sneak peak

I got an unexpected view of Baby Sommer yesterday at my doctor's appointment and he is already a cutie. Kent never really knows what is what in the ultrasounds so I thought I'd do a little labeling.

Baby Sommer (still nameless)
30 weeks old

We're not prepared for him to make an entrance quite yet, we need the 2 1/2 months remaining, but we are excited. I hope he looks like Kent. I'd love a little tow-headed baby with blue eyes running around, but I will be happy with anything as long as he is healthy and happy. Who knows what the mix will bring!

fall by phone

It has been awhile since this blog has been updated so it's time for a seasonal review. We haven't been using "real" cameras lately, but we have been documenting a few things via phone.

Here we go.

Let's start with the most exciting event: Kent's Birthday. My young husband turned 30 a few weeks ago and we celebrated at three different events.

#1-Arcade Fire Concert

This kind of doubled as a birthday/late anniversary gift, but Kent loves the band so we counted it more as a birthday celebration. We joined Zach and Mel (who are now engaged...woohoo!) last minute and amazingly ended up sitting right next to them. That really was a miraculous coincidence. We bought our tickets individually on different days from different people, but ended up in the two seats right next to them. Good friends, good seats, great show. Go here for more details.

(I thought this chandelier was amazing)

#2-Dinner at the Blue Bayou

Have you ever wondered what it's like to eat at that restaurant smack dab in the middle of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland? Well, I had, and Kent's parents fulfilled that dream for me through Kent. Kent's mom and dad took us out for Kent's birthday at the one and only Blue Bayou. The ambiance was fantastic and the food was pretty good. We all decided they can charge you more simply because you're eating where you're eating. Thanks for a fun night, Mom and Dad Sommer!


#3-Friends, Food (barely) and Ghostbusters

On Kent's actual birthday, Dave and Danielle and Zach and Mel came to Seal Beach where we ate a rushed dinner at Taco Surf then headed over to the local theater on Main Street to catch Ghostbusters on the big screen. It had been years since I had seen that movie and it was much more funny than I remembered. I was probably 8 or something when I saw it last so I'm sure I didn't get any of the jokes. I don't have any photos from the phone, but here's a little reminder of the night.

(I don't know how, but I completely forgot about the State Puft Marshmallow Man. That was the best part!)

I hope Kent enjoyed the birthday events. He's such a wonderful man and I'm so grateful he's my husband.

We've also been doing a lot of Ragnaring. I know that's not really a verb, but it feels like one. My job with Ragnar has taken us to all sorts of races in Southern California this fall. What do we do on most Saturdays? We grab our Ragnar gear and head out the door early in the morning to different events. We basically work a 6 day work week which is amazingly fine because we get to spend more time with each other.

First race we attended. Not a ton of success, but at least we got out there.

I couldn't do this job without this guy. He's the best.

In action at the Rock'n'Roll LA Marathon Expo. That belly is just getting bigger and bigger.

We're hoping we find some gold at the end of the Ragnar rainbow, but we'll see.

We also saw the Weepies at this little place in San Juan Capistrano called the Coach House. I LOVE that band. Mellow, upbeat, happy. Even their sad songs are happy. One of their songs used to be my cell phone ringback tone. Anyone remember "All This Beauty"? It was on there for a long time...

Not the greatest shot, but here's a great song that you might enjoy.

Also, the lead singers are married have two young children. We saw their baby with a friend/babysitter in a front sling with big headphones on to block out the loud sounds. It was adorable.

Last but not least, this fall has been full of egg consumption.

I read that you should have 2 eggs a day while pregnant so that you know your baby is getting enough protein. Therefore, we've been eating a lot of fried egg sandwiches and egg burritos (pictured above) lately. It's a good thing we like eggs in this household.

More has happened since I started this blog a couple of weeks ago, but this is going to have to due for now. Life is going well. It's busy, busy, but great. Grateful to be where we're at at this point in time.

respite

Things have been busy around here lately, and when I say busy, I mean the kind of busy where I feel like I don't have enough time to get myself dressed and ready for the day (that happens when you work from home) until noon. I just go straight to the computer after Kent leaves and start working. Not a good habit, but one I've picked up. Things should settle down soon. We'll see.

I do have some fall updates coming, but in the meantime, I want to share a song that helps me feel calm in the craziness. I discovered it on a music blog by our good friend Dave. (He has great taste in music. I just put the playlist on and I'm set for a couple of hours.) The song is called Grow Till Tall by Jonsi. Who's Jonsi you might ask? He's the lead singer of the Icelandic band Sigur Ros. They're great. Worth looking into.

Without further ado, here is my respite song (it's not really a video, it's just the song, but that's all you need to take you to wherever it takes you. A video might be distracting actually.)