Monday, March 17, 2008

Price is Right - Baby Style

Contestants, come on down! I have less than two weeks left, so it's time to play the guessing game. What day will he be born on, what time, and how much will he weigh? Unfortunately, I have no information to give you because my doctor left me with nothing before he went to Mexico, and my next appointment isn't until this Friday (March 21st, 8 days from my due date). Soooo, you will all be guessing based on nothing. It should make things more interesting : ) I would wait until my next Dr's appt, but there is that slight chance that he comes before then and then nobody would win and I like a happy ending : )

This is all I have:
Official due date - March 29
1st Sonogram - Showed him 1 week ahead of schedule
2nd Sonogram - Showed him 2 weeks ahead of schedule
Appointment on March 5 - Stomach hadn't grown and I hadn't gained any more weight since my last appointment (two weeks before).

My 25th Birthday!

I'm officially a quarter century old. That makes it sound so bad : ) March 4th was my birthday and Casey made it a great one. First, I woke up and got ready for work, ate one of my favorite cereals for breakfast (Strawberry Frosted Mini-Wheats), received a few phone calls, opened my presents, then headed off to work. For lunch, Casey made reservations for us at the Skyroom. This was one of the best things about my day because I've never been and have always wanted to (and hinted to Casey many times). Plus, you get 50% off in the month of your birthday for being an alumni. The buffet was super good. They had this really good Butternut Squash ravioli in alfredo sauce, 4 Cheese Ravioli, and Tri-tip (Casey really liked this and the cheese ravioli). Casey got a pulled pork sandwich and liked that too. He said it was the best food that he has ever had there. Oh, yeah, and when I went to meet Casey for lunch he also gave me flowers. They were so beautiful! After work, Morris and Christi took us to Mimi's Cafe for dinner and that was great too. Then Casey had made some tentative plans with friends, but gave me the option of doing that or staying home with him and just relaxing. We would have had fun with friends, but I was kind of tired, so I chose to stay home with him. We watched Rob & Big (our favorite show) then the movie we rented. It was a great day! Thanks to everyone for the phone calls and all my great presents.

Casey and I at The Skyroom. You can see the pretty flowers Casey got me too.

Baby Shower

March 1st was my baby shower thrown by my friend Kerstin Miller, and it was fabulous. We had a delicious breakfast, played fun games, and it is always nice to just hang out with the girls. Kerstin did such a great job and I had a blast. It was great to have a shower with all my great friends/ family in Provo. We got so many cute gifts for our litle boy too! One of my friends from work even made us a BYU blanket which totally screams "Casey's Little Boy." Thanks to Kerstin for throwing me a great shower, for all my friends/family that could attend, and for all the wonderful gifts. We're so lucky!

Kerstin and I
Is this not the cutest cake? Kerstin did an amazing job.
All the yummy food. It was in the morning, so we had breakfast food. Breakfast casserole, orange rolls, fruit pizza, the cake and drinks.

Saturday, March 01, 2008

+/- 4 Weeks!

Where does the time go? Well, my time goes to working full-time, working out, making dinner, then not wanting to do anything for the 4 hours until I go to bed except for veg, but seriously. I can't believe that I only have 4 weeks left and I still have to get a carseat!!! I already know which one I'm getting, but I just have to go get it. On top of that, we're still trying to decide on a name. We just like both of them a lot and are torn, which I hate because I'm not the type to wait and see what they look like to decide on a name. I like to have it planned out before then. Other than that, I'm still feeling great! For the first time I'm starting to get tired more easily, but that only kicked in recently, so I think that's pretty good. I am getting a little anxious, but mainly because of the last sonogram. According to my doctor and my last visit, I could only have 2 weeks left, which is REALLY soon, or I could have 3 or 4. As you can see, it's not very definitive. Hopefully I'll find out more at my appointment this week.

5 Weeks (last week after the Utah game)
4 Weeks (today after my baby shower)

In case you wanted to know...

Courtnie tagged me the same week that Melody did, and I'd feel rude if I didn't do it, so here is yet another tag:

A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Here's more than you would ever need to know about me:

10 years ago:
I was a freshman in high school, played in the high school basketball summer league, spent a lot of time at my sister's house watching her kids, and reading. Not very interesting, I know.

