Ukiah is Haiku backwards....

Big news! We have finally decided where we will be for the next year (at least). Tim has officially accepted a position in Ukiah, CA (very, very northern tip of wine country and the start of the redwoods). He will be an associate Doctor at Mendicino Animal Hospital. You can check out the website at http://www.mendocinoanimalhospital.net/ . There are currently four associate Doctors at the hospital and Tim will be the fifth. The hospital is a full service veterinary clinic for canine, feline, and smaller animals. Tim is excited to use his medicine skills but is even more exited to be one of the two Doctors interested in surgery. He starts on July 12, pretty exciting!

I will be ending my job in the middle of July. I have had some bittersweet endings these last two weeks. Four of my kiddo's at work have graduated into less restrictive programs or don't require services any longer. So I guess it means that I have done my job, it's just sad thinking that I won't see them on a weekly basis. As for my future I will quickly move into the role as MOM! I won't need to work (excluding the whole mom business which is a 24/7 job), unless I want to which is rare in this day and age. Tim and I are very fortunate and grateful that we can make that happen. So we are both looking forward to starting our new family in Ukiah, CA! We will miss Davis, having lived here for 10 years now!

Other than that not much else to update on. We went for our first "baby class" last Thursday. We got some information about Kaiser hospitals and how their services work. We also got to tour the hospital. The only problem is is that we toured the hospital we would be using if we were staying in Davis (the appointment was set before we knew we would be moving). We decided to go anyways. It is a beautiful brand new facility in Roseville, CA. Too bad we are moving, it was sooo nice! As we were leaving to go see the birthing suites a poor lady was being wheeled into the her suite. As much as she tried to smile she was in some major pain. I told Tim that they should really take that part out of the tour! We will have to set up another tour at the Santa Rosa Kaiser where we will be delivering. I hope that hospital is as nice as the Roseville one.

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Anchondo family (my cousins and Aunt and Uncle) who are driving in from Texas this week. They will be staying with my parents for a few weeks to partake in this whole Graduation Extravaganza! Their daughter Maggie is graduating from Stanford the Sunday after Tim graduates. So we will be having a weekend long graduation celebration. Can't wait! More updates to come.

Here is the most recent preggy pic. I am slowly turning into the human torpedo.

29 weeks! (don't laugh at my Crocs they are the only comfy shoe I have!)

Oh and Tim got his cap and gown so of course poor Bouncer fell victim to that.

He's normally so happy and excited, I wonder why he looks so pissed?

25 weeks

So we are a little behind, what's new.

At our 25 week appointment (which was actually on 5/7/10) we got to hear the baby's heart beat and all sounded good. Beating strong at 141 beats per minute, thanks to Dad's counting. Both Mom and Baby are looking good. I have gained about 14 lbs and am starting to feel it! Pregnancy has showed me what it would be like to be overweight and let me tell you what I have motivation to never be fat! The impact that mere 14 lbs. has on my feet and overall ability to move has been pretty intense.

Right after our appointment we made our way over to the lab because I had my blood glucose test to make sure I don't have gestational diabetes. First they make you drink a nasty sugary lemon drink in five minutes and they watch you drink it all. Then you get to sit around and wait for one hour so they can test how well your body processes the sugar, with a blood draw. Well turns out I screwed myself. The whole week I had been craving Eggo Waffels with butter and syrup of course. So without thinking I ate those the moring before my test. Well a few days after our appointment I got a call saying I did not pass my test! CRAP! The norm was around 140 and I was about 170. Tim said that in the grand scheme of things I was bairly off (people with diabetes score into the 300's). So that meant that I had to go in again and do a 3 hour test to get a blood glucose curve to really make sure that I don't have diabetes. I haven't had waffels since.

The following week I made my way to the Kaiser in Sacramento (since the one in Davis was closed on the weekend) all by myself since Tim had patients in the hospital. I had my blood drawn and then drank the crappy syrup drink and sat for an hour. Don't worry I brought some magazines and work to do during my three hours in the hospital. Once one hour was up then I got blood drawn again and repeated this for three hours. Nothing like making friends with the phlebotomist and feeling like a pin cushion. The phlebotomist did a really good job but my poor arms had track marks on them and were sore all weekend. I don't think getting addicted to herroine is in my future, I HATE needles.

