Well, in attempts to keep the new years resolution of updating more....here I am almost a month later updating. The delay? I was trying to get Ali to do an update (finally). But, alas, I failed. Maybe next time?
In any case,
here's whats going on in the life of the
Paus...
We had an awesome time in Hawaii for the holidays. We made it to Hawaii to see the
fam. Having a warm, warm Christmas was really refreshing. Things were getting a little dreary around these parts and we needed some sun. We went to the turtle beach on Christmas eve. Brought a little lunch with us and sat and watched turtles in the water. So cool. Christmas morning we hiked Diamond Head. Ali has wanted to do this
every time we have been in Hawaii but we never got around to it. So this time she was getting it done. It was a perfect temperature. We hung out with my parents a lot which was good and reminded me of the parent I hope to be to
Kiki. We also spent a lot of time with friends and their little ones, getting advice and making lists filled with the items that folks said would make parenting that much easier. My Brest Friend (that is a real name...),
Itzbeen, and an Elmo DVD. Noted. Hawaii was awesome. Friends were awesome. Family was awesome. Being there with my wife was the most awesome.
We came back to Spokane for new years eve. It was a pretty uneventful day...baby doctor appointment (all things look great!), some laundry over at the
McGonigals, and watching the Survivor finale on On Demand (PS- Russel deserved to win, I don't care what anyone says). Ali was falling asleep by 10pm so I woke her up at 12 and we
celebrated for a a minute, then she went back to bed. We are getting old.
A few days later we went back to work and then had an ultrasound to find out the Kikis gender. WOO HOO! The ultrasound tech was super hospitable and answered a lot of questions. She took a lot of pictures and measurements and told us that the baby was growing nicely. Lots of pictures of feet and hands. You could see bones this time which was cool and weird at the same time. You could see the 4 chambers of the heart, kidneys, brains...it was crazy! So all of that was awesome news. Then on to the gender...(drumroll)
Kiki is a....modest baby.
The baby was not cooperating and did not show off their "business". So we couldnt tell if it was a boy or a girl. Bummer. The baby was moving a ton because Ali just had breakfast but just would not roll over in a way that we could tell. Oh well, the most important thing is that the baby is healthy and so is mama.
Ali is starting to show...yet another step of this makes it more real.
I think that is it for now. Hopefully next time you will hear from my better half. Fingers crossed.
Blessings in 2010.
