It's Coming Together!

I'm so excited to introduce you to our new couch! We have this odd shaped living room and needed a large sectional to complete the space and I finally found one that fits, was in our budget, and the right style. Thanks to a little Craigslist hunting this beauty was available from a couple relocating and it's only 6 months old and was 1/2 of what we were quoted to have one custom built. They also had the bookcase I wanted from IKEA so I picked that up too. I am addicted to CL and it's hard to find something in my house that's NOT from CL!!!! Now all we need is a dresser for the Nursery and we are done with the big furniture purchases, WOO-HOO! O and we need to hang the TV over the fireplace too, Gus reminds me of that daily  :)

Can't wait to have you all over soon, now I just need to work on the backyard... pool parties coming soon!

Hello weekend, I have been waiting for you!!!

Work drags along each day and yet week by week Saturday still rolls around, and I greet thee with a HUGE hello and smile on my face. I am living for the weekends these days, dealing with the chinese water torture that is my work I count down the days, hours, minutes until I get to sleep in, see my friends, and not deal with the Monday - Friday hell that is my job.

This past weekend was so great and eventful that I only took ONE PICTURE!!! And can you believe it was of the twins?!?!? HAHAHA! Friday we went out to dinner with the Lawrence’s and then to Bigs for some laughter with the Pi boys.

Saturday was super busy! Brunch with the Cooking Club at Bianca’s had us delighting in Crème Brule French Toast (happy baby in the tummy) and catching up with good friends on the rooftop deck in Long Beach. I had to head straight out to Tustin for an old coworker from Chilis baby shower to welcome baby Blake to the Meller family in a few weeks. It was so much fun to catch up with the gals that I used to bartend with and see how much our lives have changed since our late nights and Vegas trips with the Chiliheads.   I am so happy that we have kept in touch and even though it may only be 2 times a year, we still delight in seeing each other and reminiscing over the good ole days.

Sunday was the absolute BEST day of them all tho! After a walk to Starbucks for a decaf latte I got to spend the entire day in my swimsuit by the pool…..insert ahhhhhs here. Gus and I spent the day together outside reading, eating, and enjoying the sunny weather. We tried to go in the pool when it got hot, but it felt like a million ice cubes stinging my feet so that idea ended real quick! We ended the evening with leftover pasta and “The Ugly Truth” (very funny I highly recommend). So here is the only picture from what I deemed a FABULOUS weekend!

Well if you haven't heard.....

Gus and I are expecting our little Bean in late October.  We are officially 9 weeks along and thot it was time to spread the news to you all.  We got to see the baby this morning and all is well, little heart beating very fast and growing right on schedule. 

I am feeling really good minus the extreme tiredness.  It hits me in the afternoon and it basically feels like an elephant is sitting on my chest, so that's no so fun.  If I rest for about 15 minutes it goes away and I can make it thru the rest of my day until I get home and plop on the couch at night.  Other than that I feel really good, no morning sickness yet, keep your fingers crossed that it stays away for the next 7 months  ;)

Thank you all for your support, love, and prayers this past year as Gus and I leap into this fun adventure.  Lots of updates will be coming!

A Party For 2!

Saturday we celebrated Van's 3rd Birthday and his cousin Audrey's 1st birthday!  Van got a wonderful gift for his 2nd birthday last year, his new cousin Audrey!  So from here on out looks like lots of double parties with the fam!  We had the taco guy there (YUMMMMM) and lots of candy and bubbles in the yard.  Doc's birthday is Tuesday so we wished him a happy 35th too [in case you don't know Mike and Doc are my cousins and Gus' best friends, we met thru them].  

Van got a new bike and helmet from Mike and April, he had the cutest expression of surprise when they rolled it out but I was behind him so I missed the picture but here are some party pics!

Aunt Mary Kay blew us away again this year with all the cakes she made.  She is SOOOOO talented, she made Van's chocolate lolly pop cake (lollys are vans 2nd fave candy, gum balls are #1) Audrey's small white cake, a larger carrot cake AND a cheesecake from scratch.  As you can see we had to have some of all FOUR!!! 

Little miss Audrey was so tired that she fell asleep eating her cake!

We had a wonderful time, love you Shafers!

A cold has struck our house...

On top of already not feeling well Gus brought home a little cold the other day!  He normally is a baby when he's sick but he's pulling it together this time around, he even made dinner the last 3 nights in a row, AND DID THE CLEANUP!  love him <3 

I HATE being sick, and being sick on top of that.  The thing that really sucks is I'm not sick enough to stay home from work!  This is gonna be one of those lingering colds with lots of sneezes and headaches, BOOOOOOOOOO!  My baby Jordan is keeping me comfy, everyday after work when I get home she crawls up on my tummy and keeps me warm for a good late evening nap.  Love that baby!  I have officially figured out she is going to be traumatized when a baby shows up, she already hates hearing them cry on tv, hahaha, we are in for it!

Mama's big JordanGirl

Abra-abra-cadabra ....I want to reach out and grab ya!

We had a hot date Saturday night with The Steve Miller Band!  W2 and friends invited us to tag along to the Pond to hear them play all their classics and they ROCKED!!! I absolutely love love love them ever since they were burned into my head every single morning as my brother drove us to school playing the same songs over and over and over again.  It was really fun to see them live.  If you ever get the chance go and make sure you check out Sunny and his sweet dance moves, he's the best!

and yes, we jammed the 6 foot 8 guy into the back of the car, LOL!

Our Romantic Getaway

We had a WONDERFUL Valentine’s weekend with the Fausts! Saturday after GG I went home to get packed up and Gus and I headed out to Palm Springs to meet up with our dear friends Wendy & Wes. We stayed at the Marriott Villas and after a little room mix up we all ended up in the same room! Nothing like sharing 1 room and bathroom to bring friends closer right?!?!?!

