Pregnancy update........belly shots 23 weeks

So I am moving right along with this pregnancy, I survived my 3 weeks on the road and I am settling in to being home. However, I find I am more tired being home than I was on the road. Guess that is a sign that I am doing too much when I am home and forced to relax a bit when on the road.

So I took my standard picture yesterday and while taking it my son came in the bathroom and asked what I was doing. After I told him I was taking a picture of me and the baby he said I want to take your picture. So here is the picture I took

and here is the picture he took

As well as the up close and personal belly shot he took.

Monday baby names: I need you all to weigh in!

Whew what a weekend......

First, is was great to be home, I love my home and I love being in it! Friday I worked from home which was wonderful because it allows me to get a lot more work done than when I am actually at work and it allows me to take the kids to and from school which I love! Nothing like having them squeal "Mommy" when I pick them up. Also Friday was my 10 year Anniversary and Dan and I enjoyed dinner out at the Capital Grill Restaurant! He gave me a lovely necklace and I gave him a watch. Still hard to believe 10 years has come and gone so quickly.

Saturday was Soccer day and we started at 9am followed by a trip to pick up the plants for our deck. I love being outside and planting things and watching them grow has become a lot more fun and less like work in my old age. OK it is still work but I enjoy them more so it balances out. Check out some of my before and after pictures.

Before

After

Dan was busy in the yard laying topsoil and grass seed, he was so tired on Saturday that he feel asleep at 8:30 a record for my night owl husband. Sunday was a lazy rainy day filled with sorting cleaning and organizing in the house. I think my nesting has definitely started because I feel the need to clean out everything. If I open a drawer and it has clutter watch out because in a matter of minutes I have it all dumped out ready to be organized.

I owe you all some update pictures of the prego belly. I certainly eel as though I am out there now. Also I am working on some posts about babies names and if it is OK to register for your 3rd baby stay tuned!

10 years where has the time gone???

Yesterday May 1st, 2009 was my 10 year wedding anniversay. I wrote a post last year when I first started this blog. This year I decided instead of telling the world what I thougth of my hubby I decided to tell him.

So last night we went out to dinner (a great dinner) and while at dinner I gave him his gift and a card that had the following inside:

While I have been away the last few weeks I have thought about what to get you for our anniversary. Each time I thought about it I came up empty. Then one day I thought I should just simply write down how I feel and maybe an idea would come to me.

It is still very hard for me to believe that 10 years has come and gone so quickly. I have had time to think about the last 10 years and what I kept coming back to is how much you have given me. Sure there are the material things like jewelry, cars, J a beautiful home and other material stuff (which are all great by the way) but you have given me much much more than that.

First, you have given me your trust and love, to me that is huge! You know my life story and I have few people, if any beside you that have given me that honor. You have given me the gift of 2 ½ (at the time of this letter) children. Who I am constantly in awe of, they seem to be the perfect blend of you and I and I feel they will forever be the legacy or our love. You have given me hope. Hope to dream of things I never thought possible. You have given me self-confidence and a sense of worth, hearing from you things like "I have a hot wife" or "you look beautiful" or simply "of course you can do it” gives me strength beyond words.

I can honestly say that when we married, I did not know how truly blessed I was to have found you. I was caught up, as most young brides are, in the fairytale that was finding price charming and the wedding which told the world, I had found him. I knew we had something special however it has been in the last 10 years that I have begun to realize just how special.
I love you with all my being and you are my one and only soul mate and I look forward to a lifetime of anniversaries with you.
All my love, Steph