The good news is I haven't heard anything back from the Doctor so I am assuming that I don't have diabetes. Damn those waffels!

Last Sunday Tim participated in the Bay to Breakers with some of our old college running friends. Of course they didn't just run it they dressed up as Redcoats and ran 6 minute mile pace with muskets, battles and all. They were quite a hit and several pictures were taken of them. Click on the Horsecow link to see some of the pics. Pretty funny! http://www.naymoo.com/pictures/B2B2010/B2B2010.htm

The Redcoats are coming!

Right after the race we headed up to Napa for a surprise birthday party for our friend Yvonne (she was one of my bridesmaids). I had a great time watching people drink good wine! Just kidding, it was great to see all of our friends. Here are some pics.

In front of Franciscan Winery

Tim getting some Daddy practice with Lorelei our friends Stevo and Liz's beautiful baby girl.

Me, Yvonne, and Liz

26 Weeks! GET IN MY BELLY!

Way Behind!

Ok so we are way behind in our updates sorry, life has been crazy! Let's see where did we leave off?....... Two weeks ago we made a trip down to the Cal Poly area for one of the largest triathlons in California, the Wildflower Triathlon. Originally we were going to make a long weekend of the event and head down on Friday. But Tim found out last minute (thanks to his spam filter) that he had a mandatory orientation on Saturday morning to get approved by the USDA to sign health certificates. So it was a meeting that he couldn't really miss. There we were driving 5 hours to get to the race last minute. On Saturday they do the long course (the half iron man) and close the roads down to the camp site until everyone is finished racing. So we ended up setting our campsite up pretty late but it all worked out in the end. We were accompanied by a few of our close friends on the Horsecow Blazing Saddles Hot Racing Tri Team. They were able to make it down before we did so they secured our campsite. In the end it turned out to be a blessing in disguise since my back started hurting earlier that week. We ended up camping one night instead of two! Thank GOD!


Last year both Tim and I competed in the race, but this year Tim was obviously the only one participating from our family. The baby and I were the cheer squad. We had a great time (except for the whole camping situation). The guys competing did well. Tim was 9th in his age group (the most competitive age group of the day) and was 22 overall completing the race in 2 hours and 15 minutes. Not too bad for a guy who isn't training that much due to his busy working/school/internship schedule. GO DAD! Our friend Chris improved his personal best from last year by 8 minutes and Duke (who is the US Record holder for 3 marathons in 3 days, true story http://renorunner.com/ or my favorite
http://renorunner.com/headlines/headline05.html don't be fooled in that race he entered as Lynryd Skynrod) competed his first Olympic Tri in 2 hours and 19 minutes. Go Horsecow! Naymoo!

Ladies Cheer Squad Yvonne, Heather, and I.

Horsecow Team! Jeff (J-Dub), Tim, Captain Studbull Steve, Duke, & Pecow

Tim coming down the home stretch, GO TIM!

Team mom shirt.

The Half Way Point!

Well we had our baby appointment last week (April 9th) to review the results of the "big" 20 week ultrasound. Overall the doctor said that everything looked great! Yeah! More specifically there are "four limbs" as the doctor put it. The brain, heart, body structure, spine all look normal and healthy. And last but not least she said that we were growing a good healthy strong BIG baby! So our baby is about six days ahead of where it should be in physical growth. He/she must be like his/her daddy. Tim was a 10 lb. baby! YIKES! The doctor said that this is normal but if he/she gets to be ten days ahead of where it should be in physical growth then they will move up my due date. So let's hope that baby stays somewhat small for his/her mother's sake! Baby has been moving around like crazy! It's newest trick is moon walking or what feels like moon walking on the inside of my tummy to do a summer sault! Tim and I will sit there watching my stomach move like I have an alien inside of it. The doctor is right it is healthy and STRONG (especially when it kicks my full bladder)!

Angela (my sister in law) and I

Angela is 30 weeks and I am 22 weeks. Ang has done this before with baby #2 in her belly! She knows how to pose at the right angle as not to look HUGE! I clearly have some learning to do!

This last weekend we went down to Mountain View to celebrate all the April Birthdays. Despite the rainy and cold weather we made our way to two wineries to celebrate Andrew's (Tim's big little brother) birthday. Earlier that morning we celebrated Angela and Carters birthdays. Here are some pics.

