Baby Boy Brawn

So I'm a little lazy when it comes to blogging lately. Will and I are both so busy lately! Plus add in the fact that my computer is running suuuuper slow, it makes me not so motivated to deal with picture upload and blogging in general. But we have news:

For those who haven't heard already via Facebook (or from us directly) .... the news is finally out, WE ARE HAVING A BOY!! June 27th is the little dude's due date, making me 21 weeks preggo currently. We are thrilled. We found out October 16th, but wanted to wait until we found out the gender to make any digital announcements. October-February is a long time, folks. And I think its starting to become obvious. Yesterday a lady at Jo-Ann Fabrics asked me when my baby is due. I thought, "Is it that obvious already" - but yep. I guess so.

His little feet!

I get asked how I'm feeling quite a bit, but honestly - I feel like normal. Nothing is more unusual than normal, except I get upper back pain when I sit for long periods (meaning work is excruciating) - but otherwise I don't feel sick or anything. I have had some unusual food "cravings" I guess you could call them. Things I definitely don't normally eat. For example, my entire life I have HATED HATED HATED fast food breakfast. It would turn my stomach. Now, all of a sudden - and mostly in the past month, I have started eating Sausage Egg McMuffins from McDonald's and I love them!! Its so weird for me, but I seriously love them. Especially with milk. Secondly, I have wanted strawberry flavored ice cream/milkshakes a lot. I don't usually pick strawberry ice cream - i usually pick some sort of cookie flavored ice cream - but lately strawberry ice cream is SOOOO good. Really, those are the only 2 "weird" food things I've had so far.

I've started going back to the gym lately, since my energy is up (and I gained 10 lbs between my last 2 appointments, so that freaked me out as well) .... and well, I feel ridiculous. My shirts that used to be baggy are no longer baggy - and I'm not sure how much longer my normal gym shorts will fit and I don't want to purchase maternity gym wear, but I might have to. Plus the skinny-minis at 24 hour fitness where I work out totally make me jealous. I wish I could be working toward a "summer bod" like everyone else - but instead I'll just be a whale by the time Summer rolls around. Awesome - but really, I'm grateful this pregnancy has been so easy thus far - and that this little guy is so healthy. I'll try to remember that in a few months when I'm a huge whale. :)

As for Will, he's working super hard at work. He's trying to get ASM within a year (Assistant Store Manager) and is working toward his long-term goal of being a store manager then hopefully regional management. Also, now that we own a house he is enjoying doing little projects here and there. He also got a new iPhone 4 (Verizon, of course) which has made him super happy - since he gave up the AT&T version a year ago so we could be on the same phone plan (oh, sacrifices). : )

I've been working on lots of new hobbies, such as sewing and crocheting. I used to knit - but I've found out that crocheting is way more rewarding for me! I can actually finish projects and make things that look more intricate when in actuality, they are easier to make than if I were to knit them. My weekday evenings basically consist of laying on our lovesac, watching Grey's Anatomy on Netflix and crocheting.

That's another thing, Will and I have become Grey's Anatomy addicts. We never really watch them on TV - but decided to start from Season 1 on Netflix not too long ago - and man is it addictive! 2 Sundays ago, we literally watched 7 hours straight of Grey's. It was awesome. I actually started the show by MYSELF - so I'd have something to watch while Will was gone at work - but he got hooked into the show, now I'm not allowed to watch any episodes without him so the whole point of starting the show is kinda shot - but I'm happy we have something that we enjoy together. Especially now that I'm in lazy/pregnant mode. We get to enjoy hours and hours of tv together before the baby comes.

So basically, right now our lives consist of: 1. Work 2. Grey's Anatomy 3. Baby Stuff 4. Crocheting (for me)/iPhone-iPad (for Will) and 5. our callings at church (not necessarily in that order). I'm pretty content with life right now. I'm actually rather enjoying it. I hear that marriage can be pure bliss during a pregnancy, but it can get rather strained in the months afterwards - so I'm trying to bask in this lovely time with my husband.

