Scholarship

So when Steve and I got home tonight, he checked the mailbox and there was an envelope from UNR in it. He opened it and found a check for a nice sum of money. No letter, no explanation or anything, but he got another scholarship! My smart, smart husband, I am so proud of him for doing amazing in school. This semester is going to be his hardest so far because it is his last semester before he can apply to nursing school and he HAS to get straight A's. He is taking Anatomy, Microbiology, Chemistry, and I can't remember what else, and we will be having a baby just about the time he has several midterms to take, and then he will be finishing the semester with a crying baby at home. Poor Steve, but he is brilliant and I know he is going to well in all of his classes, and I know this check will help a lot because he has been stressing about finances and how we are going to survive when I'm not working for a month or two. But I am very proud of Steve for how well he has done in school so far and that he is able to qualify for these random scholarships he gets sometimes. He is so stinking smart and a hard worker, and I know he will do awesome this semester!

Ultrasound Pictures

On Monday I had a doctor's appointment (which will now happen every two weeks ugh) and for $20 we could do another ultrasound, so we (me mostly I really wanted to) decided to go ahead and do another, basically just to make sure it really is a boy before I go to crazy buying stuff, and just kinda to make sure everything was going good. Our baby is so stinking cute already! The doctor said he has his daddy's nose, I figure we both have huge noses so its hard to tell, but I like Steve's better and think it isn't so large as mine is. Baby buck looks so cute and sweet and angelic, I think he is going to be very sweet like his dad and enjoy being at quiet places. Anyways, here are the pictures!! I took pictures of the printout with our camera, and think they turned out pretty good. Captions are under each picture.

The right half of the picture is our baby's face, forehead is in shadow then you can see two eyes a nose, and a tiny little mouth and chin, then his chest. (He is laying on his side)

The top of his head, his nose, and his little fist!!

Face again centered in the middle picture on his side, you can see his forehead in the shadow area, and then you can see one of his eyes in the light area and his nose and chubby cheeks.

This one is deeper inside, you can actually see his brain (the black area with white squiggles) and then an eye (the small black circle) and a light spot where his nose is. his head fills the whole frame.

These are his little legs!! His knees are on the left and then his legs go towards the upper right corner. His man stuff can actually be seen between his two legs!And you probably don't want to know what this is, and probably can't tell, but its his man stuff. He is definitely a he!!!!

Random Plants

So I was very curious about what type of tree the pink flowering one was that I took pictures of on the California and I discovered what it is! It is a Chorisia Speciosa or floss-silk tree. I am not sure what variety mine is, because it doesn't have thorns on the trunk like most do, but there are some thornless varieties.
http://www.killerplants.com/plant-of-the-week/20031201.asp
Also, I was talking to my sister Leslie about her mystery squash in her garden and even though I haven't seen it, I am going to try to figure out what it is. SHe told me it is pale green like the color of a honeydew, but oblong, about 12 inches long and 12 inches in circumference (around). I have decided it is actually a spaghetti squash! Just a green one instead of the typical yellow we are familiar with. I never knew spaghetti squash were different colors, but it makes sense. This one will have white flesh. Pretty cool if you ask me, but then again I am a bit of a nerd and like to know and post about random things like what different plants are. Leslie, let me know if this is what it looks like, if not, I will invesigate more! This picture from wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_squash

My New Nephew

My sister Leslie had a baby today! She and Carl welcomed Bryant Maxwell Stratton into this world at 8:41 a.m. He weighed 7 lbs 15 oz and is 20 1/4 inches long. This is my and Steve's first nephew! He is a cutie. For pictures and more info go to Leslie's blog (on the left under family blogs) I just got to talk to Leslie on the phone and she is doing great and Abigail is loving being a big sister and all she wants to do is hold her baby brother!

Shopping (again)

Steve and I went to Ross tonight because after looking at ads earlier I decided this was a good time for him to buy a couple new ties, so after talking about it we headed to Ross instead of a department store because they are so cheap. We bought Steve two new ties, and I, being the impulse buyer I have been lately, bought a new apron (I'm addicted, I now have 6!) and a cute pair of shoes I accidentally found in the kids section. They are supposedly size 4 1/2 but they fit on my foot normally a 7 and Mel put them on too, normally an 8 I think. Interesting. Good thing I bought them or some little girl would have found them for back to school and cried when they didn't fit her. Things I love about my new stuff: the rick-rack on the apron, the beads on the bats eyes, and the heart-shaped buckles on my shoes!

Swimming in the Ocean

On Sunday Steve and I flew into Ontario, California, got a rental car and drove to the ocean. We drove to Newport beach and then drove down the Pacific Coast Highway to Laguna Beach where we stopped to go swimming at Crystal Cove State Park, it was a blast! The temperature was in the upper 70s, it was a little hazy in the morning, but it cleared up by afternoon and we got to enjoy the beautiful mild Southern California weather! We had tons of fun, had a little picnic on the beach, swam in the ocean, and then drove back to the airport and flew home. We left at 7 am and were back home by 8 that night. It was soo much fun, and the most relaxing day we have had for a long time, and well deserved especially since Steve starts the toughest semester of his college career today. It was the perfect ending to summer! We might do it again next week!

The beach we normally go to- Lake Tahoe
While we were flying, Steve said we should flying over Yosemite soon, we looked out the window and right then, sure enough, we were flying over Yosemite, Half Dome was underneath us, but you can see El Capitan in the pictures, it's on the right side of the canyon.

Rich people's houses in Laguna Beach

Steve getting ready to go swimming

The Pacific Ocean

A really cool house on a bluff above where we were swimming

More rich people's houses

The beach we swam at, the house pictured above is on the cliff where you can see the top of a big rounded tree

Steve after we went swimming

Pretty flowers on a tree

More of the flowers

Esteban!

Me all pregnant and windblown

Me

Some really nice car, not sure what it is

Another picture of the beach where we were swimming, this one taken from the car while driving

Palm Trees!

More Palm Trees and the Pacific Ocean!

I went shopping today...

I went to Ross today to kill time after work and bought a few new tops for myself, one outfit for baby, some cute Wilton cookie cutters for Halloween, and this fabulous pitcher that was only $4! I only took pictures of the pitcher and cookie cutters. Maybe someday there will be pictures of me and baby in our outfits.