April III

April II

April I

Friends & Family in Seattle

I thought it was time to finally catch everyone up on what's been happening with us and the baby. As you can imagine our life pretty much revolves around Mari right now. Mari's doing very well. She's healthy and eating like a champ. At her last doctor's appointment on 4/18 she weighed in at 11lbs. It's been really fun watching her develop. She's now smiling frequently and is on the verge of giggling. She's also recently discovered her hand (primarily the right one) and spends quite a bit of time watching and admiring it.

Over the past few weeks we've been fortunate enough to have visits from both sets of parents, Will, and then Mike & Jessica made the trek from Reno. We had a great time with Mike and Jess seeing the sites of Seattle, bbq'ing, and playing backyard golf. Jessica's about 7 months pregnant so it was great for her and Becky to get together and swap stories about the trials and tribulations of pregnancy.
















Mari has her first airline flight this Friday. We're heading down to Orange County for my cousin Kirsten's wedding. We're excited for the rest of the family to meet her.

Check the next post for new pics...

Mari's First Bath

New Photos Posted 2/23

http://picasaweb.google.com/t1wilson/MariWilson

Mari Photos

Mari Wilson

Welcome Mari Lynn Wilson

Mari Lynn Wilson was born on Thursday 2/15 @ 9pm. She weighed 6lbs. 9oz. and was 18 inches. We were scheduled to be induced on Thursday but Becky ended up going into labor at 3:30 am that morning. The labor lasted 19 hours but Becky took the epidural a couple hours into it so it was a pretty relaxing day for the most part.

I think Becky and I are adjusting pretty well to our new life at home. Becky's making good progress on her recovery and Mari seems to be doing well. Like everyone says at this stage, she just eats, sleeps, and poops. The grandparents are still with us so we're feeling pretty comfortable for now. The real test will come later this week when they abandon (I mean leave) us. We're a little scared but I think we'll be OK.

Final Days

We're now 8 days past due. Since nothing seems to be happening naturally, we're going to get a little human intervention from the doctors on Thursday. We have to call in at 6am on Thursday and find out what time to come in to get induced.

Still Waiting

It's been a while since our last post but there hasn't been a whole lot to report. We're now 2 days away from our official due date and still no baby. My parents just arrived in town on Tuesday. It's been nice for Becky and I to spend some time alone with them before the arrival of the baby. Becky's still be doing very well. For the most part she's just uncomfortable, as everyone said would be the case at the end of the pregnancy. We've finally had a long (1 week) stretch of sunny weather. It's been really good, especially with our new found appreciation for the sun. It has rained a lot but Becky and I don't mind since it means more snow in the mountains!

Check back soon. The next post could be our baby announcement!

37 Weeks

Well, the end is closing in quick. The doctor has said that the baby is in the proper position and could come anytime between now and our due date of Feb 4th. Here's the latest picture of Becky.

More snow...

We've continued to get more snow over the last week. Today we woke up to 4 more inches. Here's a funny picture from the local newspaper.

Christmas in Seattle

Fresh pow at Snoqualmie

House pics

We finally posted some pictures of the house we're renting. We're in the city of Tukwila which is about 15 minutes south of Seattle near the airport.

Tukwila House

And if you know anyone looking for a house in Reno here's the link to our house info...
www.3070SevernDrive.com

Griswold Xmas

Our neighbor finally completed his light display. He started assembling the lights in August and has a dedicated generator to run the display. This picture doesn't do justice.
Some pics from the Christmas tree farm...

Baby Shower

Went down to Reno this weekend for the baby shower. Click the picture below to go to the album.

Baby Shower

Becky Update

31 Weeks

Oh, and if you didn't hear we got snow in Seattle...

First Week

Well, our first full week in Seattle and the first week of work is under the belt. Work went really well. The people I work with are really cool and are going to be good to work with. There's quite a few people w/ young kids so that will be nice when ours is born.

Becky's been adapting well to her new life as a homemaker. She's been keeping herself busy w/ the gym, shopping, and the dog. She's also been working on the cooking skills :)! We also found a house that we're going to move into the first of December so that's a big relief. The Reno house is now on the market so we're crossing our fingers that we can get it sold. You can check out the website HERE. It turned out pretty well except for a few spelling mistakes.

There's good news on the snow front. Most of the local resorts opened up this week so I'm looking forward to getting up to the mountains for some snowboarding. Unfortunately my gear is with the rest of the house in storage so I won't be going until we get moved into the house.

REI

The dog run out back

Building I'll be working in
Us in front of headquarters
Cafeteria