Birthday Boy & More

Today is David's 27th birthday! Since it's Sunday we decided to celebrate yesterday. We went and saw the movie The Grey, which was alright. Probably wouldn't watch it again- not nearly as scary as we thought it would be, but we still enjoyed it. The only part of it we didn't enjoy was the irresponsible parent who had their screaming baby in there. So frustrating. Anyway, after the movie we decided to try a restaurant we had never been to called Daus Stein Haus. They serve German food. The inside kind of looked like a Denny's but we tried it anyway. The food only turned out to be so-so but it was still nice to try somewhere new. After that we went to an ice cream shop that we had a coupon for called Maggie Moo's. It was basically a Cold Stone. Needless to say that was amazing. I love ice cream!

In other news, last week I had an ultra sound to make sure the placenta had moved away from my cervix. Thankfully it had! I also had to do the glucose test. Yuck!! But I passed :)

He's still a boy :)

28 weeks

We've also been trying to enjoy the snow here. Luckily it is starting to melt but I hear it is supposed to start back up again this week :( We took the puppies to the dog park where they loved running around in all the snow. It was cute to watch

Christmas Time

This year for Christmas we drove down to Portland to spend it with my family. We had a blast! It was so nice to spend just about two weeks relaxing, eating treats, and having fun. I think David read five books-he said he forgot how fun it is to read for fun. I swear he had his nose in a book the entire time :) He deserved it though. I'm glad he didn't have to spend the whole break doing homework.

We asked for baby things this year for Christmas. Boy, did our families deliver. We are so lucky to have gotten so many great things!! We love them all.

Most of the break was spent shopping, playing games, and eating. It was amazing. We saw the Muppets and Sherlock Holmes twice. David was also experience one of the Moyle family traditions for the first time. Elk Feeding. Every year we drive to Jewel and visit their wildlife preserve and feed the elk. After the feeding we go to a place called Camp 18 for a huge breakfast/brunch. It is always so much fun! We got super lucky this year that it didn't rain on us.

Neil hanging out with Maggs and Blake

Neil and Blake helping Grandma do the dishes

We rode on a wagon behind this tractor to feed the elk

Even though it didn't rain it was still cold!



The Big One

On Friday David and I went in for my big ultrasound! We were so excited. I have literally been counting down the days to go see the little baby growing inside me AND to find out what gender it is!

So on an extremely full bladder we anxiously awaited our turn to be called back. When it was our turn the ultrasound tech was super nice and took the time to explain everything to us. When the first image of our little one popped up on the screen I completely forgot about my bulging bladder. I was so happy! I swear ultrasounds are the best. Nothing makes me happier than seeing my baby's heart beating away.

It was so cool to see the spine, brain, and all the different parts of my baby. We got lots of great pictures to bring home and even a recording of part of the ultrasound on tape. That's right VHS...we didn't even know where to buy one at :)

Then it came time to find out the sex! And.....

It's a boy alright!!

Lincoln Thomas Clukey

Being shy

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Cute little foot

Now here I am at 18 weeks pregnant

We are so excited and feel so blessed to be expecting! I'm so happy to finally know what I'm having. I love that it's a little boy. I can't wait for him to get here! David and I went to dinner to celebrate on Friday and also out to buy our first outfit for the baby. It was so fun. April can't come soon enough!

Portland

This past weekend my parents were nice enough to fly me home for a few days. It was so nice to escape Spokane for a few days and just relax. While there we had a big family dinner and we went shopping. I got some awesome maternity clothes. It's so nice to have some jeans that fit and I don't have to button with a hair tie :) The weekend flew by and now I'm back to Spokane where the forecast is snow :/

The only picture I took this weekend was of my niece Claire who bought these awesome glasses at the dollar store with her toothfairy money. She was pretty excited

This Friday is the big day when we get to find out the gender of our baby!! So I'll post again after that

When You Live In West Spokane

When you live in West Spokane anything can happen. It is not a nice area. Last week around three in the morning we wake up to someone knocking on our door. Three in the morning, it could be anyone. When David looked out and said it was our apartment manager I knew something had happened to one of our cars. Just as we suspected he came to let us know someone had broken into our car. When we went out there, the driver side window was smashed and there was glass EVERYWHERE. Our apartment manager had already filed a police report for us and said that the cops weren't actually going to show up. I guess not too long ago Spokane cut the damaged property unit so the police don't have the resources to do much of anything anymore. Thanks Spokane. So we taped up our window and attempted to go back to bed. Our manager assured us that he would listen and if anyone came back he would get them :) We didn't get back in until 4 and we get up at 5 so there was no hope of falling asleep. It was a long day for us. But thankfully the weather was pretty nice and we were able to get the car fixed that day. It was an unexpected expense but we were lucky there was nothing in the car for anyone to steal.

