My 1st Mother's Day...

Has been a great one! Pete was on a roll this weekend, moving/re-arranging/assembling furniture to get Baby Thunder's room ready. Because of the big shift of several other rooms we had to do in order to empty out the upstairs guest bedroom, it was a big project! For that fact alone, I felt like his cheerful willingness to do all the work was the best Mom's Day gift he could have given. Little did I know what else he had up his sleeve!

This morning, he got up earlier with Odessa for her morning food and potty routine. After I got up and got showered, he gave me the sweetest card "from" Baby Thunder, which of course made me weep with controlled happiness:) We're hanging out for a little while, and then Odessa rings her bell to go outside to go potty (it's actually quite the cute yet practical trick!). I open the kitchen door and WHAM!--there under the carport--is the most beautiful cruiser bike from Elektra. And, it's for me!!! At this point, I'm crying so hard I can barely speak:) And, it rides as sweet as it looks! So, make sure you check out this week's photos in the Week-by-Week album so you can see my awesome new ride!!!

Here's some special hugs and love to all my "mom-friends" out there!

kateo

Florida

I surprised Pete with a trip down to Ana Marie Island, FL from 5/3 through 5/7 for some sun-filled quality time together. We've been back for less than a week, and my tan is already fading!! :(

We had a great long weekend 5/3 through 5/7 enjoying the beach, the pool, and general vacation laziness with Pete's parents down at a resort on the Gulf side of FL. It was about 85 and sunny the whole time, with just enough of a breeze that you never really felt hot--it was heavenly! So, if you looked at the week by week slideshow, you'll see me proudly sportin' my "prego-kinni" on the beautiful sandy beach for week 27:)

Lots of fun! But, of course as vacations go, it was not nearly long enough:)

Unexpected

A week ago today (5/2), my poor little car (affectionately named Emzie) had some excitement. I was in in a fender bender that I--unfortunately!--was deemed at fault.

Driving to work on Friday a.m., I was exiting the freeway behind a small SUV on a long merge lane that feeds into the main west-bound lanes. As he continued around the corner and began merging, I looked over into my blind spot and in that spilt second, he had stopped cold in front of me, for reasons never identified. So, I rear-ended him and my little Mazda slid right underneath the back. No airbags went off, but I did go into my seatbelt fairly hard. His car was pretty much fine, but my hood was crunched up and my bumper took some impact.

Pete was home because we were supposed to leave for a wedding that night in Moab. I felt fine, and had a friend take me home a couple hours after the accident. We headed to the hospital so that they could monitor Baby Thunder. S/He sounded great--good heartbeat, lots of movement. I, however, was having some minor contractions. Drinking a bunch of water helped, but they were still happening about 4 or 5 minutes apart. So, they gave me a shot of tribulene to relax my uterus and after five hours, they sent us home with orders for bed rest until we left for Florida on Saturday late morning. Thankfully, all has been well since then.