A beautiful morning

On my last day of work, I walked out to a beautiful view. I was running late and I am usually very close to work before the sun comes up. Today, the sun was coming up above the bay. It was such a pretty sight. I will miss all the water surrounding the Hampton Roads area in Virginia - minus the bridge and tunnel traffic!

If you're happy and you know it...

More climbing!

You know when all goes quiet Ashton is up to something! So while I enjoyed some "quiet time" on the computer, Ashton was getting into trouble. He discovered he could climb up on the dresser by pulling out the bottom drawer. Some people call it "creative" - Mom calls it a little scary! What are we going to do when we have to transition him to the big boy bed?!

25 week prenatal visit

Based on both ultrasounds, I am running a week later than estimated. So today, my due date was officially changed to match the ultrasound measurements to April 27th. Everything checked out fine. I was in and out of my appointment. The heartrate measured between the 150s and 160s. My weight gain is only at 4 pounds since I started going to my OB appointments at ~12 weeks pregnant. This will make up for my lack of weight loss after Ashton was born. If I gain 1 pound per week from here on out, this will put me up to ~30 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight.

24 weeks and counting!

California... here we come!

I can't believe after all these years, I am finally returning home to California. I left in 2003 for my internship in Tucson. Then headed out to Indianapolis for grad school. And now we are completing our time here in Virginia. I am glad I have experienced living in different places for a few years but am ready to come back home!

Happy New Year!

I can't believe it's 2010! 2010 will bring a lot of new changes. Ashton will be 2 years old this year! And baby girl Besmer will join the Besmer family. And the Besmer family will rejoin the Tomate and Besmer clan back at home in California! In a couple of months, life should settle down and in 4 short months, we will have another baby! We'll see how Ashton adjusts to being a big brother!