The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Championship!!! WAHOO!
We had a lot of fun watching each of the games with the Mejia family. The games with the Miami Heat were really good games to watch and the teams were well matched. Very exciting stuff. Poor Joe was the only one at our viewing party cheering on the Heat, so I don't think he always had a good time. :) This is the first time we've lived in a city where a team won a national championship. The parade is supposed to be sometime next week. Hopefully we can go.
Here's me in the T-shirt we got at the game we went to a few weeks ago. I wore it on the night they won Game 6 of the series and sealed the deal. (Yup, I'm pregnant. Now you know for sure.) You can't see what the shirt says, but it says "The Time Is Now".
Hayden helped with the cheering - "Let's go Mabs" (Mavs) and "Beat the Heat"
This past weekend we enjoyed one of the things we won at the Casino Night silent auction. We used up the pack of 4 theater tickets and went to see a musical.
We invited my friend Chad and a date to come with us. We had dinner at a restaurant downtown (I got to enjoy some YUMMY gelato, which I have been craving since Rome, for dessert) and then walked the couple blocks to the theater. The musical we saw was Pippin. None of us had seen Pippin before and it was an enjoyable show. Plus the theater was in the round and we had front row seats so we were right there where the action was! (Side note - sitting two and a half hours in theater seats is not so much fun at this stage in my pregnancy).
We also made our first big baby purchase this weekend. We seem to struggle to make a decision on so many things (in all honesty it's more me that struggles than Peter). I am tired of stressing about these decisions so we bit the bullet and spent some money. Here's the stroller (Graco Signature Series 3 in 1 Modular Stroller) and car seat (Graco Snugride 35 - Logan) that we bought. The stroller is pretty dang cool in my opinion, check it out. 2 things off the to-do list!
I had the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER this year. Seriously, I felt so loved and appreciated and special. It was awesome. This is not normal on my birthdays because, like so many people, my birthdays as a child were always so great that once I became an adult I still wanted them to be as special and they never lived up to my expectations. My poor husband is aware of my high expectations and I think probably sometimes thinks "why bother, it's not going to be good enough". You would think I would just grow up and not need my birthdays to be such an abnormally special day, however I still cling to that dream and each year hope that it's going to be a fantastic day.
This year however, I was not disappointed. I was not hurt. I didn't cry. I didn't sulk. (Man - I can be such a baby on my birthday!) Peter got this one completely right! He really gave me a day that showed how much he knows me and loves me.
I had to work on my birthday. So, on the way to work Peter stopped and got me a Jamba Juice for breakfast. Yummy smoothie! Great start to any day.
At work I got a call from the receptionist saying that I had a delivery that needed to be picked up at the front desk. How fun is that? I've been in this office nearly two years and never had anything delivered so I felt pretty special. When I got to the front I saw this awesome fruit bouquet! Here it is as it was delivered, all cute and wrapped up, and then an "after" picture that I took at home when I was digging into it. Kimberly, Ty, and Kaity had sent me the bouquet. What an awesome sister - plus a great gift considering how into fruit I am right now!!
Then, about an hour later, I got another call from the receptionist saying that I had another delivery. What?! 2 in 1 day?! Pinch me! Peter had sent me flowers!!! I am always telling him how much I would love to get flowers at work but then in the same breath telling him not to do it because it's not worth the extra money compared to just buying a pretty bouquet in the stores. Anyway, they were arranged in a decorative gift box and came complete with birthday balloons. So beautiful! And I could tell just by looking at them that Peter had picked this arrangement just for me. #1 - It had lilies in it which are my favorite and #2 - there were no carnations. (That's a story from a past birthday gone wrong but suffice it to say, he knows I don't like carnations.) I loved looking at the flowers all day and enjoyed having them in my office for the rest of the week as well. The card was perfect - it just said "Happy Birthday Sweetness".
After Peter picked me up from work, we went home and he told me what he wanted to give me for my birthday. Shoes! But not only did he want to give me shoes but he was willing to go shopping for said shoes with me. Maybe there are some husbands out there who love to go clothes/shoe shopping with their wives but mine is not one of them. So again he showed his thoughtfulness and he was really focused on doing what makes me happy. We shopped at DSW and I ended up getting 4 new pairs of shoes. Peter was a great shopping partner and grabbed boxes so I wouldn't have to bend down as much and also gave opinions when he liked and didn't like things. He didn't rush me or try to get the shopping over with as soon as possible. He didn't complain when I changed my mind or wanted to look at an aisle we had already looked at. He was, seriously, an amazing shopping partner.
Oh yeah, before we left to go shopping, I had turned on the news because the weather was pretty crazy and someone at work mentioned something about tornado warnings. The weather on the news did look bad but it didn't look like it would hit the DFW area so I wasn't too concerned. While we were shopping, I got a call from my mom who had heard about the bad weather from Brittany and wanted to make sure I knew what to do in case of a tornado. Of course I knew - the first time there was a tornado watch after we had moved to Texas, I did all kinds of research and freaking out. I'm now more calm about it.
