Don't Refuse The Drink Carrier

When the Barista at Starbucks asks you if you would like a drink carrier, just say "Yes". Why say no? Is it because, you can do it? I don't need a drink holder, I'm no rookie. Is that the reason to refuse it? My advise, just take it.

Yesterday, I went to Starbucks (Yes, the boycott didn't last long) and I ordered three drinks. A Venti Iced Chai (for me), a Tall Vanilla Latte (for mom) and a Short Apple Juice for Joshua. As I am struggling to situate my drinks, blackberry, keys and um....blueberry oat bar the Barista says "Would you like a drink holder", I respond, "No, it's okay, I got it". I leave for the car........

As soon as I get to the car, I have to put down two of the drinks on the bumper in order to push the unlock button. I do that, open the door and pick up the drinks again. I safely get the Vanilla Latte, Apple Juice and Oat bar into the car and then I squeeze the Chai, lid pops off and the following happens:









Half my Chai......gone. Well, at least there is less caffeine. I wasn't about to walk in and ask for napkins after I had just denied the carrier. So I drive over to deliver Joshua and Mom's drink. The whole way over I am annoyed at myself for denying the carrier, how stupid. I get out of the car at moms, again with my Chai, the Vanilla Latte and the Apple Juice and the following happens:









Say bye bye to Joshua's Apple Juice. We are now 2 for 3 in drink losses. Agghhhhh. So take it from me, if you are offered the carrier it is because you need it. All hail, this great invention, the cardboard drink carrier.

Peanuts or M&M's?

Tonight, at the Ducks game, the woman next to me wanted some peanuts. This was her conversation with the waitress:

Waitress: Can I get you anything else?
Woman next to me: Peanuts please
Waitress: Peanuts or M&M Peanuts
Woman next to me: Peanuts

Is that the most pointless question of all times? She didn't want candy, she wanted peanuts!!!!

What if the waitress worked in Field Support?
Customer: I would like to order a new PC.
Waitress posing as FSO tech: Would you like a new PC or would you like Blackberry?
Customer: I would like a new PC
Waitress posing as FSO tech: Good because you arent authorized for a Blackberry.

In Response To The Jane Says Blog

This is in response to the Jane Says blog from this evening: Your wish is my command

Jane every time I go to the Phoenix airport and see this, I think of you.

Starbucks Introduces The Skinny Latte

Last week I saw the advertisement for the Skinny Latte on Starbucks. It consists of non-fat, no-whip and sugar-free syrup. Now, (other than my iced chai) I always order non-fat, about 1/2 the time no whip (the other 1/2 easy whip) but I can't do the sugar free syrup. I had no idea how much they were pushing the skinny latte until today.

I hooked up with Jinjer for a quick cup of coffee (first time I have seen her since 1993) (this after hooking up with Nancy-yes she is the one having triplets-on Sunday. That was the first time I had seen Nancy since 1997) and we both ordered non fat latte's. (It was great seeing her)I ordered a decaf-non-fat cinnamon dolce latte and she ordered a non-fat vanilla latte. Neither of us were prepared for what we received-two skinny latte's! We both sent ours back for a re-do.






****OK, now I am pissed. As I was going to post these photos I noticed that they did not make my Cinnamon Dolce Latte a decaf. This is a serious problem since I had already had a Venti Iced Chai, making my caffeine intake higher than I would like for being pregnant. It wasn't in the danger level (more than 300mg) but you don't screw with a recovering hypochondriacs caffeine intake (especially when they are pregnant and diligently watching it)! I am annoyed with myself for suggesting the Starbucks on California and Lake Ave since I rarely have good experiences with the Baristas there. This is the same Starbucks that this barista works at. Going forward I will be boycotting this location****

P.S. We both tasted the skinny latte's-they sucked.

P.S.S. Best tip I learned from Jinjer today, Tivo the show called "Cash Cab". I just watched it, it's great.

More on Caffeine: (I have now edited this blog post 5 times as I have done additional research, this is practically two blogs)

This is a total rant! I rarely do a rant, in fact, I think this is the first time the word "rant" has appeared on my blog. I have been very careful on my caffeine intake since pregnant. Some of the things I have done are as follows: (1) I almost completely cut it out during the first trimester. (2) I did research, most of which said anything under 300mg was fine, (3) I stopped getting two chai's a day, (4) I usually get grande's instead of venti's (5) If I order coffee it's always decaf.