I guess we should have seen this one coming. We have the nicest car in the neighborhood (this is a really, really run down area). However, I do take consolation in the fact that my life is better than the person/people who did this. I have a future that doesn't include winding up in jail and smashing people's car windows for kicks. I have real hobbies. Therefore in the end, I win.

On a brighter note, everything else has been going great for us. I had another doctor appointment recently and I got to listen the heartbeat. It was at 150 bpm. I am 15 1/2 weeks right now and on Friday November 18th we go in for the big ultrasound! I'm so excited! I cannot wait to find out if our baby is a boy or a girl.

                                                                     14 1/2 weeks

                                                    
This past weekend we headed out to Greenbluff with some friends. Greenbluff is a place where there are a ton of farms so they get together and during October have a sort of festival. We ate super yummy pumpkin donuts and fresh apple cider. We also bought some fresh Honey Crisp apples. My favorite! I made some apple crisp out them and it was soo good. Next year we'll have to go back a littler earlier in the month. We went on the last weekend so there were only slim pickins left in the pumpkin patch. We had a great time.

For Halloween we went out and bought a couple bags of candy for the expected trick-or-treaters. No one showed up. I love seeing kids all dressed up, they are always so cute. But I guess when you live in West Spokane you can't expect parents to let their little kids come to some of the homes here :) We did dress up our puppies in cute costumes. Maggs was an elephant and Blake was a joker. They were so cute! They love getting dressed up. It's a little weird. Once we had the costumes on them they hardly sat still. So it was a little challenging to try and get a decent picture of them.

The Unexpected

Well life has been just a tad bit crazy since we moved here to Spokane. David started school, I got a job, AND we found out that I'm pregnant!! We are so excited to be expecting! So these last few weeks have been filled with morning sickness, working, and trying to find someone to take over our lease so we can move into a bigger place. We sorta need two bedrooms now.

This past weekend David and I went to Portland to spend some time with my family. We got to hang out with everyone and were fortunate enough to be given a couch set that my parents don't use anymore. So David left on Saturday to drive our new belongings back to Spokane. I stayed until Monday with my fam. It was so nice to have some time with them. On Monday I had my very first doctor appointment. I was a little nervous for it since I heard it can be quite invasive. It was, but luckily I had my mom there with me. I was able to see my baby on the ultra sound which was so amazing! I was surprised at how active it was. It looked like it was dancing around. I was 9 1/2 weeks when I went in and it was so amazing to see that in that short amount of time my baby actually looks like a mini human-well alien really but still. It was an incredible experience, one that I will never forget. Over all the appointment went well, the baby looked great and I was healthy so that was a relief. I'm now 10 weeks and I'm looking forward to getting out of my first trimester soon!!

Picking blackberries in the field by my parent's house

They love to run!

Our cute puppies at Manito park (here in Spokane)

Hello Spokane

Well we made it. Not too long ago we packed up our things, left California, stopped in Portland for a day, and made the final leg of our journey to Spokane. It has been interesting to say the leaset since we've been here...Our apartment is definitely TONS smaller than we thought it was going to be. It has taken a lot of work finding places for all our things. But we did it. We don't love it but it will work for us for the next year. Unfortunately when we got here we found out the nickname of the neighborhood we live in - felony flats - how inviting...

Moving in all of our things

(we swear we aren't hoarders)

Turned that into this...

All with only one storage closet!! Now up the stairs

To the smallest bedroom ever!

And the best feature of our apartment is:

We have a yard!!

Since being in Spokane we have been working hard to get our apartment somewhat organized and we still don't have any decorations up, but those will hopefully come soon. David started law school and has been working hard to stay on top of his homework. At least it's homework he enjoys-for the most part. This past weekend my parents were able to come visit us. We had a great time with them and we were able to do a few fun things. I'm so happy that I'm living a lot closer to my family than I have in a long time.

Other than the location of our apartment and it's size, we are excited to be here and look forward to the next few years in Spokane :)