Tomm's New Wheels and Whitney's New Shoes

Spring is here; FINALLY! We don't expect a ton of sympathy but we had an unseasonably cold first quarter... like low 30's... that's below freezing! So now that we are back in shorts and tank tops we have been more productive in the outdoors and a lot more photogenic! Here are the highlights of our goings on....

Whitney's New Shoes
We bought some new tires for my Jeep a couple of weeks ago. I was so exited about getting them! Tomm had them face the whitewalls which I think looks awesome.Driving in the rain never made me nervous when I lived anywhere else. But here in FL, it's so flat that the water just pools on the roads making it dangerous to drive. So I am feeling more secure about driving around especially when I get caught in one of our infamous rainstorms.

Here is a pic after Tomm washed my car for me. Glorious!

Tomm's New Wheels
From a Corvette to a fixr upr riding lawn mower... and look at that smile. Tomm had been tinkering with/swearing at/improving this lawn mower for a few days until he got it running and working properly.

Here he is about the take the maiden voyage. Cheers! (it comes with a cup holder)This picture amazes me how he can take what looks like to me as a pile of brown/greyish/not pretty metal and know what it does and where it goes.
The impossible belt assembly.... this is where most the swearing occurred.

The sweet dash. (Like this shot honey? haha)

Adjusting the belt tension? I think...

Mower deck on and ready to cut some grass. What a stud!

Me and my belly enjoying the outdoors.
Our New Walking Path
Flashback almost a year ago... Shut up!
We added some new landscaping and Tomm re mulched the flower beds. Gorgeous!

The grasses where transplanted to the island.
Blanche eating the palm tree.

Blanche eating the grass.
Randy striking a dominant pose.

Purrl exploring cautiously.

Landscaping Lights
So this was a very exiting/ambitious/pain in the a$$ project for Tomm. Well worth it! I wish my camera would capture this scene right.

Not only does it look amazing but you can actually see around the yard at night if we have walk out there.... I always felt scared that a giant animal was going to eat me. haha!

Half Time

We can't believe that we are half way through this pregnancy! I must say I am glad of it... I can't wait to meet our baby!

I'll start with a was tragic/now funny story... So, a few weeks ago I went to get a "trim". I usually cut my hair myself but occasionally I will go and have it done "professionally" because they have a better angle than I do (at least I thought they would). So I asked the lady to give me a trim and that I wanted "2 inches taken off everywhere". Well I guess she heard me say that I wanted... "7 inches off the back and don't even trim the layers and while you're at it, go ahead and make the front uneven". Think DUTCHBOY for a visual. (I know, horror!)

Every stylist does it differently and I am not one to boss so I just read my trashy magazine. When she got done I noticed the front was uneven and that was the first time I reached up to touch my hair and then I felt around the back and it was all gone! I looked at the floor and there was enough for a locks of love donation.

All I could do was cry (SO not what I do) and it was a scene... the manager came over and tried to style it. I felt so lame to be so upset and you could tell the lady felt really bad. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

I called Natalie first and balled to her and then I called Tomm and balled to him. They both assured me it was okay and that it will grow back and in the mean time I could "flat iron it to make it look longer". haha

I sulked about it for a few more hours and then put it in a ponytail. I didn't touch it for 2 days and waited for some inspiration on how to fix it....

All evened up and ready for some color. So here is a view of the back after I put some layers back into it.

Since the color doesn't touch the scalp when you use foils, my doctor said that I can only highlight my hair while I am pregnant,.See me peeking around that foil. Not easy. Haha

Hey honey! (See that little belly)

Having way to much fun at his wife's expense.

Multi tasking while my color sits.

Purrl and Blanche slapping each other through the glass. Blanche won this time.

Fluff pot

Smushy face

My handsome boys.

Our angel

We had a Doctor appointment last Monday and we got to take another look inside to see how little bop is doing. There has been SO much development since the last time we went! Also when the baby would move on the screen I could feel the movements inside. It was so sweet!

Little kicking foot!

Face and chest. Beautiful bone structure I must say!

Spine.

This is our baby's favorite position. Every time I go for an ultrasound he/she is facing down.

Bringing home the CRIB!

We found the crib at Walmart.com. We decided to go with the color white because we already have some white/off white furniture that we will be using in the nursery. Now the only other piece of furniture we need to buy is a glider. The crib was a great price for all it includes... attached changing table, drawers and it also converts to both a toddler and youth bed, so it will last awhile.

Start the timer....

As you can see; very easy to assemble.
Changing table attached!

Making short work of bottom drawers... drill not included.

Proud Mommy standing by the finished product (Only 1 hour to assemble)!

Blanche playing in the wonderland of papers and boxes. Haha!

Baby Morris Code

I am pretty sure I have been feeling the baby move just this last week or so. I have read that it is still a little early but the feeling is pretty consistant so I am almost convinced. It feels like a morris codeish flutter... How sweet!!! Now I know how every woman feels who has carried a baby and felt those little movements. I can't explain the love I am feeling for our baby.

XOXO

PLUS

Valentinery!

I had the best day with my Valentine! We started the day early: Tomm went flying and I taught an aerobics class. After having Cinnamon rolls for breakfast we got ready and went to look for baby furniture! We got so many cute ideas for setting up the nursery. We also got an idea about the $$price$$; I can see how easy it would be to lose your head when buying for a baby. I am glad we went to a lot of different stores so we could compare the selection and prices. Now we just need to make a list and a budget and then we can SHOP!

