If you missed our big announcement- you may want to scroll down to the next post. For those who were wondering- my due date is April 29th.


I got tired of documenting our Boston trip and I'm sure you got tired of reading it so here are just the last few pictures from our trip.

After the second unsuccessful Whale watching tour (again 5 foot waves and a lady broke her knee), we had a couple spare hours before we had to be to the airport. Since we hadn't planned on this time we had already done all the things in downtown Boston that we wanted so we headed back to Boston Gardens to relax.




This was a neat little monument the had set up for the War on Iraq. These dog tags represent those fighting for us over there.
This is THE Old North Church- yes you heard me right. The Old North Church where the lanterns were hung to signal the route of the British troupes. Remember: One by land, two by sea. Pretty neat sight to see and actually go inside.
This building marks the area of the Boston Massacre.

This is the USS Constitution or "Old Iron Sides". The oldest war ship still afloat. It's not a revolutionary war ship, but comes from the time period shortly after that. If history interests you, look up the USS Constitution. It has some amazing stories with it.

Battle of Bunker hill monument- which is actually located on Breed's Hill. Refresh your history books if you care to know why.


I forced Daniel into one very important promise before we got married. It was pretty much: make the promise or take the ring back off my finger so he promised :). He promised to take me to every temple in the United States and as many outside the country as we can. That way I get my dream of traveling and get to see all the temples. We didn't get to go in the Boston temple and I didn't get a chance to see it in the daylight, but here it is all light up in the middle of the night.


I saved this picture because it is very indicative of how we felt at the end of this trip. It was a blast, we finally got a chance to be alone again after 2 years of taking Chase everywhere, and I would do it again in a heartbeat- but it was LONG, it was extremely tiring, and we were WORN OUT!! (Not to mention this was shortly after the failed whale watching).

Meet the newest addition to our family.

Our little blob. We couldn't be happier.

There were some concerns at the beginning of the pregnancy so this ultrasound was taken at 7 weeks, and we are now at about 12.5 weeks. We have seen and heard the heartbeat on two occasions and everything is going great so far. I feel about as good as early pregnancy allows. Phenegran and Zofran have been my greatest friends over the past couple months.

There's a tiger running through our woods...

but don't be alarmed. He's about as cute as they come in the way of tigers.



We went up into the mountains yesterday and took pictures of Chase's Halloween costume. I wasn't expecting much since last year he sat and screamed in his costume the whole time I made him wear it, but this year went better. If only he would look at my camera once in a while.

He certainly was in no mood to be posed, but gave me a good cheeser once in a while.



But mostly just roamed around while I tried to jump in front of him screaming to try and get his attention.

There is always time to stop and play with daddy.


oohh look a tiger sneeze!

And if your lucky enough there is time for some tiger cuddles,

and kisses.

Day 6

Friday-

From the time I started planning the trip and looking up what there was to do in Boston, I had been the most excited for this day. That's because we planned a whale watching tour. We were going to go out on the open ocean and find whales. I figured it's pretty much a guarantee to see one, because they give you a voucher for free tickets if you don't get to see one.

This is obviously not my picture, but here you can get an idea of how the boat looked.


We loaded on the boat and took our seats at the head of the boat where we could see the most and feel the waves the most. Much to our dismay, there were about 3 school groups taking a tour that day and so the kids flocked to the railing at the front of the boat right in front of where we were sitting. It took about 15 minutes after leaving the dock to realize how FREEZING we were going to be sitting there in the wind, so we moved inside until we got to where the whales were. It was nice inside because all kids had set their stuff down and gone back outside so we were pretty much alone.

Once we left the harbor we were hitting HUGE waves. They warned us before we got on the boat that we would hit 4-5 foot waves and if you get sick to take precautions. They weren't kidding. Our boat was literally going up 4-5 feet and coming back down and back up. I have had no experience out on the open ocean, but this was crazy. The kids on the front of the boat were flying into the air. Literally. In fact Daniel and I were flying into the air and we were seated. They decided that the waves were too bad to keep going so they made everyone take a seat and they turned the boat around.

We were now sitting next to 60 disappointed 12 year olds. I think our heads were hurting more than our stomachs at that point. Daniel and I realized why we don't teach elementary school. Kids are LOUD!! Unfortunately the wanted everyone seated so we were pretty much stuck for the hour ride back and worse, we faced the same disappointment as the kids.

That is until they stopped the boat and let us come outside for a minute. The captain had spotted a shark. A SHARK?!?!?
It was really eerie how it stayed right next to our boat watching us as we watched it. Slowly moving in closer.

And closer....


No wait. That's not a shark- it's a sunfish. A Mola Mola- whatever you want to call it. But we were so lucky to have seen one. The captain had NEVER seen a sunfish up so close so this was WAY cooler than seeing a whale. (Can you sense my sarcasm??) Well we took our turn looking at the sunfish and stepped away so others could have a turn. Daniel and I were standing on the other side of the boat when a Seal popped out of the water. For me, seeing the seal was WAY cooler than the sunfish, but the captain and tour guide hardly even acknowledged the seal, so we had the view of him to ourselves. He popped up and down playing peek-a-boo with us so fast that I couldn't even get a picture.