Also, just as a side note, we are not sharing the name of our baby. Yes, we have THE name picked out, but that is our surprise we chose to keep to ourselves. I originally didn't want to find out the gender, but Will really really did - so we compromised by deciding the name will be the surprise. So don't ask, we're not sharing. : )

Aaaand .... finally. This is what Will and I spent our lovely Sunday afternoon doing. Making burritos! Amazing burritos. You can find the recipe from a post I did two years ago, but this time we actually doubled the recipe which made 15 burritos! We will be freezing these bad boys and savoring them over the next month (or really just as long as the hubs will let them last). Actually, 2 years ago I gave one of these to my (hispanic) co-worker and he loved them. He made me an honorary Hispanic due to my awesome burritos - and hence, he has decided to name my child Alejandro - and he refers to my baby as Alejandro in front of anyone and everyone at work. Its pretty funny, he tells everyone I'm naming the baby Alejandro - and I have to explain that no, I'm really not. I promised to bring him another one of these, and I'm sure Alejandro will stick - at least until this little guy's real name is revealed.
Well this was a super long post - but until next time, ciao!

Another Holiday Photo

Remember this photo? Yeah, this year's photo for my work holiday party turned out much better. The photographer tried to "pose us" the same as last year, and I definitely stopped him and asked him if we could do something more "non-traditional". So yep, we just stood there. Will looks mediocrely happy, but still - a much better photo.

PS Do you like my new hair? I got it cut and colored the day before this photo was taken. Definitely more caramel-y colored.

House Photos

Here are some photos of our house. Don't judge the fact that there are still random boxes and crap everywhere - and that I'm still putting stuff away 2 weeks later. In my defense, I'm waiting for some shelving to be installed.

So far we have gotten a new roof, garage door operator, the garage door fixed, new washer and dryer, and new electric hook-up stuff in the laundry room (for some reason there was hookups for a stove and not a dryer down there) - oh and of course, a new shovel to shovel the driveway!

We were super lucky to be able to move into our house 2 days before the snow hit. I should say, our house is a lot prettier covered in fresh snow.

It will be even better next winter when we have our pellet stove and our new energy efficient windows that will hopefully warm up the open areas. : )

Looking out from the front door

Looking out from the back door

Our main living room/tv area. The square hole is where a future pellet stove insert will be. This room gets rather cold at night, since that window sucks. New windows are on definitely on the list. We should also be putting up a mantle on the brick wall. That is also the door to the garage on the left.

From the front door entrance. Its an open floor plan for the Kitchen/TV Room/Living Room/Dining Area.

View from the kitchen to the front room

Kitchen

Dining Area - our new table, covered in crap of course.

Upstairs hallway to 3 bedrooms and a full bathroom (plus the bath in the master)

Front Door/Hallway view

View from the back door

To "the dungeon" ... jk ... I just should've had the downstairs lights on. Narrow stairway though. Luckily the back door is right behind me in this photo, otherwise no furniture could get downstairs!

Basement main area. Don't mind the disassembled futon.

My sewing area and another bathroom.

Downstairs hallway. 2 bedrooms and the laundry room.

Again, my sewing area.

Guest bedroom # 1

Guest bedroom # 2 (not put together yet, obviously)

Laundry Room/Furnace area (unfinished)

And our back patio. Don't judge the backyard. Its a complete mess. Lots of landscaping to be done.

And just for fun, Will and me on Christmas morning at his parent's house, which is now only 2 minutes away - instead of 30 minutes!

We have lots and lots of bare walls. We will definitely be needing some things to make this home "more cozy", but for now, we are enjoying being homeowners. : )

Ode to Abby

I am going to preface this post by saying, this is going to humiliate my husband.

Truth...

I am a cat person. Since my eighth birthday when I got home from swimming lessons and my Grandma Jessie had a kitten waiting for me I have loved cats. Really, I have only had two monumental cats in my life. Sassy (the cat my grandma got me) and Abby. We had Sassy 11 years but she was mainly an outdoor cat (she went missing, and after looking long and hard for her - we still don't know whatever happened to her). Abby is now my first indoor cat - and I guess I am so fascinated by her (to my husband's dismay) because I've never had an indoor cat before so I've never really "watched" what cats spend their time doing - and I think its really funny sometimes. Yes, I know I'm weird. Will and I have had Abby since just after we were married. I should say that I do like dogs too (a lot actually) ... but they take a lot more work. I realized how weird I am when went through my cell phone and realized that 90% of the photos were photos of the cat. I tend to take pictures of the cat doing funny things and I send them to Will while he's at work. Kinda ridiculous ... I'm sure that'll change when we have kids - but for now Abby cracks us up (probably me more than Will though).

