Holiday Events

So Christmas was so great this year! Our first present came from our little peanut when we got to have our first appointment on Christmas Eve. The doctor said everything looks great and that the baby was measuring perfectly! We got to see it move around inside of me and it's little hear beating. It was so AMAZING! It was the best Christmas present we got! We also got each other a new camera that came before Christmas. It's so totally awesome!
Next we went to my families house for our annual Christmas Eve Party. This is not your typical party. It is filled with fireworks, games, great food, and surprise guests...

My mom dressed up like a tree and Derek was Santa. They handed out presents to everyone.


My mom even decorated her huge wagon. It was hilarious!

We played family feud Christmas Edition and if you won you got a prize. We ended up winning a gift card to Chili's, Lowes, and a shower radio!

Next was present time. This is my niece Gianna. She got a pink motorcycle!

Here is Derek with Gianna, Kolten, and Wyatt. Getting ready to open his present.

He got a rip stick and so did my brother in law. They played with them down in the basement. Wyatt and Kolten got new scooters too!

My mom goes crazy with presents! We got a new comforter set, hose winder thingy, pajamas, clothes, I got the softest robe ever, sheets, and much more!
We went home that night and spent Christmas morning at our house opening the gifts we had for each other.
Here is our cute little tree!

Derek gave me the most thoughtful gifts. He knows I love Belle so much and gave me Belle iron on patches, a Belle doll, Belle socks, Belle sucker, and a special Belle pin you can only get by trading with Belle at Disneyland (he found it on Ebay) and a Belle ornament!


Derek also gave me a pinkish purplish radio for my ipod, a new mp3 player to take to the gym that is so tiny but it holds 2 gigs and has an fm radio so I can listen to the tv shows! I have a HUGE stocking and he made sure it was overflowing! He gave me lots of cute notes that I can exchange for things I have been craving such as cafe rio, pizza, and ice cream! I think I have the most thoughtful husband ever!
I gave Derek a very colorful hat which I think he looks super cute in!

I bought Phish iron ons and made a matching t-shirt and onesie for him and the baby!

I also gave him a book called What to Expect When Your Wife is Expanding, a new mouse for the computer, a hand drawn Phish poster, a shop vac, a game for the wii called Cooking Mama and a new razor. He is the hardest person to shop for EVER! We had a great Christmas morning together though.
Then it was back down to my parents house to see what Santa had left us there and to have breakfast. I also got to spend more time with my cute new nephew Luke. He is my step sisters new baby. She flew in from Arizona with her fiance. We had not seen her for like 4 years! Her baby is so cute and it made me so much more excited to have one of my own!

Santa was very generous this year and brought me a red Kithenaid mixer! I have been wanting one and was so hoping that this was the year!

Derek got some more Phish prizes like a calendar. It was so much fun to spend the rest of the morning down with my family.
Then it was off to spend the evening with Derek's family at his mom's boyfriends house. His family all came over and we had a nice dinner! All of Derek's family except his mom and brother live up in Washington so we missed them this year!

After dinner we took turns reading a story and opening gifts.

It was such a great holiday! Yesterday my mom came up and we played the wii and I made homemade bread and muffins with my new mixer! I'm in love with it!
Tomorrow we're off to Denver to spend New Years with friends and see Hot Buttered Rum. We'll be back late New Years Day...I think!
So have a safe and happy New Years!

Tag I'm it

Whitney tagged me so here it goes...
8 Shows I watch:
Desperate Housewives
The Office
Weeds
Little House on the Prairie
House
I can't think of anymore

8 things I did yesterday:
Worked
Took a nap
Went Bowling for a family Christmas party
Went to Derek's work party
Clapped when he won a $250 gift card
Blew my nose 100 times
Ate strawberries
Listened to Coast to Coast


8 places I like to eat:
(When not pregnant)
Cafe Rio
Long Life Vegi House
Evergreen
Royal India
Olive Garden
Chili's
The Pie
7-11 (for slurpees)


8 things I am looking forward to:
Having my 1st ultrasound
Finding out if it's a boy or girl in February
Having a healthy baby
Seeing Derek as a Daddy
Going to Denver for New Years
Being off for 2 weeks
Not feeling sick anymore
Christmas

8 things on my wish list:
A healthy baby

A Kitchenaid Mixer

Magic feel good medicine

4 Door car

Snowblower

Cute maternity clothes

A maid

Some sort of sleeping heating device for our bed

No Title

I'm off of work for 16 days.
I can't sleep at night.
I have a super stuffy nose.
Strawberries are delicious.
I have no desire to shower.
I want it to be Wednesday.
My life will forever change Wednesday.
For better or worse...we'll see.
Hopefully better.
I hope Christmas is not too emotional.
I don't do well with emotional lately.
I wish my grandpa could meet my baby.
Same with Tyrell.
Derek is so sweet to me.
He puts up with my crazy pregnant emotions.
I hate eating.
Nothing ever sounds good.
I do love slurpees though.
And oranges.
This was very random.
I'll blame it on the pregnancy.
It's a good excuse for everything!

Life

This month seems to be flying by. I am grateful for this because I so badly want to go to my doctors appointment on the 24th. However, I am a bit terrified that they will say something is wrong and then Christmas would be ruined.
My last day of work is Friday. That means only 4 days with head start kiddos, 3 days with preschool kiddos and one planning day. Then it's 16 days of FREEDOM!
I went bowling on Wednesday with some friends I used to work with. I suck. However I did feel cool wearing my own bowling shoes (Thanks Lane) Anyway, I found out that my friend Erienne is pregnant too! She is due July 22nd, one day before me! I'm pretty excited to be able to go through my first pregnancy with somebody I know.
I've been feeling better lately. My nausea comes and goes and is never really predictable. I have terrible food aversions. I almost vomit by the mere thought of some foods. I'm addicted to Popsicles, Pace Bars in particular. They are like a snow cone on a stick. I've been craving Long Life Veggie House. Cashew Chicken and Lemon Chicken...I need it soon. We tried to bribe Derek's brother into bringing it to me last night but that was a no go.
Sometimes I really hate that we live so far away from where our lives are. I mean sure we have a life up here, but everyone we know, everything we like to do, everywhere we like to eat, is not by us. Someday I hope to move back down to normal civilization, but we'll probably end up moving even further away for Derek's job...but that's ok.
I wake up so early. I was up at 4 this morning. I tried so hard to go back to sleep but it was just not happening.
The End.

Thanksgiving and Shopping

Thanksgiving was good. It would have been better if I could have taken more than two bites of my food. There's always next year though.
To me Thanksgiving is something you have to do to get to the real festivities...BLACK FRIDAY! This year was a huge success and it was so much fun having my sister come along. People say I'm crazy for loving it so much, but there's just something about racing down the aisle to find you get to take the last of whatever you are hunting down.
I'm still pregnant so that's good. This little babe growing in me sure does make me sick though. I'm nauseated all day long and feel like I haven't slept in days. It's totally worth it though and I'm so not complaining just writing it down for record.
Only 3 more weeks until our doctors appointment! That also means 3 more weeks until Christmas Eve! Which also means only 2 1/2 weeks until I get out for Christmas Break which is 16 days this year!