4 months pregnant

Today marks the end of week 17 and four months. Many of you have been asking how much my belly has grown. So here is a picture of my baby bump. The doctor told us that the baby is on track for size and will be having a growth spurt in month 5.

Third doctor visit

We had our 16 week visit today. It was a quick appointment but wonderful to know that all is well. We were able to hear the heartbeat again - 156 beats per minute. The baby growth is on track and all is good. We scheduled our 5 month ultrasound for the middle of August so we are looking forward to that. We are going to find out the gender and they will be able to check all the organs and have a visual that the baby is healthy and well. So we are cruising along and doing great!

Our third anniversary

View from our room

Greg and Maggie in Squaw Valley meadow

Truckee River

Greg and I celebrated our third anniversary this weekend. Greg planned a wonderful and relaxing weekend in Olympic Valley for us. We stayed at the Resort at Squaw Creek in a suite overlooking the mountains. The view was so beautiful and reminded us of our wedding day. We had a wonderful dinner at Six Peaks on Friday night. Saturday we enjoyed a delicious room service breakfast. We took a late morning ride along the Truckee River. The afternoon was spent relaxing by the pool and soaking up the views. I was spoiled with a trip to the spa for a prenatal massage that put me into a great state of relaxation. Our evening was started with an adventure walk on a walking trail to the Village at Squaw that turned out to be more of a hiking trail that was overgrown and turned into a creek in places. The flip flops proved to be a challenge so we bailed onto the greens of the golf course and completed the trek. We enjoyed a couple drinks at the Blue Coyote. It is where the High Sierra Grille used to be (the place we had our reception). The decor is much the same and it was fun to hang out there and reminisce. We enjoyed dinner at a Japanese restaurant. On Sunday we had a leisurely morning and then took pictures in the meadow where our wedding pictures were taken. The short drive home was great. Nice to have a vacation in our own back yard. Enjoy some pictures from our weekend.

The mountains are back

With all these fires in California we have had a very smoky summer. For weeks the mountains around the lake have been hidden behind a haze of smoke. Today I was so excited to actually be able to look out at the lake and see the mountains...and clearly at that. It is a bit windy today so that is probably helping to keep the air clearer and the sky is so blue. I know that our lungs are appreciating the clean air too.

Congratulations Ryan and Julie!

Ryan and Julie found out today that they are having a boy! Greg and I are so happy for them and can't wait for the arrival of our nephew in October. Congratulations to the mom and dad to be!