Adele Concert at Urban Wine Works Dec 2008

I Can't believe we forgot to post this in December! Nathan won us passes(I know, I am the luckiest girl ever!) from 105.1 The Buzz (radio station) to see Adele at Urban Wine works in Portland! It was amazing - There were maybe 150 people total there and it was just her and an acoustic guitar. The location was cool but they only put out like 20 chairs. We were in the back but seriously, the experience would have been the same either way.

Aparently Adele had booked this show before her appearance on Saturday Night Live - after that show aired, her songs went off the charts! We have really liked her music for a while but after seeing her on SNL, we realized what an amazing artist she really is (For you non SNL watchers, EVERYONE SUCKS when they do SNL but she was amazing!)

The venue was really pretty. This is us out front after the show. We were really exctied, not only to hear her sing but to get to hear her thoughts on her songs and what they mean and such. Well, to our shock, when she went to explain a song after singing it, we could barely understand her! Her accent is THICK! We had a giggle over that - it was amazing.

The show wasn't super long but Courtney was STARVING when it got over but we really wanted to meet her. We waited in line for about 20 minutes and even pulled the pregnancy card before we gave our camera to Cheryl Stewart (one of the 105.1 DJ's) and asked her to just go snap a pic for us.

Afterwards, we drove down to the waterfront where Nathan took us out for the BEST steak dinner ever! We went to Ruth's Chris Steak House and WOW, it was incredible.

This is just a little video we took at the show...The picture is grainy and some guys head is totally blocking the view of the stage but her voice - oh man - so good to be there and hear her sing!

Christmas Pictures

It came to my attention as I was getting ready to post this blog that I did not take very many Christmas pictures...As I was pondering why, I came upon the following conclusion which I have put into the form of " T'was the Night Before Chrsitmas" and Renamed "Tis the Morning of Christmas"...

Tis the morning of Christmas and from my view on the couch

Things were lookin good, like a bandit I made out.

The presents were sorted by name with much care

and I stacked mine up high, from here to there.

All of us were nestled in our own comfy spot
Drinking mama jan's coffee - not too cold, not too hot.

When the question was posed "well, who should start?"

I jumped at the chance - So the gift opening did start.

Throught the paper and ribbon I flew mighty fast

Tore open the box and exclaimed with a gasp...

I love it! I love it! Thank You a lot

And examined my gift with happy happy thought

I was having a great time and enjoying my own delight,

And then I saddened a bit when the opening of gifts moved on to my right.

But that was ok, I so quickly saw

As I watched the others open, with shock and with awe.

The cards were all perfect, and so were the things,

All new, birght and shiny, some even had wings.

We finished the giving, the opening and shouts of joy,

and watched as the puppy played with her new toy.

We ate cookies and watched movies and talked about our stuff

We took naps and drank coffee and played games till we had enough.

We had delicious dinner, prepared by mama jan,

The table was a smorgesbored, nothing you could get from a can.

We did some more playing, we all hung out together,

We watched another movie and talked about the snowy weather.

And in the midst of this fun, I got to thinking in my head,

Who was taking the pictures while I was playing instead.

So I grabbed up my camera and to my surprise,

Only 4 pictures were there to meet my eyes...

Not too bad, I thought for a minute

Until i realized that was all that was in it!

And so you see becuase of such a wonderful days flight

Christmas morning is pictured and re-told is Christmas Night.

Christmas Thanks

We realized we left some people out...So our complete list of thank yous follows:
Thank You Dad and Kathy and Chris Car and Anna for the generous gift cards - we will probably be at the movies redeming them and at Target spoiling ourselves and Charlie!
Allie, thanks for the super cute scarf - I don't even have one this year and it has been freezing!
Dad and Carla - Thanks for a special Christmas Eve and for all the goodies!
Nani and Papa, we are obviously super excited about the mini recorder. It will be used frequently before and after the baby!
Mom and Randy, Whit and Phil, thanks for a very special Christms and Phils-Navidad!

To everyone we are not with today, we love you all and wish you a very merry Christmas and a fantastic new year.
Our cards were rushed to us via Fed Ex and still didn't make it to our house before the storm. Hopefully we will get them tomorrow or the next day.
Anyways, here is our "live" thanks from in front of the tree with Charlie!

New!!! The Baby Blog...

So, It has come to our attention that we do not have enough info on the newest-yet-to-be-added addition to our family (a.k.a the baby). This is the link to our baby site, go there to read up on our baby, our doctor, Courtney's weird tendincies, where we are registered, and all sorts of other baby related things!

http://NathanandCourtneysbabygirl.blogspot.com
Have fun!
Love,
Courtney Nathan and Sev

Blizzard 2008

Chuck, explorer of lost potty spots...

She was up to her little belly in snow!

She would dive in with her whole face to sniff around!

A great blink shot of my hubby -

we had only been walking for 5 minutes

and we were covered!!!

Nathan's Power Slide into our parking spot at Wal Mart...

Don't we sound like classy folk.

Emergency provisions

**A.K.A. a good excuse to get whatever we wanted -

including Dark Night, A new DS game (love it, thank you baby)

Dinty Moore stew (Nathans choice, suprisingly healither than one might think)

Mac and Cheese, cookies, OJ....the list goes on but I think you get the point.

We r little snow bunnies!

I think this packet of Swiss Miss perfectly sums up our relationship...

Babe, you are the thousands of tiny marshmellows to my hot cocoa...

The 1st Baby Shower

I had my very first baby shower this past Sunday at the adorable house of my dear friend Cim (pronounced Kim just in case you were wondering). It was so much fun - The gifts were so so thoughtful and the company even more so. These girls have meant so much to me over the past (almost) year...Thanks again ladies for the food (so so good!) and the sweet presents. Julianna, I wore my scotty dog PJ's last night! Jessica, I already opened the 1st aid kit!!! Suzie and Traci, you were too too thoughtful. and everyone else, it's not that I can't remember what you got me it's that I'm tired and maybe a little lazy! xox to you all! (For those of you wondering, this picture is of my friend Julianna empathizing with my "condition"...She cracks me up).

**Jessica, Living up to the phonetic pronunciation of her last name

**The Hostess, Cim, and I...Cimmy, you are my dearest friend - Thank You so so much

**I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day! Snow, Friends, Food and Fun!

**Becca got my measurement right on...She's a mom.

**I remember telling Jules I envied her party trick

**Julianna working her magic (I am 11 TP squares by the way)

**Cim, Suzie, Traci, Becca

**My friend (and former employee) Katie

Family Christmas Photo Shoot

We Had our family Chrsitmas photo shoot the other weekend at Bridgeport Village...It was alot of fun - as you can see our guys are not only good looking but total hams for the camera! Thanks so much to Bryan Rupp and his wife for the excellent photos and to Mom and Randy for the yummy C.P.K !