Well we finally found out “for sure” that Steve was headed back to Shanghai on Thursday. So he left for Shanghai (hopefully for the last time) this morning. He’ll be gone through Wed the 26th. So it’ll just be me and the kitties. So I did end up having to move my ultrasound appt. It is scheduled for May 28th at 10am. We can’t wait to find out what we’re having…so hopefully the baby is cooperative!
Here are the car seat, crib, and stroller we’re getting. I don’t have a picture of the dresser.
I think most (if not all) of you that look at my blog know that I am pregnant…if not…guess what, I’m pregnant!! My due date is October 7th. Steve and I are very excited!! We will hopefully find out the sex of the baby at the end of the month. The ultrasound was scheduled for May 21st, but it’s looking like Steve may be back in Shanghai then (he never went in April..his trip got delayed), so we may have to reschedule.
We just bought the crib, mattress, dresser, and stroller yesterday at a local store here in Tracy and my parents purchased an infant car seat for us (thanks Mom & Dad). Now we just need to get the room cleaned out. Since we don’t have any empty bedrooms, we’re going to be playing musical furniture to make room.
I just wanted to say Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Hope you have a wonderful day!
Our Bird of Paradise finally flowered after 2+ years. Steve was really excited :)
So I’ve been a really bad blogger, but I really haven’t had anything very interesting to blog about. But I figured it was time to get rid of the Christmas background! So here goes a post about some very random things…
So, I got my haircut about a month and a half ago and got BANGS. I haven’t had bangs in over 10 years so that was quite a change.
This is Coco Bean’s weekend ritual when it’s sunny and we have the windows open. She starts out on one side then flips over. It’s like she’s trying to get a tan or something.
Steve is headed back for his third trip to Shanghai in a week and a half. He was gone for 3 weeks last time!! It was supposed to be a 2 week trip, but things didn’t exactly go according to plan. Hopefully this time it will only be a 2 week trip. 3 weeks got a little long for both of us.
That’s about all the excitement we’ve had…now you understand why I haven’t bothered to post anything :)
Steve went to the TV tower and the Financial building on Saturday then again on Sunday because the people who flew in Saturday night wanted to see them. They are on the other side of the river from where he is staying so he took the sight seeing tunnel which had a cable that pulled a small train car that held around 15 people. There were all sorts of crazy lights in the tunnel. Sunday was a sunny and much clearer day, so it was worth it to go back.
The Financial Building is 100 stories tall. Steve said it took maybe 60-90 seconds to get from the ground to the 100th floor. It is in the Guinness Book of World Records, 2009 for the highest observation deck. It also had a glass floor. Below are some pictures.
Sight Seeing Tunnel
TV Tower
Views from Financial Building
Views Through the Glass Floor
Well, I didn’t pull my camera out at Thanksgiving this year so no pictures, but it was a really nice Thanksgiving with Steve’s family. Good food and good company. I think Steve got our nephew Shawn hooked on some zombie shooting game on the computer.
Friday we had a few errands to fun…but no “Black Friday” shopping for us!!
Saturday we headed up to Rancho Murieta to see Trisha and family. It was really great to see them…we miss having them closer and wish we could see them more!! Hopefully we’ll be able to visit them up in Idaho soon…maybe after the snow :)
Sunday we headed to the airport so Steve could catch his flight to Shanghai. He’s there for 2 weeks for work. I dropped Steve off at the same time my parents landed, so I parked and ran in to say hi to my parents for a few minutes before their ride showed up (my uncle).
Steve and I chatted on the computer last night. So far things have been pretty good. He survived the 14 hour flight and his hotel is very nice. He’s still trying to adjust to the time…he’s 16 hours ahead of us. His first day of work is actually Wednesday. Below are some pictures from his adventures yesterday.
His hotel room
Shanghai Skyline
What Steve referred to as “touristville”…where all the really cheap knockoffs of just about anything you want can be found.
Yuyuan Garden - Steve said this place was really interesting www.yugarden.com.cn (this site doesn’t load very well, but it has a little video running that shows the place)
Praying Station
