My Birthday!

For about 3 months or so before my birthday, I have been bugging my older sister Stacey to make me a birthday cake with a squirrel on it. I LOVE squirrels if you haven't picked that up by now. LOVE THEM! So I would remind her monthly and then weekly about my squirrel cake, knowing it was going to be the highlight of my birthday. I was so excited to see what she had put together and I was not disappointed! She even gave it a cute little pink bow! I think I screamed when I saw it! Other than going to dinner with Gary, and then having dinner at my parents house with the family, I wasn't in the mood to do much to celebrate this year. I have been so tired and sick the past couple months with being pregnant, that I didn't have the energy to plan any big get togethers. The last thing I wanted to do was call people, make reservations, find a good time for everyone, wait for people at a restaurant even though I was starving....too much this year! So I asked Gary to simply take me to Garcia's in Layton because I was dying for their nachos. It turned out to be a bad idea because I was sick the rest of the weekend. So this picture is one of the only smiles I had out of that night when the servers put this hat on me and sang me a birthday song.

We also didn't do much for presents this year because we are going to DisneyWorld in May! Gary has a birthday in May, so we're calling that our big, combined gift! Yay!

More highlights from my birthday: My mom took me shopping for maternity clothes and spoiled me! I was so happy about it because I have been dreading maternity clothes. It really put my mind at ease and I got stinkin' cute stuff! My mother in law also bought me some new clothes so I feel very prepared now. On my actual birthday, Gary was at school all night so I didn't get to spend any time with him. It was still such a great night though, I have great friends and neighbors! One of my neighbors brought me strawberry shortcake (my FAVORITE!) and a card. And my friend Sarah brought me a sweet little gift and took me to dinner because she knew I was alone. It was definately one of the nicest, most relaxing birthdays I have had in a long time!

It's a Baby!!!

Gary and I are having a baby! We don't know what kind of baby it is yet, but we have named him Carlos for the time being. See the picture below. "I found a baby once."

We're REALLY REALLY REALLY excited! I'm due October 25th and I'm almost 12 weeks along. Of course I'd be happy with any sort of baby that decided to come to us, but Gary and I are hoping for a little baby boy! But like I said, I'll be elated either way once we find out. So far I have been sick day in and day out, but it's starting to calm down a little now thank goodness. No sign of a baby bump yet, but we did hear the heart beat at 9 weeks. It sounded like a little duckie! So cute! Anyway, yay!!!!