Twenty Two Months

Months on the wait list:

On our twenty two month waiting anniversary, we went to work and watched game 3 of the NBA finals. I made home-made chips and guacamole to snack on.

Go Spurs Go!

Happy twenty two months waiting!!!

Fun Activity #5

Late Night R-rated Movie

Yesterday we scratched off one more activity from our list :). The reason this activity made the list is because according to some mommies we will rarely watch a rated R movie at the theater once we have children. If we do, we will go early in the evening to get back home to them. This will avoid having to pay the babysitter extra and have a sleep-deprived morning caring for our kids.

We were home from work around 6 and had to stare at each other for about 4 hours to kill time. We ate dinner, washed dishes, sat on the couch, got up from the couch, stared at each other some more, and finally with sleepy eyes got ready around 10 at night. We never go out past 9 pm ...ever!

Because we did, we realized that:

1. The local restaurant has a nice patio full of colorful lights.

2. Every teenager in town goes out to the movies on Friday nights.

3. How old we are by being mixed in with a crowd full of teens.

4. Tons of people do go out past 9 pm (our bed time).

5. Friday night drivers are much more aggressive than the 7:30 Monday-morning drivers.

6. The theater business is booming.

The ONLY R-rated movie that was showing was *drumroll please The Hangover Part III. Perfect, right? I mean, mommies and daddies do not watch such ridiculous movies :P.

Before our movie, we had a cold beverage. Again, there were so many people it took us a few minutes to get that nice, cold beverage in our hands.

I will admit we yawned a couple of times during the movie but neither one of us fell asleep. Success!

However, I don't recall saying goodnight to Rob due to exhaustion.

Twenty One Months

Months on the wait list:

Current longest waiting family has been waiting for (months):

33

We are about #51 on the list and #42 on the single child list.

On our twenty one month waiting anniversary, we went to the local golf course's driving range to hit some balls. 

We ate my favorite dish for breakfast...chilaquiles (minus the oil, chicken, sour cream, and cheese).

We watched a movie while we finished our coffee.

The we got ready and headed out to the golf course.

 It was my first time so I was super excited that I got to drive a golf cart.

And of course learn how to hit a golf ball.

Rob is a natural.

We had a great time! The weather was perfect and it was very relaxing.

And now if you will excuse me, I have to eat the vegan burger my husband cooked on the grill and watch Saturday Night Live :).

Happy twenty one months waiting!!!

Fun Activity #4

Run a 5K

I am extremely late in posting about our 5K run from April 6. However, we did it! We ran our first 5K. Although to some it is not that big of a deal, it was a huge accomplishment for us me. It is extremely embarrassing to admit that we had never been a part of any type of running event due to my inability to run. The reason behind my inability to run are my crazy knees. Yes, my knees are crazy I tell ya. Every time I bend my legs a crackling crack crickity crack sound can be heard for miles away. 

When we started the 8-week-prep-for-a-5K training program, I was terrified. My first day was awful. I stomped on the ground dramatically, could not control my breathing, my whole body was itchy and red, and we won't even talk about the stomach/leg cramps I experienced after 3 minutes of TRYING to jog. We stuck to the program and every other day we were either at the park or in our neighborhood "jogging". Nowadays, I can jog nonstop for 30 minutes. *Applause. Oh why thank you!

Because we are overachievers, we registered for the 5K Foam Fest, which is a 5K that involves mud and multiple obstacles. We invited family to join us and we came up with this great team.

We needed a name for our team and therefore we were the Skull Crushers. 

Side note: we really don't crush skulls. We just wanted to intimidate the other teams.

My little sister spent some serious time making our shirts.

We had a blast!!!! We laughed so hard and got super duper muddy. We cleaned mud from inside the truck and house for days!

The obstacles were a lot of fun. Note to self, never try to jump over a fence if ever being chased by a person or thing. I found out I cannot climb much less jump over ANYTHING. One of the obstacles we encountered was the death drop which is the largest inflatable slide in the world. We also had to crawl through a mud pit under electrical wires. Of course, I was the only one in our team that had to be dragged out of that obstacle because I kept getting shocked...on my behind. Good times, good times.

See why I kept getting shocked? Enough said.

We had such a great time and now we are hooked. Our next 5K is in July :).

Twenty Months

Months on the wait list:

Yesterday was the day we finally hit the 20's :). I was so excited that I could not wait to celebrate. I can't believe we've made it this far! 

I had a doctor's appointment at 4 so I was able to get home home a bit earlier than usual and start cooking roasted vegetable quesadillas for dinner. The plan was to head out and celebrate right after. Well, Rob got home and we ended up watching a movie while we ate dinner. When the movie was over and it was time to head out to do something, ANYTHING, we realized we were too tired. By 9:15 pm, I was washing my face and Rob was brushing his teeth. 

So Sad.

Today however, we decided to go to the batting cages because neither one of us had ever been. It was fun but a little awkward since everyone else was about 9 years old :-). 

Somebody please help! We need an Ethiopian baby boy ASAP to keep us young!

Happy twenty months waiting!!!

Nineteen Months

Months on the wait list:

On our nineteen month waiting anniversary, we went to work and cooked Ethiopian food for dinner. I made Ethiopian green beans with carrots, split lentils, vegetable sambussas, and Ethiopian coffee. I must say that everything was extremely delicious.
Our son would be proud :).

Ingredients:

Everything cooking away.

Rob was in charge of roasting and grinding the coffee beans.

Dinner!

We were so busy cooking that we forgot to take a picture of us holding our traditional monthly finger pose. You know what I'm talking about. The picture that is taken by a nice stranger and right when they do the 1-2-3 countdown we hold up a random number (to them) with our fingers and smile. (These nice strangers have yet to ask us what in the world that random number/symbol means.)
I did however capture this cute guy giving me an "are you serious?" look after I asked for 1/4 tsp of ground cardamon.

Happy nineteen months waiting!!!

Fun Activity #3

Trip to the Zoo

On our original list, we stated we would call in to work and go to the zoo. We decided not to call in and rather ask for a day off like "normal", "responsible" adults that request a random day in the week to go to the zoo. Seriously, who does that?

Today was a  great day to go though! The zoo was empty and the 65 degree weather was perfect. We woke up early and made a quick stop for breakfast at our favorite taco place.

At the zoo, we made sure we read all of the animal's descriptions and learned as much as we could about them. Whoever writes those things has a great sense of humor. We were able to take our time and observe every single living creature in that zoo.   

Here we are in front of the spectacled owls. The description starts with a "do you like my glasses?". See what I mean? Hilarious.

We stopped by the petting zoo.

Rob's favorite animal was the rhinoceros. It's usually the elephant but we had too much fun with the rhino. The rhino stared at us and would point his ear in our direction when Rob would whistle.

Although I really enjoyed looking at the birds, the two that made my list were the sun bear and the hippopotamus. I will show you why. 

This bear sat in what looked like the most comfortable position ever and slept. Every now and then he would open one eye and drool. We sat on a bench and ate a snack just to watch him. When he was done with his siesta, he slowly got down from the tree trunk with the most aggggg-do-I-really-have-to-wake-up attitude. 

I mean really, how cute is he???

Even though the hippo was in desperate need of a dentist, he was outgoing and ENORMOUS.

"Doo too too, what a wonderful day"

"Wait, are those the Delgados?"

"It is, it is!"

"Let me say hi"

"Cheese!!"

Here are some more animals.

And now I leave you with a picture of how Rob and I sleep every.single.night. 

BTW, I am the black monkey.