Sunday, May 31, 2009

the ultimate burgers... yum

Lately the baby has been making me crave spicy things even more than I already do.
Today I was wanting burgers and fries, and I made some that were awesome! I was so proud of them that I had to take a picture. Mine had bacon, pepper jack cheese, grilled onions and a grilled serrano pepper. I think I should have added 3 more serrano peppers but it was still good. So here are my pretty little creations (Brandon did make the buns, so it wasn't all me).

Monday, May 25, 2009

Birthday shopping

Of course, I couldn't go without showing off what Brandon got me for my birthday. He got me these shoes (yes, they are zebra-striped AND shiny) and the toenail polish that I am wearing. When I got them, I said, "Great! I have been worried about looking too mature lately." Being pregnant was beginning to make me feel old. These will definitely reverse that, along with realizing that I am only 21. We also got more plants to put in our little garden. Now we have basil, thyme, serrano pepper, tomato (growing out of the fish's mouth), and jalapeno. Brandon made the fish pot in our ceramics class.
He even took me to get some body spray, but they were out of the kind that I liked. Oh well. I still love my birthday presents!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

A little birthday miracle

I had a great birthday yesterday. Brandon posted about everything we did, so I won't repeat anything. But he did leave out one part. After we had dinner at Tucanos, we came home and found a dryer sitting out by the dumpster. Well, in 2 weeks, we are moving into an apartment with washer/dryer hookups and we already have a washer from Brandon's parents. All we needed was a dryer, and we were going to buy one on Monday. As I was calling my friend to help us move it, the owner of the mysterious dryer drove by and informed me that it worked very well but they had just gotten a new one, so it was up for grabs. So I sat on it and Brandon rode in circles on my bike for about 30 minutes until our friend got here and helped Brandon carry it into our kitchen. While sitting by a dumpster on a dryer wasn't what I had in mind for finishing my birthday, I am very glad that we found it. And now Brandon and I will have a dryer to make our kids sit on when they get in trouble. Thanks, mommy, for staying for my birthday and making it awesome. And thanks, Brandon, for sharing me with her.

Monday, May 18, 2009

More naming fun

By now, everyone knows about the joke that Bethany played on me with my baby name. That episode reminded me of another naming joke she played on me years ago.

I was 12, and I had just gotten a new rabbit. Bethany thought it would be really funny to convince me to name him Herpes. I fell for it.

Unfortunately, Ashley gave it away by giggling and saying, "When I have a rabbit, I'm going to name it HIV-Positive." I DID know what HIV was. After that I figured out that Herpes was an STD, but not until after I had been calling him Herpes for at least a week.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

It's a girl!

And she is beautiful. I saw her little face, hands, feet, and her four-chambered heart. So, everything is there, except for a penis. She is a little small for her age, but I kind of expected Brandon and I to produce a very small child. She moves a lot and she yawned at us. I couldn't tell if she has sad eyes yet. Anyways, we are so excited!!!

Also: Yes, we have a name picked out. No, we aren't telling anyone what it is. So don't ask.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Our eventful weekend

Actually, our weekend started out being pretty uneventful. But on Saturday, Brandon had a filling fall out, so we had to make an emergency trip to Idaho to get that fixed (his uncle is a dentist). We got to Idaho at around 1 AM that night. Mother's day was fun-- Brandon and Mia brought me breakfast in bed and I got a tomato plant at church (they were giving out plants to all the women for mother's day). After church I asked all the little Harpdogs what kind of baby they thought I was going to have. I got the best response from Cameron-- "If he's a girl, then he won't be very fun." We shall see. I called Mom the Bomb and we planned out what we are doing this week when she is here. That night, we drove home and now I am just getting ready for Mom to come. This weekend will be even more fun!

Saturday, May 09, 2009

So excited

I am very excited about this week. Mom the bomb is coming to Utah and we are going to party. In fact, I have been telling everyone that I work with how excited I am to see her every day. Sometimes I even start jumping up and down because I am so excited. On Thursday, we are going to my doctor to find out if I'm having a boy or a girl (please vote on what you think it will be on the side). Mom will even be here for my birthday! I think it is going to be a great two weeks.