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Me and my Mom went to lunch today at Red Lobster, one of our favorites. Basically every single time we go we have the SAME waiter, who has a german accent. My mom is German and I am fascinated with the German language and am always trying to learn more. So we think its funny when he is our waiter. Then i asked my mom if we could go to the European Market. So we drove down there and browsed the yummy chocolates and candies. She bought me lots of Kinder (Kin-Duh) Chocolate (yum yum). My Grandma Rorie used to always give me and my sister german chocolate around the holidays and i loooooooved that. But i picked up a Kinder Joy...
I will share its awesome-ness with you...


starts off in a little soft plastic egg

Crack it open..


The left side is a little toy..


The right side is a delicious soft chocolatey treat! Yum Yum! so fun :) Danke Schon, Mutter!!

A Pregnant Morning.

My morning started out Rough today. Although i previously mentioned Morning Sickness had supposedly left me alone, I must have jinxed it. This morning I felt terrible getting ready... and was just WAITING to get sick so I could get on with my morning and be to work on time. But NooOOoooo. A symptom i seem to have had for a while now is an extremely sensitive gag reflex. I can just walk into the house from outside and *GAG*. Drive by a steakhouse *GAG*. Think about eating ribs *GAAAAG*. Its weird. I KNOW i won't throw up, but my body just HAS to gag. I hate it haha. So this morning, on top of feeling sicky, i felt GAGGY. every little thing was making me gag. So standing at my bathroom counter clutching my gut in AGONY (im being dramatic)... I smell something. *small gag*. "DOGS!?" I walk out into the living room and SURE ENOUGH, my two idiot dogs have decided to relieve themselves #2 style ALL OVER the place. *bigger Gag* So i YELL and SCREAM "DOGS!! GET OUTSIDE NOW!!!". I grabbed a washcloth and spritzed some of my hair spray on it and held it over my face as I went to pick it up. And worst of all, It was a 2 trip mess. DISGUSTING. Then i text my sister in law telling her my dogs were for sale for Free if she'd like them. She didn't. SIGH. By this time I am late for work. So i decide to give up on my hopes of being sick now, and brush my teeth. *gag*. *gag!* *GAG* uh-oh... that put me over the edge. So i stood by my towel rack for a good 5 minutes "Please Dear Heavenly Father, Don't make me throw up....please? please?". Pathetic. I get ready and head to work. The house still smells like Dog #2. I step outside and ... the weather is CHILL and LOVELY. and it Smells like AUTUMN. yummmmm. Then i get to work and realize i left my lunch at home. Siiiiiiiiigh.

12 weeks

Wow look how much Baby has grown over the last few weeks! We were able to see the baby MOVE. That's been the coolest part of the whole pregnancy yet!

**edit**

I was also going to include my current pregnancy symptoms: The Morning Sickness has subsided and is definitely tolerable now. I have learned if I take the Zofran about an hour before i wake up, I'm totally good. (having ur husband wake u up is the trick, not taking it in ur sleep) The newest symptom is HEARTBURN/Indigestion. WHOO! Those babies are lethal.... Are cravings real? Because my mind sure thinks they are. I will be laying in bed feeling "sloshy" as i like to say, and all of a sudden i will think "OH MY HEAVENS. ARBY'S BEEF N' CHEDDAR SOUNDS SO GOOD RIGHT ABOUT NOW!!!!!". Then of COURSE i will get that for lunch the next day, and get serious heartburn from it. *sigh* I am so very tired most of the day. Tired. and Lazy. But at night, my bladder won't let me sleep long already! argh!! Don't get me wrong with all my complaining... i am so HAPPY to be pregnant!!! ECSTATIC!!!!

