Happy Birthday Jed!

For Jed's birthday I planned a Murder Mystery Dinner. It was "Lethal Luau". I have been feeling so badly about how big of a slacker I've been since I've been sick a lot and I finally started feeling a lot better. So I sent Jed off to work and do homework ALL day on Saturday. I had gotten the food and decorations a few days earlier and our neighbors, the Garretts, stashed it all for me (and helped move my furniture, and let me borrow a ton of stuff....bless their hearts...THANKS GUYS!) I asked Tyler to help me move the couch and loveseat into the dining room and the table and chairs into the living room. It was so neat to have it that way.
The Menu suggestions in the game were really weird recipes, so I spent a few hours "researching" Hawaiian dishes. We had chicken kabobs for the appetizer and ham with pineapple and pop, salad, ham fried pineapple ginger rice, pineapple, rolls, this yummy punch, and a pineapple cherry cake. I kind of went all out but Jed wouldn't tell me what he wanted so I figured I would cook him a GOOD dinner for the first time in over a month!
It was a lot of fun decorating and cooking, but by the time the party started I was wore out! LOL but then our friends showed up and I was wide awake!
Here are some pictures of the night!
This is the table.


This was the food table and the punch table. (forgot to take one when the food and drinks were served)


I wanted to cover up the TV so I used the curtains my mom gave us. I thought it worked well!


We had a good time! I wish we could have had all our friends there with us. It's so hard when only 8 can play. Here were the players.
Jed: Rip Tide- A scuba diver instructor
Ryan: Les Baggs- A tourist
Leah: Leilani- A Hawaiian hula dancer
Tyler: Joey Breaker- The surfer dude
Whitney: Nadia Seymour- The swimsuit model
Erik: Chief Wiki Wiki (his name was longer than that....can't remember)- Hawaiian chief
Mindy: Holly Day- super rich wife
Me: Birdie Putt- Professional woman's golfer at a tournament




It's hard work being the birthday boy!

Tag I'm It AGAIN!

Word tag.......

I just can't help but read about my friends....and then I read I'm tagged.... :O)

First word that comes to mind....

1.Where is your cell phone? junk

2. Where is your significant other? school

3. Your hair color? brown

4. Your mother? loving

5. Your father? missing

6. Your favorite thing? family

7. Your dream last night? none

8. Your dream/goal? great mommy and wife

9. The room you're in? bedroom

10. Your hobby? art (lots of forms)

11. Your fear? lots

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Ohio

13. Where were you last night? Jed's birthday party

14. What you're not? patient

15. One of your wish-list items? baby stuff

16. Where you grew up? Oak Hill

17. The last thing you did? text

18. What are you wearing? pj's

19. Your TV? clock

20. Your pet? none

21. Your computer? lap

22. Your mood? hungry

23. Missing someone? family

24. Your car? dirty

25. Something you're not wearing? makeup

26. Favorite store? craft

27. Your summer? school

28. Love someone? JED

29. Your favorite color? green

30. When is the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? Saturday

32. Favorite holiday? Christmas

33. Favorite ice cream? Vanilla


Really hard to do just one word!

You read it, now blog it!
Add a new one to the end and pass along. Have fun!

LOL

I'd just like to take a quick second to draw your attention to my baby countdown thing at the bottom of our blog. For this week it says:

"My Mommy's uterus is almost the size of a grapefruit, which she'd like to throw at Daddy right about now."

LOL! This is so funny to me! I'm only a little extra emotional on the other end of the spectrum. I want to cry a lot! Luckily it's mainly during the day while Jed is at school. And it pretty normal reasons.... Wanting my mom and grandma (and of course the rest of my family) closer by, wanting to feel like a real person (not being so stinking sick!), and wanting my hubby (or ANYONE to talk to!). Like I said luckily Jed is mostly gone. The poor guy just looks at me like "can't I just be sick and let you feel well?" Anyway I thought this was too funny! I can just imagine a pregnant woman threwing a piece of citrus fruit at her poor husband!

Our first Ultrasound...Without Pictures to Post....

So yesterday we had our first appointment with our doctor, Dr. Noorda. Everything went really well and he seems really nice and funny. When we had our ultrasound it was so funny. Now I know it's probably the same with all you guys and your first....your husbands were so excited they couldn't see straight. Jed is just the cutest thing ever. I love how I'm not the only one that tears up at things....not saying he cries a lot....actually normally he never does, but when it comes to Taddy (the baby...that what Jed calls him/her) he is a little emotional. I love him!!
So I can't wait to show off our ultrasound pictures...BUT... our brand new all-in-one printer will do everything but scan! It just won't work....needless to say Jed got kinda frustrated with it and had to just stop for the night. LOL. So we'll get it on here eventually!
Since we don't have a picture, I'll just have to tell you all about the baby. First of all the baby is 2.62 cm long and growing! and his/her heartbeat was 172 beats per minute. (Now my mom told me that means we are having a girl because it's over 140 bpm.....lol I love old wives tells...)
During the ultrasound the baby was putting on a show! He/she was standing on it's little head. I mean the baby was perfectly vertical, which help a lot in understanding what was what on the screen. The baby stayed perfectly still while it was picture taking time! And then all of a sudden he/she started wiggling around! So amazing to see the baby move. He/she is defiantly going to be a little dancer! LOL And then we heard the heartbeat......and I lost it. :O) WOW!!! Our baby is real!
And for a quick update: I know my last post was all about how sick I was, so I figured I should update that. Three days ago I stopped taking the prescription that the doctor gave me and I am starting to feel a lot more like me! The medicine made me sleep way too much and every time I stood up I felt like I was going to pass out. I have been feeling so much better! I still get sick in the mornings and early afternoons, but I can handle that! Thanks so much for all the advice!

Ok and one more thing. So Jed insists on taking a picture every Monday to show the progress... well the first few pictures were just plain scary... I looked like I was dying and my stomach didn't look any different. But this picture is the first that shows a little bump..... I went from nothing to this in two days! I also had to get a pair of maternity jeans! In two days I went from being able to use the rubber band trick with my normal jeans to wearing the pants out of the store because I couldn't imagine having to put them back on! LOL