Getting creative

For those of you that know me, you know I've always been creative and crafty! My girlfriend robin is having twins so I decided to MAKE her present. Here are the pictures of the "onsies" and "beanies" I made for the girls. I also made bow clips for their hair but didnt get a picture of them. I'll post those later

Gingerbread house

Every year they have contests at the hotel we work in. One of them is a Gingerbread making contest! We were too late to enter but Derek was super excited to make one anyways. What we didnt know is the kits are PRE-ASSEMBLED! hahaha so Derek made his own little addition. I think it looks like a clock tower!





I try to keep Derek updated on whats going on with Zoie every day/week. The pregnancy journal is pretty short and to the point. I tried to start the chapter dedicated to "expecting dad's" in the "what to expect when your expecting" book to see if we would get more info for him than the journal. I dont think i got past the first page and I looked over and saw this....I think we will stick to the shorter journal version! haha

I finally Popped out!

Here is a picture my mom took at dukes. I am 22 Weeks and Zoie finally decided to show! people still don't ask me if I'm pregnant because they think it could just be a bupa! hahaha so they ask the other girls at work first! It's kinda funny!

21 weeks (stop laughing)

My christmas tree:)

Billabong Pipeline Masters Surf contest:)

Bruce Irons

Me Derek and Zoie

Me and Zoie

4 months pregnant

okay this was when i was in cali. I think this was more constipation that a belly:) i was having issues there:)

Lance and Vanessa's Wedding in Vegas

Over the weekend we went to vegas for my cousin Lance's wedding. It was beautiful!! The kids were in the wedding and they did such a good job. Here are some pictures.



Cutest picture ever. Little Rayson is in the aisle.


They did such a good job



The twinkers danced all night

Getting luvs from my niece

Race and carly. He's such a cutie

Little posers

Race loves the fire truck!

2nd Ultrasound in california

So i wanted to make sure we were having a girl before everyone goes crazy with all the pink stuff:) I decided to go back the day before I left for vegas and get one more ultrasound done. I had a video done BUT its too long and Im sure you dont want to watch the whol thing so here are some pictures at 16.5 weeks

STILL A BABY GIRL

Cute profile

HMMM? i dont know if thats her foot by her face OR her hand and the chord? Either ways its pretty funny. looks pretty flexible don't you think joannah? lol

Back to Cali..

So my trip to California was amazing! I was able to tell all my best friends and family about the baby IN PERSON. here are some photos from the dinners and lunches I went to.

The minute I got off the plane I got to meet my brother in Westwood for dinner. He was so excited when i told him about the baby(a this point we didnt know the sex). Then we went to see where he lives. Love you baby bro. xoxox


four months pregnant. Is that considered a Bump? or a pooch?

Dinner at Tommy Bahamas with my best friends:Carly, Elishia, Cathy, Me, Susan,Joannah and Leila.

3 PREGOS: Joannah Due in may and having a boy, Im due in April with a girl, Leila is due in March and she is having a boy too.

My cousin Amber is having a Baby girl in February

My sister, Me and Cousin Amber

My niece scarlett(mini me)

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

So i am in california for 2 weeks and I wanted to find out the baby's sex ASAP. I went to the same ultrasound place that ALL of my friends go to find out the gender. Here are pictures of our tropical baby girl! The last one shows her feet crossed just like her daddy does. SO CUTE!!!

A little Hershey Kiss

Well this is my first blog and so far the only people who know about this are our immediate families. I decided to wait and tell everyone when I come back to california Nov 3rd-17th...But by the time you read this I will be almost 4 months prego! Ay yai yai!!



Yes it's TRUE! I am pregnant. As surprising as that is to you I am just as surprised as I found out last week that I am 3 months pregnant. What the???!!!



So heres how I think it started. If I count back to the day the baby was conceived, it was around the time my sister came to visit at the end of July But could very well be the beginning of august. Its really hard to tell since I have been on birth control since January!! Yes I was using a contraceptive and had a menstrual period in aug. So i kept taking my pills. September came around and nothing happened..I was about to start my new pack of pills but decided to wait until I started my period. I had all the symptoms but nothing happened. I honestly didnt think anything of it because i was on the pill. Not to mention my periods are NEVER consistant...BUT i never had one in sept. so i was worried. By the end of september i took a home pregnancy test and IT WAS POSITIVE! we couldnt believe it!



So i had to wait until October first to see the gynocologist..She was super nice and said that getting pregnant while on birth control happens more frequesty than you know. She guessed that I was 8 weeks based on my last menstrual cycle but she wanted to be sure so she sent me to an obgyn!



Derek and I went to the obgyn to see the ultrasound together. We expected to see just a little peanut(embryo) but much to our surprise we saw a FETUS! The baby has distinct arms and legs..NOT STUMPS!!! He told us I was 11.5 weeks pregant! WTF!!!



okay so now I'm paranoid. Is it bad that i took birth control for the first 2 months? what about all the iron and prenatal pills? I definitely ate my fair share of sushi, blue cheese, brie cheese, deli meats, etc.... I am freaking out.



So I now have the WORST i mean WORST morning sickness. Although its not just morning!! Its all day...everyday! I cant eat anything, I have to pee all the time and I get awful migraine headaches. OH and smells!! EVERYTHING SMELLS DISGUSTING!! FOOD, WATER, CRACKERS, RAIN, SHEETS, TOWELS, AIR!!! Everything smells gross and is magnified times 1000!! I dont remember any of my 8 friends who had babies last year complaining about being sick! AM I THE ONLY ONE? ughhhhh!! its miserable. I just want to sleep all the time!



Only 3 more weeks until I come home to Cali.. I have not decided yet but I may go to that ultrasound place in Costa mesa. I should be far enough along to find out:) wish me luck.

The first ultrasound on oct 8th!

This is what derek and I saw for the first ultrasound. Going in we didnt expect to see very much since the dr said I was only 8 weeks along. This shows us at 11.5 weeks!!!