Marcine's Birthday

Yesterday was Marcie's 2nd birthday. I took her to play at the park behind our house in the morning while Cherie and Ryan were at work. Cherie brought a pizza home with her from work for the party.



Marcie got a lot of toys. She got a toy that helps her with her alphabet as well as a laptop that helps with numbers and letters. The laptop is good because she always gets jealous of Cherie's. She got a bubble blower, a really cool pool where she sits in the mouth of a crab and it sprays her, a swimsuit, and some other stuff.



We didn't wrap any of the presents but she had a good time playing with them and she loved getting to talk to everyone on the phone wishing her happy birthday.

Las Vegas

Ryan wants a Subaru STI really bad but we obviously can't afford one nor do I really care to have one. So Ryan decided instead he could just get an STI engine to build in the garage for a project. He looked and looked on the internet for engine but couldn't ever find exactly what he wanted or for a good enough price. Then he ran across a listing on craigslist for an STI engine block for $400. He called the guy and he said Ryan could have it for $300 since we would travel to pick it up. So last Saturday me and Ryan drove 6 hours to Las Vegas, picked up the engine block with the crank, ate at Reb Robin (Ryan's idea so I wouldn't be mad about the whole thing haha) and then drove 6 hours back home. The guy Ryan bought it from used to own a shop which is no longer running so he is just trying to get rid of all his supplies he had left. So happy early birthday to Ryan. (It was his idea that it could be his present)



He has started cleaning the engine block as you can tell in the picture. After he cleans it really well he has to get a few parts to help put it together. Ryan and his brother want to build an STI together and race it...whatever :)

Date Night

This last Saturday me and Ryan finally celebrated our anniversary. We went to Outback steakhouse for dinner. I had the outback special 6 oz steak and Ryan got a BBQ chicken dinner with a side of shrimp and of course we got a blooming onion. After dinner we went to a bakery. I got I yummy piece of cheesecake and ryan got a lemon bar. After eating we went to the movies and watched Date Night which was pretty funny. It was nice to finally get to go out to a nice dinner together and go on an actual date. We never get to go on dates really because we never have money.

This has nothing to do with date night but last week I was released from being a Webelos den leader :)

Broken Crib

Before we left for Washington we got a free crib and changing table from some people on base who were moving. We were excited to not have to buy them anymore and the ones we got were in perfect condition and they matched eachother!



Well I'm so mad at myself....the other day after my appointment at the hospital I had my first car accident ever!...with the crib! I pulled in the garage and was stopping and hit the crib at like 2 mph and broke the leg like crazy. I cried because I was so upset. Ryan said he will be able to fix it but I don't know I guess we will see.

We do have a bassinet we are going to use at first anyways but I hope Ryan will be able to fix the crib still.

Appointment with Midwife

This last Thursday I had an appointment at the hospital. It ended up being with the midwife I don't like instead of the doctor I usually go to. I arrived 15 minutes early and the midwife saw me 30 minutes late! But that's just how it goes sometimes. When the midwife first came in the room she asked me how everything was going and I said good. Then she sat down, opened my file, gasped, and then started looking at me up and down with a disgusted face.

...Ok I will give you a little background first...So when I first found out I was pregnant I took a prenatal class and there was a nutritionist there who told me I could gain 30-35 lbs instead of the 25-30. I have gained 38 lbs. so far but that's not too far off track...but I still have 10 weeks...

Ok so back to the midwife...so she was looking at me rudely and I knew exactly what she was thinking and the next thing she said was "someone got in the Easter candy". I was so mad. I know I have gained more weight than needed but gee wiz.

After my appointment with the Midwife I had to go to the lab to take the glucose tolerance test. I had to drink a fruit punch drink that was made of like pure sugar. The guy warned me about the drink saying that some people throw up and stuff but it wasn't as bad as he was making it sound...it wasn't good though either. So after I had the drink I had to wait an hour so they could take my blood. Of course when it came time to taking my blood they couldn't find my veins and dug around in both my arms for 10 minutes. And then after getting my blood drawn I had to give them a urine sample.