So, since my decaf was screwed up today I went and re-did some research. I noted on this website Americanpregnancy.org that it said a grande Starbucks had 400 mg of caffeine. I went back to the Starbucks website and looked up the Cinnamon Dolce nutrition information and under caffeine it said 150mg for a grande. Then at the bottom of the page I read this:

* Caffeine information is approximate and is based on limited analytical data. These values reflect Starbucks standard brewing methods. Values can vary greatly based on the variety of the coffee and the brewing equipment used. The handcrafted nature of our beverages may result in a variation from the reported values.

What am I bothered by? The words "Values can vary GREATLY". How could they vary Greatly? Do I believe the Starbucks website or the Americanpregnancy?

If the Caffeine Intake was what Starbucks said it was I had 300MG today and that does not make me happy. If it is "varied greatly" there is no telling how much I had. NOT HAPPY!!!! I will be making a complaint via their website. I may be temporarily boycotting Starbucks...till April 3rd.

Here's another P.S. If you do complain to Starbucks via their website they send free drink coupons.

To Kays: Sorry About Ohio

In Time For New Hampshire

This little political quiz is brought to you in time for the New Hampshire Primaries. Take the quiz and it matches your views to the closest candidate. If there was any doubt that I'm on the right, it has now been answered. Take the Quiz

Top Match: Tom Tancredo (The funny thing is I hadn't even heard of him)
Second Match: Mitt Romney
Third Match: Mike Huckabee

American Gladiators Premieres

Becca and I used to love watching American Gladiators. Our favorite girl gladiator was Zap and we thought that several of the boy gladiators were cute. I think Lazer was our favorite.

So last night the new American Gladiators premiered. I Tivo'd it and watched it tonight. It's pretty dumb but that doesn't mean I won't keep watching. I have a feeling that if I stick to the new PS Wellness Snack Challenge I will be able to make it on Season 2.

27 Weeks PG

The first belly shot appeared on the Jane Says Blog a couple of weeks ago. Contrary to numerous requests and demands I have refused to place belly shots on my blog. But, you know me, if there is a good gimmick or story sometimes I will break even my own rules. With that, here goes, the first belly shot on the blog.

Two old friends, both 27 weeks pregnant, one carries one girl, the other carries two girls and a boy. This is what it looks like:


















Can anyone guess who the friend is?

Top 10 News Stories of 2007

This is as reported by KABC TalkRadio. (Thanks, Kays)

10. Paris Hilton in jail
9. OJ Simpson arrested - but not for murder
8. The Michael Vick Dog killing scandal
7. Senator Larry Craig bathroom sex scandal
6. Don Imus calls Rutger's players nappy-headed ho's
5. Mayor Villaraigosa's affair with the Telemundo reporter (I hadn't heard this one)
4. Baseball Steroid Story
3. Virginia Tech Shootings
2. Roman Catholic Church settles claim for $660 MILLION
1. California Wildfires

Happy Birthday, Jessica!

You are my favorite 5 year old and I Love You!!!!

A USC Fan Goes To The Zoo

January 4th-This Date In History

On January 4th, 1903 Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant. Apparantly, Edison electrocuted many animals including stray dogs, cats, cattle and horses.

I guess a cranky elephant that had squashed three of her caregivers at a zoo on Coney Island was given to Edison (rather than being hung....imagine hanging an elephant) so that he could electrocute it.

The elephant, "Topsy", died immediately in front of 1500 spectators.

More Information can be found here: Elephant Electrocution

A History Lesson

You will find Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada at elevation 7,085. The pass was named after George Donner and his group of settlers that were moving from Illinois to California. In November, 1846 this group was traveling through the pass and found it blocked by snow so they set up camp, near a lake, that would someday be known as Donner Lake.

In mid-December a group of 10 men and 5 women set out to reach Sutters Fort (In Sacramento). Unfortunately, this group became lost and disoriented due to the cold and lack of food. When 4 members died, the rest decided to eat them for survival. On January 18th, 7 survivors reached the western side of the mountain. Four relief parties were sent and the last member of the Donner Party arrived at Sutters Fort on April 29th. Of the 87 members of the original Donner Party, 39 died.

Last year, in the middle of a snowstorm, I braved this treacherous mountain. I survived the wind, snow and accidents and successfully made it to Ben Edwards house.....and contrary to what you may have heard, I was there on time.

Sydney's Nursery

First, a huge thanks to Kays who took us shopping last week and ended up getting Sydney her crib, dresser and changing table/hutch. It is absolutely beautiful. Sydney just kicked me to say thank you too :)

Second, she received her bedding and some room accessories from her Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas.

Third, her Daddy worked really hard the last few days, painting, putting the crib together, getting all the accesorries and decorations up and doing finishing touches around the room. Thanks, Dad!

