University of Oregon vs Tennessee football game in Eugene, OR

We headed down to Eugene, Oregon to Autzen Stadium to watch the Ducks play against the Tennessee Volunteers. It was fun to watch such great teams play, the loud and fun environment, and pretty drive down!

Jonathon and I began our relationship dating and going to all the BYU football home games so college football has always been a fun part of our relationship. Jonathon even proposed to me at Lavell Edwards Stadium at BYU on the field!

Awesome stadium!

Jonno near the end zone!

Sweet Baby J's first football game!

They had these little wood beam things that had scores of previous games. If Oregon won, it was yellow. If the other team won, it was painted their school colors. There were a couple hundred of them. Here is Jonno and his alma mater! 

Me and my DUCK TRUCK!
-This was pretty sweet. It even had blue and green "feathers" painted on the back end of the truck.

We saw this huge blow up guy and I told Jonno to take a picture of him.  He took his phone out and unlocked it and all of a sudden the guy fell on his face and was starting to deflate!  They were deflating him to start cleaning up and we missed this photo opp by literal SECONDS!!  Hence my sad face in the photo with the big blow up guy instead. Haha!

I included this one so you could see my DUCK earrings zoomed in :)
Aren't they cute! 

We love the fall and ducks and being together and college football and LIFE. :)

Day trip to Canon Beach

Jonathon and I had a couple days off of work at the beginning of August and took a day trip to the coast. We had lots of fun relaxing! Here are some pictures:

In front of Haystack Rock
at Canon Beach, Oregon

Cosmo getting his vacay on

He looked so cute!  It was his first time to the beach - he liked it!
I think he is more of a mountain dog though - he loves hikes and trails and adventures.

Our station - it was perfect! We laid in the grassy area so we were not surrounded by people.
Jonno took a little nap and I caught up with journal writing.  

cuties

Awwwww!!!!!!

Me and Cosmo on the beach
I love this headband - you can get them at Claires for a couple dollars but it's a retro 50s style. Love it!
It was pretty windy on the beach - not a "get a sun tan" kinda beach. :)

Oregon Pride

We packed lunches (some dry peanut butter and honey sandwiches with the end slices of a loaf of bread) and ate them when we arrived to the beach.

On our drive home, we stopped and ate here at Camp 18. All the food was so BIG! We at meatloaf and ribs. Yum!

Can you find Cosmo in the front door??

The restaurant had this little mini model of the cabin/restuarant just Cosmo's size!

After lunch we decided to walk around the surrounding area and check it out.  There was this awesome river behind it!
Across the river was a mossy elephant?
Jonno and Cosmo walked across the stream to check it out. Cosmo had to swim some of the way since the water was high and it was so adorable! 

We've loved having "stay-cations" this year saving money and checking out all the local areas. So fun!

This is what you get when you come visit us soooooo COME VISIT US IN PORTLAND!!!

Life photos in the new house

Some photos of life recently:

Cosmo in the 'parking lot' of the tree - hee her
Walking on a trail near our house

Nancy loving the rain on our walk and the beautiful Lacamas Lake

A view from one of our favorite spots along the trail - this was taken at 6:40 AM while on Cosmo's morning walk
BEAUTIFUL!  Mornings are so peaceful when I can wake up!

My first visitor!  My friend Lauren from work and her baby Emma came over to visit
She is SO SWEET and brought a house warming gift of goodies and decorations for our naked house.
Emma LOVED Cosmo and keep smiling and petting him.  So cute! I loved having them over.

The cute yummy soap Lauren brought newly displayed in our bathroom :)   :

More visitors -
Jonathon,  his brother Robby, their cousin Corey Langford, and Rob's girlfriend Des
....we need to buy some couches!!
I came home from work to this sight LOL.  

Before we almost got electrocuted trying to install our washer and dryer
I said Jonno looked like an elephant

You know you're a pregnant woman with swollen feet when....
you can tell which socks I wore that day because the designs match!  I really gotta buy new socks!!

