Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

There's nothing quite like having a Monday off of work and having David home from school all day. I love the holidays, whether or not they are the normal ones I would usually celebrate. We were bored outta our minds, so decided to venture up to Midway with our friends Averi and Elric to look at the Ice Castles. Over all they were pretty cool, but it was WAY overpriced for what you got...especially since all the cool ones were closed to walk through because it was warm out and they started to melt. I wish we would have seen beforehand that we could have walked in for FREE without being seen. I think we were there for a total of 5-10 minutes but at least we got outta the house for a bit.

For those who like seeing preggo-bumps, here's one for you. I can never get enough of them when other people are pregnant. Somehow on me it doesnt feel the same. I feel like a walking blimp.

That one time we were warm...

David and I had a BLAST on our cruise! We ate ourselves silly, enjoyed the shows, swam with stingrays, got hassled and scared by the Jamaicans, got a little bit of a tan, stayed warm, lazed around and just completely enjoyed ourselves....and our waistlines prove it! Grand Cayman was completely AMAZING and beautiful and we're already dying to go back. Jamaica SUCKS the big one. Seriously never ever EVER EVER go there. It's gross and scary and you get offered pot 20 times an hour (and they try to convince you that getting high is good for the baby) and the people are creepy and beg for money or try to sell you crap every 5 secs. When you say no, you're convinced they are going to beat you up or kill you. I was terrified. Everyone that we talked to on the cruise hated Jamaica as much as we did. Unless you wanna die, STAY FAR AWAY! I am not joking. Other than that tramatizing ordeal, every minute was bliss. The shows were fantastic, the food was delectable 24 hours a day, and the company was perfect. :) Here's a few pics of our week of bliss (minus Jamaica!).

Probably the most accurate description of Jamaica...getting wasted and nasty cornrows

A little look at my big preggo belly now. The frown is because I feel SO FAT!

It's a...

Sorry that this post is going to be quick and lame but I thought I'd just quickly say that we're having a....

BOY!!

at first I was super sad because I wanted a girl so badly, but now I'm really glad it's a boy. I like the whole older brother thing and I'm getting more excited now that I've got some super cute clothes. I'm mostly excited to be half way done with the pregnancy and be able to eat more normally. I plumped up at Christmas so hopefully that means little baby boy is getting bigger and not just me! :) We had an ultrasound on Monday and he looks soooo cute. The tech said, "Yep he's still a boy!" so I guess it's official. Sorry for all the people who guess girl, that was my original hope too.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and enjoy your New Year's. David and I are off on a cruise to Jamaica and Grand Cayman for our New Year's and can NOT wait. Hello sun...

Happy 2nd!

Yesterday was our two year anniversary. I cant believe we've been married that long already and no longer have to be labeled "newly weds." David surprised me with tickets to the Utah Jazz game because we had been talking about going FOREVER and reservations to The New Yorker in SLC. The New Yorker was a very swanky, expensive restaurant (you know the kind where you actually have to dress up and they take your coat at the door?) and the food was to die for. Dressing up for me meant getting a preggo dress from Motherhood Maternity last minute yesterday because I discovered that I no longer can squeeze into my skirts. I've gotten big this last week. We had fun trying to eat correctly and not make a fool of ourselves. I had the most amazing steak I have ever had in my life and David had roasted pheasant (sounds weird but I assure you it was awesome....especially nestled over basil mashed potatoes. You'd have to try to to truly understand) . Both were out-of-this world amazing. My dinner also came with creme brulee with fresh fruit and a piroette on top. It was DELICIOUS. Normally I despise creme brulee but this one was awesome. I had my eye on the chocolate mouse sundae but knew better than to eat chocolate (it makes me brutally ill now that I'm preggo....a huge CROCK if you ask me) so I"m glad we went for it. I loved it. We practically had to be wheeled out of the restaurant afterwards because we ate every last thing on the plate. Side note: the bathrooms were so crazy nice too. I stayed in there forever and kept using the creamy, yummy-smelling lotion. I made David go use the restroom just so he could see for himself. haha We stole a bunch of match books when they went to get out coats because we wanted to get our moneys worth. So embarrasssing and white trash, but what can you do??

The game was super fun too. I forgot how much I love going to real games. We were up in the nosebleeds and tried to sneak down at half time. We had it all planned out which seats we were going to steal, but somone miscalculated by one row because the people with the actual tickets came back and made up move. Back up to the nosebleeds for us where nobody checks your tickets. Oh well, it was a great and FUN evening. Happy 2nd sweetie!

It's a....

I have a secret.

