Showers and Such

Have I ever told you guys how much I love my nieces? They are so much fun to be around. This past weekend, Hailey had her dance recital, and they danced to "Heigh Ho!" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Shes the one on the left below, and obviously at this point, they are saying "Heigh Hooooooo!"

Sweet lil girl after her dance

Aunt Kimmy and Hailey

I also had a weekend of showers....babies and wedding! Both were so much fun! My friend Erin is due at the end of July, having a baby boy named Cash! I think she looks AWESOME for being 8 months pregnant! She's my inspiration...haha!

8 months and 4 months pregnant

I lost this game!

Me, Erin, Elizabeth, Steph

Suzy's wedding shower

Cindy, Suz, Kelly

Opening lots of fun stuff

We decided to take 'school pics' and pose like we did in 6th grade!

Love these girls!

Us with the bride to be

Overall, it was a great weekend!

16 weeks, just posting a little late

Okay, so now that it's almost time for my 18 week shot, I am posting the 16 week one. Im a little behind, but I have good intentions! Not a lot of belly yet, but it's definitely grown since this pic!

16 weeks 5/31/10

Mmmm...Fruit...Veggies!

I LOVE FRUIT! I mean, I am seriously having an affair with fruit! I have eaten so much fruit and vegetables lately, it's insane. You should see our fridge...packed FULL with grapes, apples, bananas, strawberries, kiwi, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce.....IT'S MY HEAVEN!


And I think I could eat all of this for lunch today, with no problems! I guess it's better than craving something like hamburgers daily....(hmmm those sound good now too!) But I think I'll stick with fruit as long as possible.

Countdown to finding out boy or girl: 6 DAYS!

Any guesses?

Give it up to our Troops

I would never want to dismiss or overlook the real meaning of today. I feel like it's so important to remember all the people who are giving up their lives everyday for all of us. I have such respect for all the people I know who have served in the military, especially my Father-In-Law. But I also thank God every day that he retired after over 20 years of serving, because he made it possible for Eric and I to meet and fall in love! (Cheesy I know, but I seriously think about that all the time)

Today, Eric and I watched a movie called "Taking Chance," and it was so good. If you haven't seen it, it's definitely one that will make you think. There is so much tradition and respect within the military community that I have never seen or experienced, and I think it's pretty amazing. There's not a lot of action to this movie, but its about a marine who escorts a fallen soldier home. We really liked it, although it made me a little emotional.

A Great Weekend

This weekend we started off lake season with a BANG! I can't remember the last Memorial Weekend where we had great weather, the lakes weren't flooding, or the wind wasn't blowing umbrellas down the beach and white-capping the lake. No matter what anyone was doing this weekend, I hope you were outside!

It was SOOOOO sunny, we needed a little break from the sun!
Hailey was such a fish! And Uncle Eric loved swimming with her

Nana and Cruz

Hanging out at the beach

Blackburns

Campbells

Matchy matchy

Hailey with the boys

Reagan must love the boat, b/c she slept a TON

Cheese!

Wearing her hat like Uncle Eric

The babies' Nana holding down the fort...or boat

Me with 2 tired babies

Our boat tied up with the Campbells at West Beach

We had a great weekend!

Exciting News!

I got a call yesterday from my dr, saying that they needed to change my Ultrasound appt that was supposed to be on the 16th. At first I was bummed b/c I was sure they were gonna move me back a week or so. But then she actually changed it to the 9th! So now we get to find out what we're having a whole week earlier! I hope we can actually see something!

Cross your fingers, but baby don't cross your legs! LOL!

Home Improvement Projects

Ahhhh.....Home Improvement. I love you and I hate you...

This past weekend, we had decorative curbing insatlled in our front gardens. We're so happy with it, and it looks great! But of course we couldn't stop there, NO, we then had to change out all the mulch so that it complemented the curbing and the brick color better. So we loaded down Eric's truck with ridiculous amounts of mulch and top soil. Well, really, there is no WE, I did it all! Eric and Ray were absolutely no help in lifting these 40 pound bags! (Yea right! I sat on the ground and drank lemonade and told them what they were doing wrong!)

My little helper for the day!

Here's the finished product, black mulch in all beds, and curbing complete!

Our lawn is actually much greener just in the past few days, so don't judge

Notice my new plant in the pot...I dont wanna talk about it

If you're keeping score, Planters - 3, Me - -$200

Last night, Erics Dad came over and we grilled some yummy deliciousness! Normal people make chicken and veggies, or steak and potatoes, or something like that. But when Ray is eating, we have to EXPERIMENT! So we made stuffed Jalepenos (deeeee-licious!), homeade potato chips, and of course some bbq chicken.

All our hard work on the grill!

The homeade potatoes are a work in progess, but they were still good. And we always love to grill outside. Im loving this weather b/c right now, we could do that every night!