Hi blerg! We are going to look at my Boise week in REVERSE, and maybe by the time I post everything, Instagram will let me post more. IG will only let you post 20 pictures at a time to Flickr, how inconvenient if you only blog once a week! This is Lucy yesterday, a worn-out rog after work.

Boise finally made a SMART decision for once and built a really nice dog park about 10 minutes away from my parents’ house, so I forced both parents to go there with me and Lucy.

My mother and I went to every baby shop Boise had to offer, which actually ended up being not very many. Surprising for such a Mormon-heavy town, we both thought. I spied these adorable green booties at a little baby boutique and said YES PLEASE. I want them in my size too!

Early Liz collage “art”, hanging in my old room. It used to have lots of costume jewelry hanging off of it.

Ohhhhh Lucy dog. She is smart AND cute. We had fun together. Look at her white teeth!

I bought myself this “Where’s Waldo?” book, because apparently I’m regressing. I solved it in front of my father. “There he is!” I yelled, turning the page. “There he is!”

“That book is for eight-year-olds,” said my father, not impressed. Heigh ho!

Carter’s has really cute baby clothes. There is one near my house, too. My mother bought this little dino outfit for the baby. Look at the feeeeeet!

No father-daughter bonding day would be compete without watching “True Lies”. We actually had to go out and purchase it, since my father couldn’t find his copy. Hastings up the street is finally closing–I’m pretty sure it was the last place in town you could rent movies.

Lucy loves me.

I had an exciting development happen while in Boise–I can feel baby M. kick now! I thought it was gas at first, but the next day it was a definite kick. He kicked the most after I ate a donut, and when I played “Groove Is In the Heart” for him the first time. He gets excited by sugar and 90’s music, just like his mommy!

Here’s Pops at the dog park with Lucy. The one day that my mother had to work, we “bonded” at the dog park, over frozen yogurt, during “True Lies” and later on we snarfed BBQ. Not a bad way to spend a day with your dad.

This photo doesn’t really convey just how HUGE this Great Pyrenees was! He was one big boy!

Mom and Lucy at the dog park. My mother was really nervous the first time we took her–she was afraid Lucy wouldn’t get along with other dogs, she was worried Lucy might snap at children–but she did MUCH BETTER the second time. My mother, that is. Lucy was fine!

We walked every day. And ate ice cream every night.

I know, I know, I’m having a boy and all, but if I wasn’t…

I picked up this book to read. It’s cute. Did you know that Japanese people, on average, only have sex 37 times a year??! Crazy!

My mother and Lucy. They’ve bonded now. It was pretty ugly last year! My father said he almost gave up on her a few times during those first three months. Puppies are not easy!

Admiring Ethiopian opal rings that I am way too cheap to buy at “Eyes of the World”. I didn’t buy a thing! I tried on a few hippie dresses but I just wasn’t FEELING it with my big ol’ belly.

Lucy dog! I love her white paw.

Gorgeous sunset my first day there. The weather was perfect–mid 70’s the entire time. Much better than if I had gone back in July, when it was over 100 degrees. Gross.

Lucy “relaxing” under the coffee table, her favorite spot.

My super-cute Russian nesting doll tee shirt, courtesy of the Etsy shop “Baby Belly Laughs”. I love it!

I showed this picture to my father and he said, “See, you don’t even look fat there,” and I said, “THAT’S MOM!”

Large and in charge, baby! I am 22 weeks, baby M. is the size of a spaghetti squash and I can feel him fluttering away as I type this entry. It’s pretty cool.

Look at all the books my mother has collected for M. already! Mawwwww.

I always have a good time when I go home. One week of walking dogs, eating ice cream, and spending quality time with both parents. Tomorrow we are apparently leaving again because my husband “needs” to go hike up a mountain with his father. Uh huh. Catch yer later!