The Babymoon!

Shawn and I just returned from our "Babymoon" in Northern Arizona. We spent the weekend in Sedona and took a trip to the Grand Canyon. In 4 years of living here, I had not yet seen the Grand Canyon -- it was definitely worth the trip!

We drove up on Friday after work and checked into the Amara Resort & Spa, a little boutique resort right in downtown Sedona. We had a little balcony off our room with a nice view of the grounds.



Saturday morning we got up early and made the 2 hour drive up to the Grand Canyon. We survived some windy roads and were so comfy in our new Tahoe, reminding us how happy we are with our purchase! I was impressed we made it in 2 hours, as you can imagine driving with an 8 month pregnant lady tends to makes drives just a tad long (frequent stops!). Here are a couple of pictures of Shawn and I at the Canyon.
We stayed for about 3 hours, going to different view points and had lunch. There are so many great hikes you can do, but as you can imagine we were not able to enjoy hiking this time around. I was amazed at all the people we saw at the Canyon -- people from all over the world coming to see it. It was beautiful and I am so glad I can say I have seen it!

When we got home we were excited to see a package from Grandma Grentzer! She made Baby Blu's crib skirt and it turned out perfect! His nursery is coming together...furniture is assembled and it looks great. We bought him a closet organizer this afternoon -- now Dad just needs to put it together. We plan to get the rest of the nursery done over Labor Day weekend.

We are at week 31 right now and go to the doctor tomorrow. We have a busy month of September with lots of travel for Shawn. He'll be making 2 trips to Seattle -- trying to get him to as many Seahawk games as we can before Baby Blu arrives. My sister and Lukas are coming to town in late September to visit while Shawn is in Seattle. I'm looking forward to taking my nephew to the zoo (if the weather cooperates and cools down a bit!). It will be October before we know it and our little man will be here.

That's what is New with the Blu's...more next weekend after Operation Nursery is complete!

Baby Blu's Shower

I spent last weekend in Olympia (out of the AZ heat!) where we had a shower for Baby Blu (thank you Kristie, Beth and Amy)! It was a great weekend with friends and family and was much needed since I hadn't been back since Christmas. It was so fun to see so many friends (and their darling new babies) and to catch up with everyone.

Saturday was a perfect NW day, the kind that makes you want to move back there, but then you remember that October - May it will be gray and raining again. We were at my Dad's house on the lake and it was just beautiful.

Baby Blu was spoiled with so many wonderful gifts...including his first #8 Matt Hasselbeck jersey (thanks Amanda!). This was probably Shawn's favorite!

Of course there were great gifts for mom as well...including my very own "Hooter Hider." I am going to assume that it's purpose is self explanatory. It will come in handy once Baby Blu arrives!Since I am 7 months pregnant now and have released no pictures to prove this, I have decided it's time. This may be the only post I do of the belly, so please enjoy (this is for you Mom!).

I hope to have some pictures of his nursery up soon! We painted his room a couple of weeks ago and had new carpet installed throughout the house last weekend. It's shaping up! We still need to order our furniture (oops...didn't realize it can take up to 10 weeks to arrive?) and take care of a few other things. We are so excited for our little man to arrive in October.

I am feeling great and am 28 weeks pregnant today. 3 more months to go. Somedays it feels like that is right around the corner, but then I remember I've been pregnant since January and it feels like 3 months is so far away! We go back to the doctor next week for our last monthly appointment. After this we go every 2 weeks, then every week.


Can't forget to mention the half of the Blu's...Shawn! He is doing great, enjoying Blu's Summer of Golf Tour. He's only got a few more courses to golf. He is off to Vegas with the boys next weekend and then we are having our "Babymoon" later this month. A weekend in Sedona and the Grand Canyon. Looking forward to our last getaway before Baby arrives!


That's what is "new with the Blu's!"