The room looks fantastic and for a change, we are ahead of schedule.

Other PG News: We have now entered the third trimester. Also, the three hour glucose tolerance test that I took last week turned out normal. Yeah!!!!!

Where Was My Rose Parade Invitation?

Well, for those of you that don't know I failed to mark my location this year for the Rose Parade. (Note Last Year: We Were First) Without a secured location I didn't feel comfortable sending out the annual Rose Parade invitation. So rest assured, you were not left off the invite, there wasn't one sent out.

Luckily, Yesterday I was able to strike a deal with some of our neighbors in order to secure a small location. We swapped them 4 feet of space for free food. Yesterday, I made homemade pizzas for the second year in a row and this morning mom and I made breakfast. It was well worth it, I spent a total of about 2 hours outside (Before the parade) between yesterday and today. Compare that with Becca, James and I who usually spend a combined 36 hours outside watching our spot.

So the nice thing about today was that it was very laid back. I was in bed last night by 11:00, didn't get up this morning until 6:30 and didn't go outside until almost 8:30. This was a good thing since I have been really tired the last two weeks. While the parade was nice, we certainly missed having everyone here to celebrate the New Year with us. I hope everyone enjoyed their day, I won't screw up the seating this year and hopefully we will see you here on January 1st, 2009.

Describe 2007 In One Word

This is the second of my two year end posts. There are so many words I could use to describe 2007 and having to pick just one is really difficult. The range of experiences, emotions, successes and failures for 2007 is great.

The word I am going with is: Odd.
Now it's your turn. Describe 2007 in one word.

My Tribute to 2007

The best "22" photos of 2007. (Note: This is not 22 best photos of 2007 this is the best of my 22 photos-ha ha)

Chase Williams

Our "Name Tony's new baby boy" poll is now closed. I was rooting for Conner but Chase was more popular here. I guess now we'll just have to wait and see if this blog has successfully named it's first baby. Here are the full results:

Chase: 13 Votes or 44%
Caiden: 3 Votes or 10%
Conner: 11 Votes or 37%
Carter: 2 Votes or 6%

Additionally there were write in's for:
Cbenjamin
Carson
Cameron (2 write in's)
Colin
Chad

Dumbest Baby Products (#1)

I anticipate that there may be multiple posts on this topic so I have entitled this with a #1.

Last month when Jane and I went shopping for PG clothes we saw the Baby Plus Learning System. This little belt is designed to be worn by the mother and when it is turned on it sends signals (via sounds) to the baby. Jane and I flipped it on and it made this loud swooshing sound that was absolutely horrible. We both laughed out loud and the sales clerk was really annoyed and began vehemently defending the product.

Today, while shopping for baby furniture with Kays we ran onto the special Nursery Purified Water. For $1.60 a gallon you can buy this special nursery water. RO! They had a whole rack of it at the Babies R Us.

Parking Decisions

Today, I didn't have $6.00 cash to park in the parking lot of the doctors office building. I had to go in for a 3 hour glucose tolerance test since my 1 hour test was high. I decided that since I didn't have the 6 bucks I would take my chances and park on the street. So.....3 hours later I emerge to find a $37.00 ticket. I guess that was my reward for starving myself and getting poked 4 times.

For Becca: 22 Favorites

These are in no particular order:

1. Motown Philly (Boys to Men)
2. Things that make you go hmm (C and C Music Factory)
3. Knocking Boots (Candy Man)
4. I Wanna Sex You Up (Color Me Badd)
5. Insane in the Membrane (Cypress Hill)
6. My Lovin (En Vogue)
7. Here Comes The Hot Stepper (Ini Kamoze)
8. Please Don't Go (KWS)
9. Mentirosa (Mellow Man Ace)
10. Blame It On The Rain (Milli Vanilli)
11. Back to The Hotel (N2Deep)
12. Ditty (Paperboy)
13. 321 Pump (Redhead Kingpin)
14. Shoop (Salt N Pepa)
15. Informer (Snow)
16. Baby Got Back (Sir Mix Alot)
17. Move This (Technotronic)
18. Creep (TLC)
19. Red Light Special (TLC)
20. Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice)
21. Indosmoke (Warren G)
22. Whoop There It Is

I Was Stuck In The Corner!

That was a phrase I heard for the first time about 10 years ago and every year on December 26th, I laugh and remind my mom of the story.

It's a yearly tradition, on December 26th we get up early and go shopping at Hallmark. Slowly, mom has added children to this tradition. It was first me, than Becca and today James came. Well, about 10 years ago we were at the Websters Hallmark on California Street in Pasadena when mom got stuck in the corner.

