California Cravings

The other night Phil asked me when I was going to get pregnant cravings. I asked him what he meant and he was like, "you know, where I have to drive out in the middle of the night to buy you something." I have had foods that I've wanted at certain times but no desperate cravings on which I've sent him out to make purchases on my behalf. Frankly, almost everything I would "crave" has to do with food/restaurants that are in California and NOT anywhere near us in Colorado. One of the things I have been wanting since moving to CO is a good taro boba smoothie.

Since moving to rural Colorado, there are many comforts of the LA area that I miss. Most have to do with either food or shopping. One craving that I have decided to satisfy by Internet is my love for boba. Boba? you may ask. If you're not familiar with it, boba is made of large balls of sweet, chewy, black tapioca that sit at the bottom of a smoothie. Phil's and my favorite flavor of smoothie is taro. It makes a delicious pretty purple drink that's hard to describe but tastes incredible. If you ever come across boba at a Chinese restaurant or anywhere else, you should try it! It's great! Most people whom we introduced to boba enjoyed it. You drink it through a fat straw that the boba are able to fit through.

Well, tonight, I ordered some taro smoothie powder and boba online and I'm soooooo excited to get it! I haven't met anyone in CO who has even heard of boba, let alone who sells it. Fairly soon I will be able to satisfy my desire for this delicious drink in the comfort of my own home.

17 week baby belly

Well, as my Uncle Dan would say, I should warn people that this is a rated blog. :) JK. Here are pictures of my baby belly taken at 17 weeks 1 day. Getting a bit rounder and bigger.



I've also included some pics of a beautiful Colorado sunset we saw as we drove home the other night.

Lack of Pictures

Well, I've been procrastinating on posting as I still don't have those baby belly pics I promised. I've tried...just haven't had any good photo op times.

On Friday, my co-workers told me that I actually LOOKED pregnant. It all depends on what shirt I'm wearing. The tighter pre-pregnancy shirts show the belly whereas my maternity shirts make it look like I'm not pregnant. :)

So, I've been dying to wear jeans again. I stopped wearing mine a number of weeks ago as they were too snug when I sat down. I have been searching the stores here but to no avail. One of the drawbacks I'm finding of living in a more rural area is that you can't often buy what you're looking for! I can't find maternity jeans ANYWHERE. Well, this week, I tried my pre-pregnancy jeans on just to see if they'd still fit. I was amazed that I could still button and zip them all the way up! Still too uncomfortable when sitting so I tried the hairtie over the buttonhole. It worked. I've been wanting to buy a "bella band" to be able to wear my jeans with the hairtie fix. That way it covers the open zipper. Well, that's yet another thing I'm unable to find out here. So, I figured out a way to create my own using a stretchy undershirt that I don't really wear. So now, I can finally wear jeans again!! And, thanks to my lovely sister, she's shopping for me in CA and will bring me some real maternity jeans when she comes to visit in ONE AND A HALF WEEKS WITH BEKAH!

Other than trying to find/create clothes that fit, not too much else going on here. Finished the last Harry Potter book on Saturday. I borrowed it from a co-worker as I am to thrifty to buy it.

I'll try to post more pics when I can. Oh, and baby has been dancing around quite a bit lately. Most of the time I feel consistant little kicks about 5-10 in a row throughout the day. Baby's getting bigger!!!

Life happenings

Not too much exciting going on here. I had an okay week at work with a few difficult days dealing with some incredibly rude customers. I have a hard time understanding how some people feel it's okay to treat other human beings. Gggrrrrrr!

Tomorrow celebrates 16 weeks of pregnancy. I feel as if I've felt the baby move a few times here and there but I'm not absolutely sure. I'm looking forward to the time where I feel movements that I know are little kicks. :)

Phil and I went to our town's Burning Mountain Festival last weekend in downtown New Castle. There was a band and about 15 booths or so. Pretty small town event. Today, we went to the Mountain Fair that I heard about yesterday at work. It's located in downtown Carbondale and Phil and I found it to be very similar to Strawberry Days. I've never seen so many little craft fairs as here in CO. I was driving in another little town, Silt today and saw that they have the Silt Hay Day coming up next weekend. I don't think we'll make it to that one.

Not much else to say. I'll try to post 16 week pictures tomorrow if I can get Phil to take some. Some days I feel like I hardly look pregnant and others I feel like I look pretty big. Fun fun fun.

