By Popular Demand

Okay so we bought this new chair for the baby's room. We got quite the steal on it so we were really excited and because you can't tell from the picture...it is the MOST comfortable chair ever. Matt sits in it all the time. I just noticed that the tags are still on in this picture but I am not about to go take another one, but if you were wondering what that was....yeah.

And here you go people. This is a picture just past 29 weeks, I am now 30 weeks so it is a little old but Matt was actually home at the same to take it. I tried to take one myself and I couldn't back up far enough so, this is the picture you get. Hopefully this is satifying for all those that have been asking.

Nothing else too exciting has been going on. I saw Harry Potter with Nathan this last week and I have to say it really wasn't my favorite. They cut out my favorite parts from the book and the fight scene that we were both looking forward to was WAY to short. I think Nathan liked it more than I did. It was okay, just definately not the best Potter movie ever. I am, however, getting very excited for Saturday when the final book comes out!

Independence Day

We have had a lot going on lately but still the month of June has seemed to drag on forever. Work has been crazy and each week has been so packed that they seem really long. Usually when you're busy time goes by quickly...hmmm...not so much as of late. I thought I better get in a pre-4th of July post since I can't seem to sleep past 6 and I will being seeing John and Lindy today. I don't want John to make good on his threat to remove us from his links if we don't update (This is a threat to everyone and John is serious!!;)


Since our last post we bought a new car. Yes scroll WAY back to when Matt's car got hit by a landscaping truck and you will know that we have been looking for a L-O-N-G time. The problem has been that Matt seems to think that "regular" cars are not big enough for him. Whatever, he test drove a TON of SUVs and they just didn't seem to have the space he needed (This was surely an effort on his part to get me to relent and allow him to buy a pickup truck, I didn't budge) Finally he settled on a Honda Accord. This car somehow has enough room for the driver which is the all important issue. As you can see, it took a LONG time to come to this decision. But we are happy, and Matt has the head room that he feels he needs, so all is well. I don't have picture of the car but it looks like the ones that you are seeing on the road wherever you live HA! We picked the same color as Jason and Shannon.


A week and a half ago we went to the Braves game with the Hamilton's. Matt's favorite thing about going with the Hamilton's is that they have a Lexus and therefore can park in the Lexus lot directly across the street from the stadium. This is very convienent and we appreciated the invite.

Here is Madi at the game. It was free hat day so we all got Braves hats as we came into the stadium. (This is why Madi wanted to go so badly) The Braves lost by one run but Chipper Jones did hit a homerun and was able to end the shut out run that they had going. It was an afternoon game so it was pretty hot but we made it all the way to the end of the game.

Not much else is going on, somehow we seems so busy but now that I am sitting here it seems that not that much has really happened. Hopefully I will have a new 4th of July post soon. I can hear fireworks outside (no I am not kidding and yes it is 8:30 AM)

We're Back!

We got back from vacation about a week ago (it seems like we have been home for much longer). We had a really fun time, it was our first cruise and we would definitely go again, however, I don't think we would do another 7 day, we would probably be able to do only a 4 day. I guess being pregnant didn't help but by the seventh day I was really ready to get off the ship.

I could detail our trip here but if I did that it would take a long time and then I would save this as a draft and not finish for an even longer time. So very quickly, here are some pics, they hopefully speak for themselves.

These are the towel animals that they left in our rooms. These were our two favorites, except for the swans but I couldn't find the camera for those ones.

These are all in Puerto Rico, we weren't scheduled to go there, but we had to reroute due to rough seas. We went to this cool fort and then walked through old town San Juan back to our ship.

This is Matt in St. Thomas, pretty sure he didn't know I was taking the picture, I still don't think he knows I have this picture. If he knew how to blog he might take it down, but he doesn't so you all get to see it.

I didn't take any pictures in St. Maarten's I was too busy losing my lunch. We went on a catamaran trip and I got totally sick. It was not pretty. We docked on the dutch side and our boat took us to the french side (St. Martin's) to a NUDE beach, and there were a bunch of old french nudies!! hahaha. Then Matt snorkled around, not so much for me because I wasn't feeling so well.