Sunday for Valentine’s we woke up early and had a delicious brunch on the patio and then headed to the pool for a couple hours. It was REALLY weird sitting in the pool with 85 degree weather and looking at the snow capped mountains! Wendy and I laid in our cabana and read for a while and then us gals had a wonderful spa afternoon and the guys played a round of golf. The Spa at the Marriott is AMAZING!!! We jacuzzied, got hot stone massages, napped and then went back to get ready for dinner.

We took a mini boat ride to the restaurant were joking that Wes is my “fusband” and Gus is Wendy’s “fusband”. If you only knew how much Wes and I are exactly alike with finances, food, spending etc and Gus and Wendy are exactly alike in those areas, hence our “fusbands!”

We came home early Monday so my hard working hubby could head back to work and I had the day off to clean up the house. As some of you may know our TV broke last week so Monday night we went to Best Buy and got a HUGE flat screen, Gus is in 7th heaven! HD techs come Saturday with our new DVR and we will have a great picture for all those Lakers and Angels games coming up!

Valentine's Boat Ride to Dinner

Lots of Laughs with my crazy hubby!

Weekend Madness

We had a CRAZY busy weekend!!!  Friday we had "girls night" with Drake and Shann and that's in quotes because Friday afternoon our girls night turned into the guys coming with us!  We didn't mind, they entertain themselves anyways.  Steaks at Stubricks & drinks at Slidebar set us up for a high calorie 3 days, ooops diet, HAHAHA.  But I wouldn't have missed any of it for the world!  

Saturday I worked on the house and actually got all the boxes out, well out of the main part of the house, don't look in the den, LOL.  It feels so good to not see them anymore.  Slowly but surely it's starting to feel like home, now we just need new couches, light fixtures, fans...the list can go on and on!  I made WW Tortilla Soup for dinner (GG you will see that recipe later) and Drake joined us for a teeny fiesta before we headed to Aja's 30th Birthday bowling party.  Aja and I lived together my senior year of college and I am so thankful for FB reconnecting us, love that girl.  Gus kicked our booties, redeeming himself from the last bowling fiasco where 14 people beat his score, he was super excited.  

Sunday was a gorgeous day and I even sat out by the pool for a couple hours and read in the sun, I love February in California!  We went to Shann's to watch the big game that afternoon and were so excited that the Colts lost, we can't stand em, thank you Saints, WHO DAT?!?!?!  

Here are some bowling pics, before my camera died and I didn't take any pictures the rest of the weekend! 

With the Birthday Girl!

Aja, Drake and me, GPhiB roomies!

My Love

This was the WORST cupcake we ever ate, I had to take a pic of it

My Naughty Girls

Gus' Mom was so sweet to send me a little cold weather care package this week with a few different flavors of hot chocolates and coffees and 2 mugs, (thanks mom!) and I came home from work 1 day to find that ChaelaMarie was enjoying a little French Vanilla all day! She had jumped on the counter and snagged this little goodie and dragged it back to our master bedroom to enjoy. As you can see the bag was torn open and there was powder everywhere. The second I walked into the house she was telling me all about it and wanting me to follow her her to the bedroom and proceeded to "show" me her new snack. I snapped a quick photo on my phone sent it to Gus and laughed before I scolded her and cleaned it up.

Jordan has been super brave these days and she has decided she wants to use the treadmill when I am walking on it. She got her courage up and finally hopped on there (I was at the end of my workout so I slowed it way down cuz I could see it in her eyes that she couldn't take it anymore) and went flying into the wall behind me. I thot that adventure would be the end of her workout ambitions but low and behold yesterday while I was running she wouldn't leave it alone and hopped on there 2 times! So I finally had to pick her up and hold her and she was happy like this for about 30 minutes and then she was over it (of course we had to snap a shot for daddy). Carrying that 8lb kitten on that treadmill def was a workout, that crazy cat is preparing me for a baby for sure, and I know I know I appease her, LOL. I think I will have to start locking them up if I'm gonna get any type of good cardio in!

Naughty Twins!!!!!

*side note: 4.5 lbs down, 5.5 to go in 2 weeks, yikes!

Arrowhead and Ryles 2nd Birthday

We had a SUPER busy weekend with lots of friends and family, a little cleaning and some unpacking snuck their way in there too, and a whole lot of laughs!

Sunday we got up early and headed to Mike and Aprils for a snow day with Van and Brody in Arrowhead.  We piled in the car and head up the mountain for lunch and shopping.  We got to the Lake Arrowhead turnoff and there was a mass of cars and a huge sign that said “chains required no exceptions” so we had to turn around and go buy some chains, that snow wasn’t gonna stop us!  After an hour in the car waiting for chains to arrive we finally made it to the lake and had lunch and walked around.  The boys were so cute in the snow, and Van was very excited to see the mini snowman Mike made for him.  April was kicking snow into the lake and Brody was giggling SO hard that we drew a little crowd of people listening to his belly laughs. As we left we had to head out of town a different way because there were so many cars that were trying to leave without chains that they were causing a major traffic jam and sliding all over the place.  Read the warnings people, they are there for a reason!

 ~and yes that bottle is empty~

After our trip down the hill we celebrated Ryle’s 2^nd birthday with dinner at Ray and Christi’s with the family.  He was so excited to open presents and see all the “Cars” books, clothes, and toys he got.  Christi made a really cute cake (which Ray stood in front of right as I was taking a pic) and Ryle was making his “on stage” face as we were singing to him.  I can’t believe 2 years have passed since that little man arrived, we love him so much!

Meeting Ryle David 1/25/2008

Happy 2nd Birthday!