After shopping, we drove to downtown Dallas for dinner. The weather looked pretty stormy in some areas but while driving we didn't hit any rain and only some wind so I wasn't worried. Peter surprised me by taking me to a restaurant that we had never been to - Sambucca (first brownie point since Peter hates trying new places). It had a cool, upscale, more refined menu (second brownie point because typically Peter doesn't like the more upscale/fru-fru-y food). AND there was live music (third brownie point). My perfect husband had clearly put some thought into choosing a dinner location that I would enjoy.
Here's our appetizer - Buca Beignets
Dinner - Peter got a steak, I got tilapia and then we got a side of cheesy potatoes au gratin. Everything was yummy!
Peter ready to dig in!
This is the desert that we ordered - Butterfinger Bread Pudding. Holy cow - delicious.
When we sat down for dinner the weather was still pretty good. We were close to a wall of windows that looked out on the patio so we could see what the weather was like outside. My goodness how quickly the weather changed. The wind picked up and then the lightening started. I didn't start getting nervous about the weather until the tvs over by the bar stopped their regular programming and were just showing doppler radar with the weather guy pointing to stuff. We were too far away to hear his words but there was a lot of bright reds and pinks on the radar (not a good thing). Then the people behind us starting talking about how tornado sirens were going off somewhere. People were getting up from their tables and going to watch the tvs. I could tell at this point that there was some serious weather going on in the DFW metro area. My anxiety wasn't helped by the fact that the music (which earlier I was so happy to enjoy) was at this point so loud that I doubted I would hear the tornado sirens outside if they went off. Plus, the girl that was singing was choosing some angst ridden songs that put me more on edge.
It ended up being almost a sensory overload with the intense, moody live music combined with the nervous energy of the other diners, the crazy lightening, and the red-dominated doppler radar. At that point I hard a hard time enjoying my dinner and not moving away from the windows to a more remote part of the restaurant. I joked that Peter really went all out for this birthday because he had even booked a light show as entertainment. Here's a short 20 second video to show you what the lightening was like. Just pay attention to how often there are flashes of light (I'm sure I could have gotten an even better video with lots of flashes of the actual lightening rather than just the light however I was trying not to focus so much on that part). It was CRAZY!!!
We finished dinner and I checked out the radar before we left to make sure we wouldn't be driving into anything major. It looked like, at least, for the next 20 min or so, that we could drive home without hitting anything. On the way home, we were listening to the radio and the Emergency Broadcast Signal went off and was followed by an actual alert! (I've only heard it as a "test" - never anything real!) We later learned that in fact, a tornado did touch down about 5 miles from where we were having dinner. What an exciting night/day, right?!
A few days later we also celebrated my birthday by having cake and ice cream at Brittany's. I can't remember the last time I had cake/ice cream/candles! It's so much fun to have family in town!
This is a pic of Peter and Landen. I thought it was so cute, I had to include it even though it has nothing to do with my birthday. Look how cute Peter is hanging out with a baby!
I have 12 weeks and 5 days until my due date. That's not very long!
I go back and forth between wanting the time to speed by so I can stop having to deal with all the not-so-fun things that come with being pregnant and then wishing there was more time on that count down clock. We feel like there is so much we need to do and I don't feel ready yet to be a parent.
I am tired. All the time. I enjoy weekends because I usually get a nap in during the day which is nice. I've noticed the comments at work are either about #1 - reminding me that I get to go through a hot yucky summer before my due date or #2 - I look tired. It's so hard to sleep! I try and be a good host to the baby and sleep on my side but I wake up with the shoulder I'm sleeping on hurting. That or my thigh muscles in my right leg have been really really sore. I think I've figured out that it's because of the pregnancy pillow I'm placing inbetween my legs (as suggested by the "books"). However if I don't use the pillow I find that I wake up with a backache. I can't win. :)
Something that has made me laugh is that I've noticed a couple times in the last week I've hit (softly - don't worry) my belly on a door when I'm opening/closing it or on chair as I walk by. I'm clearly not used to having a belly all the way out in space like this belly is. My pregnant belly is now so big that when I try to wear some of my "normal" clothes, I have to change back out of them because it just doesn't work anymore.
I've had a little more heartburn but still nothing too bad, maybe 3 tums a week. My feet are now swelling. I found my first stretch marks on my belly.
The baby is moving a lot! I feel him the most in the later evening and in the morning if I lay in bed after I am awake.
The dilemma of the week is baby bedding. We actually found some we liked at a store here in Frisco but it's more than we want to spend. I struggle to find anything I like. I feel like everything either has animals on it or cars/planes/boats and I'm just not a fan.
Okay, see? This is what I get for finally going "public" about this blog. I screw it up. So tonight, I was going through some old blogs and noticed some typos. OH NO TYPOS! Of course I have to fix them! So I go in and "edit" those blogs. However, now I've noticed that because I did that, it's moved my blogs around and posted them with today's date instead of the original date. THEY ARE OUT OF ORDER! I am so irritated.