Something funny that happened at the doctors office... at 5 weeks I came into the doctor to confirm that I was indeed pregnant, and of course they weighed me. Nothing unusual. Then, just 3 weeks later i went for my 8 week apt... and weighed a whopping TWELVE POUNDS extra. I INSISTED the scale was wrong and she re-weigh me.. she says "Um, 11.5 lbs i guess i could say? Thats one big baby!" and I huffed and moved on. But my nerves were calmed when I went in today for the 12 week only to weigh 1 lb more than at my 5 week appointment. Talk about relief! I don't mind gaining weight at all, But 12 lbs... in 3 weeks!?? haha. I KNEW i was right ;)

My television SOUL MATE

Mr Jim Halpert from The Office. You and I were meant to be, Jim.


No, no... maybe i meant Dwight Schrute?



No. No No No. DEFINITELY Jim Halpert.

Showing

As soon as I became pregnant, one of the first things I was looking forward to was SHOWING. Alot of my Momma friends told me that with their first pregnancy, they didn't even start to show until about 4 months. And i was disappointed.. and have been counting the days until someone can look at me and TELL. Today I am 11 weeks pregnant, and i SWEAR i have an obvious baby bump. Why am I showing so early? Why do I all of a sudden feel like I don't want to show for a little while yet? But at the same time LOVE it when someone at work says "Aw, I can see your little bump when you stand like that". Ha! Today I will make my first, hesitant trip to Motherhood Maternity to buy some *gulp* maternity pants. After i eat lunch, it is all I can do to keep myself from unbuttoning my jeans and letting my stomach fly out. IT IS TIME.

Bad Doggie!!

My newest dog, Gus... he has discovered JUMPING ON MY BED. More specific, Jumping on my bed after running in the rain soaked yard. I love my comforter, and was so sad about this :(. Just telling the story to my family brought me to TEARS(hormonal much?). Let's hope the dry cleaners can save my bedspread!!

Hormones.

Pregnancy related topics are all I seem to blog about lately. But the hormones are taking over my body. I've cried at a Peanut Butter commercial for pete's sake. Oh and you know those All State and State Farm insurance commercials? They get me everytime. You know what really GOT me this morning? On my way to work, on the interstate, there was a man hitchhiking. This normally always makes me feel bad, but this man was dressed in work clothes, a button down shirt and khaki's. But there he stood with his little Thumb out in the road. I felt so sorry for him, and HONESTLY contemplated stopping, but i fear my own life more than i felt sorry for him apparently. I started to think about him as i passed... What kind of morning did this guy have? Why is he stranded on the dang interstate? Maybe he is a great person who something bad happened to and he is praying for someone to do the right thing and pick him up? And there i go, speeding by him. What kind of HUMAN am i? **CRY**

Or he could have been a serial killer... you never know.

Humiliated.

Why does the most embarrassing things happen to me? So, im sitting here at my desk, and my pants are feeling rather tight today, I work as a receptionist so I can't be sitting here with unbuttoned jeans if someone walks in. So I've heard of this trick with your button that you can use a pony tail holder and make your jeans looser. So im plotting how I can maneuver this trick. Under my desk? No... too risky. So i move to the dimly lit conference room to loosen my jeans. Keeping a close eye on the hallway. All of a sudden! I hear the front door open and PANIC. I look into the hall while in the middle of fiddling with my button and in walks the Production Manager (A MAN) and i stupidly say "Oh, Sorry!" and he keeps walking by, pretending not to notice me. Oh the humiliation. Who knows what kind of filthy idiot he thinks I am now...

Reminiscing and Good Morning

Don't you love hearing a song, that really just brings you back? Last night Dusty played Stay with Me by Josh Gracin and Holy Crow did it bring me BACK exactly where I was when I used to listen to this song. Back to my old Teal Mobile going to pick up Hannah and get on our way to Seminary. It reminds me of working at The Disney Store, and I remember it being fall time. Isn't it funny how a song can bring back such vivid memories? I sure love that song.



