Ryan Jackson Perry

So just another little update. After we got home from the hospital Wednesday morning I had a few questions about some of the information given to me while I was there. So on Thursday morning I called my doctors office to get them answered. After they answered my questions they told me that I just need to keep track of any contractions I might have and call them back if I have more then 4 in an hour. I had 7 in the following hour so I had to go back in. To make a long story short I was immediately admitted to the hospital and on Friday night 8/28/2009 at 9:33 pm Sean and I welcomed our son.

Ryan Jackson Perry: 4lbs 14ozs, 17 inches long. Since he's a little small he will be spending some time in the NICU. We are hopeful that we will be able to bring him home by next week. It's hard to come home without him, but we know that it's for the best that he gets the care he needs right now.

Practice Run.

So we had a little bit of a scare early Wednesday morning. We took a trip to the hospital and were told that my water had broken and that we would have a baby sometime today. Thankfully the doctor made a bad call in the beginning and we got to go home after a few hours.

As you can see from my smile, this picture was taken after they told us everything was fine and we would be able to go home.

Beach

So these are our pictures that I took while we were at the Beach with Ty, Michelle, J, and the boys. We had a really fun time. Everyone got to play in the water and I chose to just relax in the beach chairs. While we were there we were able to see some dolphins swim by, twice! They were really close to the shore and I think they scared J for a second, he was in the water waiting for a wave right next to them. Unfortunately I was unable to pull my camera out in time to get a shot of them, but it was very cool to see them.

New Couch

We were finally able to sell our old couches and get a new one. After waiting around for what seemed like an eternity, it finally arrived!

Birthday Cake.

I made this cake for my niece Reese for her birthday, she turned 8 this year. It's a chocolate cake with peanut butter cream filling. It was so delicious, everyone loved it.

Baby Bump.

Here we are, me and my boy at 20 weeks =). So far the pregnancy has been pretty easy, I'm keeping my fingers crossed hoping that labor will follow suit.

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"I'm number 1!"

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Anniversary weekend - Sunday

On Sunday we went to breakfast and then headed over to the Queen Mary. We purchased the First Class tickets which meant we got a a self guided tour, a behind the scenes tour, a self guided tour of the Scorpion Submarine, and tickets for the Ghosts and Legends of the Queen Mary. It was really interesting. There was so much to see, and again so much walking. I didn't think the Queen Mary would take that long, but we ended up staying there all day.

Some artwork in one of the ballrooms. The plank that's on the bottom to the right is an optical illusion. If you stare at it while you walk around it follows you.

Sean noticed this on the Bridge, look at the emblem. =)
Scorpion

In the disclaimer for the Scorpion it advises pregnant women not to tour the sub and after getting inside it I can totally see why. To get from room to room you had to go through these tiny tubes. If I were any further along I would have had to leave.
Torpedo tube.

Trying to show how big those tools are.

Anniversary weekend - Saturday

For our first anniversary we decided to head over to Long Beach. Neither one of us had been there before, so we packed our bags and off we went. Our first stop after checking in was the Aquarium of the Pacific.

We stayed at the Hyatt. It was very nice, and conveniently located within walking distance to lots of sights.

This was the view straight out from our room.

And this was the view just to the right.

There were lots of different kinds of jelly fish at the aquarium. These are ghost jelly fish, I think.

Look at all the Nemo's and Dori's!

Leafy Sea Dragon

Extra Leafy Sea Dragon! I think it's actually named something else, I just can't remember =)

After the aquarium we stopped across the street for lunch at one of our favorite places to eat, Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co. Yum!

After having lunch we went back to the room to rest a little. There was a boardwalk type of shopping center across the street and also a lighthouse that we walked around. It was so pretty. We found out that Long Beach is a popular wedding spot, I think we counted at least 8 weddings on Saturday and 1 or 2 on Sunday. Needless to say I was pooped by the night's end, and my feet were killing me. We must have walked at least 10 miles.

More Cake.

Here is another cake that I did for my co-worker. This one was much easier than the leopard print cake.

Cake

This was a cake I did for my co-workers daughters baby shower. I am pretty proud of this one, it came out nicely. White cake with strawberry cream filling, it was yummy!