Goodbye Two Thousand and Nine.

It doesn't seem like its been a YEAR since we brought in 2009 does it?

2009 brought with it many wonderful things!! Me and Dusty celebrated the fact that were sealed in the Temple, and we discovered we were indeed Pregnant.

Woohoo! (thats us celebrating...) What could be better, right? Well, I can think of one thing. the BIRTH of our first son in the upcoming year! Man is it getting close. and MAN are we excited.. (and nervous and scared, and fearful and anxious haha).

Bring it on 2010! I know i'm gonna just LOVE you!! :)

Who let the DOG out?!

This might be the strangest of all Unsolved Mysteries. Its chilling and scary and.... MYSTERIOUS! Let me fill you in.. So every single day, i do the same thing with the dogs. When its time for me to leave, i grab two little peices of some sort of treat and lead them into the kennel in our bathroom, they both jump in it, i hand them a treat and lock em in. I even say "Bye babies, I love you!!" Yesterday at lunch..went like anyday, I even gave them a really YUMMY treat to lure them in. I locked em in, said what i say, walked into the living room and straightened up my pillows, gathered my things and left back for work. So after work I went to the gym, then to Kroger, so it was about 6:15 when I get home. Dusty doesn't get home until about 7:30 so i know he wouldn't be home yet. I opened the garage door, and i hear Gus's tail wagging and smacking the laundry room door right by me. The house was pitch black so i paused and thought "Um. who let the dogs out?? OH I must not have latched the kennel door! OH NO they probably destroyed the house!!" So i turn on the light and sure enough there stands Gus in my laundry room wagging his tail. But then i think "well, where is Ellie?" I walk through the house dreading to see what has been chewed up, but everything is perfectly how I left it, the pillows still placed Just So, and a cup of orange juice on the coffee table hasn't even been licked at. So i walk through to my bathroom where Gus leads me... AND ELLIE IS LOCKED IN THE KENNEL! **CHILLS**. I just stood there, mouth open, thinking "WHAT IN THE WORLD!?!?!" for a good 5 minutes. Then i felt scared that someone was in my house. But then what kind of criminal breaks into a house to play a trick on my mind like that? Then i think, maybe this is my fault and i didn't lock him up with her? But that is a totally OBSURD thing because if I had done that, don't you think I would have heard him walking behind me as I left? NO. I REMEMBER handing them the yummy treat THROUGH the crate bars. How did this happen?? I tried to think of EVERY logical explanation and can't think of ONE. Dusty laughed and thinks I'm insane...It still baffles me. I am so confused!!! i KNOW i wouldn't just not lock him up with her. totally baffling. So sing it with me... WHOOO LET THE DOG OUT! WHO!? WHO WHO WHO!?!

Me+Food=Happy.

Things you should know about me when it comes to the kitchen/food:
1. I love aprons. The more colorful and frilly, the better.
2. I love all food but There is only ONE dreadful food on earth i don't eat and that is the satanic BLACK OLIVE *shutter*
3. I feel more accomplished if I successfully make one of my dads recipes, than anything else. **rarely happens**
***double accomplishment if Dusty-the-worlds-pickiest-eater approves***



Have you ever been to foodgawker.com? Well you need to go. Especially if you love FOOD like i do. I literally spend hours at this site on my computer at work. There are FABULOUS looking posts of recipes with a PICTURE for your brain to get extra hungry. I like to type in whatever i'm craving at the top and see how other people make the dish.
I have really fond memories of cooking in the kitchen with my mom and dad. If you didn't know, my dad might be the best cook in the world (or he is to me at least). My mom might make the best mashed potatoes you'll ever be so lucky to taste. And for some reason, growing up in a house where we thrived around my parents wonderfully time consuming meals, I am a lousy cook. I've ruined lots of meals. Isn't that the saddest tragedy you've ever heard? So since i'm craving eggplant parmesan tonight, I've convinced my Chef-Dad to make it thursday evening...Thanks dad...

I'm REALLY looking forward to it.

You're So Vain..

Upon browsing my ol' CyberCam pictures this morning, I must be a super vain person. That, or I must really want to take a picture of myself everytime my hair changes haha. These were some of the bizarre pictures i happened upon...

Why am I holding my bangs like that??

I think i liked my eyeshadow that day and needed to take a sultry picture of it?

"Does my bun look stupid? Let me take a picture and see..."

Oh dear.

Apparently I didn't love this look? haha

I needed to see how cute me and Ellie looked together.

I did this one today just for fun.. more like.. just to get a picture of half of this awesome necklace i picked up on sale at Anthro last night. Don't mind my pregnancy-related (Or so i'm blaming it on) broken out face. yikes.

