Baby Crib!

So we have had this baby crib sitting in the box since way back in April. When we bought it Kyle said that he wanted to spread it out and wait until August to set it up. I'm not a very patient person, but when work plus Kyle's schooling gets thrown into it, we easily forgot about setting it up. Now since Kyle had this week off of school, and who knows how much time he's going to be home in the next 6 weeks, we decided that now is the time to set it up. Although it took us all day, we finally got it set up.

Boston Trip!

So Kyle and I decided that we needed a get away before our baby comes, and before he starts up another year. So we went to Boston to get away. We started out going to the Freedom Trail, and we did an audio tour which was nice because half way through, it started to pour. So if we would have paid for an actual tour, we would have lost out on half of it. So we then decided to go back to our hotel and wait out the storm, which only lasted about 10 more minutes, but we were soaked. Then Tuesday we went to Plymouth Rock and saw where the Pilgrims first landed. Then we headed off to the Cape. This was really pretty and we spent some time at the Beach. Then to truly get the Boston/Eastern Experience we went to a seafood restaurant and spent way too much money on a lobster dinner. When the lobster came, I didn't know how to crack it open and eat it, so I asked the waitress. Of course she didn't know either, so her manager of this really nice seafood restaurant went and got some gloves on, and came and helped me. Embarrassing, I know but it was so much fun! After that we went to our hotel and the next day we finished the Freedom Trail. We weren't ready to go back to New Haven, so we decided to extend our trip one more night and we went up to Sharon VT, the birthplace of Joseph Smith. There is a really cool monument there that was set up in 1905, the 100 year anniversary of his birth. It was peaceful, and we can't wait to go back again.

Lyman Orchard

So Kyle and I have tons of stuff that we want to do before we leave the East Coast in 16 months. One of them that we haven't had time to do is go to the Pick-your-own fruit orchards here in CT. So we saw a commercial on TV that Peaches were on so we headed up there Saturday morning. We had a fun time, it was WAY too hot! But the peaches weren't quite ripe yet so we pick only a few lbs and went to their store there.

At their store they have all types of cool things. We got their own made Peach Jam, Peach spread (similar to cream cheese, just with peaches in it), and Peach muffins. They were having their Peach festival, and they do have tons of other things besides peaches, but that's what we were in the mood for yesterday.This is a picture of Kyle going to work looking for the best peaches that don't have bug bites all over them.

2 Weeks Notice & the sickies

So last Friday I finally got to put in my 2 weeks notice! I was so excited, not that I hate working, I just 'disliked' working there. So as my boss was a little shocked they were really good about it because they knew that Kyle had some time off in August and I wanted to spend it with him. But now that I'm finally about to taste freedom, the sickies have hit our house. I was fine, but Kyle was sick the past 2 weeks. Then last friday, I was so happy when I came home from work, I accidentally kissed him, not thinking about the consequences of that mistake. Sure enough 3 days later my throat started to throb. I tried to stick it out at work this week, it being one of my last and all, but today it just got too much and I had to call out sick. At least they know that I'm really sick. So here we are with the sickies, and last Saturday Kyle had that chance to go fishing in the Atlantic, so he decided that he didn't feel TOO sick to do that (who would?). So he caught 2 flounder, one was 26'' and one was 22''. We ate that for Saturday night and Sunday night, then realized that an overload of fish with a pregnant woman was not the greatest idea, so the rest is in the freezer just waiting for next week. So each of these fish slabs are just 1/4 of a fish...impressive right? And also here we are at 31 weeks, and we only have 9 weeks left to go! We are so excited, and maybe this flu sickies will go away by the time the baby comes. I would like some freedom before then.