Tuesday morning came early, and then it was back to reality.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Baby Moon - 31/32 Weeks
This past weekend we took a mini vacation. It was the last trip without Baby Hoop. Next time will be very different. We left Friday evening and flew to Fort Lauderdale, we didn't get in until really late. The first night we stayed at the Westin, and then we headed over to the Sheraton. It was a very nice and relaxing weekend. We ended up coming back Tuesday morning, and then we both headed back to work. We didn't do much of anything, we hung out by the pool. Than at night we headed out to dinner, and walked the beach. We didn't rent a car, until Monday morning. We decided to head down to Miami and South Beach for the day. The car ride was only 30 min. Miami was beautiful. Believe it or not, there is a big difference in the water on South Beach Miami than in Fort Lauderdale. The water at South Beach was green and pretty clear. I say this because I am not a big fan of the beach water. I will only go in if it becomes unbearable. I am afraid of the things you can't see in the water. Sometimes if I get to hot from laying out, I will go up where you can shower off the sand just to get cool. That wasn't the case in South Beach Miami. I got in the water. It was nice, it was also really hot out as well. We stayed for a couple of hours, and then we ate at a great little sandwich shop, one that we would probably never have found if we didn't practically park in front of it. It was called La Sandwicherie, and as you can guess the people running the place were french. They had sandwiches, shakes, and smoothies. It was great, if you ever go to South Beach it is on 14th street pass the main drag. A great lunch place, or a late night snack. Once we got back to Ft. Lauderdale we headed to the outlets. We didn't get anything just walked around and enjoyed or last night.
Tuesday morning came early, and then it was back to reality.
Tuesday morning came early, and then it was back to reality.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Virginia Beach with the Hoops
Over memorial day weekend, we took an extra day off to spend with the Hoop family. Meaning Brandon's parents, and his brothers family. We arrived almost a day earlier than they did. Friday was nice because I got to warm myself up with the idea of being 7 months pregnant and in a swimming suit. When Brandon and I arrived late Thursday night while at baggage claim I was shocked to see my ankles had become cankles!! They said that is pretty typical when being pregnant and flying, but it was a shock to me. That whole weekend I kept fighting with my cankles. At night when we got back to our room, I would try to keep them elevated whenever possible. I learned that with the flight, heat, and not drinking enough water that there was nothing I could really do about it. When they arrived Friday night we all went out to dinner to a great pizza place.
Saturday we got up and went to the beach, it wasn't the greatest weather but we were able to get some sun. Saturday night ended up being a beautiful night. We ate at a really nice restaurant on the beach. However when you are on the beach what kind of food do you see a lot of???? Fish....who doesn't like fish??? ME!!! So I think I ordered the Captain Crunch, the waiter kind of laughed at me. I order chicken fingers off the kids menu surprise surprise. I did get a nice house salad as well as a bake potato to help make up for the nutritional value of eating on the kids menu! Everything tasted great.
Sunday was amazing and hot out. I didn't think I would get in the ocean, just because it was cold but we were hot. So I did get my legs wet. I didn't get fully under the water. I have a problem with getting into water that I can't see what is swimming around me. After lunch Ali who is our niece wanted to go to the pool. Which is my kind of vacation!! Pool a place where you can see all the way to the bottom. Its funny how water temperature doesn't really phase kids. We thought it was pretty cold, and she just got in. She really like the slide. So Brandon and her played on the slide for a while, I was sitting on a chair with my feet elevated! ;-)
Once the sun went down we headed to Olive Garden! One of our favorite places to eat. You pretty much can never go wrong eating there. Although we went through one round of bread sticks and we asked for more. Have you ever been to a Olive Garden and they run out of bread sticks? Well they did. That was a bummer, but we still had a great time. That night we played Farkle with Jonathan and Alayna. Our friend Tim when he came into town a couple weeks ago introduced us to this game. It was a lot of fun. I am not going to tell you who won though....I will give you a hint it was a boy and it wasn't Brandon. We don't want this person to get a big head on his shoulder. He thinks he is unbeatable in all games. The next time we see him, we will just have to see about that!
Monday we spent our last day at the beach. Again you couldn't ask for a better day. The sun was shining and it was hot. Perfect weather for being at a beach. We went back and forth from the pool and beach.
Opps you weren't suppose to see this!! LOL
Once we cleaned up we decided to rent a surrey bike. A couple of years ago my family did this in Olando and I remembered it looked a lot harder than we thought it did. Well nothing changed. Since we had 7 people including Ali. We rented one Surrey and a tricycle, Brandon and I started out on the tri.