Anyone have advice on how to easily fix this?! Or am I going to have to go in and "edit" the blogs to get them in the right order again?
2 weekends ago was a busy weekend! Here, I'll walk you through it. :)
Friday:
- Had dinner at Brittany's place. She makes YUMMY food and it was fun to see her and the boys (Joe was at work).
Saturday:
- Finally deposited into the bank the last of our Euro's from the trip to Europe. Sad. :(
- Had breakfast at Einstein's bagels.
- Went back to the bank to try and see if we could get pre-approved for a home loan. We aren't absolutely sure that we want to buy a house before the baby comes but did want to see if it was possible (thanks to the short sell of our condo in California). Not possible now according to Bank of America, at least.
- We then headed to Babies R Us to register for baby stuff. We were there for like 3 hours and it was not fun. So much stuff, so many decisions, etc. By the end we were just scanning stuff in order to get it done. There was no way I was going to spend the time figuring out which features which strollers had and which stroller met our needs the best. Can you imagine how much time we would have spent if we DID do that with strollers,bouncy seats,baby monitors, high chairs, car seats, etc?! Let's just say that it certainly wasn't as fun as registering for our wedding.
- Late lunch with Brittany and her boys at BJ's Restaurant.
- Surprise party! My friend Tida, who now lives in Vegas, threw a surprise 40th birthday party for her husband, Jason. It was great because he had no idea about the party OR that Tida was in Dallas! We also watched the Mavericks game. It was a fun party. (Also, there were 2 other women at the party that were pregnant but not as far along as I was. Listening to what they were going through sure made me grateful to be in my second trimester and feeling relatively good right now!)
Here's Tida hiding behind the birthday sign.
Sunday:
- We didn't celebrate our 8th anniversary the previous week because I had meetings/dinners for work. We decided not to do anything big because of our trip to Europe. I still wanted to do something even if it was small. So, I gave Peter a stand for his guitar on our anniversary (it was really a present for me because I'm hoping if the guitar is displayed in the front room, he'll pick it up and play it more often). I also planned something we hadn't done before - a picnic lunch at a "resort" with a scavenger hunt. The resort was more like a ranch than a resort. The picnic lunch was in nice basket but the food was pretty pathetic. The weather was HOT and HUMID with barely a breeze to discourage the bugs from harassing us. The scavenger hunt was cheesy (a four leaf clover, write a love poem, etc.) :) So it was a fun idea but the execution just fell short.
Here's Peter on our blanket, in the grove of pecan trees.
Me feeding Peter a chocolate dipped graham cracker.
Peter returning the favor. This picture was taken AFTER he lovingly shoved the graham cracker with quickly melting chocolate onto my nose. Aren't we romantic? :)
After we ate, I was pretty much done. It was way to hot and humid for a pregnant lady to wander around the grounds doing a scavenger hunt so we called it quits and drove back home. I was so wiped out after just an hour outside that I ended up sleeping the whole way home. This pregnancy is affecting my endurance for being outside and dealing with the heat.
So, my fun anniversary activity may not have turned out exactly like planned but we still had a good time, laughed a bunch about how silly it was, and reconfirmed how much we love each other.
- After I recovered from our outing we headed to a nice air conditioned movie theater and watched Thor.
- We wrapped up our busy weekend by heading to Dallas to watch the musical "9 to 5". Peter bought me season tickets to Dallas Summer Musicals for Christmas. (We've already been to 1 musical this year - Burn the Floor.) It was a fun musical but when it was over, I was happy to head home and go to bed...it had been a busy weekend!
The Dallas Mavericks were in the Western Conference Finals! I had the opportunity to go watch the game, along with Peter, in the CROSSMARK suite at the American Airlines center. The woman I work with, who is our VP of Walgreens, called and said I'd been doing a great job and would I be interested in going? OF COURSE!!! I felt pretty lucky considering this was the playoffs and the demand for tickets in the suite was high.
It was an incredibly fun game. Note the sea of royal blue... Each person in the arena had a Mavs shirt waiting for them on their seat! The Mavericks were playing the Oklahoma Thunder. The game was entertaining, a good match up, but in the end the Mavs did a good job of staying ahead so I didn't have to feel that incredible nail-biting anxiety that can accompany sporting events. I really hate that part - I get so invested so quickly.
Peter having a good time.
It's hard to tell in this picture but the final score was Dallas - 121 and Oklahoma - 112. WHEW!
Happy fans. It was crazy fun!
(Ugh. Notice how round my face looks?
The days where I'm happy with how I look are apparently gone. I'm plumping right up.)
The Mavericks ended up winning that series and as I type this are currently playing Game 1 in the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. Go Mavs!
Wife, Mom, and Career Woman. Trying to succeed at all three. Enjoy cruising, time with friends and family, and sleeping. Busy life doesn't leave time for as much fun as in the past but that's okay, it's still a good life.
