Merry Christmas!

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. We had so much fun, as we had people over to our new house. Brian's family came to celebrate - so we had good food, good company and a generally good time. Here are some pictures of the evening. Tessa riding Thor
Tessa laughing at the cheetah
Mommy Vicki holding Tessa

Me and my sister-in-law Vicki
Me and my baby boy
Vicki, Nate and Tessa
Me and Boo (Baby George inside)
Me and my niece!

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Baby is healthy!

Today was the anatomical ultrasound. She measured his kidneys and heart and head and femur, etc, etc to make sure he was growing correctly and looks healthy. He is! He's still measuring 4 days bigger than they previously thought, so that makes my due date May 21 instead of May 25. The earlier the better, right? I want to play with our little one!

Here's a picture of this week's belly. As you can see, I'm getting bigger despite losing 1.5 pounds. Go figure? So long as Baby Boy is healthy, I'm happy. Gaining only a few pounds for the whole pregnancy wouldn't be terrible either. We'll see what happens though, I'm not even halfway there.

Here are some pictures of the baby. There are 2 of his feet. I'm hoping he doesn't take after his Daddy and have gigantic feet...at least not before he comes out of me! There are 2 pictures of his gigantic testicles. Even Brian could make them out today. Again, Baby Boy George was sitting so that as soon as the ultrasound tech put the wand on my tummy he was sitting there with his butt up and his testicles hanging out in the breeze. She immediately confirmed that we are having a boy. He's certainly not shy, so he's more like his Mommy than his Daddy in that sense.

Week before Christmas

Hello my loyal readers!

I hope everyone had a wonderful week before Christmas. I worked as hard as I could. I had to get my Christmas shopping done, because who has time during the semester?! I also had to finish grades for Psych 100, which is a huge pain and shouldn't have been my responsibility. Anyhow, then, of course, I have all this research stuff going on that I need to get under control. I'm doing my best!

Friday night we left the house for the first time in awhile. And by "leaving the house" I mean, we went out with people. It was Emily's birthday so we went to downtown to have dinner with her and a bunch of her friends. That was a lot of fun.

This weekend has consisted of us organizing the house, getting a Christmas tree and decorating it and taking the dogs on walks/ to the dog park. I LOVE the dog park. I go all the time with the puppies and then they sleep all afternoon. It's simply wonderful. There are TONS of Huskies down here too, so they're like a big pack of snow dogs. We just need a sled.

Anyhow, I need to get to work but I figured I'd make my weekly post. I'll probably post something tomorrow (with ultrasound pictures!!) and then again after Christmas. Have a VERY Merry Christmas!

This week in review

Hi! This week was long and hard but now it's over! I worked hard all week and then we went to Catalina...not that I enjoyed it. Oh no, sadly I was grading papers and tests and calculating final grades for Psych 100. That took the whole weekend. Brian was packing up furniture to send home for one of our guest rooms (yes, there are multiple guest rooms so you're invited over!).

The puppies appeared to enjoy the Catalina house and Brian took lots of photos of them.

I also have a new belly picture which is astoundingly large. I don't feel as big as I look, but I feel pretty big. Any day now I'm going to stop wearing baggy clothes and people are going to notice the bump....

Birthday and Tummy

Brian completely spoiled me for my birthday this week. He brought me roses on Monday and again on Friday. He took me out to Spago for my birthday on Saturday night (that was after a prenatal massage). I have the best husband ever and he sure does know how to spoil me! 26 has been very good to me so far. This picture was taken just before dessert and let me tell you - it's a good thing my tummy is under the table!


Thor was resting after a tough photo shoot. For those of you who get Christmas cards from us, this year was quite festive. All 4 of us are wearing Santa hats. The puppies love their hats and want to wear them EVERYDAY for the rest of forever. Ok, not really. They hated it. It was a LONG photo shoot and we got maybe 2 cute pictures. It was a fun experience though - and Thor slept through the entire thing. He's so cute.


Finally, here is the tummy picture. I don't know if it is a 16 week picture or a 16 1/2 week picture. According to the sonogram place I am measuring a half of a week ahead of my first due date...so it looks like my new due date would be May 21st. That's a good date. :-) Anyhow, I've definitely popped out a little bit. Brian went and got me 3 new pairs of pants and a cute new gray sweater to keep me warm. I wonder how big the tummy will get?

News!

Hi there!

Sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks. Things have been nuts but we're all moved into the house, just unpacking and dealing with the endless stream of workmen. Hopefully the house will be done before Christmas because we're having family over this year. Anyhow, here are some pictures of the insides of the house. I warn you that there are still lots of boxes at this point. I think I took these on Sunday (when we finally unpacked the camera).

