Mothers Day Weekend

My Mother's day weekend started off with Joe and I driving down to Auburn to stay with my parents friday night. Saturday morning (May 8th) was my moms birthday so we all got up and made her breakfast. My dad and I went and got her a cool new touch screen cell phone (she always gets the old phones) and her birthday cake. When we finally came home we all decided it was a great day for the zoo. Brady loved it! Once we were done seeing all the cute critters I was in pain and ready for dinner! We went to this really nice Italian restaurant in Puyallup. Beth and her soon to be hubby met up with us to enjoy some dinner and cake. Happy 39th Birthday Mom! ;)







Joe gave me an itunes card and some sugar free candy for mothers day. I was excited to have some much needed chocolate. We spent mothers day at Joe's parents house. Joy and Matt came up from Utah with their cute boys Sam and Issac. That was the first time I have met little Issac. He is so cute! Randy, Alicia, Ben, Casey, and all of their kids were there to play. Brady had a blast with his cousins! It was a great day!

I will miss you chocolate!

The last week has been a crazy one for me. I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes! It has been sooo hard to cut out sweets but it's a great diet to lose weight and feel healthy. I have to prick my finger 4 times a day to get my blood sugar levels. I meet with a diabetes educator and a nutritionist on Monday, so for right now I really don't know what I can and can't eat. I almost went to the hospital yesterday for being dizzy and light headed. Joe just dropped me off at a friends house so I wouldn't be alone. After a couple hours I was feeling better. Getting gestational diabetes wasn't part of my plan during this pregnancy! Hopefully the rest of the pregnancy is normal! It's crazy to think that my due date is NEXT MONTH!


On a sweeter note, Samantha and I got free pedicures today from a local nail salon! Our military housing office paid for all of it! 65 moms were able to get them. Sam and I called just in time to get them! They were great, it was so relaxing! We even got cute pink flowers to take home. Let Mothers Day weekend begin! hehe

deception pass

My parents came up to stay with us for a couple days because my dad had to do some work close to Whidbey Island. We went to deception pass with the Stuarts. We had a good time except when you have two pregnant women and a huge hike it usually makes the hike last about 15 minutes! Oh well, It was nice to see the ocean!

pink tulips

I love them

Grrrr...

Last night I was up all night with painful contractions. I refused to go to the hospital because I do not want to be there for 6 hours just to be sent home all drugged up and tired. They finally faded away around 5 am (I think). Today I am really weak and sore. My Doctor called me and told me that I failed the one hour glucose test and I have to go in and do a 3 hour one, so that's not fun and kinda scary. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day!

Gymnastics and Tulips

Yesterday Joe and I drove to Kenmore (about an hour and a half away from our home) to meet up with Joe's sister Sandy and her daughter Rebekah. Rebekah qualified to compete in State gymnastics! She is so talented! I loved watching her! She made 6Th place! We were so proud! It was nice to see Sandy, she lives in Spokane so we never get to see her. Joe and I really want to go visit her on our next 3 day weekend. Mom Johnson, Ben, Casey, and their kids came up to support Rebekah. It was a fun family outing!
Here is a picture of Rebekah, It was shot from far away so its blurry. She is on the green and black team. She is in the middle of two girls.



Later that day Joe's mom wanted to drive to La Conner to see the Tulip Festival. Its on our way home so we were happy to go with her and see the beautiful flowers! Joe was so nice to surprise me with a bundle of pink tulips to take home. I think they might be my favorite kind of flower! So many types and colors, I was in tulip heaven!





It was raining the entire time we were there. You will see pictures of us all bundled up.


I know I look horrible with the jacket wrapped around my head. I straightened my hair that morning and I wasn't going to let an hour of hard work go to waste!


















This was the only picture I could get Brady with the tulips, I tried.

takes after mom

Most of you know that soccer was my life growing up. I played from ages 5-19. When I got pregnant with Brady one of the first things I thought of was I'm going to put him in soccer when he is two! I don't know when we will put him in soccer (Joe isn't a fan of boys playing soccer) but I have been trying to teach him early. I have plans for him to play pro for the USA team, so I think it's a perfect time to start teaching him. : ) Here is the future soccer stud playing in the backyard!

Here is a look into the past. this picture makes me really want to play soccer again. I am the tall one third from the right. Maybe after I have this little one I can get into shape and join a team.
I love soccer.