Ultrasound

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Family Vacation (Feb. 12-15 '09)

So, realizing that we wouldn't get a chance to take a vacation this year with the baby coming this summer, we decided spur of the moment to take one this weekend! Here are the pictures from Friday at Disneyland (and yes, I was there, I just happened to be taking all the pictures)
























We got to the park about 9am, because the bus never showed up and we had to walk. (That was fun! Luckily our motel was just around the corner on Ball Rd.) In about four hours we were able to go on almost every ride! It was awesome!! Because I’m pregnant, we knew I would not make it walking all day, so we got a wheel chair and got right in for most of the rides (definitely the way to see Disneyland!). I think the longest we ever waited in line was about 15min (amazing!!!!). Caleb and Angie even got to go on a few of the fast rides with very little wait because the park was not very crowded. They went on the Matterhorn and Splash Mountain (this has got to be one of the funniest pictures ever!)



At about 2pm it started raining and rained until about 6pm. Luckily we knew about the rain and brought an umbrella. We spent that time watching all the shows. Once the rain had stopped and we realized we had seen almost everything in the park, we decided to walk over to California Adventure and play until they closed. The park was totally empty, so we could ride as many times as we wanted. It was awesome!!! We saw “Muppets 3D” and “It’s tough to be a bug” and went on the “Monsters Inc.” ride, “Heimlich’s Chew, Chew Train” (twice) Angie and Caleb went on “Flicks Flyers” (twice). Caleb then ran ahead of us and went on “Tower of Terror” (again, no waiting, so why not!) We left the park at 9pm when they closed and got to watch a little bit of the fireworks at Disneyland as we were heading back to our motel. So, even with rain we had an amazing time and we ended up spending very little because arranged everything online before we left (which was great!)

Saturday we drove to LA and went to the Farmers Market there and it was amazing! I have never seen so many interesting things all in one place. We ate dinner at Joe’s Crab Shack (per Caleb’s request) and had delicious coconut shrimp (I hate shrimp, but Joe’s is darn good!). All in all it was a fantastic vacation!!!

Baby Shoemaker!

Sorry this is not the best picture, there were some better ones, but we couldn't take the pictures fast enough.

I announced this a long time ago, but I have not had a chance to post it here. (Some of you probably noticed the poll on the right, don't forget to make your guess.) We don't know if it is a boy or girl yet, but we got to see it yesterday and that was really fun. Everything looks good and we should have a healthy baby in June! Angie is very excited and convinced it is a boy. She was asked what she would do if it was a girl and she said that it would be okay, but she would be mad at it for a very long time. So for the babies sake I hope it's a boy. Angie says it has to be a boy so she can dance with it and there is no way she can dance with a girl (you try, I give up).

Davy Jones!!!

For those who don't know, I am a HUGE Monkees fan and last month Davy Jones came here on tour! It was awesome!!! I was bound and determined to be on the front row and thanks to Suzy we made it! (I had her run for it as soon as we got in the door) We were front row, center and he was just a few feet from us. He looked really good and it was so fun to watch him dance (some things never change!). We got to sing along and his band was really, really good I was very impressed.

Here is a link to some of the footage I got with my camera. Enjoy and be jealous.
Davy Jones - "Day Dream Believer"

I have had two opportunities to see the Monkees in concert and missed them both. The first time I was in Lubbock waiting for Scott to be born (Karen and Alicia got to go to that concert. I got a shirt :-<) (okay, thanks for the shirt. I loved it) The second was my senior year of high school and I got tickets right down front for their final tour concert. Then I found out we had a band invitational to go to that same night and try as I might, my band director would not let me go. (I was pit section leader, but that's no excuse. This was important!!!) To make matters worse, when we lined up to go on the field it started raining so we packed up and went home. I couldn't believe it. Then the next day I had to hear about how great the concert was and how I totally missed out. That was definitely not the high point of my year. So I know Davy is not much, but after all I have been through I will take it.