After we got home from shopping I made the most amazing dinner; we had Cafe Rio in Florida thanks to my friend Katie giving me the secret recipe (Thanks so much Katie! You are the best! It was seriously just like the real thing)!!! I also found a recipe on YouTube for homemade flour tortillas. They were delicious!

Tomm is so sweet to me! He gave me these beautiful flowers. Purrl is wanting affection.

Tomm surprised me with the news that he flew his FIRST solo that morning!!! When he came in the door he had the biggest grin on his face.

It's obvious he felt so good! Congratulations babe!

His certificate! (I like the illustration... that little kick)

Kisses!

Blanche, please tell me how tired you are.Not photogenic.
Tomm makes me so happy; he is the most amazing husband! And now we have a little baby coming and I feel so blessed to share this with him. It is truly a miracle.
Hot Damn! It just doesn't get any better!

Unsuspectingly Expecting!

Tomm and I have been celebrating quietly the last few months because we are having a BABY!

I have always heard "Good things happen to those who wait" and "When you least expect something; it will just happen". Well they couldn't be more true to us. If there's one thing we have both learned together is that our prayers are always answered, but you have to work hard for what you want because God will never do for you what you can do for yourself.

This picture was taken at 9 weeks! You can already see the arm and leg buds. How adorable!

It's been quite a journey. The advice and instruction from Doctors and a lot of others as been all over the board... "Don't worry!", "Yes", "No", "DON'T do that", "Read this". It was very overwhelming at times because I'm the type of person that knows I can't control everything (especially Mother Nature) so a lot of the previous advise went against what my gut was telling me. Finally we worked with a specialist who helped us get here today.

So here we are today and it all seems like it part of the plan. We have learned so much! I have amazing Doctors that not only taking care of me and baby they are helping Tomm and keeping him informed and involved in all of this too.

Everything is going really well with my pregnancy. I am just trying to enjoy each day and every step in the process (it's not always easy when I am sick all the time and can't get any sleep). I am starting to see that hard bump form right above my pelvic bone. It's SO special, I feel amazing!!!

Here is a little more FYI:

• My due date is August 18th.
• I am 13 weeks (next week I will be in my 2nd trimester!)
• I can't chew my mint gum right now(Gag)... It's cinnamon or fruit flavors only and I've also switched to bubblegum flavored toothpaste, Yum! Will I ever go back?
• My consistent cravings: Bagels with cream cheese, Olive Garden (Minestrone, salad and bread sticks), popcorn, oatmeal, banana Slurpees, Lucky Charms (only as of last week).
• Beverages: Ice water, cranberry-grape juice, milk.
• The offenders in disguise: Salty fried foods, ramen noodles, PB&J's (my pre-preg fav)
• Tomm and I have decided to NOT find out the sex of the baby; so we'll just have to wait and see on that special day. (Tomm is rolling his eyes... he doesn't think I will last 2 seconds.)
• I have decided on an ANIMAL theme for the nursery (Shocker.) It is SO adorable! (Carter's Forest Friends, JCPenny). We both really like the colors and cute animals.

  

PS you may have noticed that I installed the pregnancy countdown so you can watch the baby grow with us. You can also click on the baby to read about the week by week development. I think it is SO cool!

A-Fair to Remember

It's that time of year again! The South Florida Fair comes to town and seems to bring all sorts out of the woodwork and we all end up down at the fairgrounds.

We had so much fun this year! Here are somethings we did.....

The Fair's theme this year was experiencing National Parks.

First stop: Colorado.
They were working hard sculpting and shaping. I love the cactus! The billboard of all the featured parks...
Standing by a huge tree in Sequoia National Park in California.

Our buddies, Nathan and Ashley.

The fish were so cute!

The everglades! Woop woop!

Old Faithful at Yellowstone. Makes me homesick!!!

I can't remember where this was supposed to be...

post- worthy tree.

Yosemite National Park.

Watch out for the stalactites!

And here we are out in the real world. Fair-time!

Tomm's thinking "I could definitely handle this".

The World's smallest horse. I was a little disappointed.

A view of the action.

A perfect way to spend your money... Free insults with purchase.... that clown was the biggest smart A. We were laughing so hard!

THE ROOSTER TENT!!! We totally want one now.

The posers

The brunettes

Blondes.

Needs a makeover...

Redheads.
"You lookin at me?"

Uh, where's the head?

I shall call him... Pillowhead.

BUNNIES!!!!

The nice, social bunny.

The anti-social bunny

Cuddliest.
Tired.

Girly.

Manicured.

Lazy.

Eavesdropper.

Old Smokey! My favorite as a kid... I probably hugged this guy a hundred times.

A little owl! CUUUUUUUUTE! He was so sweet!

Pretty bird.

THE PETTING ZOO

We each bought a bowl of carrots to feed the animals with. It was so fun!

Cute goats.

Fluffy cows.

Tired of carrots.

Our favorites! These goats were sooo sweet... and LOVED carrots!
Very affectionate!

Can we keep em?

Mama and baby, Ahhhh!

The party pooper. Look at those ears.... I don't think he got very many carrots.

OUR SOUVENIRS!We got some old fashioned photos to take home with us. They turned out so cool and it was SO much fun!

We girls tried to be serious and tough like the guys but we both just ended up looking pissed and I looked completely ridiculous. So the photographer stepped in and told us to just smile instead. HAHA

Me and my charming gangster! XOXO