Busy Weekend!!!

Wow! We had a busy weekend. Saturday we (tried) to ride our bikes out to Sudden Valley, but I could only make it about 1/2 way (it's 9 miles up some wicked hills), so we turned around and rode home to get the car. We drove out to see our friends' new baby Jonah. He was very sweet. After that we did some grocery shopping and then drove to Blaine to have dinner with Mindy and Taylor Swedberg (Andy's co-workers) and the rest of their Ski-to-Sea team. Sunday morning, Andy woke up at 4:30 and got ready to leave for the race. I slept in until about 9:00. I felt like a bum, but the extra sleep was wonderful! He was up on the mountain around 7:00. He did really well for someone who has only crosscountry skiied once before. Everyone on his team placed somewhere in the mid 300s (out of 400 teams) and said they had a lot of fun. After he got home around 1:30, we ate lunch (shrimp pasta! Yum!!) and I napped for a while. He said he thought about napping, but I was on the couch and he didn't want to go get in bed (he was sure he'd sleep too long), so he just laid down on the living room floor. Comfortable, right? We biked over to Fairhaven around 5:00 and saw the last leg of the race (kayaking) and took a team picture. Afterward, we all went to dinner at Mi Mexico and said goodbye to all of the teammates who don't live in town. I hadn't met any of them before Saturday. They were really nice people. Monday I had to visit a couple of my "old ladies" (as Andy calls them), then we went and met the midwife, Ann. She was great. Very knowledgeable and friendly. She seems pretty laidback too which is a plus for me. She answered all of our questions and it looks like we're going to have her as our birth attendant and we'll have the baby at the birth center. I don't think we took any pictures while we were there, but you could go to their website if you want to check it out. www.bellinghambirthcenter.com
Our midwife's name is Ann (she's about 1/2 way down the list with red curly hair) and they only have 1 picture of the rooms. There are 2 big rooms and a waiting room that can become a 3rd room. They have big beds, couches, cool triangular tubs, birth slings, birthing stools, birth balls, and pretty much anything you could want. If an emergency did happen, the hospital is only about 1.5 miles away, so we could be there in a few minutes! I still have some apprehension about what would happen if an emergency did occur, but I'll just have to leave that in God's very capable hands. He has brought us this far, but that is no guarantee of the future. He is still in charge and we just need to do our best. Monday afternoon we went to a birthday BBQ for our friend Jocelyn (Andy's worship team leader) at her parent's house they just bought a little ways outside of Belligham. It's a log cabin and looks more like a bed and breakfast than a house, but it's really nice. Her parents were so friendly. We had a really good time. Then we came home and it was almost time for bed. I had a little trouble going to sleep. The baby had hiccups and then they kept moving around. I could sleep through is, but I don't like to because it's so cool and I don't want to miss it. Andy was even still awake for the hiccups. Well, I need to get to church to help with mailing out the newsletter and then over to Donna's for her shopping and cleaning. Better get moving!