His first silver hairs!!!
I guess buying a house and having a kid will do that to ya! :)

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Updates: 23 weeks pregnant and our house

PregNANCY:

-I'm 23 1/2 weeks pregnant! Some quick updates:

I think this was 22 weeks-ish pregnant?
(I wanted to compare this dress to the photo from 6 weeks from the first pregnancy post!) 

A little better profile of the bump!

Little baby boy waving "HELLO!" 

22 weeks

22 weeks
 

Pregnancy Pros:

-I've had three ultrasounds- the last two, little guy got all comfy in a perfect position to not be able to see some important things like his heart and spine. Little stink!
-This little baby boy moves all around but especially at night when I get in bed and when there is loud music on
-I love the way my clothes fit right now. I can't fit in a lot of my old clothes much longer but I love the extra curves and especially this belly. It's so cute!
-My belly button is starting to be a permanent outie  (I'm not sure if this is a pro, but it just does it)
-Jonno is so cute taking care of me and his son. It's been amazing to watch him grow already and be a "protector."
-People LOVE babies. I can't believe how excited people get for me when I tell them I'm pregnant. My patients all light up!  It's fun :)


Pregnancy Cons:

-My ankles are officially cankles. I am looking up "pregnancy socks" to order on Google as I type this blog
---(My current socks leave imprints around my ankles for six hours after I take them off when I finish work- haha! Well, it was funny.. now it just kinda hurts and is still a little funny.)
-I've had lots of pain sensitivity -- my areas that were already sore before have increased (my lower back/hips, wrist, foot, and upper back)  and my feet have been KILLING me.  Apparently from the relaxin hormone relaxing all my ligaments to prep for the birth.
----Jonno finally realized maybe it's because of the extra weight on my feet? Makes sense to me.  (I've gained 20 lbs! Wow!)
-I get these migraine headache things (I call them "eye-grains") behind my right eye every now and then and random bloody noses
 -It's getting harder and harder to bend over to put on my shoes. Or get up once I'm sitting down.

I wish my family could be closer by. I think the hormones got me especially nostalgic the last couple weeks.  even got out my old memory box a couple weeks ago! I've been a little "homesick" for my family- just to have them around to see and laugh with and have them around for these little life milestones.    I LOVE living in the Northwest, just missing my true "HOME" sometimes.




OUR NEW HOUSE:

We bought our first house! And moved in last week.

Huge shout out of thanks to our awesome friend Dave Myers, Bob and Susie, Jared and Patricia Judd, and the two random boys walking by who I paid $10 to unload the truck for me when I was exhausted (well worth it!), who all helped in one way or another with our move.

We LOVE OUR HOUSE!!!!!!

Jonno unlocking the door for the first time!!

Ta-Da!!!  

The huge-A truck I got to drive!
We rented this for the day and brought home our new fridge, washer and dryer, and moved all our boxes.
Luckily we don't have much furniture- only our bedroom set and two chairs.

These are our welcoming presents from neighbors -
The Judds and Shannon from across the street. SO NICE!
We love our neighbors!!!

This is also the table we bought. And love!
We ate our first two meals yesterday of a breakfast burrito and then pizza for dinner. Yum! 

 Some nearby walking spots:

This is a pano from a view of the Round Lake- a .23 mile walk from our front door
We LOVE living here!!!!!!

Cosmo hopping along some rocks at the lake - I love the reflection of the trees on the water.

Cosmo and I walked down on Sunday morning around 7:30 and there was nobody around.
I leaned up against a rock and read a book while Cosmo explored.
Fish were jumping and birds singing and it was PERFECT weather.
I can't believe we live RIGHT HERE!!!!  

I still need to post more pictures of the gender reveal party (best party ever- hahah!), our 6 year anniversary, and all our stay-cation pictures from August. We've had the best month of our lives this last month and can't believe all the exciting things that are coming in the next few months!  Sooooo stay posted!