Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Vote!

Hey guys!  Don't forget to vote on whether you think its a boy or girl.  And if you want you can comment on why!  :)  Thanks everyone!

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Yeah!

June 10th is the date of our next ultrasound and when we find out the sex!  It's not until later in the day but check the blog that night to find out what Baby Benz is!

(Give us your opinion vote: to the left under the ultrasound picture)


Thursday, April 24, 2008

Thoughts from Elizabeth

So I have been bursting to talk about my pregnancy on the blog and now I finally get to!  I don't have to tell you how excited I am to finally be a mom-to-be.  Of course there a many things I am excited about but I just can't wait to meet the little one.  I am also excited to loose my figure believe it or not because of the meaning behind it.  When I finally need maternity clothes I will just be so happy about it all.  I am not showing yet but I do have a nice layer of "insulation" and it may be mistaken for the baby.  :)  I wish it was.  So far everything has been really smooth but lately I have been getting headaches and have been extra tired.  As I am about to enter into my second trimester (some say I am already in it, I don't know what to believe) I hope to start feeling a little more energized.  


We realized early on that our 1 bedroom apartment just wasn't going to cut it so we found through friends (thanks Jordans!) someone from our church who was moving out of a 2 bedroom down the road still in Sellwood.  We looked at it and we loved it.  We have been in talks with the owner and we got it this week!  We move in the first weekend in June.  We are so exited to set up a nursery and get the house ready.  We know what you are thinking, their moving again!  Yes, but this time it is for a great reason!  So we are not to bummed about it.   

Stay tuned for more of my thoughts and updates!  There will be tons!  This blog has officially become the blog of parents-to-be so there will be loads to talk about.  

I will leave you with something cute my niece said.  She is so dead set on it being a girl.

Brynne (4):  You should name your baby Sally
Me: Oh yeah?
Brynne: No maybe Jasmine
Me: Hmm
Brynne: Wait it should be Ariel!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

HAVE YOU HEARD?

 Have you heard that The Boston Red Sox are getting a new member
 to Red Sox Nation!  Look below for more details.

Red Sox Nation's Newest Member!

  Thats right the Benz's are having a BABY!!!!!


 These pictures were taken at 8  1/2 weeks. 
  Beth is now at 13 weeks, the baby is the size of a peach.
 The due date is October 25th. 
YEAH!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Brynney

Brynne (4): When is Jesus' birthday?
Matt: Christmas
Brynne: Well next Christmas I will send up a balloon for his birthday, can I visit him on his birthday?
Matt: Someday we will be there
Brynne: Well maybe I can hold onto the balloon and go visit him

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Cure for Hiccups

Matt had the hiccups last night and our friend Ben showed us a trick to get rid of them.  Just tell them you will pay them a dollar if they can hiccup again.  It works like a charm!  Thanks Ben!  Oh and I could label this blog - Ode to Ben!  since you liked the Ode to Sarah so much! :)

Friday, April 11, 2008

My Life Now

The last 2 weeks I have been hanging out with my niece and nephew and this week took care of my dad 3 days along with the kids.  I think I am finally in a good rhythm.  I am even learning sign language with my dad!  I have been wanting to do this for sometime but never had the time to do it with him.  Well now we have time! Last week the kids and I went to the park twice and this week once.  I am having so much fun with them.  It certainly beats going to work everyday!

    
Brynne (4) decided to dress herself before we went to the 
park and I didn't notice her pants were on backwards until we
 were a block down the street.

Will (6 months)

Thursday, April 10, 2008

One Night of Fun for 2 Old People

Last night we went to a concert with some friends from church, Kirk and Christy.  It was called the Hotel Cafe Tour and had a bunch of great singers.  One of them was Ingrid Michaelson.  One of her songs was featured on that Old Navy commercial and alot of her songs are played on Grey's Anatomy.  Some of the singers were odd but over all it was really good.  The only part that not that enjoyable was that there were no seats.  Yup standing for 2+ hours hurt my back and feet bad. We ended up leaving early because we both hurt.  Matt said he would probably be sore in the morning.  We are getting old!

Monday, April 7, 2008

Portland is Weird!

The other day while driving we saw a man walking...BACKWARDS!  How weird!  Matt commented nothing surprises him in Portland anymore.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Virgle

So Matt was at work yesterday and we works with Google and is on there website alot.  He noticed there was a Virgle tab and decided toward the end of the day to click on it and see what it was.  This is what he found.        http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html

Check it out.  It is hilarious.  If you click on the 100 year plan you can read all about how you can live on Mars.  We think it was a joke for April Fools.  :)

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

5 Years!

We celebrated our 5th Anniversary at the Beach!  We have been looking forward to this trip for a while and after the week we had we needed it!  We had a ton of fun.  I won $25 at Bingo, we ate the best donut holes in the world and had great Clam Chowder!  It was crazy weather the whole time we were there.  Snowing, hailing, raining, and then the next minute we would have sun and be hot.  


Here is the hill leading to Pacific City 
can you see the snow?

We woke up on our Anniversary got coffee, hot chocolate and
donuts and then went for a walk on the beach.  

We love Clam Chowder at the Beach!
Yum!
Playing some miniature golf
I lost by 4!  I am getting closer to beating Matt though!
Here is a picture of Matts hole in one.  Of course he didn't get a 
picture of mine (by the way I got mine first!)  :)