The good news was that we would receive vouchers for a free tour, and we could POSSIBLY figure out a way to work it in the next morning.


I can't say I was totally disappointed about turning around. After seeing people in all corners of the boat throwing up, and the 4-5 foot waves rocking us, I can't say my stomach felt all that great.

Day 4

On Wednesday I finally knew how to get around by myself so I didn't bother getting up early with Daniel. I slept in and slowly got ready for the day. My plan was to hang out at the mall by Daniels conference and wait for him. That is until I saw the kinds of stores they had at this mall. This is the first time I have EVER seen a Gucci store, but wasn't stupid enough to think I might actually want to buy something from there (or better yet have that kind of money for something I didn't need), so I sat outside and waited..... and waited. When Daniel finished we went to the Chili Duck. A Thai restaurant that we had hear a lot about.

I didn't think I would like it, but I knew I had to try some of the delicious Boston food I had heard about. I was wrong, the pineapple friend rice and chicken was DELICIOUS!
Daniel asked the waitress for a suggestion of something with sea food that wasn't hot. I guess the waitress forgot the hot part because it turned out to be pretty hot and came with shrimp, squid, oysters, and some other things I have never heard of a person eating.

The desert was yummy as well. Mango with sticky rice. (Came strongly recommended so we had to try it out).

That concludes Day 4. I promise, things start getting a little more interesting as soon as Daniel finishes his conference half way through Day 5.

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Day 5

Thursday September 24, 2009


Daniels conference finished at 1:00 so we started taking advantage of vacation time immediately. The duck boat tours is something I wanted to do and since the start was right next door to the Convention center that I met Daniel at, we started there. These Duck boats are amphibious vehicles that were built and used during WWII. The drive on the roads through downtown Boston showing you many of the sights and then they plunge into the river and we saw more sights. This was our boat.




And this is after we were in the water.

Then we headed back to continue the Freedom trail a little further. I had imagined a dirt path out in the country outside of Boston for this "Freedom trail", but as I already mentioned, it goes right through the city. It's a little brick path.We felt pretty touristy out there in downtown Boston with our souvenir Boston sweatshirts on, walking toe to toe down the red brick path with our noses in a map so I made Daniel pose for this to show just how touristy we looked.


Next stop on the freedom trail was another graveyard. The graves were just as old and cool, but I didn't recognize any names from there.
Another kind of funny story: This is called Kings Graveyard. When the British started really coming in to the colonies to start taking back control, they wanted to build a church of England in Boston. Of course, most of the colonists didn't want that to happen so they refused to sell them any land to build the church on. Finally the British took part of this graveyard and said the dead wouldn't mind and they build "Kings Chapel" on the graveyard land. Of course Kings Chapel was referring to the King of England, but when the British were forced out of Boston after the war this became a church for the "King of Heaven."

We walked further down the trail and saw some more sights that I didn't end of taking pictures of (or they just weren't as cool and I haven't gotten to them yet). We came out near the aquarium by the Harbor and when I recognized where we were at, we took a detour and spent some time at the Harbor instead of continuing down the trail.

Day 2 and 3 in Boston

Monday was a pretty lame day for me. Daniel's conference started, and he was up by 5:30 getting ready and left by 6:00 a.m. He was in a hurry to meet up with his coworker, who was also attending the conference and who was going to show him how to use the public transportation system in Boston. This co-worker happened to have lived several years in Boston.

I was tired from our long day flying and since Daniel was in a hurry, we agreed that I would stay at the motel that day and he would show me how to work the trains and subways that evening.

So I slept, read, watched t.v. went swimming, walked around the hotel, and was basically BORED out of my mind. I didn't even have access to our rental car since his work rented it and only put it under his name, so I ordered in pizza for lunch- all alone.

When Daniel got back from his conference he was too tired to show me around, so we ate dinner and went to bed. Pretty lame day right?

Well I wasn't about to sit around the hotel ALL WEEK, so Tuesday I got up at 5:30 and left with Daniel to learn the trains. I had a hard time coming up with activities to do alone. There was so much to do in Boston, but Daniel wanted to do it all also, so anything I did that he wanted to do- I would have to do twice. I thought the aquarium was a good option since Daniel wasn't really interested and I love aquariums. I was thinking it would pretty much take the whole day.

I made it to the aquarium at 7:30 a.m. and it didn't open until 9:00 so I sat at Boston Harbor trying to imagine what it looked like so many years ago when the colonists made their way onto the boat and threw in the boxes of tea. It's hard to imagine how much things have changed in just under 250 years. When I came back to reality I realized I looked a lot like one of those bird people. I had swarms of birds walking around my feet.


When the aquarium opened I went inside and started walking around. I watched a diver feed a shark by hand- Ok she was using a stick, but still!

Watched the seals play and have a training session.


And my personal favorite for this time were the jellyfish. They had the biggest jellyfish exhibit I have ever seen. Big ones, tiny ones, polka dotted ones, etc.


And that took about 2 hours. It was not 11:00 a.m. and I had walked through the whole aquarium, and most of it TWICE! I wasn't meeting up with Daniel until just after 6:00 p.m. I didn't really have any other plans or know where to go, except Boston Commons.

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