5 things on my to-do list today:
Today Saturday. . .
1. Go to babyshower (Done! and it was Great! Thanks Kerstin!) (pictures to come)
2. Update blog.
3. Buy carseat.
4. Buy groceries
5. Go to the BYU v. Air Force basketball game (Only two more home games left in the season)

5 Snacks I enjoy:
1. Laughing Cow spreadable cheese on Wheat Thins
2. Fruit
3. Haagen Daaz sorbet (Harvest Peach is delicious)
4. Parmesan Goldfish
5. Toasted English Muffins

What I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire:
Save most of, invest it a lot of it, buy a house, and buy another car.

3 of my bad habits:
1. Checking for blog updates like 20 billion times a day.
2. Leaving my dresser drawers open (Casey hates it :) )
3. Procrastinating

5 places I have lived:
1. El Cajon, CA
2. Jamul, CA
3. Provo, UT
4. Vancouver, WA
5. Alpine, CA

5 jobs that I have had:
1. Receptionist for Heating/AC company
2. Nanny
3. Personal Assistant/Caterer
4. Receptionist for BYU Religion Department
5. HR Assistant - Creative and Events

5 Things people don't know about me:
1. My middle name is Vee. I know, a little unusual. My mom wanted to name me JennaVee but couldn't decide on a middle name, so she just split it up, and when I was little, that is what EVERYONE called me.
2. My favorite movie as a kid was "Big Trouble in Little China." Not a typical first choice for an 8-year-old, but I had a huge crush on Kurt Russell. I was so disappointed when I found out that him and Goldie Hawn had kids, but weren't married. That was the end of my crush.
3. I have what I call "Happy Songs." They are songs that I hear, can listen to over and over again, and make me really happy. ("Hey Ya" by Outkast, "Yeah" by Usher, "Pop! Goes my Heart" from the Music and Lyrics soundtrack, and almost anything by Nelly Furtado, etc.)
4. I plan Casey's birthday, parties, and themed dinners weeks, but usually MONTHS, in advance. I've already planned Casey's birthday in June, I planned his graduation party over the summer, and I already know what we're going to have for our green St. Patrick's Day dinner. There is a reason they made me the party planner at work : )
5. One of my guilty pleasures includes Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movies. My sister would buy them whenever they came out and we would watch them. They are so corny, but I love them! One of my favorites is "Holiday in the Sun."

There have been so many tags going around that I'm going to tag anyone that wants to do this or needs to update their blog, but doesn't have anything to post : )

BYU v. Utah

Every year that BYU and Utah play basketball at home, you have to stand in line at a previous game to get tickets. The Saturday before the Utah game, you had to stand in line before the UNLV game. Some of the crazier fans set up tents the Tuesday before, but Casey and his friends set up a tent the Friday before (and were'nt really going to sleep in it). I thought that was lame, so Friday night, I convinced Casey that we should go and campout at the Marriott Center for Utah tickets. It was so much fun! I was 8 1/2 months pregnant, but we had a mattress and when are we ever going to be able to do it again? It was a little cold too (there was frost inside the tent in the morning and the fruit I had brought was frozen), but we were prepared with our -20 degree sleeping bags and a ton of blankets. We happened to be camping out when Jason called to let us know that Ashley had had Paisley too. The next day Casey woke up early and left because he had to take a test, but I held up the fort and just read all day in the tent until 1:30 when one of Casey's friends came to relieve us of our duties. I brought our little camera to take pictures of us that night, but it didn't have batteries : ( so we just have the day after pictures. They also gave out free Papa John's pizza on Friday and Saturday, plus I got to meet Coach Rose, and Casey got on TV again so it was worth it.

Standing in line right before the UNLV game
The line! Unfortunately, all the tents had been take down already.BYU v. Utah (Casey being Casey)
Pre-game stuff. If you haven't been to a BYU home game lately, you should go. The pre-game stuff is really cool and definately helps to get the fans pumped up for the game.
Tip-off Neville. He's just so ugly.
The difference between coaches. Calm, collected, Coach Rose.
Utah's CRAZY (bordering on psychotic) Coach Boylen. I've never seen anything like him.