19 1/2 weeks

These last few weeks have been full of new developments:







* i now have a belly and people actually ask me if i am pregnant (progress)



* gabe's world is getting ready for a big change. (and not just with a pregnant wife and child on the way)



* i had my 18 week appt last week. everything is good. no gender news yet, but i made the appt for "the ultrasound"!



* june 18th is the big day and we will let everyone know.



* last thursday i was in a fashion show! i can't wait to put those pics up on the web; i looked like i stepped off the set of Pirates of the Carribean(and was cast as the pirate hooker)! it was a great time and i loved it.



* the baby made it's first trip to fresno this last weekend. gabe played in the fresno city golf tournie and alexi has a softball tournament there every year. so, we just make a weekend out of it. had a great time, and for the first time in as long as i can remember, it rained every day that we were there! crazy weather, but always good to see friends.


* last but certainly not least, i started feeling the baby move! and when it moves, it's not just once or twice...it goes and doesn't stop. women describe the feeling so many different ways, but to me it feels like when i used to get stim therapy in the training room in college. for those of you who have no idea what i am talking about, stim is when they hook a certain body body part up to a machine that runs low doses of electrical current to that body part. the effect is that it makes your muscles feel like they are jumping. basically, this is what the baby feels like to me right now...lots of little spasms. such a great feeling!

Have a great weekend everyone and I promise I will get pics up early next week!

30!!!

Yep, it's official, I'm 30! It was much easier than turning 25 and I had a great day! or few days rather. Gabe and my parents, my mom really, threw an amazing little shindig for me which was perfect. Mexican themed, of course, complete with a pinata full of candy!
Here are a couple of pics of Gabe and I. I thought you could see my belly better in the one of the three of us, but it's not really there.