It must have been awful as when you hear mom tell it she got shoved down in the corner of the store and couldn't stand up as she was practically trampled by insane Hallmark shoppers. I must be a terrible daughter because every time I hear the story, I burst out at laughing and then exclaim "I was stuck in the corner". Today, mom and James did a reenactment for me in the exact same store, in the exact same corner. Mom, plays herself, James plays a crazy Hallmark shopper pushing her down.

Top 3 Quotes From Christmas Day

Number 3- Setting: David just opened up some white socks from his stocking. Who Said It: Matt (In an excited voice) What He Said: "I Love Socks"

Number 2- Setting: Joshua has just opened up a picnic table/sand box and had no idea what it was. What He Said: "Wow, Wow, Wow" Interject Andrew: "Joshua, What did you get?" "That" (as he points to the box)

Number 1- Setting: James has been eating a croissant roll at the dinner table and is now looking at the bottom of it. Who Said It: James What he Said: "There's a staple in my croissant"

The Hallelujah Chorus

I love the Hallelujah Chorus by Handel. It was written in 1741 with the words taken from the King James Bible. It is tradition to stand while singing this song. I wish I had gone to church tonight so I could have sung it and heard it live. You can actually hear a good recording of it by going to this link: Hallelujah Chorus

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

The kingdom of this world
Is become the kingdom of our Lord,
And of His Christ, and of His Christ;
And He shall reign for ever and ever,
For ever and ever, forever and ever,

King of kings, and Lord of lords,
King of kings, and Lord of lords,
And Lord of lords,
And He shall reign,
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings, forever and ever,
And Lord of lords,
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

And He shall reign forever and ever,:
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
And He shall reign forever and ever,
King of kings! and Lord of lords!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Ghost of Christmas Past....

Buzz Lightyear-The Scores!

Champ: 153,200
Judith: 95,200
Dallin: 78,000
Jane: 8,000
Melody: 6,500
Jessica: 5,900
Brittney: 1,800

BTW: The blow-ups on these photos are hysterical.

PS: I have a feeling I will be challenged to a Scrabble game soon.

Birthday Greetings!

So today, I received two greeting cards for my birthday. Imagine how loved I felt when I opened them. The first was from Dave Meadows (The Sales guy that I bought my last car from) and the second was from Southwest Airlines.

Thanks to all of those that sent text messages, blog posts (Jane, Ann Queen B, Jenn Ann) and emails. You're the best!

Meet My Son

Yes....thats what it says. If it's not bad enough that they named him Rene how can they let him have that hair? He doesnt even remotely look like a boy.

Guess Who I Ran Into Today?

Today, at Starbucks I ran into my Junior High math teacher. She was there having coffee with a friend and I sat down and told her my two favorite stories from her class. Here they are:

(1) If you didn't hang your backpack or book bag on the back of the chair you ran the risk of it falling into the aisle. If she happened to walk down the aisle and your book bag was in it she would pick it up, walk outside and then throw it off the balcony. It was the best.

(2) Remember when you had your own personal chalkboard and chalk? The teacher would write the problem on the board and then you would have to work the problem out on your own chalkboard. In the event you were caught doing anything inappropriate with your chalkboard (like, displaying notes for others or drawing pictures etc.) she would come over to your desk, ask you to put your chalk down, take your chalkboard and then smash your chalk with it. LOL, How great is that?

The best part, her friend commented that these were the things I remembered from class and my response, "yes, I am not very good at math." LOL

Let's Name A Baby

Tony Williams and his wife are expecting a boy. The only thing we know for sure is they would like to continue the tradition with a name that starts with a "C". They have been unable to decide upon a name and so I think we should all help. I have a new poll going in the sidebar that will run for the next 10 days. Please vote on a name!

New Breakfast: $6.80

Here's my new breakfast:

A 12 ounce "Morning Glory" at Jamba Juice. The "Morning Glory" is part of Jamba Juice's new "Chunky Smoothies". They are currently only selling in New York and Los Angeles but are due to hit all Jamba Juice stores in February. The Morning Glory has soymilk, non fat yogurt, fruit and granola. It is super good and you eat with a spoon. $3.55

A Venti non-fat 3 pump Cinnamon Dolce Steamer from Starbucks. This is super good if you are trying to watch the caffeine. $3.25.

Survivor Finale

Well, I must say that I was very disappointed in the winner. Thats it.

P.S. How sad that a lunch lady making 7 bucks an hour got fired because of being on Survivor. Apparantly, she was a distraction with the kids since becoming "famous". So, she got a job as a night time janitor. This is seriously a reminder that things could be worse.