I was sad because Ryan had a patient at the dental clinic during the time of our appointment so he wasn't able to make it. By the time I was done at the hospital though (2+ hours) Ryan was already there standing watch at the information desk for duty so I was able to talk to him for a few minutes before I went home.

The next day I had to go back to the hospital to get a rhogam shot since I am Rh negative. When I was getting my shot another nurse came in saying the midwife needed to talk to me before I left the hospital. It made me nervous because the only reason she would need to talk to me would be to tell me bad news about the glucose tolerance test..which would mean that I am diabetic. They only talk to you if they have bad news about the tests not if everything is fine. But when she came to talk to me she said that my sugar levels were fine but I am anemic. Which is not news to me so I was relieved.

4D Baby Videos

The baby's heart beating


Baby practicing breathing


Baby sucking on a finger


Baby sticking his tongue out


Baby yawning

4D Baby

The baby yawning


The baby's feet


His face

The Monday we got back from Washington me and Ryan went back to St. Agnes Hospital in Fresno to get 4D pictures and videos of our baby. St. Agnes is where they told us we were having a boy and they do the 4D pictures and videos for free. It was cool to see the baby again and see his features better but of course he had both arms/hands up by his face the whole time. He his the biggest punk ever! :) Well from the pictures our baby has big chubby cheeks and a huge round Kofoed nose. I don't think though that you can tell what the baby is really going to look like yet though. Babies change so much in the first weeks they are born and I've never seen a baby without a round little nose so I guess we will see how he looks when he comes. The videos are really short and sometimes the pictures are hard to tell what exactly you are looking at. I emailed the pictures and videos to our families and the feedback I got from my family was that they are creepy and interesting...

The videos weren't working when I tried to put them on this post so I will try to post them later.

Trip to Washington

On April first we drove 17 hours to Moses lake. Ryan's Grandpa Sear passed away so we went home to be there for his memorial. I've never had my ankles swell before that trip. The night...well morning we got to Moses I realized as I was laying down in bed that my ankles had swelled. I thought that when my ankles would swell it would be evenly fat all the way around but I was wrong. My ankles had swollen doughnut rings around them! It was weird.



It was nice to be home. I got to eat at The Tree Cafe with my parents :) and Ryan went to a Muse concert in Seattle with his brother the first day we were there. We ate Chico's twice when we were home...once with the Jones' and once with the Kofoeds. We stayed at my parent's house so they filled up an Easter basket for us to share. :) Ryan's neices and nephews had an Easter egg hunt and Jonathan and Becca's house. After the egg hunt we all headed over to Grandma Sear's for Grandpa's memorial.



The memorial was really nice. It was held at Grandma Sear's and just immediate family was there. Madisyn sang a song, Krystalynn told her favorite jokes that her and Grandpa shared together, Danita read some emails from family, Grandpa's life story was told and everyone took turns telling their favorite memories and things about Grandpa.



We were able to stay in Moses for about a week. It was really nice to visit with everyone and see all the family. We visited Grandpa Jones. I believe he is 95 years old now. He still gets up everyday and does work in and outside the house but he doesn't think he is going to last much longer. He still looks pretty good though. I think he is a cute old man. :)

Full House

This past month Ryan's sister Cherie and her daughter Marcie moved in with us and it has been a lot of fun. It's nice having family around and people to actually hang out and talk to. It has been really nice weather so we usually go on walks everyday and take Marcie to the park. It is really nice on base because there are sidewalks and parks everywhere! We try to soak up all the sun we can.

Another plus of having them here with us is that Cherie is a cook! :) I took Cherie around to find a job and this past week she finally got a call back and got a job. So while she is at work I watch Marcie.

Marcie really did not like Ryan when they first got here but now that she has been with us she has warmed up to him. She wouldn't let him come close to her haha but now she will give him kisses. I think she likes him now because he always plays with her and he has the energy to throw her up in the air all the time and chase her around outside. It is really funny though because she calls both me and Ryan Kallie. Marcie doesn't really listen very well when I try to discipline her but she listens to Ryan when he does because he is scarier haha.