Cruisin'

We got back from our 7 day Mexican Riviera cruise this week. It was actually a 10 day vacation though because we drove and stopped in Vegas both ways. We went with Darrin's two brothers and their wives making a total of 6 in our traveling party. Can I just say we had SO SO SO SO SO much fun and it's really not as fun getting back to real life?

The down side of the cruise is that I got real sea sick! Sheesh that boat was a rockin'! But the upside was everything else: The sun, the ports (Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta), THE FOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!, the entertainment, the company we were with, did I already say the food? I want to say it again: The FOOD!!!

If you haven't been on a cruise, you should go on one! For what you get, they're really inexpensive! Wait, let me rephrase that: they're really inexpensive UNLESS you drink and/or gamble. And we don't do either of those so it was SUPER worth the money! We paid $791 for BOTH OF US for our 7 day cruise + gratuities.

Our Royal Carribean cruise ship, the Mariner of the Seas, had an ice rink onboard, a rock climbing wall, roller blading rink, mini golf coarse, pools, hot tubs, fitness center, and the list goes on!

In the ports we went snorkeling (amazing!!!), Kiaking, Boogie Boarding, saw a sea turtle in the wild, lots of sea lions, and tons of pelicans. Needless to say we had a BLAST!

Here are A LOT of pics:

It's a.......

It's a BOY!! A healthy boy with ten fingers, ten toes, and all his parts. We couldn't be happier! We got to spend an hour today just watching our little handsome man. The ultrasound tech was AWESOME!!! So informative and just loved watching our baby with us. I must say, he's so adorable I love him so much already! Here, let me prove to you how stinkin' cute he is:




Third Picture Down: Just about to suck his thumb!

Fourth Picture down: Isn't it the cutest profile ever?!

Last Picture: Ok, honestly didn't know if I should post this or not. But decided to take my chances and prove that he IS a boy!

So, do you understand how handsome MY little man is?! I mean, come on, you cannot deny it!
On a side note, we're leaving for our Mexican cruise on FRIDAY!!! YAY!!! So, I'm sure next post will include stories of our adventures. Until then...

16 weeks

Well folks, I'm now 16 weeks and 3 days along in the pregnancy. I'm in an awkward stage now where I feel like I've sort of popped out a bit and I cannot fit into my jeans but the jeans I try on at maternity stores are too big. Actually the belly usually fits fine it's the actual jeans that are too big :(.
But, as some of you know, I had to go out and find another doctor and choose another hospital to deliver at because of insurance. I was really bummed but I think it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I met my new doctor, Dr. Eric Nielson, yesterday and LOVED him! He really took the time to answer all my questions and concerns and the atmosphere was great. And a special thanks to my mamma who came along to the docs because Darrin was working. A
nd...GUESS WHAT?! We get to do the big ultrasound where we find out the sex and all in 11 days from now!!! YAY!!! And then two days later we leave for our cruise! I'm so so so excited! YAY!

Christmas!

Well, Christmas started off not so great but turned out fantastic! It began when I woke up at 4am to throw up and I had this MASSIVE headache. Then took meds and went back to sleep. Then had to wake up twice more to throw up. No fun. And come on...on Christmas?! Finally Zofran offered me relief from up-chucking and I was able to get back to sleep till it was time to see if Santa came. He did :)!

Darrin is such a sweetheart and spoiled me rotten. He even got me scrapbook paper that says, "Welcome Baby Boy!" on it. haha. He'd better hope he's right about that :). And rather than an orange at the bottom of my stocking he put an artichoke. haha. My favorite ever!!!

After we had our own little Christmas we headed to my parents where we had lots of fun with our new PJ's that we get every year. We ate lots, did our gift exchange, stories and visiting. My parents got everyone huge digital photo frames that have sound for music and everything! We're super excited about it!

Then off to Darrin's family's where even our little unborn baby got gifts! As always, we had a lot of fun over there too!

So, Merry Christmas and onto the New Year!


My little nephew, Joshua, had so much fun that he became tired and fell asleep like this right on the floor :)

Oh BABY!...

Well, I think it's time I spilled the beans...I'm Prego! In two days I will be 14 weeks along and I am due on June 22, 2010. That's kinda why I haven't blogged in such a very long time. It's because I had this incredibly exciting news but didn't want to tell the whole world until I heard the heartbeat. Well, we've heard the heartbeat now and it sounds great! So, now I can finally shout it out to the whole world! YAY! We're really excited about it and can't wait to meet our little one. I can't explain how amazing the heartbeat was to hear though. It was like music to my ears and I've played back the video we took of the heartbeat MANY times!

Although we're super stoked, it hasn't been all fun and games. Unfortunately, I've been real sick :(. Why on earth do they call it "morning sickness" anyways? It's SO not only in the morning! WARNING: It can strike anytime and anywhere! So, it's been rough with such an unpredictable health tablet.

But I'm pretty much finished up with the first trimester, so hopefully goodbye sickness soon!!! (anyone who's willing: some extra prayers wouldn't hurt :)).

Pictures taken in order of 4, 8, and 12 weeks :)

Another SURPRISE!!!

Well, last week Darrin SURPRISED me! He marked in my planner that we had a double date for last Wednesday. Then when Wednesday came he was being super secretive and at 3:00 in the afternoon he asked me if I was ready to go. I was really confused because you know, usually you don't go on dates until 6ish. So he told me to go wait in the car and not look at him when he came out. Then he began driving toward Park City. He asked if I had any ideas about what we were going to do on this date. I named some off and he just laughed saying, "well, to do any of those things we would need money. We don't have money so all of those things you mentioned are out!" In my mind I'm thinking, 'well then what on earth are we doing here?!' So confusing. He then pulls up to this really nice condo resort and says that we're going to have a two night get-away. Just the two of us. HOLY COW!!!!!! And goes on to say that we don't have to pay a penny! HOLY COW!!!!! It turns out that our friends got the condo for a week but couldn't use it the last two days so they asked Darrin if he wanted to take me.

We had SO SO SO much fun! It was just what I needed. So relaxing. Very romantic and just FUN! Don't I have the sweetest husband EVER?!