The ever changing present

Today is Sunday, January 22nd. We are basically counting down the hours until Calie gives birth to our baby, expanding the Roa family by one. We cannot express how excited we are to meet our little Elliot. We know that it's going to be a huge change for our every day shenanigans, and that it's going to require a bit more effort, but Calie and I have never been so ready to make the sacrifices associated with caring for our own conglomeration of deoxyribonucleic acid.


Luckily, in this transition phase of life for the Roas, Senorita Kloke, has flown over from London to help us take care of little Elliot. It's been fun having her around since around the 11th February and we are looking forward to the help that an extra pair of loving hands will bring to this household for the next 5 months.


Even though Calie is about ready to give birth to our baby, she is still a trooper. She was drilling, filling, pulling, and crowning teeth all the way up to this last Friday. I can just imagine her drilling and filling while her belly rests on her patient's head. HAHA. I wish I could have gotten a picture of that!


We went to the Winterhawks Hockey game last night and sat center rink, about 1/2 way up. Calie and I have been to hockey games before, and it's always been fun to watch. Jehanne, on the other hand, had never been to a hockey game and absolutely loved it. I think she was even more thrilled when she got to "pose" with TOMAHAWK, the Winterhawk's Mascot. What she wasn't thrilled about, was how bad she smelled after HUGGING the Mascot (I don't think Jehanne is accustomed to smelling like BO and beer). I think those mascots are pretty dodgey! haha.

Tuesday will be my last day of work at WaMu (now a part of Chase) for a little while. I'm going to just stay home and take care of Calie until she has the baby and then take care of Elliot after he is born. It's going to be a great bonding time for the Roa family. I'm really looking forward to it.

Hopefully, the next post will involve pictures of our baby boy with Mom and Dad holding him....stay tuned.

February 6th, 7th, and 8th.

The conclusion of this week started at 10pm on Friday night. Friday, of course, was my last day at the Hillsboro Branch of WaMu (now part of Chase) where I've served a solid 25 months. I'm moving down the street (about 2 miles) from my old branch, but to a completely different atmosphere. Probably the most difficult thing about making this switch for me, is leaving a group of co-workers that I've really gotten to know, and care about. 10pm, Friday night, one of my co-workers, Bianca, organized a bowling party and all of my co-workers showed up to have a good night of throwing balls at white pins 100 feet down the lane. Little did I know, but everyone had bought stuff for our baby, and threw a surprise baby shower for me. I don't think I've ever felt so loved as I did at that point from co-workers. It was truly remarkable to have all my colleagues (and friends, might I add) go out of there way and take concern for my baby.
Saturday, Calie and I finished up with some nesting (Me, probably a bit more than she, but she needed a day off with the girls for a pedicure, laughs, a stamp-it-up party, and some shopping). I managed to get all of our jam-packed closets cleaned out and moved to the garage, shelves and pictures hung, laundry done, car cleaned out and much much more. Saturday night, my work was rewarded
twofold. Calie had bought me a new pair of stylin' shoes and we were invited to the Schmidty's house for some pizza, a movie and great company (including the Schmidts, the Scotts, and my best friend....).
Sunday was almost a day of rest. Calie and I woke up around 7:15am and made our way to church. After church, Calie and I headed out for some Olive Garden and took advantage of the soup/salad/breadsticks combo. Calie LOVES the Olive Garden ( I think her second love is the breadsticks that are served there ). I've had most of the day off today (except for some last minute cleaning, cooking, and laundry) while Calie has been studying diligently for her mid terms that have sneaked up on her.
The weekend seems to have sneaked past us already, but we feel really blessed because we get to go to work and school after a weekend to ourselves. We know that there are many people who choose to work, but cannot find any at this time.
We are also counting down the hours until Jehanne gets here and plays the role of super-nanny. Only 44 hours 'til Aunty Jeh gets here!

Now I am going to add some pictures.....

Well the week has already been busy and I am glad that I am only on a half day (doctor's orders!). I am wiped out by the end of the day and nap times are becoming a lot more frequent!

As you can see I am getting bigger and bigger! Three weeks to go and even that might be a stretch the way Elliot has been acting up :)

He has been kicking like nothing else and my ribs are taking quite the whacking from him. Why I oughta......

Anthony and I have been taking our birthing classes and on Monday we got to watch a real birth movie. It was quite the experience actually seeing what is going to happen and as scary and unpredictable as it is, we were both speechless and I was a little teary eyed. What a crazy experience this is going to be and I am happy that, for all that you go through, you end up with such a wonderful gift of a baby in the end. Would not put my body through this for anything else!!!

Here are Tim and Anthony figuring out our wonderful sofa couch from Ikea.... it was really funny as you can see Timothy is pointing!!! The men did a wonderful job and got the couch assembled with no problems what so ever. So proud of them.

Well am off for a fun night at church. Later.....

This is the beginning

Well The Roas are finally joining the blogging world. Brittany Schmidt has finally got us going on this and we can finally communicate with the world about what is going on in our lives. It is a fine Superbowl Sunday. The men are yelling at the TV, food and snacks are slowly dwindling and we are enjoying the laziness of the day.
Anthony and I have had a pretty busy weekend.
Friday was a whirlwind day with a visit to the doctor and Elliot getting a little too excited about meeting the world. He is going to stay put for now, which is good because he still has a solid 3 weeks till his due date.
Saturday was busy busy! We had a wonderful baby shower at yummy Olive Garden with some wonderful women who spoiled me rotten. Anthony enjoyed a male bonding golf day with Timothy and Tyler and walked his cute little tail off. After our separate adventures we all met up for a rendezvous at IKEA to buy Jehanne's sofa bed!!! YAY... Lisa, Tyler, Tim, Brit, Macy, Ant and I tucked into some yummy swedish meatballs, hotdogs, cinnamon rolls, and icecream! Yup... all of it! Ant and Tim spent the evening assembling the MANSTAD sofa with the directions that were very international (no words, only pointing!) - very funny! And if this all was not enough, we watched the basket ball game (Blazers vs. Jazz - we won!!!).

So busy Saturday, deserves a lazy Sunday!
After a visit to the hospital today to find out how our little man is doing we came home and vegged!
Elliot is just fine. Strong and healthy and I guess just a little excited about being in the world but not ready and primed just yet. Hold on little guy!!!!

So enjoy the Superbowl everyone!