Here are some pictures of the nursery we finished up just in time for our baby shower this past weekend. It looks a little cluttered because I have all my gifts displayed! Daddy did such a great job getting this room ready! He even installed the chair rail. His first shot at it ever and it turned out just perfectly, just like about 99% of the other things he does! I wonder if he would say such nice things about me??? Nevermind, who am I kidding?

I can't show you the whole bathroom right now because he's in there working. But you get the idea....inspired by Daddy....MONKEYS!

This is me these days. I am now 34.5 weeks and pretty large. But, I've been "large" for a long time, so at this point I don't feel any bigger than "usual." In fact, I've been big for so long that I actually don't think I'm all that big anymore....but my friends say that I'm just used to it....I'm PLENTY big!
This belly makes my butt look small....that's MY Theory of Relativity!

Here are a few of our maternity shots!

And this picture is my favorite of them all!!!!! :-)

Yesterday we found out the baby's true identity: a GIRL. Dan was in shock. I was also in shock. Dan had told me so many, many, many, many times that he "only put in boys" that he nearly had me convinced. I was duped. LOL. So we were having the ultrasound and a friend from work told me if it was a girl I would see "equal signs" on the ultrasound. The technician said "here's the baby's bottom" and I shouted out "IT'S A GIRL!!!" She said yes, it looks like a girl! I looked over at Dan and bless his little heart he was about to cry. Then that made me cry. I know he wasn't crying because he was mad or upset...I think he was just so happy to finally know what it was and I think that the baby melted Daddy's heart right there in the ultrasound room. Dan is scared of girls because he knows he's gonna be wrapped around her little finger! I was kinda upset that I just gave him a daddy's girl because I was kinda wanting a mommy's boy! You know, just so I could have the baby all to myself! :-) I bet the baby will have a big butt and Dan is betting that she will have a big second toe (he even tried to see it on the ultrasound). Bless her heart. Blond hair, blue eyes, junk in the trunk, and bossy. Just like me! Hopefully she'll get her daddy's common sense and handy skills! :-)

Well we finally had somewhere to go! Dan's company had a PE dinner (that's Professional Engineer's) and he is a PE now! (I took the test Friday and I am not so sure I will be a PE until I take it again). Anyway, I hadn't been cute in a good while because I can't wear makeup because when I throw up it gets in my eyes and burns. I had given up on being cute until I pulled dress out of the closet! I felt sassy, finally! I love my belly....I think it's just so cute. It's just a little bigger than normal. ha ha. I think I have gained most of my weight right in the belly. I am 5 months in this picture. I just looked back at a picture talken about 7 weeks ago where I THOUGHT my belly was big, but it was just a joke I played on myself! ;-)
Dan looks hot too, by the way. That little hottie. I'm gonna go find him right now!

Happy 4th Anniversary!!

For our 4th anniversary we took a trip to Denver, CO. We spent some time with Dan's great uncle and took a train ride to Glenwood Springs to swim in the snow! The train ride was BEAUTIFUL. We saw beautiful wildlife including bald eagles, elk, deer, mountain sheep, and lots more! I didn't feel good on the trip at all...I was "morning sick" the entire time. I hope I didn't ruin Dan's trip! I tried to not complain as best as I could. We had a great time in the hot springs pool! I think that was the only time I felt good during the whole trip! I love Dan so much and I can't believe we have already been married for 4 years!!!

Here's a pic from our first ultrasound back in February.

I have not been a very faithful blogger. Since my last post we had an anniversary, spent a week in Colorado, and been to the Dr. several times. I have been so sick I have spent any spare time in the bed, just trying to sleep through the nausea. I have been so HUNGRY that every night I have been having to get up and eat at least once and up to 3 times. This helps control the nausea because getting hungry actually makes me throw up.

I have the biggest test of my life coming up in April. It is the PE, or professional engineer's exam. It's to get my license to make me legal and all. I was supposed to be studying since January but due to being so sick I have just been unable to do it. Now, though, I am one month away, and feeling some better, so I have plans to study in most of my free time between now and April. This likely means that I still won't be adding pictures of updating the blog regularly. I just can't justify playing around when I am not polished for that exam.

The baby is doing good. We should find out what it is around the middle of April. I am very excited about finding out. My stomach is poking out everywhere. I kind of like it; at least I like having an excuse to let it all hang out! All indications from the Drs. are that the baby looks very healthy...and if it's true that sick pregnancies produce healthy babies, then it will be one of the healthiest babies ever born!! :-)

The Dr. visit last week was pretty uneventful. We didn't do anything exciting. But I did get an official due date: September 1. I go back on Valentine's Day, and we should be able to hear the baby's heartbeat. How sweet! :-)

The nausea has continued but I did get some better drugs at my Dr. visit. I am taking Zophran, a powerful nausea medicine. I have been impressed with it. Even though I'm still not running at 100%, it has controlled the actual vomiting (but the feeling of it only SOMEWHAT). But any improvement is welcomed!

Greetings friends and family!! We have exciting news to share: We have a bun in the oven! My first Dr. visit is next week, so for right now all I know to say is We're Pregnant! I have been pretty much sick for the last week or two. It pretty much stinks right now but hopefully I will be out of this stage soon! I'll keep you updated when I have news to share!

This is the bay side in its natural setting. You miss this at the public beaches!