State Fair-2008

It's that time of the year for the fair! I personally LOVE the state fair and Ryan could care less...boooo on him. Luckily I have great friends at work that love the fair too, so we took a girls trip today to the fair! We stuffed ourselves with the new food adventures that the fair offered this year, sat in all the new 2009 cars, and saw a really big pig!

Big TEX!

Corny dogs...yummy!!

It's called Fire and Ice! YUMMY....

fried pineapple and toppings

and of course funnel cake

Ashley's daughter, Lily, loved the fair food too!

(and the buttons on my shirt..ha...so cute!)

Anna and I goofing around at the end of the day

and last but not least...the big, NASTY pig!

The painting project

I've had the thought of painting some of the other rooms in our house for a while now. Finally I got the itch to just do it! Thankfully since I am really not supposed to be "painting", this past weekend I kinda helped my sweet mom and neighbor, Amy, do all the hard work. We painted the kitchen, wall of the fireplace, and the dining room. It was an all day project, and can't believe that we got it all done! So here is the project....

The kitchen before...

and after...

fireplace before...

and after...

dining room before...

and after...(well sort of, doing another coat)

Telling Ryan's parents

The first weekend in October was Ryan's dad's birthday. We decided to tell his family on this weekend, trying to be creative....here is what we came up with, what do you think?

A pic after telling the news...

11 weeks on wednesday...

We are creeping up on the end of the trimester and I couldn't be more excited! I have another doctor's appt on Wednesday and will be 11 weeks along. I hear from everyone that once you pass the 1st trimester that all the nausea and complete exhaustion will go away!! (or at least let's hope so!) Over all I really have been feeling on the better side of things, the main thing now is the feeling of that in between stage of being prego, and no one knows, and looking like i just "ate to much" all the time! Here is a pic from tonight, almost 11 weeks!

A little one is on its way in MAY!

Hi everyone! Ryan and I are excited to say we will be having a baby in MAY! I am almost 10 weeks along, and we just told our families the good news. The due date is offically may the 6th, 2009. I am feeling pretty good, but do have my days of nausea and exhaustion! Here is a picture of our sonogram at 7 1/2 weeks, and my tummy at 5 wks. I guess its time to start saying goodbye to the abs!