It's a BOY!!!

We FINALLY found out that our little baby is a BOY! We have gone 3 times to find out so this was a long time coming...I realized today that I haven't really blogged about this pregnancy much. So, sorry for the boring post, this is mostly for my own memory. I thought I would blog a few things for next time I decide to do something this crazy:) I was sick from day one. I tried everything everyone told me like ginger this and ginger that, lollipops, Mommy's bliss supplements, aromatherapy, cranberry pills, herb tea and so on. Nothing worked. I only ate potatoes in any form, mashed mostly, and cornbread. ( yes I put on half the weight I've gained in those few short weeks:) Until one glorious day around 12 weeks ( thank you Steph) I tried Unisom and B-6 at night. BEAUTY. Changed my life. I would wake up 98% myself and was able to sleep and it killed the nausea somehow. Also around this time, if I ate more than a bowl of cereal, my back hurt. Weird, I know. It still happens. I bribe Bill nightly to rub my back. The baby has been in constant motion since 20 weeks pretty much, sometimes it keeps me awake at night, kinda sweet, kinda troublesome because Angie not pregnant NEEDS sleep or I become a crazy person. Cravings: Bread in any form and Mexican food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Spicy food. Fresh food, like veggies and fruit. Yogurt with granola. Lately, diet A&W root beer has been my best friend. Aversions: the grocery store till around 15 weeks, pets ( dogs & cats), most processed crap food with the exception of a bomb PB&J on great harvest white bread:), mint anything makes me sweat and gag, red meat except Red Robin hamburgers, bad smells make me gag, doing dirty dishses does too along with brushing my teeth. The first 12 weeks pretty much everything and everyone made me gag. To wrap it up, I have had a great 2nd trimester. Going back to the gym has been magic for my mood and energy levels. I feel great all day, fantastic actually, until about 9 pm when I need to lay down and chill or even go to bed. I can eat pretty much whatever, no mint still. The 3rd has been great so far, getting a little more uncomfortable everyday though so I can feel that I'm in the home stretch and I am getting so excited! T minus 11 weeks.

Time to go out with a bang...

One of Bill's friends from high school got married and conveniently had their reception while we were in the Bay Area. I have been a real grandma lately and forgot what it was like to get down, like the real world outside of Utah does:) We walked into this chic venue in the Industrial area of San Francisco. There was a red carpet, mirrors, chandeliers, and killer food. I thought being the mormons we are, we'd be over dressed wearing church clothes, but I didn't know what else to wear. YEAH RIGHT. The women were in straight up prom get ups. Flowing dresses, every color. I felt under dressed....better than over dressed though:)The party went LATE into the night. Way past my bedtime. Especially my pregnant bedtime. I tried to be a trooper because all of Bill's friends from kindergarten were all under one roof so it was fun for him, and actually for me too. They were quick to remind me what a catch Bill was and that I better treat him right...at least 4 of his buddies said something to this effect. Cute.

So, the mother of the groom wanted a picture of all tne childhood friends who have stayed pretty close, I was thinking 4 or 5 dudes. Nope. More like 12. They all still talk and my jaw hit the floor. These guys are 30+ years old. This is something I totally admire about my hubs. He is so good at keeping in touch with friends. He is the only LDS one out of all these cute boys and they ADORE Bill despite his radically different choices that had to be made over the years. I wish I was this good at staying in touch with friends, or better yet I wish I had this many quality friends in highschool to keep in touch with!

The party from the 2nd floor...too bad we don't drink because they had an open bar and a bunch of fun looking drinks. By the time we left the crowd had started to dance and sway and slur their speech and I realized they wouldn't even remember us being there...our cue to peace out:) Fun though, and back to real life the next morning. Back to school and work and oh yes, snow.

The Best Way to End the Best Vacation

So, for those of you who know Bill or any of his family, they are the most DIE HARD Golden State Warrior fans I've ever met. Except maybe my Uncle Spencer, who for Christmas gave me his two 5th row season tickets to the Warriors vs Kings game. It was awesome. We got to valet park, the chairs were all soft and padded and ladies came up and took our order for food and drinks at our seats. Royalty. We got there early to watch them warm up and soak it up.

The Oracle Arena was cool at night...

So, the warriors were behind like 10 points the ENTIRE game until the last few minutes. They came back 14 points and WON!!! It was a perfect game to be at in person because the Warriors are notorious for playing awesome and losing by 1 point. Everytime. I've only been a converted warriors fan for goin on 2 years and they have lost 1 or 2 points more times than I can remember. So, this was heaven for Bill:)

So, this my favorite player. #21, Ronny Turiaf. He's hilarious. Kinda like Shaq. He's ENORMOUS in person.

Heaven Continued...

WE SAW A WHALE!
We went to Morro Rock and of course Bill saw the big whale jump in the air and splash it's fins while I was in the bathroom, thank you pregnancy. By the time I waddled my fastest over to Bill we could watch it blow air from it's blowhole and dive under. This was the best shot I got because I was so excited I forgot to take a picture in time. So this was the magical shot of Willy I got. It swam around Morro Rock so we hiked around the other side to see if we could see it, but nope. Met a couple of other trespassers and snapped a cute pic. Check the belly, it totally popped over our little vaca. I told Bill I feel like I look like Winnie the Pooh, so now that's my nickname from my hubs. Super romantic haha
There are otters all over the bay and I tried all week to get a good shot because they are so funny, but this was the best I could.

