The Holidays

Tara snowshoeing at Stevens Pass

Well, now that the holidays are over I feel I can write about them in entirety.  For Thanksgiving, Evita (our friend from the Peace Corps) and her classmate came up from Oregon to spend the week with us.  We had lots of fun taking them around to sites such as the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, and Snoqualmie Falls.  Right after they left, I had a doctor appointment that confirmed my pregnancy!  We are due around July 18, 2012.  Early in December we drove down to Union, WA to visit our friend Camas (who we met in Rota), who was DJing an ugly sweater contest party at a local bar.  Her dad won!

Camas and Randy Baugh.  Who's uglier?

For Christmas Eve, since most of my family left for CA, we drove down to Auntie Mo's house and had dinner at the Crab Shop with her and later ate cookies at her house.  On Christmas day, Noé and I volunteered as Santa's  helpers and delivered gifts to families with the Forgotten Children's Fund!  It was a very fun and rewarding experience.

Our team of Santa's elves

Just after Christmas, our friends Yuka and Alex (who I met studying abroad in Ecuador) came up from CA to stay with us for a week.  We rented a cabin out near Gold Bar called the Blue River Cabin and our friend Chris came as well.  Since I couldn't snowboard (due to being preggos), Noé and I went snowshoeing and Chris took Yuka and Alex to snowboard for their first time.  Despite the rain (!) and a tiring first run, they loved the experience.  Noé took them snowboarding again the following Saturday at Snoqualmie Pass and then we celebrate New Year's Eve at home watching TV.

This week I had my second OB-GYN visit and we got some sonogram pictures to share (12 weeks):

Baby, 6.1 cm head to toosh - everything looked perfect so far!

Wish us luck with the pregnancy and a great rest-of-the-school-year!