Scrapblog!

I just learned how to use scrapblog and it is sooo cool! So, I've added my belly shots to my first scrapblog page and stuck them on blogger - I'm so high tech! :-)

A buck 50...

OK, don't look at my goofy face - just my halfway there belly. I'm 20 weeks today, just 20 more to go! :-) I think my belly is less than half of the size it's going to get, which means I still have a lot more growing to do! I went to the dr yesterday for my 20 week check-in, I now weigh almost 150lbs. It's kind of funny to move up on the 'big' weight on the scale. Ususally I'm 100lb on the big one then adjust the smaller one to find 120, 130, 140 - well yesterday she was toggling between 150 and 149 - she let me have 149, ha! I can't wait until I weigh more than Dan! I feel tired today, which isn't entirely unusual but I'm sluggish this afternoon. I went to the dentist and I couldn't wait to get into the chair to put my feet up and close my eyes while they scrubbed away at my teeth. Got a clean bill of health - thank goodness. Apparantly all sorts of crazy things can happen to your teeth when you are pregnant - so I have to take extra good care until I'm done breastfeeding.

I love donuts - we got a dozen (the bakery gave me 14) on sunday for our friends who helped us move. Of course about 6 of them were eaten (3 by me) and now we just have donuts laying around our house. TROUBLE!!! I had one today and I can't wait until those darn things are gone. I'm definitely at the 150 mark today!

Basement is cleared out, permit is ready for us to pick up today - yah! Contractor is coming over tomorrow to talk over a supplies list. The space down there will be very cool. We're going to have not only Dan's office but an entertainment and workout area. Dan's always dreamed of that big flat screen tv. Once it's done, we'll kick Dan to the basement and get going on the baby room upstairs.

I'm doing the Firecracker 5K on Friday, walking of course - I hope it's not blazing hot!

Baby Dreams

I've had some pretty crazy baby dreams lately...

In my dream last night I had a baby boy and we came home from the hospital and we didn't have anything for the baby. We had just a portacrib someone had lent us... Dan and I were frantically making lists for what we needed. It was September in my dream and all I could think is that the baby was earlier than we thought - but he was totally healthy and I figured I got the due date wrong.

I am also currently reading a book called 'baby wise' - it's a guide to getting your baby on a schedule so they have a somewhat normal sleeping schedule by the time they are 6-8 weeks old. The number one premise is that in the first 7-10 days that your baby is home you are getting them to eat full meals - your schedule will be whacked but that should be the number one goal. So of course I'm dreaming about breast feeding and trying to figure out that whole process in my dream. Pretty hilarious actually! I was telling Dan all about the book last night and he asked 'can we change our minds now?' ha! It's going to be so much work - and this book really gives you an idea of what you will be going through. Every baby is so different, I'm hoping ours isn't a little monster right off the bat!

We are cleaning out our basement this weekend - we have to get it prepped to start the whole finishing process. Cleaning it out alone is going to be a task! The county called me today, my permit should be processed by next week - yah! I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with everything we have to do this summer...I really hope the basement goes smoothly and we are pretty much done with that by end of Sept / early October. I want to get that baby room together!

Dan got a new mountain bike yesterday off of craig's list. It's AWESOME! it's a 22 lb bike - really light. he bought it from a guy who races and he had this bike for racing alone. It looks brand new and was taken great care of. Dan's excited to join some of his buddies on weekend trail rides.

I'll have an updated belly pic for next week - next Tuesday I'll be exactly halfway there - CRAZY!

18 weeks and counting...

It's been a while, but I'm back to blog! And I bring good news - I'm prego! 18 weeks, 1 day to be exact. The first trimester was roooough, lotsa sickness...but I'm over the hump and feeling great now! I am starting to show a little, I had someone actually notice the other day that I didn't know!

Pictures here are of me at 11 weeks (top one) and then today. I thought I had a belly at 11 weeks, I'm sure I'll look back at today's shot and find it funny in a few months. Growing belly - still white as a ghost too!

We are headed to the Moore's this weekend to hang out at the WYO ranch. We are caravaning with the Efflands, we are really excited for a weekend getaway. Dan is excited to fish with Jaxon and ride the good old Rhino. My mom is doing Ironman CDA this weekend, big accomplishment for her. It will be fun to watch on Ironmanlive.com to see how she does! Go Mom!

