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SNOWBIRD TRIP 2018
Part 1: Getting There
Friday, March 30 – Saturday, March 31
We’ve been timeshare owners at the Cliff Club, in Snowbird, Utah since 2000. We enjoy one week every other year…to ski at Snowbird (ski in/ski out)…Alta (just up the road, in Little Cottonwood Canyon)…and other resorts (via driving…we’ve been up Big Cottonwood Canyon to ski Brighton and Solitude).
From where we live in Washington, it’s about a 12-hour drive (not including stops), so we prefer to make the drive over two days (especially having a 3-year old!).
FRIDAY, MARCH 30
Our first stop on day one was to give Todd a movement break. We found a McDonald’s with a play area. He was thrilled! Inside the play ‘cage’ he said, “Me know better way and me know slower way.”
Todd at McDonald’s – March 30, 2018
Eating fries – March 30, 2018
We stopped at Paizano’s Pizza in Baker City, Oregon for lunch. They have vegan cheese and some incredible toppings. I recommend the red potato! The woman there was so nice. She gave us a set of beer glasses for free! Todd sat on the motorcycle arcade game.
Todd on motorcycle arcade game, at Paizano’s Pizza
Todd was offered some free bread sticks & pineapple slices – March 30, 2018
Todd likes to lick salt & sugar at restaurants – March 30, 2018
Paizano’s Pizza – March 30, 2018
Paizano’s Pizza beer glass
On the road, I enjoyed some coloring. Todd took a nap in the car.
Adult coloring
Car nap – March 30, 2018
We encountered a traffic snarl after crossing into Idaho, so we arrived after dark at the Hampton Inn, in Mountain Home, ID. We bought Todd a couple Lego sets for the trip, so he played with the Mining Power Splitter set in the room.
Lego City Mining Power Splitter
SATURDAY, MARCH 31
Back on the road! We made several stops on our way to our final destination (the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird):
1) a movement break for Todd, 2) shopping at Target (we left Todd’s potty step stool at the hotel in Idaho), 3) lunch at a vegan restaurant, and 4) grocery shopping in Salt Lake City.
Of course, the major highlight was dining at The Vertical Diner (see the last post for pictures of all the tasty food!). {That vegan mac and cheese!!} While Eric did the grocery shopping and completed the final stretch of driving, up Little Cottonwood Canyon, Todd took a nap in the car.
Car nap – March 31, 2018
At last we arrived!
View from our 2nd floor room – March 31, 2018
Pretty quickly, we were off to the pool!
That night, we started building Todd’s new Lego Mining Experts Site.
Lego Mining Experts Site
TO BE CONTINUED…
(If I try to fit it all in one post, it will be way too long!!)
Well, #minivegan is now 25 weeks gestational age (on Monday, April 28, 2014). This pregnancy is flying by, and I’m long overdue posting an update. I’ve been working my ever-growing-larger ass off, working to save up extra $$ for my maternity leave.
We went in for our 20 week ultrasound (US) on day one of our 2014 ski vacation to Snowbird, Utah. What a perfect way to kick off our trip! The sonographer and perinatologist that we saw at Evergreen Maternal-Fetal Medicine were wonderful. Dr. Kline said she had a baby in her 40’s, too! She was pretty excited for us.
For many couples, the 18-22 week ultrasound (“anatomy scan”) is the procedure that reveals the baby’s gender for the first time. We definitely wanted to know!
But, we chose to have the Harmony prenatal blood test done prior to our 20 week scan. Harmony tests for three trisomy abnormalities (trisomy 13, 18, and 21) with >99% accuracy. It also tests for the presence of a Y chromosome (Y chromosome = boy).
My blood was drawn on March 5th (at 17 weeks + 2 days). I expected to wait 2 weeks for the results, but thankfully mine came sooner than that. On Friday, March 14, 2014, I got the phone call while at work. I was with a very sweet man, with quite severe dementia. My patient, Tom, was the first person to hear my good news: that our baby does NOT have trisomy 13, 18, or 21…AND…our baby is a BOY!!! (The next week, Tom had no recall of this.)
I didn’t call Eric right away. Instead, I stopped by Target after work, to pick up a little gift for Eric that would reveal the gender to him when I got home.
It’s a BOY!
Sunday, March 16, 2014 – Sportin’ the Purple Pregnancy Pants at Week 19. (Mission Ridge Ski Area)
The ultrasound was performed on Friday, March 21, 2014 (at 19 weeks + 4 days). Our boy appeared healthy in all ways and weighed about 10 oz. His growth measurements were between 43% and 62% for his gestational age, and the heart rate was 147 bpm. The placenta is posterior and without previa. My cervix is long. Excellent!
We received a DVD of the scan. I took this short video clip with my phone, that shows baby’s face: moving his jaw, yawning, moving his tongue, and even smiling. You can also see his forearm in front of his face. Watch it again and look for the heart beating. Precious!!
I took these images by pausing the DVD and taking screen shots:
Head Profile
Eye Orbits/Top of Head
Face – Showing his tongue
Face – Open mouth
Chin, mouth and nostrils. And a hand waving!
Heart and blood flow
Heartbeat
Legs and umbilical cord (showing cord blood flow)
Legs and penis
Lower leg bones (tibia/fibula)
Forearm bones (radius/ulna) and hand
Foot
Here we are, skiing in Utah!
March 23, 2014 – Alta, Utah
March 24, 2014 – Alta, Utah
My motto this ski season!
Freeheel Vegan 