December Activities:

We have been busy this month. I had my first Ever "Cookie Exchange" early in December. It was fun to open the Christmas season with oodles of cookes and friends. I had to start cleaning the house right after Thanksgiving. Not just cleaning.....Decided we needed to De -Junk and remove the unnecessary clutter to make room for "little dude" and combine our office/hobby room.

December is full of Christmas activites from Work, church, friends....not to mention the Vet appointments (we procrastinated on), Dr. Appointments (mandatory), Lab tests (necessary), registering for baby stuff (during the holidays.......not fun, trying to find a carseat and stroller was/is stressful) & Visiting teaching (necessary). Oh good news on the Lab test. Normal for Jestational Diabetes! Hallelulia (I was sweating this one.)

Most asked Questions this past month:
-Do you know if it is a boy or girl? BOY
-Do you have a name picked out? Still trying to come up with something..... I'll take suggestions.
-When is your due Date? Mar 2
-Are you craving anything lately? Tomatoes, tomatoe based foods, Milk, Peanut butter and Jelly. If anyone is making Jam I'll take a bottle.

Comments on Due date:
-wait till Mar 17th
-try for Mar 4th
-wait till Mar 21st-Alex!

Name suggestions please post.

Belly Bump!

AAaaagh! It's Growing....at the last measurement he measured 37" around. He is moving more at night than he used to and seems to be still during the daytime. Bending over is not a good thing, I get all breathless when I get back upright. I've grown accustomed to sleeping with oodles of pillows nestled around me. Mike is being a good sport about it, He did mention that the pillows were taking over the bed and pushin him out of bed. oops! Tired very tired lately.
Still working on some names. I try a new one each week, to see how it sounds and if I like saying it. I've got to live with it forever.

Halloween

A tad bit late but wanted to share the festivities we enjoyed. Annual Trunk or Treat was fun! We decorated Mike's Truck as an old wizzard's laboratory....Shrunken heads and Floating eyeballs, juicy sweet bugs, and bones. Mike calls dressing up puttin on a hat. I was feeling the spirit with the bulging belly and became Mr. Smee.

Thank you for Voting

Thank you all for voting for the outcome of our newest addition. Unfortunately we cannot please you all cuz I for sure was not having twins or TRIPLETS!!!. For the Boy supporters, Mike thanks you. For the Girly supporters, I thank you. The TONG family tradition holds true!!!! I'm glad I wasn't the one to break the pattern on the 14th grandchild. For those of you that are not familiar with the "Tong Family Tradition" here it is. All of us were born alternatively boy...girl...boy...girl... get the pattern? Each boy had a girl first, and Each girl has had a boy first. So as long as the picture is correct then we should be having a little boy with long legs and a little nose... ten little fingers and ten little toes. Thank goodness for the little nose.

to sleep perchance to dream

The other night I dreamed of the baby. It very well could have been Charley I dremt about too. Well she had soft black hair. Kinda sticky uppy! Asian eyes and the most delicated soft skin. Little asian nose, I've been worried it would have michael's nose..... With all the features being so delicate....I think its a girl! We shall see.

October 14th we go for the Final ultra sound to check and make sure things are growing well. I have been more hungry lately. Hopefully the food goes to the right places.
March 2nd is the Due date. I'll take bribes to have her on your special day! ..... as long as its in Early March.

Grand Opening

Finally the Grand Opening craziness is over! Thursday night was the open house hooopla for work. Weeks of preparation and headaches to get all the things we needed.
Caterer
Decorations
Balloons-
Florals-they were beautiful. bright colors and a good variety of colors
Guest list
Invitations-working with marketing, a different breed
RSVP's- calling verifying, getting the numbers up
Construction Punch list-doors, electrical...
Guest book
Cleaning-sweep, straighten, dust
Gift Bags-gather and fill with goodies
Extra Food and Drinks
Warehouse set up......
........Whew.......!
It was a very nice event. All of the little details come together nicely. It was good to get to socialize with our clients, corporate and co-workers.

***The Menu***

Filet Mignon on a parmesian Crisp

Crab stufft spuds

Teryaki Chicken

Mini Chicken Tamales

Beef Vino Satay

Cheese Platter on toasted Biscotti

Fresh fruit with Lemon chantilly/Chocolate Cream

****Dessert****

Chocolate Mouse on a chocolate cup

Cheescake

Cheescake Lollipops

Back Home

Back from Vacation... 4 Days at Winchester Bay 4-wheeling with the Smellers and Joe/Laura. The nights were cold and the days were odd. Friday the mist came in and was overcast all day. Saturday it was sunny and misty. Sunday it was beautiful. Monday it was unbelievably beautiful.
Mike had fun with the large group of smellers. They had all riding experiences trails, dunes....watching Bruce get stuck on a hill. Each morning he also took the dogs on a little run. It's the most they've gotten to run in a long time. They loved it!

I had time to myself at camp: sleeping, reading, cooking, I offered to do most of the cooking this trip since I wasn't riding and I wanted what I wanted to eat for a change.

Back to Salem- Tired and sunburnt. All I wanted to do was SLEEP....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz........z..z......zzzzzzzzz.
MIKE Got a "honey do list" from Mom to make a mini vestibule outside of Mini's Doggie door. HA! She liked the little window Mike had put in so that she could see out or just sit there on the green carpet. She had fun barking at our dogs. She likes being with us so much she was doing her best to get into Mike's truck as we were leaving.

Had so much fun visiting with Cathy and Jamey's families. Seeing wedding Pictures and the new house. Found out that Kristin and Courtney are both an Facebook Whoo Hoo!

Didn't make it to Prineville. Really wanted to but... Too exhausted to drive any more. This trip I had the most unbelievable Car-sickness I've ever had. Almost hurled a few times each trip. Michael thinks all the bathroom stops were unnecessary. TOo Bad