I can't believe it is December all ready. November went by so fast. Probably because Kobe and I were gone for 3 weeks. Our week long Thanksgiving trip turned into 3. We had a great time though. Its nice to be home with Gabe though and rest before we set off in a couple weeks for our Christmas adventures.

We flew into Baltimore and got spend a day with Wade, Kellie and Ammon.

We had a great visit even though it was so short. We are excited to see them again at Christmas

We drove down to Richmond to spend Thanksgiving with Lindsay's family. The 3 hour drive took us 6 but we finally made it. We had a great time. Lindsay made a wonderful meal. I know I gained few pounds with all the baking Lindsay does. Gabe was able to stay until Saturday and I stayed until the next Wednesday. I love being able to visit my sisters and wish we all lived near each other.

Gabe and Kobe sleeping in the morning...too cute. Love these guys

My nephews and niece are so cute. They had a fun time with Kobe.

Kobe saw Santa. I think he looks like a little elf.

Rylee loved holding her little cousin.

I love those baby blue eyes

After Richmond I decided that Kobe and I would go to back to Lubbock to visit since we had to go through Dallas anyways and it would break up the trip back. My 3 day visit turned into 6 but we had an awesome time. We miss all our family and friends in Texas. Thank you all for letting us hang out with you and crash your homes. I got to visit lots of friends and the rec center. I really miss my old job and friends and love being able to go back so they can all see Kobe. Don't worry we will be back in a couple months.

Kobe's 10Th flight. Gabe had a meeting in Dallas so we were able to meet him there and then all fly home together. Kobe does great on the plane. So far he has been a great traveler.

Halloween in Utah!

Kobe and I just got back from visiting the family in Utah. We were there a for a week and really enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Kobe got to meet my Dad and Uncle Preston for the first time and Aunt Lisa and Uncle Jonathan and his 3 cute cousins. Kobe's cousin Brennan is only 8 days older than Kobe but they couldn't look more opposite. I love going to Utah for Halloween. My parents have a great neighborhood for trick or treating. The twins looked so cute going up to the doors. Only in Utah can people hand out homemade cotton candy and donuts and it is okay to eat them. I got to spend time with lots of friends too. I definitely don't miss the snow in Utah but I miss being close to my family and friends. Thankfully we get to fly for cheap and can go back often. If we couldn't I bet my mom would be mad, she hates seeing Kobe go. Don't worry we will be back at Christmas time. Kobe did great on the plane both ways. I'm really lucky that he sleeps most of the way. He better get to use to flying because we have a lot more trips planned! It is good to be home, we missed Gabe a lot and Kobe loves spending time with his dad and I'm sure Gabe missed waking up in the night and changing diapers. Here are few great pictures from the trip. I am the worst about writing under pictures it never works for me, so you just get them all at once.

I made sure we carved a pumpkin before we left. Gabe did a great job and Kris helped me get all the seeds out. This last picture I took a few weeks ago but I just think it is the cutest little face ever!

Kobe at 11 weeks

Kobe is growing so big. We just had his 2 month appointment, he was 8 lbs 13 oz and 20 1/2 in. He is a little guy but to me he has grown so much. He is smiling and cooing like crazy. He is starting to get baby chub to him and I just love it. My mom came here for a couple weeks at the beginning of the month and we loved having her here. We miss the help and company but we are headed to Utah soon to see the family and I am super excited!

We definitely have fall weather here in Vancouver. Today we went to a farm and picked out pumpkins and did a pumpkin launch. It was nice to get out of the house. Between the rain and not working I have been a little stir crazy and can't wait for opportunities to get out of the apartment.

We have officially moved

Well we have officially moved to Vancouver WA. Kobe and I have been here for almost 2 weeks. Kobe is a little over 5 weeks now. I can't believe it. I haven't posted much so I thought I would go all the way back to the birth and post a few pictures and then some pictures of the following weeks.

This is me talking to Gabe on the phone since he couldn't be there. We kept him updated the whole time.

After Kobe was born our friends were all so great and let us crash at their houses until we were ready to move. The Bakers let us stay at their house for a week and then we stayed at the Nicholas's for almost 2 weeks. We are so grateful for their help. Karris took these cute photos of Kobe and then my friend Scott took the colorful ones of him at the rec center.

We blessed Kobe in Lubbock 2 days before we left. My mother-in-law made him an adorable

suit with a vest and tie as well. She also made Gabe a matching tie. I made a bow to match as well. Boy! were we a good looking family. Gabe gave Kobe a wonderful blessing. It was great to have so much family there.

Kobe is so precious and we just love having him in our family. We are excited for this new adventure in Vancouver. We have already explored farmers markets and dog parks with chief and today we drove out to the coast. I miss our friends in Lubbock like crazy but I am excited for the new adventures are little family of three are going to experience in this new place.

