Water - Vomit - Syrup?

My pregnancy is going really well thus far! I have not had the urge to praise the porcelain God, nor felt woozie. I have a feeling if we decide to have multiple children, which i think we both will, and the pregnancy is not like this one, i will understand what most women experience their first trimester. This week has definitely been a hard one to get used to after being spoiled with the long break! I have been really tired, and just sort of "out of it" as my dad would put it. Most of the day i feel my mind is just somewhere else. I love to cook, but it has been resally hard to have the desire to get in the kitchen and cook lately.

Some recaps from the past week. We have done what i would consider "MAJOR REMODELING" at our house. Major to me would be anything that involves removing or installing anything. So far we removed a shelving unit that separated our entryway from our living room and it has really opened things up. We removed the linoleum from the entry way and are going to lay laminate flooring in it's place. Right now we have a large brown rug covering the gross wood floor. I also went through all of the kitchen cupboards and removed the clutter that was ever piling up. I don't think i have gone through them since we moved in over a year ago. With all of the extra clutter in the cupboards gone, i managed to remove a large microwave stand that was in our kitchen holding our pots and pans and put them in the cupboard which made for much needed space in our kitchen! We also got rid of our loveseat/coffee table/end table, and purchased a large powder yellow chair and ottoman to put in it's place. Our living room is also much larger as well! Finally, Adam is 1/2 done removing the medicine cabinet from our bathroom that was SO UGLY, and we purchased a large bathroom mirror, also on craigslist, that he is going to install tonight! CRAZY HUH!

Cadea and Chloe are doing well. They are adjusting to sleeping in their kennels. After i go to bed, which is earlier than Adam, he takes them out of my arms and puts them in their kennel. Then when he wakes up at 5:30 am, he takes them potty, and let's then run up the doggie stairs and into my arms under the sheets where they get to sleep another hour with their mom. I have been trying to keep Caeda from jumping off of things onto my stomach. She is getting better but still needs some training.

The only weird thing i have found to be true with pregnancy so far besides being tired and out of it is how heightened my sense of smell is. My friend Angel said this multiple times on her blog, and now i am experiencing it. I have been smelling vomit and syrup everywhere. My dogs smell like syrup, and random things places smell like vomit. The other thing i have been craving is Olive Garden. Not sure why, but totally weird? Also, i have been really wanting to be submerged in water. We finally decided to go to the Waterpark of America this weekend just so i can float down the lazy river. I am going to avoid the slides, but how nice does the lazy river sound? Probably because i want to be in water, and boy i sure am lazy!

We're Pregnant!

So it is official! We are going to have a baby!

We had our first Doctor's appointment on December 23rd and we were able to see the heartbeat. The Doctor tried to hear the heartbeat and couldn't so we had our first ultrasound, and there it was. So incredible!

The little bugger had a heartbeat! It was very exciting and put our minds at ease that we were really going to have a baby. They determined that i am due August 5th, so i am about 9 weeks now. I have felt really great. No morning sickness...i have not gotten nauseous...it has been pretty darn easy so far. The downsides are the exhaustion, and breast tenderness. But besides that i feel pretty blessed to have a comfortable stomach, and feel good. I have managed to conduct my workouts indoors, being that it is pretty hard to take walks/run outdoors when the ground is icy. I have found a few great shows on FitTV, and Exercise TV on Demand (Thank you Comcast) that i really enjoy, and can workout right in my living room. We have officially decided NOT to figure out the sex of the baby...and this came with much deliberation (on my end). Adam didn't want to find out from the start, and i was on the fence, but after discussing, we decided that we will just do neutral, and be surprised when the baby pops out. I think we both have a feeling it is going to be a boy. Adam has that feeling because he really would like to have a boy (for obvious reasons), but continues to say, that he can't keep saying that he wants a boy because if we have a girl he doesn't want to make her feel bad. I think it is a boy because my grandma was super sick with the two girls, but when she was pregnant with my uncle, who unfortunately died when he was a few days old, she wasn't sick at ALL! I have been told by a few friends with boys and girls that they or their wives weren't sick with their boys...I guess we will know in August! We told our families and relatives and it was so fun to do so. We decided to have all of the relatives/parents pose for a pictures at the respective times we were with them, and Adam pulled out the video camera and explained that our video camera took pictures. He then said, "Ok, on the count of three, say it with me...Ana's pregnant!" You should have seen their faces...it was great! It will be nice to have that moment captured forever, and be able to show the little bean once he/she is older.

So i could post more about Christmas, but i think the highlight was the joy of telling our families that we are having a baby. I am excited and nervous about what the next 7 months will bring, but know i have so much support from friends and family, and can't wait to meet the little bean! Here are some crhistmas pictures to leave you with...

Amazing, Amazing, Amazing

That pretty much sums it up. I have NEVER been to such an amazing concert. LOVED every minute of it!

