Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk!

Go KU!!!! Okay, so I will be the first to admit. . . they ALMOST did it again-- they almost choked. But only almost. They pulled it off and will be headed to the Final Four. Wahoo!!! AND, they get to meet up with KU's former coach, Roy Williams. This is the game I have been waiting for for four years!!! Let us hope and pray they can pull it off! Go Jayhawks!!!

New Title

Okay, I am trying to come up with a new title for our blog. Kamber doesn't let me call her Baby anymore, since there is a new baby and obviously I need to include the new little one. So, if anyone who is more creative than me has any cute ideas. . . PLEASE let me know!

Vacation!!!

Okay, another backtrack. This past December my parents came to visit us. When they come to Vegas, they stay downtown on the strip and do all the tourist things. They took me and the girls with them this past year and the girls LOVED it!!!! On one of the first days we went to the Adventuredome in the Circus, Circus hotel. It is like an indoor theme park. I can't believe it but both of my girls loved going on the rides. Kira is usually scared of things like that. Because I was pregnant, Grandma and Grandpa had to go on the ferris wheel and carousel over and over and over. . . I started to feel sorry for them.



The girls also loved going on the monorails that they have between various hotels. As you can imagine, there are not very many kids in downtown Vegas, so they were admired everywhere we went. I must agree, they are awfully cute! ;0)

My parents also rented the room next to theirs for us one night. It was one of the first times the girls have been in a hotel. They had so much fun playing on the couches, watching cable, etc. This was when Brandon was in Yerrington, so the girls and I were living it up!




These are their cute "Build-a-Bear" animals. That was a very cute, fun experience, too. So, all in all, I think we are very spoiled!!!

Playhouse

Okay, I am going to back track a little. . . I just received some new pics from my mom's camera. Anyway, this past summer my dad built a playhouse for the girls (and any other grandkids) in their yard. It was absolutely fabulous and I just wanted to share some pictures.

This is the front of the two-story play house. There are little name plaques on the side of the door with the girl's names.

Inside the front door. . . that is their play kitchen you can see and the french doors on the side.

Another view. . .

This is the upstairs. The windows open, the lights turn on. There is carpet, a stairway, railing on the loft. Wow!!! Are my girls spoiled or what?

Is it possible to be cute AND pregnant?

When I figured out I was pregnant this time, I was determined not to gain so much weight and not to wear tents and the like. . . in other words, I wanted to be pregnant and CUTE! You know, like when you travel to Utah and see all those girls that are nine months pregnant and still look like models. Anyway, I have to say, I am getting discouraged. I am doing better with gaining weight-- but not enough better to make a whole lot of difference. I have determined that regardless of what I do, I gain weight when I am pregnant. For one whole month I worked out really hard and ate better than I have for months and I STILL gained weight!


So, the weight is still a problem, but there are so many others!!! For one, all cute maternity dresses are short. And not just knee length, SHORT-SHORT!!! Who's idea was that? Who wants to see fat maternity ankles? Second, maternity clothes are so limited & expensive!!! I have had to order almost everything online and you know how that goes. . . you have to return half the stuff. Also, they all seem to have scoop necks which are not TOO immodest, but somehow do not work with my g's (how does everyone else seem to get away with it?).

And then there is the shoe problem. I LOVE funky, tall shoes. I don't really go for extreme clothes or hair or jewelry, but shoes are completely open to extremes. Here are my two latest additions:

Totally cool, right? The only problem is that I am so big pregnant already that I am top heavy and unbalanced. It is very hard for me to get down our stairs in these funky shoes. Also, they always leave me with scabs and bruised feet. I don't know if I just have weird feet that don't work in normal shoes or if everyone deals with this, but every new pair of shoes that I buy leave me scarred. Right now I have over 5 different scabs on my feet from two different pairs of shoes. What we go through to try and look good. . .

So, I leave you with this question. Is it possible to look good and be pregnant or am I just doomed for the next three & a half months? (Brandon thinks I should just invest in floor-length moo-moos!)

Picture Tag. . . Finally!

Okay, I am sorry it took me so long to write this. I was tagged over a week ago by Steph-- picture tag, that is. Anyway, I have been really busy doing my ebaying and didn't get around to it-- okay, sorry, no excuses. But here it is. I really wanted to make it interesting-- maybe a few things people actually DON'T know about me, or at least, some pictures you haven't seen. But I had a lack of pictures on my computer of anything other than my darling babies so I had to get creative. I actually took pictures of my pictures to get these on here, so I apologize if they are a little blurry or whatever else they may be. (I feel so unadvanced! I have no scanner, no cell phone. . .)

Pic #1

Baby number 1-- Thanks to my fabulous sister-in-law Lacey, I have so many adorable pictures of Kira that I do not know what to do with them all. This one is on her first birthday, with her Deedee (blanket). It is still her favorite, by the way. I made her a new one, exactly like the old, but she still won't part with it.


Pic #2

Baby number 2-- Again, thanks to Lacey for the fabulous photographs! (I know you love to use real film, but maybe next time we could do some digital??? ;0) )

Pic #3

Baby number 3- our little suprise! She only has a few pictures, and they are not that great (Aunt Lacey doesn't do sonogram pictures) so, this is what I have got. . . the first is of her leg and the second is her little hand.



I love all my baby girls! Each is so different but I love them with all my heart! I can't believe how quickly I started loving this new little one-- and she is not even here yet!

Pic #4

Something maybe you don't know. . . I was in the high school band-- played the trumpet. I know, I know. But I enjoyed it and I was pretty good. My junior year of high school our band actually played in the inaugural parade in Washington, DC. Being that we were representing the great cowboy state of Wyoming, we all wore cowboy boots, huge belt buckles, cowboy hats, the whole garb! Cute, huh? (The blisters those boots gave me marching for 3 hours. . . Ouch! I still cringe when I think of them!)

Pic #5

Here is me and my hubby-- back when all we had to worry about was if we were going to be able to see each other the next day. My, how life changes! He looks cute with hair, huh? Oh, it was Halloween-- I was Rambo-ette, or something like that.

Pic #6

My cute sisters! I love my fam!

Pic #7

My other family. I love them, too!

Pic #8

Something I probably shouldn't admit, but. . . I took a freshman to my senior prom. What can I say, I was young and stupid? But my dress was pretty fabulous, if I do say so myself.

Pic #9

I was a cross country runner. And I was pretty good. My sophomore year I ran second for our team. But for some reason I always created a lot of drama on the team and was never liked very well. So, I didn't stick with it. Too bad!

Pic #10

Last but not least. . . I bet none of you knew that I used to be a Las Vegas Showgirl! Hee, hee!