I snuck down to the ole Ultrasound stop last night because I absolutely couldn't wait another second to find out what we're having. The second my doctor told me last month that for $25 extra I could find out at 16 weeks, I knew David and I wouldn't last until 20 weeks to know what we're having. I'm very glad I married someone who is as impatient about these things (and everything for that matter) as I am. It would be very inconvenient if he wanted to wait and made me do the same. If that had been the case, I probably still would have snuck out one night to find out and just not mentioned it to him. I am under STRICT STRICT instructions not to tell a living soul what the cutie is until Christmas, but now is the time to place your predictions. Trust me, I bursting at the seams to tell EVERYONE, including random strangers on the street, but I agreed because it was the only way David would let us find out. I would rather keep a secret than not know. David's vote was a boy, mine was a girl. Who is right?? Please guess in the comments area. Any name suggestions are also welcome. We are pretty set in our ways about names, but if a suggestion was good enough, we might be persuaded to reconsider our options. :)

Let the debate begin!

Little lime update

SO, since so many people asked the same questions about the pregnancy, I'll just give you all a little update. First of all, as you can see from the little baby ticker, I'm 12.5 weeks along and the baby is doing GREAT. We had an ultrasound and saw the little bean and HER blinking heartbeat and heard HER heartbeat again last week. I'm starting to relax about it and feel confident that everything will work out this time. Freaking out is not going to help I decided.

Secondly, I've been DEATHLY sick since week 6 on the dot. Hello 24-hour nausea and barfing. Whoever said it was "morning" sickness lied. I took off like 2 weeks straight from work because I literally couldn't get out of bed/stop throwing up/ sit up straight without losing breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For Conference weekend, we went over to Melissa and Brandon's house and I threw up all over our car as David drove down the freeway. That's after he already pulled over 3 times for me to stop and do my business. Needless to say, I don't get in the car now unless I absolutely need to. Basically the couch is my new BFF except for the 5 hours a day I'm forced to be a work.

I've had a few mental breakdowns from the nonstop nausea...poor David. Finally, at week ten I broke down and went to the doc for medication because I coudn't take it another second. She told me that the medication isn't risky and I was at way more risk from being hospitalized for dehydration. The whole appointment was so embarrassing because I literally bawled my eyes out the entire time. She just kept handing me more and more kleenex and I just keep crying. I was so embarrassed but thrilled when she let me get the miracle medication. She prescribed me 2 different kinds of meds--one that makes you really drowsy and one that doesn't. When I went to Walgreens to pick them up, I found out that the drowsy ones were covered by insurance and the nondrowsy ones weren't (and they cost $10 a PILL!!!) I tried the drowsy ones and they were awful. It knocked me out for 5-6 hours straight and then I couldn't wake up from this awful daze/hallucination. I haven't touched them again since. It scared me to death.

I finally decided to bite the bullet and try the other ones so I forked over $100 for 10 pills to see if they worked. I took one pill and within 15 minutes: VOILA I'm fixed. I have never felt so good. I only allowed myself to have one a day (during work hours) because of the extreme price. I was SO mad when I found out last week that Costco sells them for $1.00 each from my doctor. Why she failed to mention that in the first place make me SO mad. $250 BIG ONES down the drain and I could have only spent $30. Oh well, live and learn. Now that they're cheaper, I get 2 a day. :)

The baby is due May 15th and we get to find out if it's a GIRL or boy right before Christmas and are so excited. Im dying to have a girl but we'll be happy with just a healthy baby. I think David secretly wants a boy but he thinks baby girls are cuter too. I'm restraining myself from buying anything pink until we find out. I still don't feel good by any stretch of the imagination, but at least I can control the barfing to once a day or less. I eat the same things every single day because I HATE 99% of food. It's embarrassing to admit that I eat an entire bag of potato chips by myself every other day. I don't really care though because they are the ONLY thing that consistently tastes good and doesn't make me sick. Besides I've lost 4 lbs so I'm not worried about it anyhow. I can NOT wait until I feel good all the way. If I'm one of the 10% that's sick all 9 months, someone will die. Anyhow, that's what's been going on in my world lately.

Costumes delivered

As promised, here are pics of our costumes for Halloween 2010. Let me just say, I think they are the best yet. I thought last year would be hard to out due, but this year's were much better...in my professional opinion. We had such a fun Halloween this year. David's mom and dad and sister, Cassie, came to visit us. We took them to the Haunted Forest Friday night and then costume bowling on Saturday night, along with going out to dinner all dressed up. David and I got some dirty looks from the older generations, but they just don't know what's cool. I don't care what they say, our costumes were tight! Hope you had a blast too!

In case there's any question as to what we are: I'm a pimp and David's my ho. And Yes we went there. lol