KOBE IS HERE!!

Well its a good thing I recovered that chair on Tuesday because I had a surprise on Wednesday night. It was a normal night I went to bed at 10:30pm. About 1:30am I woke up thinking I was about to pee my pant. I ran to the bathroom...lets just say not all of it went in the toilet. I called Gabe kind of laughing about how I pretty much just peed my pants. He laughed and I then I took a shower and washed my clothes. But then I noticed a few other weird things.. which I won't go into detail about but I started to freak me out. I called my sister crying wondering if my water broke and then called Gabe again. Gabe told me call a doctor or to go back to bed. I decided to google what it was like when you water broke and I noticed again some things and started freaking out more. I called my good friend Amy and she came over and I called the doctor. They called back and told me to come in and get checked. At this point I wasn't having any contractions.

When we got in the car I started to feel little ones. We timed them and they were 2 minutes apart. This really scared me because I thought when you first went into labor contractions were much further apart and that 2 min meant you were having a baby soon. When we got to the hospital I was a wreck and I was crying. It was so early I was only 35 1/2 weeks and Gabe was in Portland, I didn't want to have the baby without him. They finally check me to see if my water did break. It had and I was dilated to a 6. Not long after they got me into a room I was already a 7. Not long after that the contractions got pretty painful and were every 45 seconds lasting a minute so I got an epidural which I was very thankful for. At this time Gabe was headed to the airport, we kept him updated through calls and texts. I had some great support in the room with me. My friends Amy, Karris and Kami were all there. And I had a wonderful duola. They all helped me relax so much. Right around the time Gabe boarded his flight I started pushing. I pushed for about 45 min and the little guy was born at 9:14am on Thursday July 28. My friend was sending Gabe emails with photos and video and he was able to check them on his laptop on the flight so he was notified every step of the way. The flight attendant even made an announcement on his flight.

Kobe Oliver Benjamin Eyerly was 6lbs 3 oz and 19 inches long. He had a little trouble breathing right after birth so they took up to the nursery and then to the NICU. Gabe finally made it around 6pm that night. Kobe is doing really good, he is still in the NICU but hopefully he will come home on Friday. He was on oxygen at first and a feeding tube but now is off all those. He just needs to work on his eating and breathing at the same time. We love him soo much and can't wait until he can come home.

Other other news.. I got released from the hospital on Saturday morning..we had movers come to our house that afternoon and pack up everything to take it to Portland. Gabe and I are staying with friends for the next 3 weeks until Kobe is good to travel. Its been a little stressful at times but we are so happy to have him in our family. I guess he just couldn't wait.

Rocking Chair

My sister in law gave me a rocking chair glider 4 years ago and I kept saying to myself that I would recover the cushions. Well they are moving our things on Friday so I wanted to get it done before they took the chair. My friend Karris helped me with the sewing.. because that is not a strong suit of mine. I think it turned out pretty good. Now I just need to touch up the scratches on the chair and I think it will look great in Kobe's room. I also bought way to much fabric so maybe I will have to make a few pillows.

Hopefully 4 more weeks to go!

I am a little over 35 weeks. We are hoping to induce a few days early so we can plan on Gabe being there. So I am hoping to have the little guy in 4 weeks from today really. I am getting to the pretty uncomfortable stage. I can't eat much there is just no room and sleeping and sitting are pretty uncomfortable.

My saving grace is my lunch time water exercise. I love jogging in the pool and teaching my prenatal water class. I would stay in the water all day if I could.

We are moving most of our stuff to Vancouver this weekend. Ill be here with the bare minimum. Only 2 more months and ou

r family will finally be together for good. Once Kobe gets here in a month, I know the last month will go by quickly. What doesn't kill you makes your stronger I guess. Gabe will be coming home each weekend from now on.. so that is good. Weekends get boring with out him here and not having work.

I can't believe its already Friday!

This week went by pretty fast... I love 4 day work weeks. I am excited for a weekend with no plans. Last weekend wore me out, it was very crazy and stressful but fun at the same time. I went out to Portland to visit Gabe for the 3 day weekend. Friday I went to the airport... flying stand by is no fun. I got there around 2pm. I didn't' make the first two flights out of Lubbock. So after waiting for 3 and half hours I had a melt down ( I blame a little of bit of it on the pregnancy). I would make the next flight in another 2 hours but that meant I could only catch the last flight into Portland which got me in a 2am my time. Not fun when you are 8 months pregnant. So I am crying in the airport talking to Gabe on the phone and I am trying to decide if i should even go. I have Gabe call his friends and send my bag back up so I can just go home. But then I start crying again because I really want to spend the weekend with Gabe so i tell Gabe to call back and have them send my bag back down. The people at the airport probably thought i was crazy...