Carter opening his present from Uncle Tim and Aunt Jess for his first birthday!

Look out he's almost walking on his own!

Uncle Andrew stoked about his new goggles and gloves from us!

Wine tasting (well Tim anyways) at The Ridge Winery in Mt. View

Not much else to report. Tim is still on the job hunt. This last Tuesday we made our way to Ukiah so that Tim could interview at a practice up there. While he interviewed I toured the town. It is at the very most northern tip of the Napa Valley and in the past has been voted to be the best small town in California population ~16,000. There were some cute areas, lots of little farms with small vineyards. The interview went well and Tim again impressed them with his ultrasound skills, diagnosing pancreatitis in a dog. So we are waiting to hear back from them next week, they have two more people to interview.

This weekend we will be hosting a BBQ for some of our old college friends or FAGS (Former Aggie Greats) as we like to call ourselves. Every spring UC Davis hosts the annual Picnic day. The campus is open to the public and alumni with educational displays, a parade, animal events (wiener dog races, Frisbee dogs, cow milking, etc.) and some of the UCD athletic teams have home events. A big attraction for us is of course the Woody Wilson Track meet especially the alumni mile! I think I will be walking it this year:)

Aloh-no.....

Almost two weeks ago we were going to meet the Dr. and his wife from Hawaii to discuss the contract. Well as we were getting up and ready to go meet them Tim receives a TEXT yes a TEXT message from them that they are no longer offering the position. I guess the other Doctor that they hired in January was taking them longer to train and adjust to the practice so they were no longer going to be hiring on a third Doctor. Needless to say Tim and I were totally bummed that we would not be moving to Hawaii. But, we feel it may have been a blessing in disguise since they showed their level of professionalism by contacting Tim via Text message! I think that the hardest part of the situation was that Tim and I had to pretty much mentally commit to moving there before we met with the Doctor to make sure that that was a move we were willing to make. We were upset but in the end things happen for a reason and now we (or Tim) is back to the drawing board applying for more jobs. I think for selfish reasons all of our family members are a little relieved that we won't be moving so far away. We are still excited to see where this will take us. It will be an adventure anyway we look at it.

We made some pretty big purchases in the last two weeks! I bought a brand new Nikon DSLR digital/manual camera. VERY EXCITING! I am still learning how to use it so that when that baby gets here I can take photography up (of the baby of course!) as a hobby. We also made our way into San Francisco last weekend to pick up Tim's new toy a Kestrel Airfoil Pro bike for racing Triathlons. Since he is on the Horsecow Blazing Saddles Hot Racing Tri Team he got a VERY good deal on it. He will race on it for the season and then possibly sell it.

Tim and his new bike like a kid at Christmas! I think the cardboard weighed more than the bike.

For the cost of that bike they didn't even assemble it! What a rip off!

Bike complete.

While in SF we picked up my cousin Maggie from the bus station and then headed over to Martinez for an early Easter Saturday dinner with my family. It was a beautiful day filled with good food and family (our California family, the Patutes came over for dinner). Here are some pics with the new camera!

Taylor and John Mark and his little Dog Cerberus. (I think I spelled that right?)

The little dog.

So stinking cute!

Dad's most favorite flowers in the back yard Lilacs.

Bouncer and his most favorite toy.

Happy dogs come from California!

20 weeks! Is it a Boy or a Girl?

Tim has been home for the last two weeks on a pretty intense rotation in internal medicine. But it has been soooo nice to have him home. I have been busy at work just doing what I do. Last week we braved Babies R Us for the first time ever. Overwhelming was how we felt the minute we walked into the store! How could something so small require so much stuff! Needless to say we registered but are waiting to purchase anything until we know if we need to ship these things to Hawaii or not. Exciting either way!

This last Friday Tim had the day off so we were both able to attend our 20 week baby appointment. Because this was a more intensive visit we had to go to the Sacramento Hospital to get the "Big" ultrasound done.

Not wanting to know the sex of the baby, Tim watched as the ultrsonographer took the necessary measurments diverting his eyes as the scan went south. According to Tim everything looked to be in order...five fingers, five toes, two arms, two legs, lips, nose, structurally normal brain, and an actively beating heart with four chambers. I got to watch as she took some fun pictures for us to have. The baby was very active, moving around the entire time often sitting with his/her hands folded perfectly under his/her chin. The ultrasonographer said the baby was very photogenic...must be my genes.

