Birthday Bash

We've been meaning to camp all summer and kept putting it off. Adam and a group of his best friends decided to plan a trip to Anderson Dam that happened to coincide with Adam's birthday. So, we spent the weekend up at a great campsite near the Dam. We decided to take the dog and find out if he was a camper . It turns out Moose LOVES camping. I don't think I have seen a dirtier, busier, happier dog in my life.

Our friend Paul took this snapshot on our last night at the campfire. Shortly after the photo Moose decided he'd had enough and put himself to bed.
It was a great reprieve and just having 1 day off was amazingly refreshing. Thanks Jessie for covering work for me!!!

On the topic of Moose, we took him on another adventure yesterday. It was the last Saturday morning Adam was going to have available before the semester started (he has a Sat. class, boo). So we decided to head down to the Capitol City Market to get one of those cool French butter dishes and we decided to take Moose along. Our only apprehension is that Moose still gets very easily excited around people.

However, he did really well. Within minutes of actually hitting 8th street Moose had a line of admirers who had questions and remarks and wanted to pet him and Moose performed well for all his fans. It turned out the most traumatic part of the experience was the elevator in the parking garage. I have never seen him so low to the ground or more unhappy about me making him go somewhere.

I hope to have more baby updates after my doctor's appointment tomorrow. I told Adam the other day that after going to the doctor at least every 2 weeks, the last 4 weeks without going the the doctor's office have seemed rather strange.

I'm a slacker

I could make up excuses about not feeling well or about how tired I am all the time but that doesn't really explain the long absence. So to catch up:

July 6th was Moose's birthday:


We got him a bone that went bad the next day in the heat, but he loved it while he had it. I Can't believe my baby is 1 :)

I've had what seems like a dozen ultrasounds, probably more like 2 or 3, not truly sure on the count right this minute. Our last one was this last Monday, at just over 9 weeks. It was amazing to see the difference less then a week made. It is confirmed that our little bean has 2 arms and 2 legs, a brain, a beating heart and the makings of a belly button. It was/is an amazing experience to be able to see the development long before I really feel anything.

The rest of July has been fairly uneventful. The family reunion at the beginning of the month was great but since then I haven't really done anything. I'm hoping I will soon adjust to this new lack-of-energy level and the aversions to random foods but for now I am truly enjoying the amazing experience it has been so far.