Stay tuned, I'll keep up with the belly shots in the coming months!

Mixer Mixer

Christmas shopping online is AWESOME! Dan and I decided to hit the malls this weekend, but on Friday night we thought we would tool around on our computers to see what we could get online. We had great success and did about 75% of our shopping that way. Yesterday we went to a few stores and pretty much finished the rest. We are usually the typical last minute shoppers so I'm very excited about this!

Dan's parents came over yesterday and gave me an early bday present, I was thrilled - a new kitchen-aid mixer!!! I have been really wanting one of these, they make baking life EASY! It also has a bunch of attachment options so you can make pasta, have a juicer, processor, etc. I wanted and got a red one, it is seriously the best invention. They wanted to give it to me early because I'm going to a cookie party next weekend with my girlfriends. The cookie party rules include making 1/2 dozen cookies for every girl who attends the party to take home. Also bringing a copy of the recipe for everyone. My mixer will be a big help for 100 cookies!

I came up with a good idea for my cookies this morning. Last night we were at Dan's parents house and we made these thumbprint cookies that you put jelly in. I think I might make those again but I will make my own jelly to go along with it! Then I'll jar the jelly and send it home with the girls, along with their 6 cookies and a copy of my recipe. I can't wait! I think I'm going to make the jelly today, I can't decide on apple or grape jelly... I'm thinking apple!

No More Stash

OK - I'm back, I know all of my faithful readers are all happy about that (Mom, Davis). It's been over 2 months since my last post. Better make this one a good one. Winter is FINALLY here, I was counting down the days. Looking at a forecast of 40's, 50's is wonderful! We've had a few days of snow, I'm waiting for Dan to go out town before we get the 2 feet that I will have to shovel. My friend Craig came over last year to help me shovel out of my house, he shows up and starts making fun of my little red shovel I'd been using to clear my drive. It's great - little, light, red - made just for me. He harrassed me the whole time we were there, but then asked to use the little guy at the end....he fell in love. He told me last month he went over to Ace and picked a little red truck up for himself.

We went to my parent's house in both October and November. October we went for the balloon fiesta, and we celebrated Heidi's 30th with an 80's party at our house. It was hilarious. My husband shaved the beard of his goatee and gave himself a stash - he wore a sweet 80's white jumpsuit to go along with it. He was the hit of the party. He decided to bag his goatee after that party and Lane can no longer call him 'hairy dan'. Hartley's outfit was a cross between Peter Pan and 80's rocker - his hair is long now so he had it in a ponytail, I about fell over when i saw him! The rest of us looked goofy and rockin 80's - we did a lip sync with 80's music - livin on a prayer rocked the house. 2nd trip was for thanksgiving, where we also celebrated Christmas. It was the usual family chaos at the house, but we had a great time playing games, exchanging gifts, cheering on the lobos, and eating great food!

This weekend is all about Christmas - decorations and shopping galore! If you tell me what you want for Christmas, I'll buy you something - promise promise.

Nice Long Weekend

I had a very nice FOUR day weekend and I'm sad to say it's almost over! I took Thurs and Fri off to go wedding dress shopping with my friend Shannah. She currently lives in Zurich (Switzerland) and she is getting married in Tuscany, Italy in May 2008. I know Shannah from college and she got a job in Zurich 4 years ago. She decided she loved it so much, that she stayed out there, met a nice beau (who is English) and now she is getting married! She was very lucky and she found THE DRESS at the very first bridal shop we went to. The dress is just gorgeous and it is very fitting for the 'Italian' wedding. Because we got her dress in a timely manner, we decided to spend the rest of Thurs and most of Fri shopping for bridesmaids dresses. I have attached a few pictures of the favorites, Jessica and I were the guinea pigs! We couldn't tell when Shannah was snapping photos, hence the blank looks on our faces :-) Shannah hasn't decided 100% yet on our dresses, we didn't get the same 'wow' factor that we did with her gown. So we will keep on lookin! And then there is the coloring, which is an entirely different decision!


Last night we went to Shannahs mom's house for dinner - she cooked up a ton of ribs, potatoes, corn, beans, fruit salad and we even had cake! It was like Thanksgiving in September! Today we went over to Ryan Arnold's house and watched the Bronco's lose their first game - it was a bummer....they had a few chances to come back and they blew them!


Back to work tomorrow, I wish I could have another four days - it's been so nice and relaxing for my brain!