Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Summer Updates

It's been a great summer so far. It's hard to believe it's almost July. A couple of weeks ago, we went to Newport Beach, CA with my family. It was really nice to get away from the humidity in PA. We stayed at the Marriot villas. They were gorgeous!
On one of the first days in California, we went to Balboa Island. We had a great time riding the ferris wheel and riding bikes along the beach.
We also rented a Duffy boat and took it for a spin around the bay. I fell in love with all of the little houses along the waterfront.
I think my favorite thing about California was just relaxing on the beach. Luke had a great time building sand castles, and Nic and Jeremy became pro boogie boarders.
On our last day in California, we went to Disneyland. It had been forever since Jeremy or I had been there and it was a lot of fun to go on all of the classic rides like the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Carribean.
We had a really great time with my family and I think the only way Jeremy was able to convince me to leave California the next day was by promising we would get Cafe Rio in the Salt Lake City airport on the way home. Since we've been back home, Jeremy and I (mostly Jeremy...) have been working really hard at re-staining our deck. It has been a really big job. Here is a picture of what it looked like before (I took this picture in November when they deck was a little bit wet and so you can't quite tell just how faded and weathered it really was)
This is what it looks like now that we are all done with it! Jeremy did a really nice job.
Last week, we took a little break from working on the deck and went to Longwood Gardens to see the light display by Bruce Munro. It was really spectacular. We thought it was even better than their Christmas displays. To all of our Philadelphia friends, definitely go if you have a chance this summer. They had tens of thousands of lights set up throughout the gardens. I thought it looked like a fairyland. Jeremy thought it looked like the movie Avatar. Either way, it was pretty cool
And last but not least, last week we celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary. We went out to dinner at the Seven Stars Inn in Phoenixville. Jeremy got their specialty, the prime rib. I think the piece of meat he got weighed about 3 pounds. It was incredible.
Happy anniversary Jeremy!

Monday, June 4, 2012

Announcing...Baby Kuhre!

Jeremy and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting a baby on November 29th! I am just about 15 weeks now and my pregnancy has been pretty easy so far, the morning sickness hasn't been too bad. Here are the ultrasound pictures. I waited a bit to go in for my first appointment, so I think the pictures actually look like a baby and less like an amoeba.
I haven't really decided whether working labor and delivery will be an advantage or a disadvantage during my pregnancy. On one hand, it's great that I know how I need to prepare and what to expect, on the other hand, I have a much larger pool of knowledge from which to draw things to worry about...I am really excited though to be able to deliver at Reading. I really do have awesome coworkers and I know they will take great care of us. We'll be able to find out the gender of the baby in about 5 weeks. Jeremy and I are so excited to be starting this adventure together!