Yes, it is true, we have been on Dim Sum watch for just over two weeks. I will let @mjkaiser address the feeling of anticipation and anxiousness.

I for one am enjoying every minute with Mars. Regardless of her post, she is the most amazing, resilient and fun loving person I know. She is simply amazing. I on the other hand am a nervous wreck!

I have always prided myself on handling disasters and excitement well, with a very even keel. Though, with Dim Sum I have found my foil, my kryptonite, and it is a sustained level of anxiousness and excitement for two plus weeks. I go bat-s**t crazy… Yes, bat-s**t crazy.

Obviously, there are far worse things to have to be dealing with, and we are both thankful that everyone is healthy, happy and incubating (though, at some point it is time to pop out and see the rest of the world — hint, hint Dim Sum!).

Well, while we are at home working on keeping out of the house and staying busy, my family sent this photo:

Enjoying the Sun at the 4th of July Parade in George, Washington

This is an annual trip for the family, and this year we decided to stay home as Dim Sum could arrive “at any time.” What we should have read into that was that he/she would arrive on their own time. And good for him/her!

At the end of the day, I think this process has brought Mars and I even closer and I couldn’t imagine experiencing this with anyone else.

Thanks Aviel and Corwyn!

Dog sitters are lined up, the bag is packed (complete with duct tape and real Gin-u-Wine Texas dirt), gas tanks are full, Twitter updates are already written, camera has a full battery (a first), and much, much more. It is all sitting their waiting as the clocks keeps its incessant tick-tock, tick-tock.

I have an iPhone, I am on Twitter, I drive too fast, am always online and to put it simply I am horrible at waiting. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Maybe this is teaching me a good lesson… Who knows. I am still not good at it.

I continue to wait. When all is said and done, I am simply excited to meet Dim Sum. Boy or girl, I just want to meet him/her.

Is that so bad?

Tick-tock, tick-tock.

And after she ate, we all had fun watching Hazel imitate Uncle Nate.

If you want to see more of Hazel imitating Uncle Nate, check out her blog >> (It’s too cute!)

Upon waking up to an amazing morning with crystal clear blue skies, Galt and I decided to hike the ridge and see if we could get a clear view of the community where the cabin is located:

Upon returning from our little hike, we found an amazing homemade breakfast of Huevos Rancheros waiting for us (well me, I am sure Galt didn’t get any…).

Yum, who doesn't like Huevos Rancheros?

That one meal pretty much invalidated my whole hike, but sometimes you have to go with the flow!

The rest of the day / afternoon was punctuated by naps, snacking, and a bit of plinking…

You talkin' to me? (said with a smile)

Nothing cooler than doing a little shooting in the afternoon. Upon our return, we had homemade enchiladas… More yum, more arterial plaque.

All worth it.

As all good things must come to an end, so did our 24 hour foray to Eastern Washington. The rain hit where it always does on our return to Seattle; halfway between Easton and Snoqualmie Pass.

It was an amazing day.

Here is one of the first ones of him learning the stairs:

And of course enjoying his new bed…

• We’re staying in the Hilton Hawaiian Village Vacation Club, thanks to a birthday gift from my mom.
• We’ve had amazing meals with friends and family: pupus, some of the best Vietnamese food ever, delicious Korean BBQ, and Laoatian/French cuisine.
• We’ve swam in the Pacific Ocean at every opportunity.
• We’ve driven to the North Shore and sampled all sorts of ice cream and shave ice along the way (and swam a little there as well).
• We’ve hiked 5 miles through the Honolulu hills.
• And we’re off to Kona tomorrow for another 7 days

I am so thankful for the fun times, the great company, and the tons of memories that we’ve collected. Here’s some more pics and highlights.

Here’s to hoping that I get invited back next year!

After arriving late on Friday we had two options on Saturday. Either suffer through the heat in Portland or head west to the coast where it was 30 degrees colder.  Thankfully, my brother-in-law was kind enough to read off the temperature in 2 degree increments the entire trip out there and back.

Once we arrived though, we realized that we hadn’t packed enough clothes and that we didn’t know when the fog would dissipate. So we huddled in the tent for warmth, company, and lunch…

The Hizz shows off her wrestling skills by pinning down dad until he taps out.

View after the Fog Lifts

On Sunday we decided to head out to the Portland Brewfest for cold brew and hot, hot weather:

It was a great weekend. Portland is simply one of the coolest cities. I can’t wait till I get to go back.

And they are off!

For our support, we got to stay at our friend’s parents’ beautiful place on Lake Chelan which included (not necessarily in the following order); amazing food, innumerable dips in the water, fishing off the end of the dock, a drink or two, a cigar or two and a few quick swims.

View from the back porch

The Capt'n

The Crew

The View

View Astern - Don't they look slow?

Time for a closeup

Buried the Rail

Now for the video:

The Onion strikes again!

Spock (TOS)    15    65%
Data (TNG)    8    35%

The poll from yesterday…

Kick Off:

Victory:

I even got called out for being a soccer, sorry football nube.  That being said, I finaly learned what offsides means (well, the minimum of what a 4 or 5 year old would know), got a short history on a few of the players, and of course witnessed some great theatrics whenever anyone went down or was in any type of collision.

Winning 3-0 also doesn’t hurt to make it a great afternoon.