Congratulations Michael & Emily

Just wanted to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to my good friends, Michael and Emily, on the birth of their beautiful little girl, Rylinn Elizabeth! She was born July 18, 2007 and weighed 6lbs. 15 oz. and is 19.5 inches long. I can't wait to meet Rylinn either next time we get to Southern CAL or you come visit us in Colorado!

OB Appointment & Baby Gifts

Today I had my 14 week appointment with my OB doctor. I had my 1st trimester genetic screening a few weeks ago and everything looks good. Yeah! Doctor and I were able to hear Baby's heartbeat on the Doppler. It brought a big smile to my face. While at the doctor's office, I found out that my doctor's primary nurse, Christy, was in a rollover accident on July 8th and was seriously injured. She's in ICU and I'm not sure if she's gained consciousness or not at this point. She had 2 young children at home. I'm sure their family would appreciate your prayers.

For Phil's birthday this week, his parents sent a box with a gift for him and some baby items. I thought the gifts were absolutely precious. They sent a diaper bag (no picture), a onsie that says "Grandpa Rules", a pair of baby socks and my favorites, two baby blankets from when Phil was a baby. The Mickey & Minnie blanket was hand cross-stitches by Phil's mom and his 1st dad before Phil was born. The pink and blue blanket was hand-made by his Aunt/Grandma Hazel (I'm not exactly sure about this one). I thought these were all precious gifts for our little one.




A few weeks ago, my mom sent my first baby items to me in the mail. She sent a little Winnie-the-Pooh hat and a swaddle outfit. Cute huh?



The theme I chose for the nursery is based on the book, "Guess How Much I Love You." When I was a child, my mom used to create my birthday cards and inside she'd draw a stick figure with it's arms all the way across the card and underneath she would write, I love you thhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssss much!!!!! I always loved those cards and used to try to recreate them when I made birthday/Christmas cards. Well, I told my parents that when I was in college and for my birthday one year my mom sent me the book, "Guess How Much I Love You." I loved it. Well, a few months ago, the local bookstore was having a 50% off sale on everything in the store and I stumbled across the baby book based on the book. Of course I couldn't pass it up. My mom is planning on painting four canvases of pictures I select from the book. We'll also add a few other details from the book into the room as well.

At some point, I'll have to post some pictures of the baby blankets I have from my dear Great Grandma Della who passed away just a year ago. She made over 400 baby blankets AFTER she turned 90, all of which she gave away! Amazing huh? She was so generous in all she did and is greatly missed by everyone in our family. Most of the baby blankets she made were given to the pregnancy crisis center.

The crib is coming along. I have it half built so far. :) Pics to come soon. I'll also post about the good buys I got at the thrift store today!

Baby Belly Pics-13 weeks 3 days

Here are some pictures of my slowly growing baby belly. I took these at 13 weeks 3 days. On Sunday, I will officially be into my 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Yeah! My next OB appointment is on Monday. We should be able to use the doppler at this point although I'm secretly hoping for another ultrasound too. I am still throwing up about every other day or so and feeling sick every day. I guess that's life being pregnant...for me anyways. This is my favorite and most comfortable pregnancy outfit right now.

The other week, I was looking for a crib in the papers and on ebay as my sister and niece are going to be coming to visit in August and we need somewhere for Bekah to sleep while she's here. I bid on a crib on ebay that still had two days left on it and I only upped the bid by less than $3 so I thought surely someone would outbid me. However, when I checked two days later, I had won the crib! So, I accidently bought this crib and got a better deal than I would have in the stores. It's a 3 in 1 crib which means it also converts to a toddler bed and a twin. The color didn't really match the picture online but I do like the crib still and I think it'll work great for Bekah and the baby. The last picture is the picture from ebay. We still haven't assembled the crib yet.

Happy Birthday Phil!

Today is my husband's birthday! I'm so excited to be able to spend this special day WITH him since I have not been around on many of his birthday's since we started dating and got married. Phil and I have continued to grow closer in our love and support for each other through the years and I am so blessed every day he is in my life! I love you babe and wish you much happiness today and in the years to come!

4th of July

Here's a few pics to hold you over. Phil and I drove to a town named Meeker about an hour and a half from where we live. We went with Jessica, my co-worker, and her husband, Ben. I'll tell you more about it later when I feel more up to writing.

Barefoot, Pregnant but not in the Kitchen

Well, here's my first baby bump pictures. From the front you can't really see anything and from the side you can just start to see the baby bump. I am exactly 12 weeks today. Enjoy!