Happy Halfway point! 20 weeks down 20 to go!

Today is our official "hump day" with baby Cram! It's really weird to think how so much has happened but it feels like it has flown by! (we'll see if the second half is the same.) With the holidays we've just had so much going on I couldn't believe when I got thinking about it and we were at 20 weeks! I think I'm stuck back on week 15 for some reason. This is me at work today. 

He's pretty cute I must say. He's getting more and more wiggly in there. As I sit here he is actually rolling around probably wondering where his dinner is. Erik had to proctor an exam tonight so we currently have lasagna in the oven but we aren't going to eat until Erik gets home around 7:30 or 8 so this is the snack I currently have sitting next to me...the boy likes cheese! 

We got an early Christmas present from our landlord a few days ago. A new oven! I'm so glad our old one was from maybe the 70's almond colored and everything. The only problem is it makes the other appliances in our house look dingy. (just look at that dishwasher to the right of it.) 

I decided to get a bit crafty this week and made my nativity I've been meaning to put together for a whole year. I went to Home Depot to find wood to put it on and this nice guy sat there with me and helped me try to figure out just how big of a board I would need and he told me what wood to use that would absorb the paint the best. I thought it was so sweet of him most of those home depot guys probably hate us pinterest people who have no idea what we're looking for, but the craft website says I need this specific item from home depot. He was very patient anyway and I was impressed with him and I got the exact thing I needed. I think it turned out pretty cute!  

This is what we woke up to on Friday morning. Yikes! Where do we live again? I thought we left Utah? Apparently Utah decided to come to us this snow has stuck around since then and the roads are still covered in snow and ice. (5 days later) It got SO cold here I can't wait for it to warm back up again to regular Oregon weather, however the snow was a nice little break from the grey clouds. 

 My artsy photo I took of our cute lights outside with snow on them. I do like snow for the holidays I will admit that.

My other snowy day project was to make a home made wreath. Erik went and collected pine branches and berries for me to make it with. I love having the pine smell in the house without it being the whole tree that you have to water and all that. Our pre-lit tree is just too nice and easy to set up. 

I guess that's it for now. Happy Holidays everyone! We have a lot to be grateful for this year and we love all our friends and family that pray for us and think about us we couldn't be happier! 

Lots of fun updates!

     It's been awhile! So after our computer decided to die and not wake back up we started researching replacements, meanwhile a couple of days go by and our computer decides to be happy and fix itself. YAY! So now we don't have to buy a new one (for now) and we are going to treat this one extra nice to keep it from falling apart. 

     In other news...

BABY! And it's a BOY! Isn't he cute?! Ok, all mom's say that about their little glowing silhouette on the monitor but mine is ultra cute I can tell. 

This picture is super blurry but it's one of my favorites because he is a flexible little acrobat. If you look close you can see his head profile on the right and if you follow his little body to the left and up and around you can see his feet hanging out right above his face. Who knew the kid could fold over in half? We also got to watch him suck his little thumb during the ultrasound it was pretty adorable. 

This was last week sometime. Baby's just working on getting bigger and bigger.

Erik and I took a couple days off this weekend to be together and take a little Thanksgiving break so where better to go then out to the ocean? It was a really nice day we got some sun shining through and it wasn't windy at all.

Erik's favorite stocking. It has a kitty on it, what could be better? 

Ok, he liked this one better. Little cute blue stocking for our cute little boy! I'm so tempted to put stuff in it for him this year, but pretty sure it's a little silly to have me give it to him and open it for him...

Our cute Christmas tree! I'm loving the decorating this year we actually have presents under our tree this year because we aren't going home this Christmas. It feels so festive! That is until I tried to plug in the tree the other day and the plug gave a huge spark and scorched the plug and the wall. Apparently we are too festive for our electricity output...

We went to visit some family up in Hillsboro for Thanksgiving this year and we brought an appetizer with us of cheese fondu with veggies and bread to dip in it. SO yummy...however just as I finish cutting up the veggies and making this cute tray to take with us I realize it is a Christmas tray with gingerbread and gumdrops on it and we were going to a Thanksgiving party. I think I jumped the gun a bit hopefully no one noticed. haha

Last week I had an awful dream where I wanted to eat a Cafe Rio salad and they were bringing a catering truck to Oregon and I was so excited to get to eat it! However, when I got my little self up to the place to order I asked for my salad, and I get told "We're only making burritos." I was SO upset. So I woke up the next morning, walked my little self over to the grocery store and bought what I needed to make my own Cafe Rio salad that night. I was not disappointed. SO delicious! 

Erik took this picture of me on Sunday just shy of 19 weeks! Sorry I look so pale! Little baby is making his appearance and becoming more and more visible.