Saturday, July 19, 2008

Pioneer day and Hike

So today was "pioneer day" and our church had a bbq/potluck/dutch oven cook off. It was really good. It was held at a new park in Anchorage that is really nice and is connected to several miles of trails. After we ate and Ken played some "pioneer games" we went for a little hike and took some pictures. We found this hilarious "wanted" poster for a manbearpig. Luckily we never did run into this strange creature... or I may have gone right into labor a mile from our car!












Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Time for another post...

These are my sister-in-law's pups- the one that looks like a baby fox is named Fox and is so cute!!! ... We dog sat for a few days over last weekend. Our cat is twice their size but was still intimidated :o)

This is just a squirrel off of our deck that my cat was obsessed with for a moment. My hubby took this picture and I thought it turned out really good.
So I did get and take the part time job with Avante Medical. I love it. Everyone is laid back and friendly. There are 8 naturopathic doctors and 4 nurse practitioners. I work hands on with patients- doing lab draws, iv's, patient education, triage, and other misc officey stuff. I work just 3 days a week and was surprised they hired me on knowing I was due in 10 weeks (now 6 1/2!), but I do plan to return there after my "maternity leave" a few days a week. Luckily my hubby's work is so flexible so we can manage both of us working without having to find outside childcare. Here is a link to my new job... http://www.avantemedical.com/ . It's pretty interesting to work in such a different environment than surgery at Veteran's Affairs- which as of right now I still work there as a nurse intermittently (on-call).

In pregnant life... Ken and I have started our 4 night child birth class. It's a total of 12 hours and covers everything about labor,delivery, and a few things after. It should be pretty good. Last night we watched two birth videos and I was crying- not out of fear- just out of the fact that pregnancy and delivery involve so many miracles! I am actually really looking forward to the day I get to meet our little guy! Healthwise things are going well. I am a tad anemic- so am now taking more iron with my prenatals to get my levels back up before delivery. Anyway... here is a pic taken today of me and baby-in-belly. I am getting pretty big (and certainly feeling the stretch and burn of skin, esp as the baby loves to sit so high). Sorry my face is so cheesy- Ken snapped the pics before I was ready :o)