Oh well. I make it to Dallas finally at almost 9pm. Get sick in the airport from eating food in Lubbock and then getting on the plane. When I make it to my gate in Dallas I am number 16 on the standby list.. I was 3 earlier in the day. So now it looks like I won't even make it to Portland.. Pregnant me starts crying again and calling Gabe. He tried to move me up on the list but can't and the flight leaves. 9:35 and I'm all stressed out. Gabe tells me there is a flight leaving for Seattle in 20 min. So I race over to another terminal and make it by like 3 min. I was the last person they let on the plane. So four hours later I'm in Seattle (2 1/2 hour drive from Gabe's apartment) and it is 2am. Luckily Gabe got a hotel room so we wouldn't have to drive all the way home. At this point all I wanted was a shower and bed so I was glad. Once Friday was over the rest of the weekend was Great!

Saturday morning we walked around Seattle. It was perfect weather. We went to the space needle and Pikes Place Market. We ate fresh fruit and fresh bread for lunch Yum... It was nice to be outside and not have it be over 100 like at here at home. We headed back to Vancouver that afternoon. The rest of the weekend was fun and relaxing.. Just driving around Vancouver and Portland seeing where we would be living. The weather was great all weekend. I got to meet some of Gabe's employees and see his work. We walking around downtown Portland and watched some fireworks being shot off over the river.

Luckily Monday's flights home went smoothly and I made it back no problems. It was good weekend overall but exhausting!

I love being able to spend time with Gabe... but flying and being pregnant is the worst.. Airports and planes are not comfortable. Its good to be home. I will be nice when I can finally move out there and we can be together. I only took one picture of me in front of the space needle.

31 Weeks

Okay here is a picture of my belly. The doctor says my weight is perfect. Even though they say that is still frustrating getting dressed in the morning and I can't wait to fit in my old clothes again. I am trying to avoid buying a ton of maternity clothes so I am trying to make due with what I have. I probably try on 10 things every morning before I leave the house. I feel very lucky and blessed to be pregnant but I hoping the next 2 months go by quickly so Kobe can finally be here.

9 more weeks

Well not much has been going on in the Eyerly home. I have about 9 weeks left until Kobe gets here. Gabe and I are really excited. I really haven't got a lot of baby stuff done or any decorating because we are moving right after he is born. Gabe has been working in Portland for the last 3 months. He usually gets to fly home on the weekends for a couple days. Things have been kind of boring with out him. I pretty much just go to work and then try to keep my self from being too bored in the evenings. It has been pretty hard but I have great friends around who keep me company.
My pregnancy is going good. I feel huge though and hate the fact that I am going to just keep getting bigger in the last few weeks. I have been teaching water aerobics so that is good and I try to take zumba a couple times a week. I can't wait until I can exercise like I use too.. I miss it and I miss teaching classes.
I am kind of against taking pictures of my belly, so I doubt I will put one up for people to see.. Just picture a basketball under my shirt, that's about what it looks like. I am going to visit Gabe in Portland over the fourth of July so I will post some picture from that trip. Besides that I am just trying to survive the heat of the West Texas summer and keep myself busy while Gabe and I are apart. Gabe is doing great at his new job and We can't wait until our family can all be together including Kobe!

We are Having a BOY!!!

We found out last week that we are having a baby boy!! We are both thrilled. I was nervous because the little guy was hiding the whole time and the lady had to keep shaking my belly to get him to move. Gabe had been saying it was a boy all along but I wasn't sure either way.. I would of loved a girl to dress her up in all the cute little girl things, but I am equally excited that it is a boy. It makes it even more exciting to see Gabe so thrilled. I have been saying that I am going to be the one and not him limiting the baby purchases. If Gabe could have his way everything our little guy wears would be Lakers gear or sports related. We have already picked out his name. Gabe got to chose the name for his first son and of course he chose Kobe. I think it is cute too. His name will be Kobe Oliver Benjamin Eyerly. So if you notice his intials spell his name just like Gabe's ititals spell his name and they will share the middle name Benjamin. 21 weeks down 19 weeks to go hopefully!

Hawaii

The last couple of weeks have been crazy. I was home for about 3 days out of the last 17.. Our first big adventure was Hawaii. Gabe and I flew down there on Sat the 3rd and stayed until thursday evening. It was amazing. Neither of us had ever been and we can't wait to go back either. We stayed in Maui with some friends of ours that use to live in lubbock. We had the best time. We went to the beach, hiked up to waterfalls and enjoyed all the small shopping towns. One day we took a 6 hour boat ride, where we saw dolphins, whales and sea turtles and stopped in two locations to snorkle. Snorkling was one of my favorite things we did. We also drove up to the top of the tallest mountain on Maui and watched the sunset. Here are a few pictures...I am still waiting on our underwater pictures so we will see how those turned out. It was such a beautiful place!