39 Weeks

One more week until my due date. I really thought this baby would come sooner...but I was wrong. I'm sure Chase will be bigger than Bryson was, I feel like I'm working on a 9 pounder. Yesterday was the first time I really felt I shouldn't have worn my stiletto heels to church. My feet and hips were killing me. Not able to wear heels a week before my due date??? Not bad :) I'm enjoying exercising in the pool and really benefit from the alleviation of the weight while in the water. I love the anticipation of not knowing when Chase will be here. It's fun to think, "is today the day?".

I'm ready when you are big guy.



Bryson can't wait to meet the elusive "Chase".



Everyone says they can't tell I'm pregnant from looking at the front. I still have a waist! It really looks like I've hid a basketball in my shirt.

Lamaze Group - 2nd Birthday's

My old Lamaze group (from when I had Bryson) celebrated our babies 2nd Birthday's at Kemp Park the other day. We really enjoy getting together, though it's been harder and harder to do the busier we get. It's such a great group of friends.

Here's all the kiddos eating their birthday cupcakes.



All the mom's. All of us are pregnant again except for one...I'm sure we'll hear news from her soon.



Our water babies.




Jaime and Dominic. Jaime's expecting baby Olivia in August.



Me and Bry Bry.



Kristen and Owen. Kristen welcomed baby Abby in May, she was the first.



Susan and Gabriel. Susan is about a month along.



Karen and Chase. Karen's a couple months along. Yes, she was okay with me taking Chase's name.



Ariel and Alexandra. No pressure Ariel...but we're waiting on some good news!



Happy 2nd Birthday Babies!!

Pinkapple Boutique Workshop

I had a wonderful time last night with my sister-in-laws, my mother-in-law and my mom. We made an appointment with "Pinkapple Boutique" (see my blog list) and had a craft workshop. We had so much fun making holiday crafts and household decor. Pinkapple has so many fun ideas and everything is so easy to make. I'm so grateful that the days of painting your own sayings are gone...thank goodness for vinyl lettering! Thank you husbands for watching (most of) the kids, it was a fun girls night. Also thank you Joy and Mimi for putting on such a great workshop. My family was really impressed with you, and so am I!

Happy 4th Of July

We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. We spent every day in the pool, which I loved. We celebrated Brett's mom's birthday as well as baby Troy's 1st birthday on the 3rd. Then we celebrated the 4th at the Barbours (dear friends of ours that go to all the "sand trips" as well). We lit off tons of fireworks in their culdsac after enjoying an amazing barbecue. This was the first year Bryson has been able to enjoy the fireworks. He loved playing with the sparklers and throwing the pop-it's on the ground. He was transfixed on the fireworks and really seemed to enjoy it.

Oh Tomato...How Do I Love Thee?

We found this huge "cherry tomato" hiding in the green. Bryson was so excited he went to show daddy (who almost gagged because he hates tomato's with a passion). We rinsed it off, took off the clothes and let him go at it. This boy is a tomato junkie!




My mom always told me there's nothing better than a garden tomato, warmed by the sun. I can't say I feel the same way. Yes I tried it, yes it did taste better than store bought tomato's, and yes...I still gagged. Now surround it in a big greasy cheese burger or make it into Ketchup and I'm a happy camper.

Baby Moon

Brett and I had a lovely "baby-moon" last week in Reno and Tahoe. We stayed at the Peppermill for free (we had coupons) and enjoyed a fun day and an incredible Dinner at Chi (Chinese). It felt so funny to sit at a restaurant and just sit. Usually I'm so busy and preoccupied getting Bryson set up and entertained that I don't even have a chance to look at the menu or glance around the room. We also had coupons for a discount on room service, so after sleeping in until 8am, we ordered a huge breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, fruit, milk, juice, hot chocolate, and 1/2 a dozen donuts. I was in heaven! We then drove over to Tahoe, taking the scenic route, and enjoyed lunch at our favorite Hotel...Monte Blue. We honeymooned there when it used to be Caesars so we always have to go there when we're celebrating an anniversary, or a baby moon :)

Thanks mom and dad for watching Bryson and letting us get away for a couple of days. It meant so much to us!


Here's an amazing view of Tahoe.




I had to take this picture....it's a view looking into the door of Brett's truck. It's like a fun house mirror. The sad thing is it's not too far off from the real thing!



Look at my poor shirt being stretched to the limit.



On another note, my garden is finally putting out edibles. Bryson and I picked all the red cherry tomatoes we could find and some green beans. Bryson devoured all of the tomatoes immediately!

Folsom Lake

We finally got a chance to take the boat out last week. We figured out what was wrong with it and now it runs like a charm. I had been so antsy to get out on the lake because the water is up at Folsom and the weather wasn't too terribly hot. Plus, being in the water eases the pains of pregnancy weight. We took our dear friends the Browns, ate a scrumptious dinner of Taco Bell and swam with geese.

Kirsten took this amazing picture, I stole it from her blog:)



Our cute little family.



Bryson showing off some mad skills driving the boat.



One of these kids is mine...I think.



Momma and Bry Bry.



Coaxing Bryson into the water.