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Friday, March 28, 2014

Peanut Update: 1/2 Mark

Anyone who knows me knows 2 very important things:

1. I am not one that follows the "in thing".
2. It is rare for me to miss an opportunity for cake

Surprise


On Monday, Matt and I went in for another ultrasound and doctor appointment.  Everything checked out great! During the ultrasound they were able to get 75 pictures to determine that our little peanut has 2 arms, 2 legs, lots of fingers and toes, 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 lungs, working kidneys and a heart with 4 chambers.

Peanut Profile
Alien Peanut (look carefully and you can see 2 eye sockets and a nose)
Peanuts' left foot

Our Peanut is wiggling like crazy, although I'm not feeling it yet. It seems to be right on track according to the doctor.  They are pleased I am having a 'boring' pregnancy.

Best Part?!?!  During the ultrasound they wanted baby to turn over for two more pictures of the heart.  They were pushing on me to get a response.  After about 4 pokes, baby's arm shoots straight up and shakes it's fist at the monitor.  They called it a day at that point =) 

So, what did we fill our 'reveal' cake with..................????



Chocolate fudge, because clearly we are having a stubborn little 'shit'.
But, then again, it's part Rubrecht and part Kay, so it seems very fitting =)

As you can see we chose not to find out the gender.  We will be doing a Mickey Mouse theme for our nursery and we have names for both genders.  We are excited and hope to continue with the boring pregnancy!

Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Birthday Oregon

It's that time again, when Hopkins Third Grade celebrates Oregon's Birthday!  Sweet Story once again made us some FABULOUS cakes covered in all things Oregon.  I am in awe of all they do for us, and their work is completely donated! Once again the kids had a blast playing "Oregon Math Ball" (named by the kids this year) and eating birthday cake!  Here is a glimpse at the wonderful cakes.




Oregon Swallowtails (our state insect) and the Oregon Grape (our state flower)

Our state fish, the Chinook Salmon

Hazelnuts (our state fish) and the Chanterelle Mushroom (our state fungus)

Thursday, January 9, 2014

The Many Faces of Peanut

The Edible Peanut

 The Funny Peanut 
by Jeff Dunham

 The Peanuts Gang
by Charles Schultz

The new Peanut
by Matthew and Alyson
Expected Arrival August 13, 2014