If anything, we will retire here. One of my aunts told me one time that people are happiest when they live the life that matches their personality. This is where our personalities have met their match.

Speaking of needing a little sun...

January 2nd was our 1st anniversary so we decided to head for warmer fun in the sun. We made a road trip out of it. We headed down to Vegas and stayed with our cousins Whit & Holly for a night. It was quick, but fun to see them and catch up. Of course I forgot to take any pics dang it. Then we made an unusually long trip west to So. California. The day after New Year's was a bad day to choose to go and we had no idea the traffic we would face. A typical 4 hour trip took almost 8. We stayed with my good friend from highschool Pam and her cute family. She married a Huntington Beach boy named Paul so she lucked out and they are living the beach life in a cute condo they bought with their baby girl Payton. We did our usual HB activities, Wahoo's, shopping and of course the beach and pier. We even made a little time to go to Lynnie's house for Sunday dinner and caught up with her too. After that it was up HWY 1/PCH to Pismo Beach for our vacation. The drive was either breathtakingly beautiful or way ghetto. It was fun to go HWY 1 though instead of the main 101 that is off the beach and farther inland. We are in LOVE with Pismo Beach/San Luis Obispo area. In fact we went and looked at houses for sale just for fun:) We forgot what it was like driving with the windows down feeling the sun shine on your arm while it warms the car. We forgot how it feels to smell the beach wind while eating yummy authentic Mexican food outside. We also forgot what it was like to have nothing on our agenda but hanging out together.

If you scroll back to our honeymoon, the pictures are very similar because we got to stay in the same hotel resort called The Cliffs. We love this place. The workers are so nice, the rooms are too but the view and the grounds are the best part.

REALLY?

Anyone who knows me knows that THIS is not where I belong. Though I bet my neighbors are well aware now after I burst into tears at this sight haha. I was of course running late to work and so on and so forth so I'm sure that added to the drama. Long story short, it is about this time of year in the north pole that I diagnose myself with S.A.D. Basically a depression because of lame weather:) Though Bill and a few specific others don't think so, I acually do try and be as positive as I can about the fact that I am no snow bunny and belong in the sun. I swear my body chemistry changes and I'm a different person when the sun comes out and things are green and warm. All in favor of movin' out west say I.

Getting ready for Christmas!

Before...

After!

Bill is super good at posing for a picture and making it look natural, especially whenthe 49ers are playing-actually, from the looks of it's better than football, it's So You Think You Can Dance. Better known as SYTYCD:)

I LOVE Vance.

He is the happiest baby and getting so chubby and I looooove it. Look at this face! Yes, his favorite auntie got him his stylin' billabong shirt. I just thought it would fit him at 6-9 months like the tag says, not 10 weeks:)

Yes, he is resting his cute chin on his hand like a posed picture:)

hahahahaha perfect picture timing. These are all from my phone so the quality is semi-lame.

He has gained like 30 pounds since this picture. He's a little snuggle bunny. If he ever gets ticked because he gets tired and uncomfortable it's cute when I hand him to Chels and he snuggles up to her like 'oh yeah, that's my mom' and passes out. So cute.

We're having a baby!

I just realized I haven't made a blog announcement really, and I want my future kids to know that I really was excited I just am lame about updating my blog:) We're due May 9th and we find out for sure tomorrow if it is a girl or a boy, though our doctor thinks it is a boy because the little hands were down there blocking our view the entire ultrasound last month. Bill's like, " That's my boy!" We'll see tomorrow for sure.

Disneyland 2009!

The Carter side of our family is basically in love with Disneyland, especially Bill's dad, Jim. Hilarious. So, a couple weeks before Christmas we all flew down to meet up for a day at the happiest place on earth (minus Liam and Jay who are on missions:(). I had not been to the magical kingdom since I was 9 so I didn't really know what to expect. It was awesome. So funny and truly everyone is grinning and laughing. ( the workers at least were, we literally ran into pushy moms with NFL player determination looks on their faces with 15 kids and 6 strollers too haha) I quickly realized there was a pattern and tradition to how the Carters roll at Disneyland. First, you get the park hopper pass and show up at 8 am when they open and you stay until dark. Die hard. Head directly to the fun rides that will have long lines later, like Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain and Indiana Jones. Grab a churro or 6. Head straight to Buzz Lightyear, then Buzz Lightyear and one more round of Buzz Lightyear. Alex usually schools everyone points wise and has very specific strategies for hitting the targets, that I am positive are rigged:) Then it's on to Peter Pan, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Haunted Mansion. Eventually you make your way to California Adventure where we went on the coolest ride ever called Soarin' over California. Seriously you feel like you are flying- awesome. You eat at some point and pay 15 bucks for gross food, but nobody seemed to care because you wash it down with a killer churro and soda. Then repeat the whole process till everyone is tuckered out and ready to go home. They have a new-age Buzz Lightyear at California Adventure and I doubled Bill's score. Oh yeah.

My camera of course died so these super awesome quality pictures are from my powerful 2.0 pixel phone camera:)

Main Street, U.S.A Disneyland

The cool hotel we stayed in, only I would be this stoked about the hotel. I'm easily amused I guess.