For everyone, I am almost 26 weeks along. I am due September 22nd. We don't know what we are going to name the boy. And yes, as of last post I have only been able to gain a pound. Good news I have packed on another 5, for a grand total of 6. Surely I will stop keeping everyone posted once I start to gain weight in leaps and bounds (hopefully) . The problem is that I have been so sick so it has been pathetically hard to gain, but the baby is still measuring on schedule so that's good.

New Post

If I try to go back and catch up on all the time in between posts....I never will. So basically you get it as is, or not at all. I realize it has been a really long time...Funny when other people don't update their blogs regularly, I get annoyed and still I don't update ours. I still spend a huge amount of time on the computer so I don't enjoy being on that much at home. The main reason however is that I have been sick. I keep waiting for when I finally feel good for 2 days straight (not sure why 2 days will be such a big deal) I have had a couple of days where I have felt okay, but not in a row. For those that don't know, I'm pregnant and sick. It is getting better though but I have stopped waiting for 2 days of relief because I am not certain that it will ever happen.

In more exciting news, the baby is a boy! We had an ultrasound and the tech said it was a boy. This child has the longest legs you have ever seen, we have a picture that is nothing but legs. (I could've waited to post until I scanned said photo in, but then who knows how long it would have been till I posted.) Anyway, I took my pictures to work, where everyone was questioning the gender picture, basically saying that it really wasn't clear enough to tell. So, when I saw my doctor later last week, I asked her if she could tell from this picture. She is friends with my boss so while she was pretty sure, she wanted to get a picture that would convince my boss. we got one and we are SURE that it is a BOY.

This will be a short post, but I have to say, MY PHONE GOT EATEN. Not phone per se, it broke but it ate all my numbers, they are trapped in a phone that will not turn on. Don't get me started on why the phone is so stupid in the first place because WHY DON'T THE NUMBERS save to a SIM card...it's in there doing nothing apparently. Anyways, I need people's numbers. I used to have everyone's number now I have like 5. This is annoying ALL THE TIME as I would like to call people. SO please send me your number or call so that I can have your number...thanks!!!

No pictures today, I have some good ones that I will hopefully post soon. We will try to be more regular posters. I PROMISE!

Catch up

Well, sorry I haven't blogged in so long. It is not for lack of material as much as motivation. I literally spend all day on the computer and truly the last thing I want to do is come home and get on the computer again. Also, now that it has been so long it feels like there would be so much to post about that it would take forever....I think I will just post some pics.

This is Matt in front of the UPS stuff at the aquarium...we take a picture everytime we see UPS stuff and we always laugh so hard because it is stupid but we think its funny!

This is Aaron, Stacey and Dahl touching the sting rays at the aquarium.

And everyone else reaching in the sting ray pool You can see Matt wondering around in the background.

We also got some new stuff. We bought a new King sized bed. All I can say is that I can't believe we didn't get one sooner. It is fantastic. Like sleeping on a cloud!! I bought some new bedding, which I love, and even more since I got it on a big sale!! I made the bed just for this picture and did a kind of crappy job but you get the idea. The colors are eucalyptus and chocolate brown. I ordered other stuff like pillows and a bedskirt but they are on backorder till MARCH, can you believe it. Only two more months...

I also got some new lips. Yes, in my face. I got Juvederm, which is a like Restylane but it is a newer product that has more hylauronic acid in it so it lasts longer. It also goes in smoother so you get a more natural look. I don't know if you can tell the difference in this picture. I was going for subtle, not Angelina Jolie, but you can definately tell the difference in real life!

I think that's it. I will try to post more regularly then I won't feel so far behind and have such lame posts. Also - I got my tree skirt at Pottery Barn, on sale, glad so many of you liked it!

A Christmas Tree?

