Lake Crescent Photos

Here is a selection of photos from our recent trip to Lake Crescent and the Olympic Peninsula:

Such a great weekend...  perfect way to celebrate our first anniversary.  :)  

Lake Crescent Lodge

Our first visit to the Olympic Peninsula!  What a beautiful, incredible place it is. We arrived Saturday in the late afternoon and checked out our little cottage complete with front deck facing the lake. Here was our amazing view:

Sunday morning we made the drive out to Neah Bay at the very Northwest tip of the peninsula.  While there we visited the Makah Cultural and Research Museum which gave us a great sense of the rich history of the area.  That night we had a nice dinner at the Lodge and watched the sun set from the lakeside chairs:

Monday morning we got up and did a short hike that started from the lake and followed a creek to the incredible Marymere Falls (walking along running water to 90 feet of falling water... really ideal for a pregnant woman, lemmetellya).

Once we got back in the afternoon we relaxed for awhile before heading out for some canoeing on the lake.  Canoeing!  We paddled around for almost two hours and loved getting a glimpse of the area from the water.  By the time we were heading back, the wind had picked up quite a bit and the water got a bit choppy.  Baby got a bit of a jostle on the paddle in!

It was a really lovely weekend and we both can't wait to get back to the area and continue exploring... with the little one!

More pictures to come soon...

Movement and Sofas and "Did you really just say that out loud?"

My goodness... she's moving around a lot now.  And the funny thing is I'm feeling it in a totally new place.  I was feeling all the movement on the left or right side of my belly and now it's all down low.  Lots of twisting, turning, and kicking.  Matt's finally able to really easily feel the movement which I think is exciting for him.  From my point of view, it feels very, very strange!

I know they shift positions a lot but it makes me wonder if she previously had enough room to hang around sideways but now she's too big and shifted to more consistently be top to bottom.  I still have a belly button so maybe this new position will pop me out round a bit more like the other ladies in our childbirth education class that have a similar due date.  Well...  maybe the shape of my belly was one thing that inspired the off-handed comment I got at the farmer's market the other day.  A woman asked me when I was due but followed that up with, "And... it's more than one...?"  Ha!  One of my first "Did you really just say that out loud?" moments.  She backtracked pretty quickly!  But I wasn't offended.  She was a little wacky anyways and clearly didn't think before she opened her mouth.  Ha!

Well, today's the day.  I'm heading BACK to that furniture store and that poor sales woman.  I'm making a purchase!  No slipcover sofa for us... we just couldn't pick a style that we agreed was a good one.  So the winner is (with two cushions instead of three):

It will be upholstered in a charcoal grey, fade- and stain-resistant, 100% acrylic fabric.  We poured some water on the swatch and watched it roll around, never actually soaking into the fabric.  Perfect!  :)