Past couple weeks

The past couple weeks of taking it easy, enjoying fall and the extra time to work on the house and little projects has been so nice....

Took this photo from our driveway on my way to the bus stop one morning. It has been such a pretty fall here.

Took this one a couple weeks ago on a walk with Carmen

Our Japanese maples were really bright this year. Leaves are almost gone already!

For my birthday a couple weekends ago, we went to Hood River to shop a bit, eat lunch, go for a hike (photos are on the other camera, haven't unloaded them yet...). Ashley made a nice bday dinner.  

This last weekend we went out to one of our favorite restaurants for a possibly last-date-for-a-while on Friday, had a huge "friend's Thanksgiving" at our friend Michelle's on Saturday, on Sunday Ashley put new brakes on his truck. Checking things off the pre-baby to do list...

I did a bunch of shopping and cooking for the friend's Thanksgiving meal, and made and canned pear chutney with pears from a neighbor's tree.

We also got some awesome mail last week - a hand knit hat and booties set from some family friends of Fritz and Susanne's (made from yarn they spun from their own alpacas!).
Our friend Amanda also made us an adorable quilt (the one on the bottom), Becky made the green one at the top, and my friend Michelle made a cute fabric banner for the baby room. Had to get a photo of all the pretty handmade gifts! 

And the sweaters and baby quilt I made for baby O. Can't wait to see if the sweaters actually fit him or not. They seem way too small...

And a belly photo - 39 weeks!