Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!! We won't have access to the internet for the next week, so this is my last chance to say it! Please enjoy the Macy's Day Parade, turkey trots, turkey bowls, turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, yams & apples and everything else in our honor!!! It will be a little strange not being with family this year, and I'm not sure what we'll be eating that day, but we will be with each other and our little son-on-the-way ... kinda :-)

We're heading down to Miami today and leaving on our cruise tomorrow for 7 days. This is our fourth Thanksgiving together, and our second out of the country! Two years ago Tyler and I spent Thanksgiving in London with my mom and sister. They obviously weren't celebrating over there, but we had a great day touring London, ate Yorkshire Pudding and enjoyed Wicked that night.

We will miss our family, but will see everyone next month in Utah and Arizona! Until then ... we'll be here!

Lately ...

Here is my Top 5 List of Events From November thus far...

5. GOLF OUTING - As a part of our Disney Annual Pass, we had free access to one of their top quality golf courses last week - Lake Buena Vista Golf Course.I tagged along with Tyler and did a little putting and drove the cart. I didn't take any pictures because there were 2 other guys in our foursome and I didn't want to look like a newbie. It was a really tough course, they've had PGA tournaments there, but Tyler had some amazing shots.

4. MIAMI TRIP - I went down to Miami with Tyler earlier this week and he booked 2 nights at the "The Blue at Doral" Hotel. When he was looking where to stay he just wanted something close to his appointments, that had a pool, and somewhere under his company budget limit. Luckily this place was running a special because it was amazing!

We didn't even know it would be so nice until we walked in the room. We both just couldn't stop laughing because this room was so much nicer than our typical Holiday Inn Express or Marriott Courtyard! Other than this half of the room, it had a full kitchen and a very nice bathroom with another flat screen, jacuzzi tub and one of those overhead shower heads. Needless to say we got way lucky and I had lots of fun without even going to the beach.

3. SUNS / MAGIC Game - The Suns have gotten off to a great start this season, no one would have guessed that they'd start out 8-1! Well the Suns only come to Orlando once each season, and that just happened to be there one loss of the season so far :-( ... Tyler bought tickets just a couple hours before the game started via Craigslist, so we got a pretty good deal and good seats. It would have been an even better game if the Suns had won. Even though Tyler has been a Suns fan much longer than he's been a Magic fan, he wore his Magic Jersey and cheered for the home team ... what a crowd pleaser.

Highlight of the game - At the end of the game we sat in our friends' seats down on the 3rd row behind the Suns bench when they left early in the fourth quarter. While we were walking down by the Suns bench we were close enough to talk to the guys. Amare Stoudemire saw my orange apparel and I pointed at my hat and said, "Suns #1 I'm cheering for you guys!" Then he smiled, and gave me a thumbs up. Even Tyler admitted it was pretty awesome, I'm glad I was able to cheer him up even though they were losing...

2. SHOPPING - I haven't gone on a shopping spree or anything ... but it's been SO nice to now know that we have a little boy joining our family in March. Now when I go to a store I can go to the BOYS side for clothes and accessories. BLUE is the color of the year! I have bought a few items, but it's just been more fun to look at cute little outfits and knowing that our little guy can wear them next year!

1. THE APPOINTMENT - November 6th we found out it's a BOY and that he's healthy. The doctor said everything on the ultrasound was absolutely perfect, and they were even able to get better images than usual of his heart and it looks great! It's so awesome to be able to say "our son" and HE, HIM, or HIS instead of IT!

Yesterday I hit the halfway mark - 20 weeks along! I'm finally starting to show even more, so hopefully I look a little more pregnant than I thought I did in those 4 month pictures!

Well ... It's a .....

It looks like I'll be buying ....It's a BOY!!!!!!!

And according to the ultrasound technician, "this baby is not shy" ... we definitely KNOW it's a boy! Before she even told me ... I could see for myself!

I'm thrilled, I'm freaking out, There's a little boy in my tummy, I want to meet this boy SOON, we have a son on the way!!!

YAY!!

Pregnancy Update

Now that it's November I'm in my 5th month of Pregnancy! We took this picture at the 3 month mark. This was when I was 14 weeks along and I just had a tiny little bump that no one really noticed. Here is our up-to-date picture, from the 4 month mark, this weekend - 18 weeks. I even wore the same shirt. It's a little more snug now.

My tummy is definitely getting a bit more round and it seems like just in the past week I've really started to pop. My stomach is a lot more full nowadays. I'm not noticably pregnant to those who don't know me ... but our friends are finally starting to notice the bump when I turn sideways! I'm still wearing all the same clothes, but I've started using the Bella Band with some of my tighter pants.

This is really starting to become much more real, all at once: 1st, I finally can look at myself in the mirror and see that I'm pregnant. 2nd, I've been able to feel little flutters moving inside my belly! There haven't been any movements too sharp but I'm pretty sure I know what it is! 3rd We have our ultrasound on Friday and if all goes according to plans ... we'll be able to find out if we should buy

or....

Tyler and I are soooo excited to find out what we're having! What do you picture us having, boy or girl?? I'm the oldest in my family, Tyler's the oldest in his, we have one neice and no real strong inclinations either way. Your guess is as good as ours!

Oh and my brother Steven is convinced it's a boy - we have a bet, $1 and a candy bar is on the line.