21 Weeks

Mountain Landscape
Here’s the gender reveal:
Boy or Girl?
Yep!Arabella is very excited! Though I don’t think she can really understand. We got her an anatomical baby and some books to help her understand.I can’t believe she will be 3 at the end of FEB!Baby #2 will be here before we know it. Just to answer a few questions…There have been MANY questions 🙂Hopefully this answers some of them!🙂
  1. We found out the gender on Jason’s birthday
  2. Yes HE is a BOY! -> Bring on the BLUE!
  3. No we don’t have a name picked out (Still struggling with that lol)
  4. He is due on May 25 but we are scheduled to deliver the week before (the week after MOTHERS DAY)
  5. I am so excited about Sharks and Dinosaurs
  6. Yes we have registered (A few people have asked so here they are!)
  7. Um Home Made things are still beyond awesome! *hint
  8. I plan on nursing (if possible)
  9. We will be using primarily disposables but some cloth as well… especially when we get ready to potty train
Registries: (may have gone a little crazy but last time we didn’t find out the gender so this time it’s WAY more fun!)

100 + to do before I die

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Well it’s that time of year again.. time to add to my CRAZY BUCKET LIST!  This will be year 14 of the additions… and I’m having a difficult time trying to figure out what to add to the list! It’s been an odd birthday tradition but I figure I should stick to it. So here is year 14… dun dun duh!

The point isn’t to accomplish everything on a list… the point is to live, to have goals, to explore, and to keep dreaming. I don’t just want to survive…. I want to enrich my life by challenging myself… intellectually and emotionally.

My Life Mission Statement: SEEK. SAIL. SOAR.

Seek your faith, your creator, the love of your life

Sail onto new lands, visit forien soil, and open your mind to life unlike your own. Understand others cultures through immersion. Don’t stay comfortable. You learn the most about yourself when you are outside of the walls of comfort.

Soar above what you believe you are capable. Make the best of who you are. Challenge yourself. Each day try not to be better than anyone other than yourself. Do not be petty. Try to live your life worthy of the calling you have been given. Be Humble. Be Gentle. Be Patient. Create Peace.

