Diamondbacks game

One of our besties John & Chantel invited us to a Diamondbacks game against the Minnesota Twins, it started off a little slow but got way more intense as the game went on. It was an amazing game! We ended up winning and had a blast, I even brought a throw pillow so my bum didn't get too tired from sitting :) I showed the world how lady like I am.... so I have noticed that being pregnant it is more and more difficult to cross my legs or keep my knees together - it's just not comfortable. Soo the people that were sitting in front of us had a huge Diamondbacks flag that they were waving around and I look up to see them on the jumbo tron, and what do you know there is me in the background with my wide open legs - so attractive I'm sure. I'm just glad I wasn't wearing a skirt that day.

Special Olympics

Last Saturday Jesse and I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Special Olympics for floor hockey.  Let me start from the beginning of the day. At about 5am I was wide awake so I got up and got a drink and realized that the baby was flipping like crazy around in my tummy. I sat there for a bit and it was just ridiculously strong so I felt my tummy with my hand and realized that I could feel it from the outside, which means that Jesse could feel the baby too! I grabbed Jesses hand and I woke him up and said- you've gotta feel this!  He woke up for a few minutes and he got really excited because he felt the baby kick a couple of times, then he promptly fell back asleep :) So I got up and made breakfast and woke Jesse up about an hour later to get up so we could go to floor hockey. We thought it would have taken a lot longer to get over to Avondale and it really only took about 30 minutes and we got there pretty much before all the the volunteers so we got to help out a lot and so we got the good jobs, we got to hand out the lunches for the athletes. We got to watch a couple of games and we made some cute friends.

Here is our friend Boyd - he helped us set up a lot of the tables

We got to sit and watch a few games

 This is Deb, she was one of the volunteer coordinators

 I even got to have my face painted- glitter everywhere!

 Jesse was sad that he didn't get a metal :)

 But happy that he could be there

 We all had fun dancing, I got worn out pretty fast.

Thanks so much to Katie Hawkes, she let's us in on a ton of opportunities for service in the valley with Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics, and Feed my Starving Children.  Check out her service team facebook page HERE .

21 Weeks

Hi all!

I just thought I would post a picture or two of me at 21 weeks pregers. I'm finally at that point in my pregnancy where I feel great! I love being pregnant right now because I'm far enough along that I actually look pregnant and I don't feel super sick all the time.
Love it! Also Jesse was able to feel the baby kick yesterday morning- so much fun!

Second Anniversary

I can't believe that two years has passed by soo fast! I guess time flies when you're having fun. I have never been happier, I absolutely adore my husband and I am so grateful that I am the lucky girl that gets to spend the rest of my life with a man that treats me like a queen. He's amazing. Since I got pregnant Jesse has stepped up to clean, cook, and pamper me to no end. He does all of these things on top of working over 40 hours a week. He never complains or asks me to do more than I feel like I am capable of. I love him more than words can say. okay okay enough of me gushing about my perfect husband. Jesse planned such a fun date for our anniversary. We went bowling and I told Jesse that I was a terrible bowler, and to not expect much.

Our first round pretty much proved my point. No one really wanted to claim this round.

Second round however. . . .Turns out I can bowl a lot better than I thought. . . or maybe it was just luck. :) I think it's just because I have the strength of a grown woman and a small fetus to help me out.

Jesse doing a victory dance . .. yeah or trying to do so

My victory dance. . .

I win again!

Then i get worse. . . or maybe I just let Jesse win this time, the world will never know.

After bowling we went to Sekai Sushi in Mesa so get some of my favorite food. We got some deep fried and baked sushi and it was amazing. So delicious, and we just relaxed for the rest of the night. It was a perfect evening. Thanks for everything babe!

Merry Christmas!

This Christmas was amazing! It was so stress free and fun! Jesse and I did our own little Christmas celebration and gift giving on Christmas eve. We made homemade pizza and wow it was delicious! after we were completely stuffed we gave eachother stocking presents. Jesse got me lots of little goodies and surprised me with a Costco membership card - which I have been wanting for awhile. I got him some fun goodies as well. Jess bought me an awesome Cuisinart Griddler. It's kind of an all in one panini press, grill, and griddle. I've loved it I use it pretty much everyday. I got Jesse a tool box, I'd been hiding it from him for about a month and a half and I was sooo excited to give it to him! Now he can have somewhere to put his tools besides a plastic bin. :)







One of the best part of Christmas is watching the little kids open up their presents. I love how excited they get and want to play with their new toys immediately. Jesse's brother and his cute family came into town so Christmas morning we went over to the Henry's to spend Christmas morning with them.








Later in the day we went over to my family's house for brunch but I was feeling pretty sick so I didn't take any pictures :( But it was a lot of fun! One of the sweetest moments was the present all of us kids got my dad. My dad went to Vietnam and served our country. He earned several metals including a purple heart for his service. Unfortunately these metals are pretty expensive to buy and since he didn't have money when he got home from the war he just had the certificates for them. So all of us kids decided that it was time he received his metals. We pulled together and presented him with 9 metals, pins and ribbons. I'm so proud of my dad and it was such a sweet experience give them to him.

Pretzel making

We had such a fun date with Randy & Dev. We had homemade soft pretzels, on the downside it completely ruined all soft pretzels for me Alton Browns homemade Soft Pretzels changed my life. Soooo delicious! Here are a few fun pictures from the night.

The Hike

So I had been bugging Jesse to go on a hike with me for awhile. I found out that I was pregnant a couple weeks prior but I still wanted to get out go on a hike. So Corey picked out a nice "easy" hike for us called weaver's needle in the superstition mountains. We got a group together Julie, from my work, and Kim ( who literally sparkles naturally) and we got up on Saturday morning to go out on this hike. I quickly learned that maybe hiking isn't the best idea while pregnant especially in the first trimester. I got super tired and wanted the throw up after every corner. Blek! But everyone was super patient with me and let me rest as much as I wanted. It was fun, but I probably won't be doing much more hiking for awhile.