Our bath:

Kitchen 1 (it's obviously a mess in this picture)

Kitchen view 2Looking down on the living room
Baby's room!
Master bedroom fireplace
Master bedroom bed

Thor resting after a hard day of unpacking

The dining room (again, a mess)
Half of the office
The family room (part of it)
Nala resting after a long day of unpacking

In addition, I got really impatient waiting to find out the baby's sex. When I decided I couldn't wait any longer I asked Brian if we could go get a sonogram at the First Look Sonogram place. I called and they said they could take us in an hour! So, we went and found out that we're having a little boy!!! Here are some 2-D and 4-D pictures of Baby Boy George.

The baby's boy part are right below that arrow

The baby laying somewhat upside down

Baby curled up in the fetal position (head up) Baby looking right at us! Covering his little eyes!
A yawn!
The pee-pee
His umbilical cord

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi there!

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family. We were able to spend the holiday with my mother-in-law, her hubby, and my brother-in-law. I was super disappointed when I found out that I wouldn't be able to cook this year. I'm so thankful that they cooked a yummy meal for us. I also got to talk to my big brother, which was great.

This is the time of year when I get very nostalgic and really miss my mom. I find myself thinking about what she would think or do if she were here. Or how we would have celebrated the holidays together. Or her thoughts on us having a baby. I have all these questions about her pregnancy and what I was like as an infant. These aren't really things I heard about very much...I probably know more about Brian's infancy than my own! My family was just never big on reminiscing on the past. Anyhow, I like to think of all the things I am thankful for - these things include: Brian, my family (including in-laws!), friends who make my life so full and happy, our puppies, our freedom, my ability to do what I want to do (academically), and of course, our little bundle of joy. There's so much to be thankful for and this is just a little bit of my very, very extensive list. Thanks to all of you who care enough about me to read this thing and follow mine and Brian's exciting adventure.

After the holiday, we spent the rest of the weekend packing, as we are FINALLY scheduled to move on Friday. I hope it doesn't get pushed back again! I'm sleeping in that house on Friday night! We may not have hot water or heat but I'll be there!! The pool starts on December 3 and then, of course, that Friday is an extremely important day! If you don't know what it is, I'm not telling you. Brian motivated me to do a LOT of packing this weekend by telling me that he'd take me to the Bee Movie if I was really good. I was REALLY good and he took me to see it! It was so cute and I HIGHLY recommend it! I just love Seinfeld though.

Ok, and in final news, my tummy is growing. Yes, it is. I'm either chubby or pregnant - hopefully it will look a little bit more like a pregnant belly in the near future, but here it is:

Vegas

Hi there!

We just returned from a fun filled weekend in Vegas. We arrived on Friday afternoon and were able to hang out with Jeff and Holly (my brother and his fiance) for a few hours. There are so cute together! Here are some pictures of the evening. We even had margaritas...of course mine was a virgin.

Then we went to an 11 pm showing of Chris Rock. He's a good performer but I don't think he's very funny. His jokes are quite racist and make me uncomfortable. I also think he swears too much and is very vulgar. Needless to say, I was exhausted BEFORE the show began, so when we were done at 1:30 am I was barely able to open my eyes. Then we headed back to the Red Rock Hotel - which is quite a ways from the Strip. Brian's car tells him how many miles he has left on that tank and he was desperately avoiding getting gas BUT....the car went to --. That means there are NO miles left. What it really means (as we came to find out) is that there is one more gallon left in the tank. Well, he also has a feature on his car that tells him where the nearest gas station is...so we thought we were safe. We turned on that function and followed the directions, against our better judgment. We ended up in a cul-de-sac with no gas and a freaked out, tired me. My only response was "I don't push." I'm pregnant - and I'm cranky - and I'm tired and there's no way he was going to get me to push. Anyhow, we coasted down a major street that hit another major street and - WA LA! Gas. I was never so excited to be at a gas station in my whole life. And then I about passed out.

Saturday was spent shopping. We arrived at the mall at 11:50 am and left at 7:30 pm. We walked and walked and shopped and shopped. With a new baby and a new house on the way there was a lot of shopping to be done. I bought some maternity clothes (which were on sale, of course) and we got Brian a Christmas present. At 8 pm we saw Jerry Seinfeld. He was the funniest person in the whole world! We had an amazing time at the show, laughing until I cried. He has great delivery.

This morning we woke up, took a belly picture - it feels bigger than it looks - and drove home. Now I have some work to do. The puppies are sleepily back at home. I think they enjoyed their weekend at camp.

My bump is growing!

Well, if you scroll down to the last post you can see the 11 weeks belly picture. This is the 12 week belly picture and it is, in my opinion, substantially larger than it was last week. Or maybe those are the 2 cinnamon rolls I ate Saturday morning? There IS a bump there - no arguing!