We were so happy to see the baby again. We had been getting, or feeling rather, little glimpses of the being inside the womb, but we got to SEE the baby again! So cool...

Tomorrow we head to the bay area to meet with the owners of Keauhou Veterinary Clinic to negotiate Tim's contract. I am excited to meet them, and we are excited to see how things go. We are very ready to know where we are heading after Tim's graduation.

20 Weeks

It KICKS!

So it has been a full month since we updated, sorry. What can we say we have been VERY busy!

Tim had a very successful trip out to Kona, Hawaii. The owners of the practice wine and dined him (sushi dinners, a zodiac boat trip to snorkel along the Kealakakuha bay) and he did a working interview with them for two days. Tim made a good impression and on the final day they offered him a job. We have been making a pros and cons list about moving to Hawaii and the pros are defiantly outweighing the cons! We are looking forward to meeting with Dr. and Mrs. Head at the end of the month to discuss a contract, etc. It is still up in the air but there is a good chance that we will be off to Hawaii in July! SO EXCITING!

I had a great time with my co-workers down in Irvine for the annual Applied Behavior Analysis Conference. Got to hear some good lectures and took home some info that I can hopefully apply to some of my cases. Needless to say my trip was not as exciting as the one to Hawaii.

As soon as Tim got back from Hawaii (literally less than 12 hours later) we headed up to Northstar a Tahoe for Erin and Justin's wedding. They are close friends of ours from college. Tim and I ran with Justin at Davis and Erin was his GF who is an amazing person that we became friends with immediately. We all have so much in common. Erin was in our wedding as a bridesmaid and Justin or as we call him "Hurd" was part of the entrainment at the wedding (he was the guy going on 100 mile long bike rides the morning of the wedding on his fancy bike that you could easily pick up with your pinkie finger... aka the guy who does Ironman Triathlons). They had a beautiful wedding weekend up in the snow and were the first couple to get married at the Ritz in Northstar! We felt so honored to be a part of their special day! Congrats Justin and Erin!

At the Ritz overlooking Northstar Tahoe.

We were both in the wedding (we don't usually match that well)

After the wedding Tim left the Baby, Bouncer, and I and stayed up in Tahoe for a two week externship. Although he did enjoy working at the practice, business is slow up there and that clinic was only able to offer him a part time job. However he did get in a few great days of snowboarding with his brother and friends. It was rough getting calls from Tim on a ski lift as I was driving to work. He owes me next year!

As you can see Bouncer was very happy that Tim was home.

Through all of this we were able to both make it to our baby appointment on March 4th. Poor Tim was a great dad/husband and drove all the way down from Tahoe in a snow storm the night before to make it to the appointment. We thought we were going to get to see the baby via ultrasound but we were wrong:( The Doctor poked and pushed on my stomach and listened to the baby's heartbeat. It was going strong at 148 beats per minute. Everything checked out excellent and we have another appointment on March 26th. The BIG APPOINTMENT where we could find out the sex of the baby if we wanted to. But we aren't so until August the color is a gender neutral green! HA! The Doctor said we were in the minority not finding out the sex of the baby.

We just had a great weekend. We met Angela, Mike, and Carter in Alameda at a winery where Tim and Michael got to taste. Ang and I got to be the designated drivers, lucky us! It was great to see them and catch up. After that we took a quick trip into San Francisco so that Tim could get fitted for his triathlon uniform (they are going to be pretty amazing!). It was a beautiful day in the city totally clear with picture perfect views of the Golden Gate Bridge. Next stop was in Martinez to visit mom and dad. We surprised my mom with a bottle of wine and a cake for her early birthday present. Happy Birthday Mom!

The big new development is that I am not crazy! For the last week or so I have thought that I have felt the baby kicking very lightly, but was not totally sure if it was that or just normal bodily functions. Well today Tim was resting his head on my belly and out of no where this thud kicked him square in the ear! No mistaking that one! Welcome to fatherhood. He was able to feel and hear the kick. I was so excited that he got to feel it and to know that I wasn't crazy or gassy!

16 weeks!

Today 3/14/10 at 17 weeks 5 days

More to come after the big appointment! I promise it won't take a month until the next post!