_: Need to be accomplished

X: Been accomplished

  1. _ Write a book
  2. _ Publish a book
  3. X Teach someone to read
  4. _ Swim with turtles
  5. X Graduate high school
  6. X Try Sushi
  7. X Go to at least one dance
  8. X Learn to play an instrument
  9. X Take an advanced course
  10. _ Watch a play in NYC
  11. X Dance at a Powwow
  12. _ Go horseback riding on the beach
  13. X Climb a mountain
  14. _ Skydive
  15. X Ride a Harley
  16. X Watch a thunderstorm in the south
  17. _ See the northern lights
  18. _ Spend a night trying to count the stars
  19. X Learn how to use a gun
  20. X Take a Self Defense course
  21. _ Go rock climbing
  22. X Learn to swing dance
  23. X Learn to play the drums
  24. _ Learn to play the piano
  25. _ Learn to play the guitar
  26. X Learn to play the native flute
  27. X Play a bamboo flute
  28. X Learn to paint
  29. X Get the lead in a play
  30. X Direct a play
  31. X Write a play
  32. X Learn how to sketch
  33. X Sing a solo in front of a crowd
  34. X See the cougars at the zoo
  35. X Pet a tiger
  36. X Go to college
  37. X Graduate college
  38. X Go to graduate school
  39. X Get my masters
  40. _ Meet my grandparents ( They passed away)
  41. X Get Married somewhere beautiful
  42. X Have My Dream wedding
  43. _ Fly a plane
  44. X Shake hands with the president of a country
  45. X Ride a train
  46. X Get a tattoo
  47. X Learn to drive
  48. X Get my drivers License
  49. _ Read a Tale of Two Cities
  50. X Give an inspirational speech
  51. _ Change someones life for the better
  52. _ Hold a baby in a third world country
  53. _ See a giraffe outside the zoo
  54. X Get 7 piercings
  55. X Send 100 letters to people I have never met
  56. _ See the Red Sox play in Fenway
  57. X Hold an office
  58. X Plant a tree
  59. _ Develop my own film
  60. _ Learn Spanish
  61. _ Learn Korean
  62. _ Learn Japanese
  63. _ Learn Potawatomi
  64. _ Learn Sign Language
  65. X Learn to cook
  66. X Live in Portland, OR for a little while
  67. X Live in Los Angeles For a while
  68. _ See all 50 States
  69. _Roadtrip across the states
  70. X Visit San Francisco
  71. X Visit Seattle
  72. _ Visit Boston, MA
  73. X Visit Hollywood, CA
  74. _ Visit Colorado Springs, CO
  75. X Visit Potawatomi Reservation
  76. _ Visit Reno, NV
  77. X Visit Las Vegas, NV
  78. X Visit Mexico
  79. X Visit Canada
  80. _ Visit Venice
  81. _ Visit Zurich
  82. _ Visit Rome
  83. _ Visit Sydney
  84. _ Visit Manila
  85. _ Visit Japan
  86. _ Visit Korea
  87. _ See the Great Wall
  88. _ Visit Ethiopia
  89. _ Visit Peru
  90. _ Visit Prague
  91. _ Visit Cairo
  92. _ See the Museum of Cairo
  93. _ Visit Brazil
  94. X Go Sailing
  95. X Go on a roadtrip
  96. X Sing Karaoke at least once
  97. X See the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland
  98. X Start a drama group
  99. X See a palm-tree in California
  100. X See Yellowstone
  101. _ See Yosemite
  102. X See the Redwoods
  103. X See Red Rock
  104. X See the ocean
  105. X Go Snowboarding
  106. X Go Puddle Jumping
  107. X Go Long boarding
  108. _ Windsurf
  109. _ Have a candle light dinner under the stars
  110. X Swim in the ocean (not just wade)
  111. X Go Backpacking
  112. X Experience Love
  113. X Do an independent research project
  114. _ Go Surfing
  115. X Go white water rafting
  116. X Call my FP’s
  117. _ Ride an elephant
  118. _Ride a Camel in the desert
  119. _ Take horseback riding lessons
  120. _ Own a horse
  121. X Color my hair
  122. X Go to at least one reunion
  123. X Take a million photographs
  124. X Meet someone famous
  125. _ Learn to read music
  126. X See more than 50 concerts
  127. X See my mother again before she dies
  128. X See an Opera
  129. _ See a ballet (Live)
  130. X See a Broadway show
  131. X Dance in the rain
  132. X Write a song
  133. _ Do one thing that scares me everyday
  134. X Drive a Jeep
  135. X Own a Business
  136. X Be my own boss
  137. _Apply to a doctoral program
  138. _ Get into a doctoral program
  139. _ Get a doctorate
  140. _ Learn to Sail
  141. _ Own A Sailboat
  142. _Throw a mega party, invite everyone I know, and not care if anyone shows up
  143. _Swim with dolphins
  144. _Fold 1000 origami cranes and give them to random strangers
  145. _Visit a Volcano
  146. _Go on a Disney cruise
  147. X Go to disneyland
  148. _ Tell someone my life story without being afraid to spare the details
  149. _Have a food fight at a restaurant
  150. _Go Whale Watching
  151. X Go to at least one major sporting event
  152. _Milk a Cow
  153. _Go Scuba Diving somewhere tropical
  154. _Visit a concentration camp and never forget
  155. X Be the member of an audience on a tv show
  156. _Eat Green Eggs and Ham
  157. _Tango dance in Argentina
  158. _Write a letter to my favorite author
  159. _ Have my portrait painted
  160. _Watch a lightening storm at sea
  161. X Have a meal with a stranger
  162. X Swim in a pool with all of my clothes on
  163. X See Fireflies
  164. _ Drink Chamomile tea at The Pink Door
  165. _Have a pet goat
  166. X Own a home
  167. X Try Scallops
  168. X Eat at one of Gordon Ramsey’s restaurants
  169. _ Spend a Christmas at Disneyland
  170. _Ride in a horse drawn Sleigh in the snow
  171. _Visit Disneyworld
  172. _Have a HUGE family reunion
  173. _Feed Some Sharks
  174.  _Make sure my children experience many cultures
  175. _Adopt a Dog
  176. _Get a Passport
  177. X Buy a Car
  178. _ Take my daughter to Disneyland
  179. _ Get Mommy and Me Pedicures
  180. _Take a Cooking class
  181. _ Write my will
  182. _ Visit the White House
  183. _See the skull of Phineas Gage
  184. _Visit the Museum of Neuroanatomy in Buffalo
  185. _ Visit the International Banana Museum in Mecca, CA