Crazy weather

In between episodes of pouring rain and bright sunshine, we managed to make it through a whole walk without getting wet. Here are some pictures from a walk along the cliffs outside of Dublin.

In other news, it looks like I'll actually get a pay raise by going on official maternity leave. I'm pretty sure that should make me feel bad about myself, because it really speaks to how little I actually make here, but I'll take it. It's my little way of screwing the Irish government they way it's screwed me (most of their science funding goes to EU nationals only--bastards!). Ha!

FYI...

Disclaimer: this post is super tacky!!

For those of you who have asked, we do have a registry set up at a nursery store in Dublin. The website is: www.murphysprams.ie/shop/kate_and_timothy_lepore.baby_gift_list_service.1593.html
If for some reason that doesn't work, go to: www.murphysprams.ie
Then click on "Baby Gift List Service", then our names.

We mostly put big things on it that we were planning to buy, so PLEASE don't feel that you need to go on there and get us anything! If you must, you can buy online and they'll keep things in the store for us until we arrange to have everything delivered. Just be sure to let them know that it's for our gift list.

A word of warning: if anyone was planning on sending us anything from websites or stores in the US (Babys"R"Us, etc.), DON'T! Even if they ship internationally, it's a huge pain to clear it in customs, pay VAT, arrange delivery, etc. Trust me, I've been burned before!

Ok. Again, sorry for the tacky post. I'm not hinting, trust me! I just wanted to clarify for those of you who have asked about a registry. I also wanted to help us all avoid the international shipping blues...

Baby Lepore in Laguna Beach

Here are some pictures from a quick visit to Laguna Beach to see Grandma. We had some great beach days, but the water was a little too rough for me to go in. I promise, these are the last bathing suit pictures that I'm going to release!

We also stopped by San Diego to meet up with more family--my uncle Bobby, my cousin Anasuya and her husband Andy, and my cousin Nila. We missed Nila's fiancee Mandy; she was doing makeup for a wedding that day--for those of you that remember exactly two years ago (hint hint, it's our anniversary today!), Mandy did the makeup for our wedding, too.

More pics

Here are a few more pictures at Applegate (in my favorite innertube), and one with my sister and nephews (Nate, Toby, and Calvin from left).

Hello from Oregon

I'm out for a few weeks visiting my family in Oregon, where it's been hot and sunny! This picture was taken at Applegate Lake, where we've been for three of the last four days--sunburn, anyone?

First video!

Here's something a little weird--I got some kicks on video, posted below. There's a bunch of little wiggles, and then the biggest one is on the lower right hand side of the screen at around 16-18 seconds, but you have to look for it--really, this is for you, TJ, since you'll know what you're looking for. Once I posted on blogger, the video quality got pretty bad, and it's hard to see. (Ignore the sound, it's just the TV in the background). Enjoy!

It's been a long time...

Sorry, I know--I haven't posted in a while (thanks to some of you for pointing it out; you know who you are!). It's not that I've been very busy, I just haven't been motivated... But now I've posted a picture at 27 weeks (not a very good one, but what do you want?) and I've also added a picture of downtown Dublin in the SUNSHINE!! It's been absolutely beautiful here for the past couple of days, let's hope it stays that way for a while!

In other news, some friends over here threw me a very surprising surprise shower. So now we have baby stuff scattered around the apartment; a daily reminder, if we needed one!

I'm off to Oregon, then southern California on Friday, so I'll try post some pictures during the trip.