Bleh

I have so much heartburn/acid that I can't even swallow. I feel like I am drowning and my throat is on fire!

That's all.

Carry on.

7 Months

Alright, I have successfully completed 7 months of pregnancy. Phew. Only 7 weeks (hopefully less but probably MORE, bleh!) to go. I am starting to understand what it means to feel "uncomfortable". I can't breathe, he likes to dig his heels in my rib cage, I can't sleep, it's getting harder to walk without waddling...basically, I am doing AWESOME! :)

Okay, now I need some input from any mothers out there. I have NO IDEA what a baby might need. I was trying to put together a registry and I think I came up with like 5 things. What are some "must haves"?

The Birthday Boy

Can I just tell you how much I love my husband? Celebrating his birthday is one of my favorite parts of the year. He is so easy-going and fun and being able to plan things to help him have a really special day just makes it even more fun for me.

This year, we had some things we had to get taken care of including the DMV and getting new tires. Being the sport he is, he was totally fine with doing it on his birthday. Although it was tedious, it meant that I got to take some time off of work and spend the morning with him; which I think is a bonus. I mean, going to the DMV and getting tires is lame, but being able to spend time doing it together made it a lot more fun.

After we finished, he dropped me off at work and then went to have lunch and go shopping with his mom and one of his sisters. From what I hear, he had a lot of fun. I would have loved to go with them...dumb work! I mean...I am really grateful that I have a job.

Any way, I decided to plan two separate dinner options as a surprise to him and just give him a choice of going North or South. So when he picked me up, I just asked him, "Up or Down?". His choice was Up, so off we went to Roseville! I let him start guessing where we were going to go and giving him clues. He had no idea where I was taking him! It was a lot of fun. I am not super spontaneous, but he loves surprises, so we both had a blast. He never did guess where we were going, and we ended up at....

DAVE AND BUSTER'S!

Neither of us had been there, but had both wanted to try it. Needless to say, we had an absolute BLAST.

This is us at the beginning after I just kicked his trash and won tons of tickets doing a horse racing game.

I know this picture is blurry...I suck at pictures. Here's Jared with all of the tickets we were winning!

Here's a non-blurry picture, but you can't really see any of the games. *Sigh* Did I mention I am not a very good photographer?

This is Jared's "game face" for playing Air Hockey. He had to redeem himself after I beat him at four straight games of Trivia! hahaha

This was a game that reminded us of "Tower of Terror" at California Adventure (our FAVORITE). It was called the Haunted Hotel, I think. Any way, it was a pretty cool game and helped us get excited for our Disneyland trip next Thanksgiving!

All in all, it was a really fun night. I love Jared and I am so grateful to have him be in my life. Here's to many many MANY more birthdays!

Happy Birthday!

Am I allowed to wish myself Happy Birthday? Okay, the truth is, I just couldn't think of a better title for my post! ; )

(This is what I came home to, thanks to my incredible older sister, Bethany. She is so dang awesome!)

I had a great birthday! I had tons of fun and felt lots of love from all my friends and family. At work my friend Elena and her daughter Mya brought me a surprise mini-apple fritter and a chocolate milk (YUMMY!). Then my co-workers went to Ettore's, which is the most incredible bakery ever, and bought a fresh fruit basket cake. Luckily for my hips, I was all sweet-ed out from the fritter, so I only had a couple of bites, but let me just tell you it was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

The best part of my birthday was getting off of work 3 hours early so that Jared and I could spend the evening together. He took me down to Tracy (about an hour south of us) so that we could go to our favorite BBQ place, Famous Dave's.

It was yummy and we had an absolute blast. There was a mall right by Famous Dave's so we decided to go and walk off all the food. I bought a super cute birthday outfit and then he and I each got our FAVORITE Christmas movies on DVD. My choice was "Santa Claus, The Movie" and Jared's was "A Muppet Christmas Carol". On our way home from Tracy, we saw this little beauty from the freeway and decided to go and check it out!

There was a farm that did a Christmas light show. It was basically a two mile long light show that you could drive through in your car. Unfortunately, we didn't think to bring our camera, so all of these pictures are courtesy of Jared's phone.

So I am not sure if you can tell from this photo, but these lights were brilliant! These are actually six elves playing volleyball! That thing in the middle is the net. : )

How awesome is this? I felt like I was getting ready to enter Space Mountain! I know the pictures don't do justice, but this light show made me really happy :)

All in all, it was a great day. I feel so blessed to be at home again and surrounded by family and friends. Thank you to all those who wished me a happy birthday and helped me celebrate!

In case you were wondering...

YES! The construction has already started again this morning! On a better note, here are some cute pictures of my niece Elaine:

The Rantings of a Pregnant Woman

Now, I am all about making things beautiful and I KNOW that sometimes it requires a little remodeling, but I have to tell you that I am about to poke out my eyeballs right now! Blame it on my pregnancy, or lack of sleep, or just good ol' fashioned irritability but I am going crazy.

There are construction workers BANGING around and using their crazy power tools right outside my office. I can't hear the customers when they are talking because it is SO LOUD. They are actually causing so much ruckus that it is setting off our security alarm once every 3 minutes or so. Are you kidding me? Who authorized this craziness to be done during business hours?

I talked to the foreman and he said they would be done "soon". That better be true or someone is going to die.

*Deep Breath* Okay, good, I am glad I got that out. Maybe now I won't punch someone. Did I mention I am pregnant and can't be held responsible for my actions?

6 months!

Well, if all goes as planned, in three months OR LESS I will be a mom. Crazy. Am I old enough to have a kid? Sometimes I think I am still 18.