It has been pretty warm here the past week, as you can see from Matt's flip flops from our Christmas tree trip. About 70 degrees (like 20 celcius for all you Canadians) even though it doesn't ever get very cold here, it is usually down to the low 60's in December. The weather is an important part of our Christmas tree purchase. Because it never gets that cold here, we don't have the same type of foliage as other places...like we have the Leland Cypress tree. And people here, they use that as a Christmas tree. Ummm...NO. It is a very ugly bush-type tree. There are some places that sell the Virginia Pine, also a somewhat ugly tree, however, its biggest problem is that Matt is allergic to pine trees. Then they have the Douglas Fir. This is a fir tree, but it has very long needles, like 1 1/2 to 2 inches. These are the only "christmas type" trees that will grow here. But since they are ugly, they bring in trees from out of state. You can get Fraser Firs from NC, I guess they can grow them there because it actually gets fairly cold there. You CANNOT get a Noble Fir. Anywhere. Fraser Firs are only available at certain tree farms. SO we drove to a tree farm that carried Fraser Firs. And we found a pretty tree. And paid dearly for it. It was way overpriced. I don't know what we are going to do next year, probably get a fake one I guess. We really like our tree this year. It is really pretty and it smells really good. But it was quite the ordeal!

On Saturday night we went out with our friends, Kyle and Almira to dinner. Then we went and saw Casino Royale. The movie was good but I seriously thought it was over about 5 times before it actually ended. I guess we are all lame because all we could talk about it how tired we were after, it was the late show!!

Today I went to the Mart. What is the Mart, you may wonder. Let me tell you, the Mart is the largest wholesale mall in the US. It is a 13 story building with more stores then I have ever seen. Truly it was kind of overwhelming. You have to have a wholesale and a resale license to get in, and you have to prove that you have a legitimate business with a yellow page ad or URL. BUT, lucky for me I have a friend who got us passes to go. So since it is so hard to get in, the Mart isn't really that crowded. It was weird and seriously we couldn't look at everything there. They have all kinds of stuff. You could really make a killing buying stuff and selling it on eBay...which is basically what I guess online retailers do...buy stuff at the Mart and sell it for more online. So eveything is SOOOO cheap. It was really fun to go but kind of crazy. I will have to go again when I have more time and I am more familiar with the layout. They have maps and stuff that people study to get the most out of their trip to the Mart. Crazy!


I can't seem to get a good picture of our tree. If I take it with a flash you can't see the lights, if I take it on a different setting I can't hold the camera still enough and it looks blurry. I think I need to figure out how to use my camera....

Madness

Well I am kind of out of it on the blogging. It seems that the last thing I want to do is spend more time on the computer! I wanted to post some pictures from a while ago. These are from Halloween. The first one is from the night before, right after Sara gave me the idea to be Edward Scissorhands. Thanks for the idea sis! I made the hands in less than an hour and I won a hundred bucks the next day, as you can see from the other picture! Halloween was fun but it already feels like it was SOOO long ago.
This week was Thanksgiving. I don't know that I fully get the American's and their Thanksgiving, we get more days off for Thanksgiving than we do for Christmas, which seems odd, but I definately appreciate the time off. We went to Matt's mom's house for dinner, with John and Lindy. My mom wasn't cooking anything because she isn't American? (yeah, way to get into the spirit) so they came with us!

We had a really good dinner, but the fun began at midnight. I went up to the outlet malls with some of the girls from my work. They were having a midnight madness sale. When we left a 11:30 we couldn't believe how many cars were on the road and we were wondering where they were all going. Yeah, they we going to the outlet malls too!! It was SOOO crowded. They ran out of parking and we had to park across the street. Then they had lines just to get into the stores. And then ofcourse the lines to buy stuff were forever long. We actually had a really good time though. We were all laughing at all the people there. We worked out a system where as soon as we got into the store, someone would stand in line while other people shopped around, then we would take turns until everyone had looked around and usually by then we were at the front of the line. They had some amazing deals. Entire stores were 50% off everything. So we found cute stuff for REALLY cheap. I was surprised though because I thought it would be like boxing day. It was WAY more crazy.

On Saturday we got to see Rob and Haley because they were in town for the Thanksgiving break. They are so fun we wish would could find more friends like them, or that Rob would just drop out of medical school and they would move back here. We went to Ikea with them which was fun, but they were out of everything that we wanted to buy so that was kind of disappointing.

Here are some photos from Thanksgiving.