artwork.

This weekend we have begun the lengthily task of organizing our "catch-all" overflowing mess of an office! yay! I have been in nesting mode bad lately and our office was driving me insane!! haha. Pregnancy hormones are so fun!
Anyways, I have some long overdue frames that need to be filled and hung of our photos. I know, sad...I am a photographer but have neglected to put up any photos of my own!!! ahhh! So, we are going to print a large canvas print of one of our works of art! I have finally narrowed it down to these three. However, I am really leaning towards #1. Something really draws me in. So tell me what you think of these!

#1 was taken in Montserrat, Spain. A small monastery perched high on the cliff side of mountains outside of Barcelona. We traveled there in the summer of 2006! The place was so awesome.
#2 was taken during July of 2006 at a winery. Rj & I & some close friends went wine tasting to celebrate our anniversaries!

#3 was taken again at Montserrat, Spain. We hiked all the way up to this old vacant church. The view from up there was breath taking.

The canvas is going to go in our living room about the couch. So which one do you fancy best?!

cheers!

"skghetti"

YUMMMMM!!!!!!!!! need i say more?!!!! =) 

results...

and the results to my glucose tolerance test are in....my levels were great so that means I don't have gestational diabetes! yay! bring on the cupcakes & chocolate chip cookies!!!!! haha!!! =)

28 & 12

Well, 28 weeks down & only 12 to go!!! Which it could quite possibly be less! I was 10 days early with Carter! I don't feel ready yet! ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! 

So my appt was quite hectic this morning. I had to go in early and do my glucose screening test. Which means I had to drink a very nasty tasting drink (tastes like orange crush soda or something...barf) and then an hour later go back to the lab for a blood draw. This test is to see if I have gestational diabetes. Let's hope I don't have it...that means controlled diet w/ no sugar! AHHHH NOOOOO!!! hahaha. Anyways, I did that. Went to check in for my appt. and they don't have me scheduled for today. what! So then they were trying to figure out how to squeeze me in. I am like no, don't squeeze me in...I've had this appt for 6 weeks now! GET ME IN NOW! haha. I was a little frustrated. And they couldn't fit me in & asked for me to come back that afternoon. Can't. Have a 2 yr. old who naps then & will not adjust his sleep schedule.  sorry. Plus I had no one to watch him anyways. SO....they got me in w/ another dr. fine. whatever. The appt was so rushed. It was like hi, I am dr. so-&-so.......he took measurements....do you have any questions? My brain was so scattered that I couldn't think of anything. Ok then bye bye. I was in and out in less than 2 mins. UGH! However, everything is going great as far as my weight gain....14lbs total to date. The baby's heart rate was good, 145bpm & my uterus measured on schedule with the 28 weeks that I am supposed to be at! whew! Now I just have to wait for my glucose results. Fingers crossed! 

 my big belly!

enjoying a cupcake! yum!!

kiss kiss my sweet....

i needed something to cheer me up after my morning! Thank goodness for cupcakes! haha!!

cheers.

just because...

He is too cute! 

New Photog Blog!

I am switching to a new blog for my photography. So bookmark that one! That's where I'll be posting all my new stuff! I thought, hey, a new year...a new blog! =) Actually I wanted the url to be shorter so that's why I switched! 

Check it out!

big belly!

My belly is growing! I'll be 27 weeks tomorrow (which by the time any of you read this I'll already be 27 weeks!) This pregnancy is zooming by! I only have 13 weeks left!!!! YIKES!!!!
She is moving around in there a lot more these days & of course mostly at night when I lay down! But she isn't as bad of a squirmer as Carter was. It's still hard for me to grasp the concept that there is another baby growing inside of me! Carter is almost 2 & it's so weird to me that he'll be a big brother. It feels like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital, all fresh and new! Nevertheless, we are so excited to meet our new addition!

Here are some photos of my belly using photo booth on my Mac!!! I know I'm a dork! heehee....

100!

Hooray! I've reached 100 posts!!! So for this special occasion I am going to share some of my New Year's "goals". I too (like Carolyn) do not like the word "resolutions". It makes me feel like I've done something wrong and need fixing. Well, we all are imperfect and so I like to think that I am a work in progress and by setting goals it gives me something to continue to build who I am as a person. So for this year I have some goals I'd like to accomplish! 

Goals:

1. Continue to grow & stretch my photography business.

2. Get back running again (after this baby is born!) because I would like to enter some 5k runs this year.

3. Strengthen my walk w/ Jesus. By reading the Bible more often , spending more time in prayer &  listening to God. 

4. Have a date night w/ my hubby each month.

5. Take part in volunteer work by reaching out to my community.

6. Establish a girls night w/ my friends.

7. Stretch my cooking abilities by trying new recipes. 

8. Learn how to sew! I always have my mom do all my sewing projects! haha.

9. Begin & finish some much needed house projects!

10. Send thank you notes more often. 

Ok well, there's a start! =) Here's to a new year!

New Year's Eve

To ring in 2008 we stayed at my parents house, cooked up a delicious meal & played cards! For Christmas RJ got a new Bobby Flay cook book (side note: we love the food network & bobby flay is our fav chef!!) So he scanned the pages of his new book & found a superb recipe for steaks! So off to the store we went to gather all the ingredients! 

Spice-crusted New York strip steaks with Mesa Grill steak sauce was the main course. We also made a spicy BBQ sauce too! It was soooooo good!

Chef Ray 

Voila! Yummy steaks & crispy fries & sauteed green beans!!!

Jr. Chef Ray raiding the pantry!! He loved "shopping" in Lola's pantry! He would go in there and fill all kinds of grocery bags & then restocking the items back on the shelf but not in the original place! HAHA! Good luck Lola finding everything in there!

Playing cards with both sets of my grandparents, my dad, & my uncle. The boys played Golf & the gals played Skip Bo & Chicken foot. It was a lot of fun!!! 

I can't believe its 2008 already! Now I have to think of some goals (not resolutions!) for the new year!!

Happy New Year!

cheers.