Penelope Lira

A blessing is shortly on her way! Sorry again for the delay on our updates but life has been quite full and busy it seems lately. So as the title shows we know we are having a little girl and we are going to name her Penelope. We are so excited to have a little daughter on the way. We

have been preparing one of our spare rooms to be a nursery for the little one, slowly but surely. We have chosen a tropical island theme. The other day Traci went out and found the perfect

fabric for the crib and from there we were inspired. We chose to paint the room with a lighter sky blue on top and keep the light beige color on bottom that to room was painted, we do know we will paint a palm tree on the wall but not to sure if we will add anything else. We picked out letters to spell her name on the wall and we will mount them on a surfboard Pino will make. Over all we have a rough idea of what we want, but things may change as we get closer do to

due date.

Shortly we will be taking classes like la maze along with new born classes, Pino will even be taking a new father class, all these offered through the hospital where Penelope will be born. The hospital has been newly renovated and is will be very accommodating to our needs as Traci goes through birthing. As things progress we will continue to update you as soon as possible.

Breaking News!

It's been a while since our last post, and much has happened in our life.  The most important of all is that we have found out that we a expecting a baby in the near future, to be exact December 1st is the expected date.

We've had two doctor appointments recently the last was on Thursday and one about a month before, as of Thursday the 14th we are 11 1/2 weeks along.  In two more months we will know the sex which we are extremely excited about.

Shortly it will be time to convert the guest bedroom in to a nursery, we have already been window shopping for new items like a crib and changing table.  Traci is always coming up with new info and ideas for how to prepare for our little one.  Just the other day we got our first picture of the baby framed to hang in the nursery, also she ordered some complementary diapers through a free promo.  As these are small things they make the experience more real day by day.

At our last doctor appointment the doctor tried to hear the heart beat but was unable.  At our next appointment on the 11th we will be able to.  Until then a close friend loaned us a home heart beat monitor and we want to try to hear it before the then.

As the weeks unfold we will update our blog with the newest info, news,  and more photos.

Rain Rain Go Away!

From winter wonderland to water world, the Northwest's weather is up to it again.  Western Washington has had plenty of rain in the past week and it has affected the whole region.  Rivers across the area have been flooding and overflowing due to heavy rains and all the snow melting, luckily we have not had any flood damage as we do not live in a flood area, but many were affected and we ask you keep them in you prayers.

At Traci's district office for Farmers the Puyallup river flowed into their parking lot, which has happened in the past, 

but didn't go beyond that.  Pino's work was affected by the flooding that occurred in Centralia a smaller town on I-5 were the water flooded 12 miles of Washington's main artery freeway going north and south, as Pino's delivery trucks could not transport parts north to Seattle or south to Portland.