This post is dedicated to my out-of-state friends and my out-of-country cousin who have requested pictures of my huge belly bump! Well, this week at my appointment I was measuring 40 cms but I am only 37 weeks! My doc guessed baby boy is weighing in at 8lbs 4oz! He told me he would consider inducing me but I have not dilated at all!!! In fact, I have not progressed one bit from my appointment last week! Please share your wives-tales on how to start labor so I do not give birth to a teenager! 
Below is a picture of my HERO!!! The glamorous women in blue rocking the mic is my 79 year-old Grandmother Goose! She is the most fabulous, generous, fun-loving person! It is an honor to be related to her! When we invited her to take lead vocals on Rock Band she did not even hesitate! She was really good at it too!
Emily & Hank were generous enough to let us take their cruisers out for a ride! It was liberating to ride a bike! I felt like a human again although I think we all slightly looked like Pee-Wee Herman! I dig the pink basket!
Wow has my world changed! Due to the fragile economy I am officially UNEMPLOYED! Two weeks ago Wednesday, June 18th, the advertising agency I worked for laid off 20 employees and I was one of them! I was laid off from ThomasArts where I have worked for the last 2 years! I was heartbroken when I was laid off because I have truly loved my job! I am enjoying my early maternity leave but miss my job and co-workers very much! Of course, I am still staying in touch with all of my favs! Being nearly 7 months pregnant makes it really hard to find a company that wants to employ you for 2 months then have you take 2 months off for the baby. Regardless, I am looking for work. So, if you have any great ideas please let me know!
Thank you to Annie, Ashlee & Michelle to throwing me a fabulous first baby shower! Thanks to all the girls who came! I had such a good time catching up with all of you! Not to mention I received darling and practical gifts. I have the greatest friends!
Top L-R: Rachel, Michelle, Dru, Me, Jordan, Tori. Bottom L-R: Lauren, Courtney, Ashlee, Ashlee, Annie , Megan.
The High School Posse
We had great food! These cupcakes were divine!
Look how cute this outfit is? The shoes are TDF! I can't wait for the little guy to wear them!
The Most Practical Present Award went to the... Pee Pee Tee Pee's! Hysterical!
A few months ago I had to research Fashion Blogs for a client at work. After reading a few I became addicted. The New York Times even wrote an article surrounding the craze and the business of the fashion blog world. After months of reading my friend & co-worker, Jamie, decided that we should put our online celebrity gawking and online shopping to use. So we started our own Fashion Blog. We basically post about how to look like a million bucks without spending it! It is a work in progress but I would like to invite anyone who reads this blog to check it out! The name of our fashion Blog is Impress to Dress (impresstodress.blogspot.com). We are dorks, I know! Read carefully you just may become a fashion blog addict!
Four of my darling friends at work decided Friday to make a 34 hour trip to Vegas to the see the Country Music Awards; they took pity on the married pregnant co-worker and invited me to come along! We had a blast. We started our road trip at 5 pm Saturday and returned home at 3 am Monday morning. The capstones of our Vegas vacation was In-&-Out Burger and somewhere in between eating burgers we managed a church service, a pool, primping for the award show, bargaining with scalpers and The Award Show! Noelle, Laura and Valerie had tickets to the show but Cheryl and I were banking on buying tickets from a scalper. When we got to the outside of the arena when the doors opened they were selling tickets for $1,000. I love country music but I do not love it that much. With scalping prices at a high we tried to sneak in the "fillers" (the people who sit in the celebrities seats when they perform or go to the bathroom) line but it turned out that we needed to be pre-screened and be wearing a wrist band. Feeling like our options were out we took a seat on a bench and people watched which was spectacular as you can imagine. With 20 minutes before the doors closed Cheryl and I decided to see if the high rolling scalper had lowered their prices, they had come down from the thousands to the hundreds. As we scanned the area for more scalpers I saw a very large cowboy give a group next to us 3 tickets for FREE! Without hesitation I ran after him and said, "Sir, do you have any more tickets?" He responded to me that he only had one and handed me a ticket. I immediately looked down at the face value to see what we had to work with, $450! We couldn’t believe our eyes. We traded the ticket for 2 tickets and made it into our seats before the doors closed! SUCCESS! The show was amazing with great performances from, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Brooks and Dunn, Sugarland and a medley of greatest hits by the one and only Garth Brooks! We had a fun filled 34 hours with NO REGRETS!
Cheryl, Valerie and I in the back seat crew on the way to Vegas
Chery, Me, Laura & Noelle waiting for our order at In-&-Out
Looking creepy in the burger hat
Getting ready country style to walk the red carpet
Me & Val at dinner before the show
Cheryl, Me, Noelle, Valerie & Laura posing in the MGM lobby
Me & Cheryl showing off our tickets for FREE! Thank you rich cowboy!
Carrie Underwood rocking the stage
Garth Brooks rocking out to a medley of his greatest hits
As a request to my friends who live out of state and are not able to see my ever so big and growing baby bump, here it is! This was the end of the day so it looks extra BIG!!!
I am now on the down hill slope! I am half-way through the pregnancy and feeling great!I had my 20 week ultra sound appointment and it was so fun to see the little guy! It was confirmed that he is a boy. We were able to see his; arms, legs, feet, hands, heart, aorta, bladder, stomach, brains... to name a few! I met with my Doctor this morning he said he reviewed the ultra sound and everything looked great! Besides my outer right thigh being numb and tingly I have nothing to complain about! The second trimester has been great! I take that back I do have one thing to complain about! ALLERGIES! I have been sneezing so much I feel like my eye-balls are going to pop out of my head! I was told by my Doc that the only medicine I could take was Benadryl but that made me way too tired so he suggested over-the-counter Claritin which has helped a little bit! I just don't understand why we have to be allergic to such a beautiful season!
But I will tell you what this beautiful season does bring;
Fun Flora Prints and Sassy Spring accessories! (photo courtesy of Jamie)
Jazz play-offs! Always great entertainment!
We are going to St.George this weekend with Zac and Jordan to bring in my 24th B-Day! I am sure that I will make a post of our adventurous weekend when we return!
Yah whooo... Sammy has been out for a year! He is loving his mission, the people and the language. I have been missing him like crazy this time of year so I thought I would post pictures in case you are missing him too! These pics are from his last beautiful area, San Martin!
