I was dressed up for a dinner out, I decided it was time to show off the belly!

So these first two are my attempt at being sexy and creative with my belly shots. I saw a maternity shoot that my sister did with Fresh Art Photography a while back and fell in love with the way they made the pregnant woman just look so cool and sexy; I thought I would try...apparently I just don't have the right look! HA! I will leave the creative posing to the professionals from now on!


Then I got really brave and did a bare belly shot! LOOK AT THAT BELLY! Good thing you can't see it up close!
And finally just a normal profile shot attempting to smile with what of course turns out to look like the fakest smile in the world. My sister would have been yelling at me to smile for real at this point!So there you go. Belly shots. I have a doctors appointment on Wednesday, 34 weeks at that point, hopefully I will remember to get on here at least tell you all how things are going.

AND... we have a name! We can officially say that Avery Lee Enlund will be joining our family sometime in the next 6 weeks (hopefully towards the end of that!).

Happy Thanksgiving!

Even in Mexico you can have a traditional Thanksgiving feast. It may take a bit longer to find all the ingredients and you may have to sacrifice a few things but it can still taste just like Thanksgiving. We had a great day yesterday filled with the beach, the pool, a little bit of shopping, football and a lot of great food. Seems pretty typical.

Some pictures from our Thanksgiving!



Not the greatest picture but there is the family enjoying the Thanksgiving feast.
Post-turkey lounging with Aunt Lori.
Pool keep-away helped to burn off some of the enormous amount of calories that we had eaten! Grandpa, Nana and Sam watched safely from the hot tub. I did participate quite a bit but seeing me try to jump around, chase after a football and compete with my very tall family was not a pretty sight!
Hope your turkey day was filled with family and great food!

Okay, Chris worked his magic and got the very large sized pictures up on here. We are headed into Cabo San Lucas today for some site seeing and shopping!







Sam and I enjoying our virgin strawberry daiquiri.

Lovin Life in the Sun

We survived three airports and two long flights to make it to Cabo safely. We have only been here a couple of days but already I feel so relaxed and refreshed. It has been very nice.

Chris got to go deep sea fishing yesterday, caught a fish and even saw whales! I could not handle the 8 hours on the boat, and of course neither could Sam, so we stayed behind at the house. I am very jealous about seeing the whales. Even though I am not a big ocean person for some reason I have ALWAYS wanted to see a whale in the wild (not that I have seen one in captivity either, but I think that would just make me sad). I won't lie that when they told me they actually saw a whale I was so jealous I almost cried, almost.

So, here are some pictures from our first few days. Of course there will be more to come.

*Okay, I have been trying for three days to finish this post and upload the pictures and finally my patience has run out. I don't know what is wrong but the pictures just do not want to upload. Sorry, but you are going to have to wait to see the whale!

Meeting Spot

Wednesday Sam and I went to a library program to meet the storybook character Spot. Sam loves her Spot books and I knew she would get excited to see the actual dog in person. The program started out with the library staff reading Spot books, then we watched a quick Spot video. Sam did not want to sit still with all the other kids during these portions and it was a bit difficult to keep her on my lap. But then they got to meet Spot. She joined the rest of the kids as they mobbed this poor adult dressed up as a dog. It was pretty cute.

Shaking hands with Spot.

Fascinated by the tail!

Waving goodbye to Spot.

She did not want to leave at the end of the program, of course, so there were lots of tears but overall I am glad that we went.