We were behind the surrey, but however we couldn't figure out why they were going to slow. All we could hear was Jonathan saying I can't do all the work here. I am pulling 1000lbs all by myself. So 15 min into the ride (might I add we rented these for an hour) Brandon decided to switch with Alayna. They started off with Jonathan in the front, Dave next to him, Brandon behind Dave, and Patty behind Jonathan. Thinking this was going to be the strategy to get them to move. Oh Ali was enjoying herself. She was singing away in the front of the bike enjoying the ride. Alayna and I took off. We would get way a head, then pull off to the side and wait for them. The first time we met back with them we notice that the biking strategy had changed. I was Jonathan, and Brandon in the front with their parents in the back. Brandon and Jonathan looked whipped. Brandon said this is so much harder than the tricycle. We still had about 20 min left. Patty was sweating, and if you know Patty she hates to sweat! This was a workout for them. Alayna and I took off once again, periodically checking back on them making sure they were still back there. And they were. We notice that we had 5 min to get back. So Alayna and I took off, we said at least we can get ours back in time, they might have to pay if they go over. So we were off. We dropped the tricycle off, with some time to spare. We got off our bike and decided to sit on the a near by bench. We finally saw them, they were tying their hardest to make it back on time. They were close, the guy didn't say anything. I liked Jonathan's comment at the end, I think this pretty much summed up their experience on the surrey bike. "Why did we pay 40 dollars for an hour long workout?"
It was a good time. We got some great pictures. That was our last night together, Tuesday morning Brandon and I got up early to catch our flight. And we were really early. I mean we had an hour of sitting at the airport. That was a little to early for us, we will have to reevaluate our time the next time we fly home from some place.
Saturday we got up and went to the beach, it wasn't the greatest weather but we were able to get some sun. Saturday night ended up being a beautiful night. We ate at a really nice restaurant on the beach. However when you are on the beach what kind of food do you see a lot of???? Fish....who doesn't like fish??? ME!!! So I think I ordered the Captain Crunch, the waiter kind of laughed at me. I order chicken fingers off the kids menu surprise surprise. I did get a nice house salad as well as a bake potato to help make up for the nutritional value of eating on the kids menu! Everything tasted great.
Sunday was amazing and hot out. I didn't think I would get in the ocean, just because it was cold but we were hot. So I did get my legs wet. I didn't get fully under the water. I have a problem with getting into water that I can't see what is swimming around me. After lunch Ali who is our niece wanted to go to the pool. Which is my kind of vacation!! Pool a place where you can see all the way to the bottom. Its funny how water temperature doesn't really phase kids. We thought it was pretty cold, and she just got in. She really like the slide. So Brandon and her played on the slide for a while, I was sitting on a chair with my feet elevated! ;-)
Once the sun went down we headed to Olive Garden! One of our favorite places to eat. You pretty much can never go wrong eating there. Although we went through one round of bread sticks and we asked for more. Have you ever been to a Olive Garden and they run out of bread sticks? Well they did. That was a bummer, but we still had a great time. That night we played Farkle with Jonathan and Alayna. Our friend Tim when he came into town a couple weeks ago introduced us to this game. It was a lot of fun. I am not going to tell you who won though....I will give you a hint it was a boy and it wasn't Brandon. We don't want this person to get a big head on his shoulder. He thinks he is unbeatable in all games. The next time we see him, we will just have to see about that!
Monday we spent our last day at the beach. Again you couldn't ask for a better day. The sun was shining and it was hot. Perfect weather for being at a beach. We went back and forth from the pool and beach.
Opps you weren't suppose to see this!! LOL
Once we cleaned up we decided to rent a surrey bike. A couple of years ago my family did this in Olando and I remembered it looked a lot harder than we thought it did. Well nothing changed. Since we had 7 people including Ali. We rented one Surrey and a tricycle, Brandon and I started out on the tri.
We were behind the surrey, but however we couldn't figure out why they were going to slow. All we could hear was Jonathan saying I can't do all the work here. I am pulling 1000lbs all by myself. So 15 min into the ride (might I add we rented these for an hour) Brandon decided to switch with Alayna. They started off with Jonathan in the front, Dave next to him, Brandon behind Dave, and Patty behind Jonathan. Thinking this was going to be the strategy to get them to move. Oh Ali was enjoying herself. She was singing away in the front of the bike enjoying the ride. Alayna and I took off. We would get way a head, then pull off to the side and wait for them. The first time we met back with them we notice that the biking strategy had changed. I was Jonathan, and Brandon in the front with their parents in the back. Brandon and Jonathan looked whipped. Brandon said this is so much harder than the tricycle. We still had about 20 min left. Patty was sweating, and if you know Patty she hates to sweat! This was a workout for them. Alayna and I took off once again, periodically checking back on them making sure they were still back there. And they were. We notice that we had 5 min to get back. So Alayna and I took off, we said at least we can get ours back in time, they might have to pay if they go over. So we were off. We dropped the tricycle off, with some time to spare. We got off our bike and decided to sit on the a near by bench. We finally saw them, they were tying their hardest to make it back on time. They were close, the guy didn't say anything. I liked Jonathan's comment at the end, I think this pretty much summed up their experience on the surrey bike. "Why did we pay 40 dollars for an hour long workout?"