At 24 weeks..

I'm not sure what signs im making with my fingers, just a nervous habit when someone takes my picture i guess.

I feel huge already. I can feel Baby's movements alot and i absolutely love it. When hubby feels baby kick he says "Woah that feels weird" haha. Alot of my tired, sick, cranky feelings have gone and I'm feeling alot better in the morning sickness department. My hormones are still crazy and i can surely be overly emotional sometimes.
Looking forward to: Feeling stronger movements, pregnancy to be over, holding baby.
Hubby looking forward to: Me to 'nest' and clean the house.....men!

Cravings.

I've had some people ask me what crazy things i've craved this pregnancy. I havn't really had any CRAZY cravings but have DEFINITELY had some strong cravings for specific foods. Here's a list of some of the major ones.

1. Creamed Spinach- I can NOT GET ENOUGH.

2. McDonalds "Fish-o-Lay" as me and my sister call it. EXTRA TARTAR PLEASE!

3. Arby's Beef n' Cheddar. Needs no description. MM (I don't indulge in my fast food cravings as much as i'd like ..fortunately. )

4. Orange Juice. No Pulp.

5. Citrus fruit in general. Once i stood in my kitchen and peeled up 7 little oranges and ate them all right then.

Theres also been some foods that I normally would LOVE that i'm not craving at ALL anymore... such as:

1. CHOCOLATE. isn't that weird?

2. RIBS. I used to always ask my dad to make em. Now? I don't think i'll ever be able to eat them ever again.

3. Sweets in general. I used to be a huge Sweets fan, nos so much anymore. I'd much rather something SALTY now.

Browsing.

Online shopping doesn't give me the same thrill it used to. Because now its almost like a tease. "Yes, this shirt..skirt..dress..bathing suit.. is ADORABLE, but don't even think for one second it'll fit around that baby bump ya got there". Shucks. But i still dream. The weight'll come off and i'll be right back to sneaking these clothes into the house past the ol' Hubs. (jk dusty) :]


I want this bathing suit so. bad.


I need a new simple Black Skirt like this one

And these brown t-straps wouldn't hurt either..


Love this grey cardigan

I'm a sucker for a simple black dress. SUCKER!

Oohhh, my budget will never be big enough for this necklace but i sure love it

Can't have too many of these babies.

Everytime I see this sweater at Anthropologie I pick it up and Dream of wearing it. Look at the price tag...and quickly set it back down.

What will Baby Hess look like??

I've seen alot of babies who, when compared to pictures of one of their parents, look very similar to one of them when they were a baby....


(Dusty, i just realized thats a BABY DOLL floating behind you. Care to explain? ha)

I could pick up this pointy chinned cheeky baby and eat him up. If Baby looks like Dusty did, I'll be in absolute LOVE.

If he looks like me, he'll have big fat legs and a large noggin. Equally cute, i say. haha

Cookies and Baby on the Brain.

Today i've got 2 things on my brain. Cookies. and Babies. More specifically MY BABY. Wait, I'm going to have a baby? Thats a weird thing to think about still. Every single morning I tune into Discovery Health to watch Special Delivery and then Bringing Home Baby. And cry at every single episode. As MY BABY has started kicking me profusely the past couple of weeks, the reality of their being an actual HUMAN in there is so... well, REAL! After my daily session of Special Delivery this morning, I just had to stop and think "How lucky am I. I've got a wonderful husband. And we're going to have a Baby! How could life get any better, Honestly?" :)
I've been dreaming about my dads Rainbow.. 7 Layer.. Venetian.. -whatever you want to call them (i prefer rainbow)- cookies. They are kind of the best cookie you'll ever eat in your entire life, gauranteed!! I was going to whip up a batch, but after asking my dad how many a recipe yields, he decided to share with me that he'd just made a batch and they make about 40... so i've decided to just go raid his stash instead :) I'm excited..

The Best You Can Get.

Warning: This could possibly be the lenghtiest picture post ever...
I think I may have the best friends anyone could ever have. Honestly, I've tried typing several different sentences here just now to get the point across what our friendship means to me but, it just won't do it justice. My heart has been full of love for them lately..

I truly consider them family. I love you, my bestest friends ever :)

a Work Lunch

Today at work, the ladies went out to eat at Victoria's Cafe. I've never been there before but it was decent! We did a little secret santa gift exchange which was fun. Barbara (far right in the picture) got me some really yummy pure fiji goodies. I'll sure miss working with these great ladies after Baby comes!!

Sometimes

They are really sweet.