My thoughts were, what better way to document the cat than on my blog?! Haha....

This one photo is ridiculous, not because of the cat, but because of our room. When we moved - we did it very quickly so I just threw all my clothes in trash bags and when we got to the new place I just dumped them all out. I have yet to put them away. That was "my job" today according to Will, but here I am, blogging about the cat instead.

I spy with my two eyes a cat ... can you find her?

And please also notice the "I Love My Cat" pillowcase that my mom just made and sent me! My mom has always humored my love for cats - more recently with cat pillowcases and holiday cat towels.

In our new basement.

My dad is actually going to help us make bigger window sills when he comes out this summer. For what reason? So the cat has more room to lounge in the windows. Hahaha!

She lays on her back by choice. When she does, we call her our slutty cat...

Abby also thinks she is entitled to anything in a bowl.

My nephew - and he is allergic to cats - but he kept saying "she's SO soft!"

And now that I feel completely ridiculous, here is a video:

I should also mention, I don't just love cats - I particularly love black cats (or in Abby's case, Tuxedo cats). Just for the record.

Thank you to all who endured this post, but it had to be done - especially since my camera was filled up with Abby photos and video and people are requesting photos of the house, so those are to come next.

Merry Christmas to Us ....

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!

This is definitely our Christmas present to each other this year. We closed 2 days ago - and will be moving in next week! Moving on over to the East side .... Aurora!

Its an older home (1968) that has been completely remodeled. The landscaping will definitely need some work, but we are up to the challenge (we think). Its crazy to think we own a 5 bedroom house (with definitely not enough furniture to fill it).

More pictures to come after we move in (this one was just one I found off the internet).

For now, we are going to relax and enjoy the holiday.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Year Two, Me & You ....

I love my husband. Tomorrow marks year two of marriage for us. These two years have been hard at times, but overall it has been absolutely wonderful (and it just only keeps getting better). I love being married. I love having my husband at my side, and I look forward to spending eternity with him. I love you, Will.

This is us last night before my work Christmas party:

And now, I'm going to go enjoy a fabulous anniversary date night with my hubby. Off to Landry's for dinner then a movie!

Two years ago

December 19th, 2008

Denver Parade of Lights

Last weekend Will and I went with some awesome friends (Niel & Dani) to the Parade of Lights in downtown Denver. This was my first Denver Parade experience. I honestly didn't know they had parades here, and I felt lacking for the many parades I remember back in the NW.

Anywho, it was a fun date night. Rather cold - but we booked it out of there before the end so we could hit up Olive Garden. I must say that was the BEST Olive Garden experience I have had in a LONG time. Our server totally broke several rules (I would know since I worked there for a week). She was CONSTANTLY filling our breadstick basket without asking us (with more than the "alloted number per fill up), constant drinks (mine never got below 3/4 full) and then at the end of the meal she literally dumped like a dozen plus of those andes mints on our table (there were only 4 of us). I'm sure no one else would've noticed these things, but since I worked there, and since the past few times Will and I have gone we have gotten terrible service ... this was quite the unexpected treat! That girl was definitely working for her tip!

Here are the 4 of us at the Parade:

This was a super sparkly fun band:

Random Float:

Will and I in the freezing cold:

Our double daters, Niel and Dani:

Our pretty Christmas tree in our apartment:

And just for fun

Will being cheesy while I was testing out my new camera.

My other camera randomly decided not to hold a charge, so we got a new one on Cyber Monday.

In other news, we finalized negotiations on the house we put an offer in for, and our appraisal happened last week - and we now are just waiting for the appraisal information and then we should be good to close in about 10 days! Kinda crazy since we put an offer in on this house "on a whim" but I think overall its going to be a very good thing for us. : )