Our Weekend

We had a really great Saturday. First we drove around Mt. Hood with my parents (it was supposedly the "bloom festival" but none of the orchards had any flowers on them). Then we ate a big yummy lunch with pasta salad and mini sandwiches and strawberries and chocolate. Then we went to the Rhododendron garden near Reed College. It was so beautiful and we took lots of really great pictures. It was the perfect day too, which is lucky in Oregon; it was around 7o degrees and sunny! When we got back to my parent's house we ate home made sausage and mushroom pizza. Then they watched Ruth while Brad and I bummed around Wal-Mart and bought 188 diapers. We all watched Saboteur, a Hitchcock and then drove home. It was such a pleasant and relaxing day.

My Birthday

So it's been more than a week since my b-day but it was soooo wonderful so I have to write about it. The best was that Brad totally surprised me with tickets to WICKED! My mom and I went (Brad's not into musicals) and we had such a blast! I hadn't seen the show before and it was marvelous. We were worried when we heard the understudy was playing Glinda, but you wouldn't even know. But the star of the show is definitely Elpheba, her voice was incredible. I just got goosebumps when she sang. I loved at the end of Defying Gravity how she was lifted up into the air...wow. This show was definitely comparable to Mary Poppins in London. I was so in love with the music I had Brad download it as soon as I got home from the show. Thanks honey!

My parents also got me a beautiful pot of flowers (orange gerbers in the middle surrounded by little purple flowers) and some chairs to put on our deck...yay. Once it gets a little warmer it will be so nice to sit out there, especially since Brad got a grill for his graduation present!

I also got these great oil scents from my bro and sister in law which we've used up half of. Then my friend Katy Wall came into town for her spring break and she took me and Ruth to the zoo! We had so much fun looking at all the animals. My favorites were the sealions an the otters. Ruth liked the polar bears and we all loved the birds. It was so amazing. They were really tame and would fly right up to you and right in front of your face. I was just glad that none of them pooped on Ruth!

I also got my sewing machine and supplies, but that was more of a graduation present from Paula and Asa. I went to my sewing lesson to learn how my machine works and went right home and made a table cloth. It doesn't sound like it would be hard to make a table cloth but I wanted it to look really nice. I stitched over the edges so they won't fray when I wash it and then did a cool decorative stitch with contrasting thread. It looks really pretty.

Thank you everyone for such a great birthday! In other news, Ruth has continued to nap really well (1 to 2 1/2 hours for two or three times a day) and has started rolling over again!

Ruth Has a Tooth!!!

Ruth has been eating rice for about 2 weeks so I decided it would be fun to try a new food. Today she had green beans and loved them! (I actually tasted a bit and they are really good!) My neighbors brought us some baby food that was apparently "too rich" for their baby. So yay! She ate a heaping tablespoon of green beans, and didn't even make that big of a mess!

After she ate her food I was cleaning her up - wiping her face down - when I stuck my finger in her mouth and felt a very sharp prick! Oh my goodness, can it really be? I probed further and realized that the last two of her crankiness and everyone telling me that she was teething has paid off! She's been much happier the past 3 or so days and I figured it was just a weird phase, but today her tooth has finally poked through! I can't express how proud I feel. It's the strangest thing to say that I'm proud of her growing a tooth but that's the only word that expresses how I feel. I'm so proud of my girl. I can't wait for Saturday, when Brad can stick his finger in Ruth's mouth too!