Celine Here We Come

Tonight is the Celine Dion concert and i can hardly wait! The concert is at 8 and the doors open at 7. I am pretty sure we will be there at 6:58 to get in, get seated and prepare for the big night.
Even though i am bringing Adam, i really think he will like it. He likes music, and he things Celine has an amazing voice. I saw her in Vegas and man can she put on a show, so i think he will enjoy it. I will update tomorrow on how the concert was, but i am sure i will have NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT IT :)

READY FOR BREAK

UPDATE: The moose picture below...my dad mentioned to me that he turned 55 hence the explanation for the moose ears...thanks dad! :)

I sure am ready for Christmas vacation. Two weekends ago we got ALL of our Christmas shopping done in ONE day. We made a list and stuck to it. We wrapped all of the gifts when we got home and they have been sitting under our tree for almost two weeks now.

I was working from home yesterday and Chloe was sitting on the back of the couch looking out the window. When it started snowing, Chloe started growling and barking out the window for a good 20 minutes. It was hilarious! I video taped it, and if i can figure out how to post those i will post it. I don't know if she just hasn't seen snow this year and doesn't remember it from last year, or if she just felt like barking. For those of you who know Chloe, she barely ever barks.

So the countdown begins...4 more days of work after today, and then 5 days off :) WO HOO!

Thanks Stephanie!

Tag, You're It- I've been tagged by a friend (Stephanie).The task is to take the sixth folder on your computer and pull up the sixth pic and describe it. Then, tag four others. So here goes...

OK, so i don't have folders on my work computer with pictures, i just have 'one' folder on my work computer with pictures, so i just went down to the sixth picture in my one folder and found this :)

I guess i am supposed to describe this picture...well...i know it was my dad's birthday this last April, and we all went over my parents house to celebrate. Actually it is a pretty funny story come to think of it. Every Christmas, my dad gives us all personalized calendars with pictures on it, and dates for all of the special events in our lives, birthdays, anniversary's, baptisms...So on my dad's birthday none of the kids called him to wish him a happy birthday. My mom said he was pretty depressed all day. At one point my mom said he was laying on the floor watching TV, and said, " you know, i give the kids calendars and you would think they would read it and know it was my birthday." Well little did he know we had a plan. My mom and dad were sitting outside by the lake having a cocktail, and we pulled up with gifts and balloons and the dogs and opened the gate to the backyard quietly. Then we ran down the yard yelling happy birthday. You should have seen my dad's face...DISBELIEF! It was a great moment, he loves being with us on his birthday, and it was just great to be able to surprise him like that! With that being said, i have NO idea why we are holding up 10 fingers/moose ears...?

I can only think of two others that have not been tagged already that i could tag :( Sorry!

I TAG ANGEL and CRISTINA for the challenge!

Thanksgiving - Present...presents? :)

Thanksgiving was great. Ate way too much, and was exhausted by the end of the night. We spent Thursday morning with Adams family and ate a lot of turkey. We left there around 2:00 to head to my parents house. My family always plays games like Guesstures, and Catch Phrase all afternoon until around 6 or 7 when we eat. It is loud, and hilarious! We once again ate a TON of food at my parents and left around 10. Some friends had been texting us through out the night and wanted us to go up to Champps where there was a live band. Both Adam and i were exhausted, but wanted to see our friends so we decided to go for ONE drink. Which we actually did! We got home and went straight to bed. The weekend was pretty relaxing, we really didn't do much. We had some people over to play Foosball, and relaxed.

Monday, i traveled to Harvard in Boston for work. It was beautiful weather 60 degrees...and the campus was as well. We landed around 11:30 and went to meet with career services at Harvard. Then we had a cocktail event for the MBA students at the Charles Hotel, and then went to dinner at a nice Italian restaurant around 10 pm. I didn't go to bed until around 11:30, and had to wake up at 7 to catch a plane to Philadelphia at 9:30 am. We got to Phili and grabbed a quick bite, headed to our hotel, and went for a quick shopping spree before having to meet up with Wharton's career services for lunch. We had a cocktail reception for the Wharton MBA students that night and then went out to this little place for some Japanese food (Excellent!). We got to relax a bit on Wednesday morning as our flight didn't leave until 11:30, so i ordered room service, and worked from bed! We arrived to MSP at around 2:30 and i went home to work for the rest of the afternoon. It was good to be home. Last night Adam and I watched the rest of the second Narnia, which i HIGHLY recommend, and Step Brothers, which was HILARIOUS!!!

Tonight, I am going to take Adam to Lindy's steakhouse, YEAH BETHEL!!! and then to the Bethel Christmas Concert. I couldn't be more excited! Tomorrow we are going to decorate for Christmas and then meet my co workers around at Sunsets for cocktails, before going to the Lafayette Club for our work Christmas party. I am looking forward to this weekend, with all of the holiday festivities!