So funny story...well kind of gross. in fact i don't really know why i am sharing this :). So i have realized that sweet foods are probably not the best. Those of you who know me can see what a dilemma this is since well...i love them. So the on the 4th of July we had stopped off at shawn's grandparents house to say a quick hello and have some home made root beer (delicious). I had already had some (and i would say a very small amount) of ice cream at my mom's an hour or so earlier. after i finished my root beer my tummy was pissed! I had to tell shawn to 86 the grandparents (so sorry) and take me home. There was NO WAY i would have made it! i started getting so sick on the way i had to roll the window down and just let it go. The people on the street i am sure loved the show as we drove by...i am glad i could add to the patriotism. Shawn was hysterical the WHOLE way home. I don't think i have ever heard him laugh so hard. So of course he wanted to document the moment and take these disgusting pictures that even looking at them make me want to run upstairs.

Okay so this is my baby bump...well maybe "baby" bump is a little bit of an exaggeration cause lets face it...it is really only the size a plum right now. So pretty much all the fat is accumulating on my stomach and it is making me look much farther along than i actually am. i would classify this as somewhat depressing cause it ain't getting any smaller (and i have this intense fear that i am going to be gigantic).

So, i have decided that my baby and i aren't friends right now. in fact, if it doesn't stop making me so sick all the time i am afraid we won't be on speaking terms for a while. today at lunch (which i only get a half hour for), i had to RUN downstairs and vomit for half of it. it was just lovely.

So this was taken on 6/29/11 on our way out to dinner for our anniversary. We went to the roof which i would say should be Soren's most favorite restaurant. I honestly don't think my glass ever got below 1/4 of the way down my glass the waiter filled it so often, and believe me, i tried! The food was just okay, in fact i think that the Garden has better food overall but the ambiance of the Roof was nice.

Happy Fathers Day Shawn!

So, we are having a baby!!!! Hooray! I am in my 11th week now, and soon out of the first trimester (which will be so nice because I have been SO incredibly sick). My due date is January 11th, which seems like forever away.

The pictures you see are when I told shawn the day I found out. I had made a really nice dinner and told him that I had a present for him for being such a great husband. I bought those gator onsies just after our trip to florida a couple years ago and have had them ever since. When he pulled them out he was so excited! Our families are so excited too! we told my family last sunday and shawn's family yesterday.

Any advice you can give on how to combat the queasiness and every other pregnancy mishap I would love to hear them! Hope everyone is doing well!

Hooray! Shawn finally graduated! This is a little late but these are from shawn's graduation on May 9th. Don't look at my arms though cause they are totally chubby in that picture...yucky :). Anyway, for weeks I would ask shawn if he wanted to order announcements and invite his family and friends and he never would respond with anything so I decided to throw him a surprise graduation party.

The announcements are there. I tried to be super fancy too! I even sent them in envelopes with a wax seal...I really should be nicknamed Martha Stewart or something. Totally teasing...I am definitely not crafty at all. So I had been planning for weeks on how to get shawn out of the house that night for his party. Every time I turned around another obstacle would be staring me in the face. First it was shawn's alumni water polo game that he tried to schedule for that night and he got really mad at me when i told him, "you just can't do it that night!" He finally re-scheduled that. Then we found out that his department convocation was that night at the same time! AAAAHHHH, i could not catch a break with this! He decided that he didn't want to go over so late at night (thankfully i might add) and just wanted to go to dinner. By the time we got back all our family was over and he was totally shocked (even though i almost, well pretty much blew it, over dinner). Everything was a success though and i was running around trying to take care of everything so i forgot to take pictures of the actual party. I tried to re-create it above so you could get a feeling (i know i am a total dork).

So whats new? Well my hair and i needed to part ways for awhile...it was getting a little too mermaid like. Anyway, so i chopped it off, this isn't the best picture ever (i took a nap today and went for a walk, but i guess this will do). It was the biggest pile of hair i have ever seen on the floor! I can't put it up anymore, so i guess i will get to find lots of new fun ways to do it! Hope you like it! Sorry if it looks creepy that i am posting pictures of myself.

So we want to start painting our house...well really our baby room (no i am not pregnant, it's just the only room we have with nothing in it so it seems easy enough to start there). We want to paint it like a sage green type color and once we do have a baby we will add some darker cherry type of furniture for the crib and dressers and stuff. But we are also thinking of doing like a fun painting on one of the walls since it's a bigger room and i don't want the color to be overwhelming. Anyone have suggestions on what to paint? i ask shawn but all he says is WWII pictures and florida stuff...neither of those seem very "kid-friendly".

These are pics of a cake I made for my Mom's and sister Kristina's birthday...it was decadent. It was a double layer cake with custard in the middle with chocolate frosting and raspberries on the top....unfortunately my mom did not get to enjoy this masterpiece since we didn't see her in time.

Happy Birthday Mom and Kris! I love you guys!

I can not believe 2010 is over! AAAAAHHHH and before I know it February will be here! These are just a few pics from our wonderful Christmas day. The snowy one? Yeah, that is headed up a hill that goes to my mom's new house! It is clear out there, but it was foggy that day and it looked really cool out on the ridge. My brother in law got stuck just out side the lane that goes to my mom's house. They spent an hour and a half trying to get him unstuck...

Anyway's, Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year!