Quite the cook

Dear Friends,

On Friday we decided to have an "easy dinner" and do breakfast. I cooked some french toast, sausage and hash browns. On Saturday Pat informed me it's the best meal I've ever made him. I was and am so embarrassed. So, if you happen to read this, please send me some cooking tips and/or your favorite recipe, I clearly need the help!

Signed,

Domestically Challenged

My big day!

While I know most everyone at this point knows my news, I thought I should write an official blog documenting how I celebrated my 29th Birthday! I spent my birthday (or at least part of it) at the doctor's office, having my first official ultra sound! I personally thought it was the perfect birthday present I could get and honestly the only thing I asked for. My dear doctor agreed to let me have it a few days earlier then normal so it'd be on my big day. I am excited to report that my "motherly instinct" was correct and IT'S A BOY! The second the technician pointed out his little boy part I got all teary eyed and then couldn't stop the rest of the visit. It was the most incredible thing to see all his little body parts and get confirmation that his organs are growing and developing just as they should! After the appointment we packed up the car and headed to Boise to celebrate the rest of my birthday weekend! It was a great great day and I am so excited to meet my little boy in the next several months! 29 is going to be great! Happy Birthday to Me!

*not the most attractive photo ever, but that's my 20 week baby bump

and one very goofy but proud papa*

Pat's Birthday in Bean Town

For Pat's Father's Day/Anniversary/Birthday Present I decided to "surprise" him with a trip to Boston. The plan was to tell him on our anniversary and then actually be there on his birthday, but I'm horrible at keeping a secret, so it didn't quite work out that way! I did manage to spend all the money for the trip without telling him!

Day 1 - After a very early morning (woke up at 4) and a very long airplane ride, we arrived in Boston and managed to get a very cranky very deaf cab driver. Even with his profanity we refused to let it bug us, because we had finally made it and it was clear even from the cab that Boston is a beautiful city! We stayed at the Marriott Copley which attached to two very high end shopping centers. When we arrived we decided to walk over to Fenway Park and for the record, I totally underestimated how out of shape, pregnant, and tired I was! I was very thankful to make it back to the hotel and rest up for day two.

Day 2 - The second day was Pat's birthday and the reason for the entire trip - to go see the Red Sox play! Sadly the day was pretty rainy (as was the rest of the trip) but we still managed to get to Fenway and see 90% of a baseball game. The game took six hours with all the rain delays, and the Sox ended up losing but neither of us minded, we were at Fenway and it was awesome! We bought plenty of Red Sox gear and of course stadium food - it was a pretty great day!

Pat enjoying is sausage sandwich on Yawkey Way!

Sitting in our awesome covered seats at the stadium

and the only picture we took of the two of us the entire trip!

Day 3 - On the third day we toured the city and managed to figure out the subway system! Our first stop was at Flour Bakery and it was delicious! We then headed downtown to check out some historic Boston sites. We saw the State House, the site of the Boston Massacre, Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall. We loved all the old historic buildings mixed in with the new and modern. As I said before, Boston is a beautiful city!

Day 4 - By day four we were both pretty tired and Pat had come down with a cold, but we didn't let that hold us back. We jumped on the subway and headed over to Harvard. Such an amazing beautiful campus. I loved just hanging around and being in the college environment, for a brief moment (very brief) I wished I could go back to school!

Day 5 - This was our last day in Boston, but we had a pretty late flight, so we managed to see the Boston library, Trinity church and take the duck tour. We really should have done the duck tour on the first day so we had a better idea about the city, but it turned out to be the perfect way to spend those last few hours where we had to be out of the hotel but it was much too early for our flight!

Overall it was a great trip and we look forward to going back one day to catch an entire Red Sox series next time!

Happy Daddy's Day

Once a daddy's girl, always a daddy's girl.

I love you dad!

Pregnancy Woes

So I haven’t really blogged as much about pregnancy as I thought I would. I really thought I’d have a lot to say about it, and I suppose I do but, I keep my mouth shut because I don’t want to be a whiner. Don’t get me wrong, I am thrilled to be pregnant, but the truth is, it’s not that fun. The things I’ve experienced lately have consisted of breaking my nightly bathroom trip record. I hit five times last night, and what was more depressing was the realization that the number is only going to increase. In direct correlation to this I've been 20 minutes late to work every day this week as I can't seem to pull myself out of bed at 5:30. Or, I’m at this lovely stage where I don’t look pregnant I just look fatter than normal. This situation has created ridiculous levels of paranoia where I am convinced that every random passerby is judging me for being so grotesquely overweight, which in turn causes me to want to scream really horrible profanities at them. I luckily have been able to refrain from this behavior so far. Or the other day Pat wanted to discuss something that immediately made me angry and I refused to talk about it. I let him know I was too tired and grumpy and perhaps we could talk about it the following day. Or the guilt I feel every time I drink a Coke and wonder if this is going to be the one that does permanent damage (yes, I am a horrible mother who hasn’t given up soda).

Basically being pregnant has really brought out the pleasant, positive, upbeat side of me.

I’d hate for you to think it's all negative. I do have my monthly doctor's appointments that I confess give me a bit of anxiety, however, every time I hear that little heartbeat mine skips a beat and then I remember that I really do love being pregnant, even if I don’t have many positive things to say about it.

Oh Wednesday...

3:00 a.m. - woke up suffering from a horrible allergy attack.

5:30 a.m. - alarm goes off - "accidently" sleep for 20 more minutes

6:45 a.m. - throw up

7:20 a.m. - stuck in grid lock on I-15

8:45 a.m. - tear a huge hole in my pants

other things happened today, but really, once you tear a hole in your pants, what else is there to say.

Happy Days

May 23, 2009

Husband & Wife

June 5, 2010

Sealed for Time and All Eternity

Loved you then.

Love you now.

Will love you forever.

Happy Anniversaries.