It was a good time. We got some great pictures. That was our last night together, Tuesday morning Brandon and I got up early to catch our flight. And we were really early. I mean we had an hour of sitting at the airport. That was a little to early for us, we will have to reevaluate our time the next time we fly home from some place.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
29 Weeks....
Well here it is...the picture you all have been waiting to see. Me with a belly. If you notice I have these funky socks on, they are support socks. I purchased them after my trip to the beach because of traveling I was having some serious swelling issues on my ankles and feet. Not fun, but they are back to normal. I just had my 28 week check up last week, and got tested for Gestational Diabetes, along with my Iron. Everything came back at the levels it should be. I was excited to hear that. I don't have to drink that sugar drink anymore and get tested the rest of the time! Now I have graduated from going every 4 weeks to every 2 weeks.
This past weekend we went to our birthing classes. It wasn't something we were looking forward to going, but we had a great teacher and we were glad we went. We learned a lot of good information. I think Brandon learned one as well. The first two weeks after the baby is born when baby sleeps mom is suppose to be sleeping!! Also the hospital I will be delivery at delivers over 8,000 babies a year. At first you think on no I am going to be just a number, but than you have to think they are prepared to handle anything.
I will post pictures soon of our beach trip with the Hoops. We went there over memorial weekend.
This past weekend we went to our birthing classes. It wasn't something we were looking forward to going, but we had a great teacher and we were glad we went. We learned a lot of good information. I think Brandon learned one as well. The first two weeks after the baby is born when baby sleeps mom is suppose to be sleeping!! Also the hospital I will be delivery at delivers over 8,000 babies a year. At first you think on no I am going to be just a number, but than you have to think they are prepared to handle anything.
I will post pictures soon of our beach trip with the Hoops. We went there over memorial weekend.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
New Addition
Well we can finally cross something off our list of things to either to do or purchase before baby Hoop arrives.
1. Decide on a Name
2. Decide on Bedding, and nursery Color
3. Order Recliner
4. Purchase a Family Vehicle
As most of you know I have been driving my trusty old cavalier, the one my parents purchased me while in college. Its been a great little car, never would I have dreamed that I would still have it. I have 186,000 miles on it, and its still going. I told Brandon when I cross the 200,000 mile marker I am taking a picture of it and send it to GM (government motors). We have been saying since we have been married, that we would purchase me a new car when it was time for the family. Well 2.5 months away we finally had to hunker down and purchase it. It wasn't something we wanted to do, people say that purchasing a car is the second biggest purchase in your life. I would have to agree with that statement.
Thank goodness I have a husband that knows his cars and prices. He really need to follow his passion and either start consulting for people or be a car broker. He is great at knowing cars, what engines to stay away from, what prices to look for and such. So if you are in the market, you might need to pick his brain. If you know Brandon he has been researching the heck out of cars. Looking at Volvo XC90, Yukon, and Expedition. He is always looking for that great deal, well while we were in the airport at 6am Monday morning he was looking at craigslist on his phne. He found it a 2003 Eddie Bauer Expedition, and it was such a great deal that when we landed he called the guy (8AM in the Morning). After work on Monday we drove down to test drive it. It was great, its big enough to hold all of us one kid, two dogs and two parents. We hope that it will last us long enough to hold two kids and two dogs! haha
So I finally got a new car, we still have the cavalier and I will continue to drive it until I find sitting low in a car uncomfortable. Than after baby hoop arrives, I will still use it as long as we don't need to go anywhere all together. The gas on the Cavalier is amazing, the new car....um not so much.
Here are some pictures....oh and Nala took a ride it in yesterday as well. She enjoyed her time.
Here I am getting ready to drive it off the lot!
1. Decide on a Name
2. Decide on Bedding, and nursery Color
3. Order Recliner
4. Purchase a Family Vehicle
As most of you know I have been driving my trusty old cavalier, the one my parents purchased me while in college. Its been a great little car, never would I have dreamed that I would still have it. I have 186,000 miles on it, and its still going. I told Brandon when I cross the 200,000 mile marker I am taking a picture of it and send it to GM (government motors). We have been saying since we have been married, that we would purchase me a new car when it was time for the family. Well 2.5 months away we finally had to hunker down and purchase it. It wasn't something we wanted to do, people say that purchasing a car is the second biggest purchase in your life. I would have to agree with that statement.
Thank goodness I have a husband that knows his cars and prices. He really need to follow his passion and either start consulting for people or be a car broker. He is great at knowing cars, what engines to stay away from, what prices to look for and such. So if you are in the market, you might need to pick his brain. If you know Brandon he has been researching the heck out of cars. Looking at Volvo XC90, Yukon, and Expedition. He is always looking for that great deal, well while we were in the airport at 6am Monday morning he was looking at craigslist on his phne. He found it a 2003 Eddie Bauer Expedition, and it was such a great deal that when we landed he called the guy (8AM in the Morning). After work on Monday we drove down to test drive it. It was great, its big enough to hold all of us one kid, two dogs and two parents. We hope that it will last us long enough to hold two kids and two dogs! haha
So I finally got a new car, we still have the cavalier and I will continue to drive it until I find sitting low in a car uncomfortable. Than after baby hoop arrives, I will still use it as long as we don't need to go anywhere all together. The gas on the Cavalier is amazing, the new car....um not so much.
Here are some pictures....oh and Nala took a ride it in yesterday as well. She enjoyed her time.
Here I am getting ready to drive it off the lot!
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