Now let me just tell you about my morning. Normally, I wake up feeling great. I almost even text Dusty and say "I FEEL GREAT!". But when i start to blow dry my hair, The sweating and that feeling like I can't catch my breath starts and instead i send an "OH NO I FEEL TERRIBLE" text. And leave for work with no breakfast. BUT. This morning was different. I woke up, feeling good... immediately went and ate TWO-count em- TWO toaster strudels..my hair was decent enough to not have to wash and blow dry. My 'fat' jeans were nice and clean and ready to wear. Since the above mentioned song was on my mind i thought, I Must find the old high school CD that has this song on it, so I go to leave for work early. Outside my front door is a lovely surprise from Jessica Marsaw and i sure loved it. (thank you jessica!) I get to my car, and in my giant stack of old UNLABELED cd's.... I start to pop them into my player.. the FIRST cd i chose, the FIRST song.. is THE song i wanted :) What are the ODDS of that!?!? I mean come on!! What a good start to my morning :)

Gag me.

How is it.. that when I am laying in bed, feeling sick as a DOG.. the TV just KNOWS to play the most disgusting food commercials ever?? KFC GRILLED CHICKEN! TACO BELL GIANT BURRITOS! PIZZA HUT CHEESE RING PIZZA! yuck. yuck. yuck. But what REALLY got to me.... was this disturbing excuse for a commercial...

um. really?

First Comes Love....

THEN COMES MARRIAGE...

THEN COMES THE PEANUT IN THE BABY CARRIAGE...

:)

I am a little over 9 weeks now, and i can't contain the secret any longer! We are just thrilled and so excited for Baby #1 to be here! (ETA: mid April). I was boastful in the beginning about my lack of morning sickness but OH BOY has it come to haunt me now. I also feel very very tired most of the day. No longer do I watch Food Network for enjoyment, or eat big meals. yuck. I am having a huge food aversion. The only things that sound good to me lately? Jello. Goldfish. Carbs. Carbs. Carbs. Foods I fear that will forever be on my banned list? Ribs (gulp, just typing that was hard) Cucumbers, Chips and Ranch Dip (gag), Mushroomy things..
Looking forward to the end of Morning (i mean all day) Sickness!!

Eternity

(don't mind this bad pic of me)

It sure doesn't seem so long when your sealed to this guy. What a wonderful day!

Destin 2009

Our trip to Destin started out on Saturday morning. We drove down to the beach, got a little lost, and eventually found out cute little beach house.
It wasn't a LONG walk to the beach, but it was still a walk where you had to cross the street and then tackle THESE babies...

Holy moly. I only made 2 trips down these stairs to realize it just wasn't worth it haha. I about died on the climb back up. Yikes!!

Dusty and Russell (My sisters husband) enjoyed playing some football on the beach..

And my mom got in on the action too haha

Personally, I much prefer the POOL to the ocean. And Dusty can't go to the pool without playing "throw the football in the air so I can catch it as I jump in"..

Also some exciting news is that I got a new Job!! I dont know if I've mentioned it here before but my previous job i absolutely could not stand. I did not enjoy it anymore and the new people I worked with i absolutely did not get along with. So i have joined Breland Homes with all my old friends and am so much happier here !!

Countdown to Temple.....2 days :)

Summer Vaca

Wow i havn't posted in a while. Last week I was at the beach with my family, which included my Sister and Brother in Law that live in North Carolina. That was WONDERFUL. I really really missed em :). They drove into town Friday and we were off to Destin early Saturday morning. It was a really great trip!! I was under the weather some of it, but the house was lovely and I didn't mind staying behind some of the times. My dad cooked really great meals and one morning we went to eat breakfast at a little restaurant called the Gravel Road. I wished I'd of taken a picture of their serving of hashbrowns (thats what I was craving). Let me think of something to compare it to... The size of a Silver Dollar? Thats how big the portion was. HAHA. One bite took care of them :) It was funny.. but anyway, I will catch up more on it later.. Just didn't want my little ol' bloggy to feel neglected today...