I've Been Tagged

8 Things I'm passionate about:
1. My marriage
2. My boy
3. My girl (she is 3rd since I haven't met her yet)
4. Getting organized
5. Saving money
6. Planning ahead
7. Reading
8. wow I'm a geek and ok with it

8 Things I want to Do before I Die:
1. See my children grow up and get married
2. Be a Grandmother
3. Become a nurse
4. Help others in a more tangible way
5. Travel all over the US
6. Travel around the world
7. Make sure those I care about know how I feel about them
8. Become more adventurous

8 Shows I Watch:
1. The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2. Heroes
3. Stargate Atlantis
4. The Unit
5. Lost
6. Backyardigans
7. Go, Diego, Go
8. Dora the Explorer

8 Things that Attract Me to My Friends:
1. They are Funny
2. They are more outgoing then me
3. They are Honest and Open
4. They are Loyal
5. We share Common Faith
6. They like my kid(s)
7. They are easy to talk to
8. They love to laugh

8 Things I Say Often:
1. What is it baby?
2. Follow directions!!
3. What do you want for snack?
4. No computer today (how sad is that)
5. I'm feeling fine today
6. Mommy is resting right now
7. My feet hurt
8. Sorry, I'm gassy

8 Artist I Never Tire Of:
1. The Beatles
2. Nora Jones
3. India Arie
4. Sara McLachlan
5. Good Charlotte
6. Casting Crowns

8 Things I Learned in '07:
1. The heat is not that bad in Bakersfield
2. My friends are very very imporant to me, even if I am bad at staying in touch
3. I am pregnant
4. It's a girl
5. Second pregancy is not as fun (or easy)
6. Jacob is very sensitive to missing his best friends
7. Jacob loves to talk about and look at anatomy
8. I am more nervous than I thought I would be for baby #2

I tag: Kristi B, Kelli and Robert, and Sarah

a very busy time of year

Sarah's shower Feb 2nd (she is about 9 months)


Chef Jacob hard at work (don't worry the stove was not on yet)




My 28th birthday. We celebrated at a tapenyaki place called Shogun. It was expensive, but delicious. Jacob really liked it when the chef made the fire volcano. I had steak and Billy had chicken. It is now one of my favorite places (for a special occasion)



Here is Jacob literally 2 days ago playing on our patio with water. It was 69 outside and I was wearing a tank top! Way too warm for Feb weather if you ask me.


We have had a very busy past four weeks. There are some milestones not pictured above including Billy's 30th birthday. We just went to dinner, nothing fancy. Then we went to a conference out of town. We also had a baby shower for Jayda and celebrated Valentines Day Of course we neglected to get a picture of the two of us with our camara, but we went to the Sweetheart dinner at church looking all spiffed up. Now we are looking ahead to Jacob's third birthday party. It will be held at our church on Saturday in conjunction with another child here. He is the big number 3. I can't believe how fast the time has gone (especially since we moved here). Things don't appear to be slowing down anytime soon...

So, you know how you get great news and it makes you feel all giddy inside? Like the Christmas morning feeling when you were a kid? Well, I got that kind of news yesturday. I have to admit my doc scared me at my last visit saying that if I kept gaining a bunch of weight that he would send me to a nutritionist. It freaked me out, so I have been stressing about it for 3 weeks. Not stressing enough to change a lot about how I eat, though. So, I had another appointment yesturday morning and I stepped on that scale with my little heart pounding. Of course I had memorised my previous weight, so that I wouldn't have to ask. That digital number only went up 2 lbs!!! I was so excited I could hardly keep from jumping up and down! I am happy about my 19 lb total weight gain so far. This pregnancy has been a lot better in that area than my last. Who knows maybe girls will be easier after all?

After my stellar appointment where the doc said everything is looking great, I treated myself to a shopping spree (with giftcards we had received at a shower). I picked out a cute bedding set for Jayda and brought it home. It was a great day. By the way, at that shower we just invited a few of the young families from church and got a few large packages of diapers and a few gift cards. We didn't get very many clothes because it was a couples shower and we didn't want it to be too girlie for the men. It was a lot of fun, and I am not worried about the clothes. My sister-in-law and with another friend who has a few connections are contacting friends to hook me up. So that is what is going on with us right now. I will be posting more pics soon of Jayda's space when it all comes together.