Ice Sculptures At Christmas Parties

Last night, we went to David's work Christmas party and they had a company logo ice sculpture. I can say that this was the first work Christmas party with an ice sculpture that I have ever attended. It gave me the idea that at tonight's Family Christmas party at my house I should have an ice sculpture. So, I made a current life size ice sculpture of Sydney......(She is now about 12 inches long). Here are the two ice sculptures, I think mine is giving ISEC a run for it's money.......

Do You See What I See? (PG Update)

Twice this week I have woken up and Sydney has been pushing out the bottom right hand side of my stomach. She does this all the time but twice this week she was pushed out so far that I could actually see her breathing. (For the couple of you that I mentioned this to I said heartbeat but I after thinking about it is obviously respirations)

Being the hypochondriac that I am I decided to count her breaths to make sure that they were in the normal range. Well, at first (when my brain was thinking heartbeat) I was alarmed because they were about 60 per minute and they should be at least double that for a heartbeat. When I realized that it was breaths I was relieved until I went to the internet and discovered that over 60 could be respiratory distress. Thats just great....I think I need Ruth Anne to weigh in her thoughts on this.

So a lesson here HYPOCHONDRIACS should NOT be able to look up anything medical related on the internet. (In case you are wondering I have known this for years however I learn things the hard way)

The three previously PG people I have told about this (representing 11 births) all said they have never seen this so I am pretty glad that I was able to. It is really cool, the first time you could only see the breathing for about 2-3 minutes but this morning it lasted for about an hour.

Bands at the Airport

Polka Band in Albuquerque (February 2007)









Rock Band in Sacramento (December 2007)

Another Great News Story

This guy must have been pretty frustrated to learn that the new carry on rules mean that you can't carry large quantities of liquid through security at the airport. Rather than deciding to check his liter of Vodka, he decided to consume it. Within minutes, he was unable to stand and diagnosed with alcohol poisoning. RO! The full story can be found here: The story

BTW: Queen B, I find in amusing that this story did not come from Reuters odd news but it still a story out of Germany. Maybe I should cancel the road trip and just go to Germany. Thanks to Will for providing this one :)

Central PA Road Trip

Back in March, I was driving on a country road, through Central Pennsylvania when one of my companions pointed out that there was an unusual amount of fire hydrants present. Truth be told these red and yellow fire hydrants could be found alongside the road about 25 yards apart and they went on for miles and miles. Naturally, we stopped and I took a photo to remember them. This was the first of many photo opportunities. Which include: lawn ornaments, roads the seem to go nowhere, odd mailboxes, strange people and mobile homes.

All of these items were hilarious and seeing the photos reminds me that it is definitely time to schedule another another road trip.

Man Stuck In Lavatory

I just ran onto this article "Man Stuck In Lavatory". This guy was stuck in a lavatory for 100 hours. The best line of the article states that the man was stuck in the lavatory with "No Food or Mobile Phone". LOL!

This would be my worst nightmare, stuck in the lavatory with no mobile phone. RO, at least he had a bathroom.

Tonight At The Bamboo Club

My fortune said "You are primed to come with a creative solution". Afterward, I ran onto this cartoon. So I guess my two questions are: "Would this work with people?" and "Would this be considered a creative solution?"

Southwest Drink Coupons

When I get my Rapid Rewards free flights I also get drink coupons. Let it be known now that I have never drank alcohol on a plane and my drink coupons either go to waste or a couple of times I have given them away. For some reason, today I picked up some drink coupons on my desk and noticed that on the front of them they have conversation starters and on the back they have conversation stoppers.

I am going to share some examples but I will tell you that the first one is my absolute favorite. Someone once started a conversation with me with a very similar question and the conversation is still going strong.......

Conversation Starter: "If you were stranded on a deserted island, which actor or actress would you least like to be stuck there with?
Conversation Stopper: "If I were stranded on a deserted island, I think you're the person I'd least like to be stuck with"

Conversation Starter: "When was the first time you flew Southwest Airlines? and where did you go?"
Conversation Stopper: "This represents my primary voyage on an Earth bound jet propulsion vehicle. You humanoids and your inventions are so cute"

Conversation Starter: "Are you a dog person? Cat person? Fish person? Something else entirely different?"
Conversation Stopper: "Start every sentence with the phrase like my cat Mr Peepers always says"

The Freeway Finally Woke Me Up

Ever since we moved into our house I have been asked if the freeway noise bothered us. (We live 3 houses north of the 210 freeway) Before we moved in we were both worried about it but the truth is it is never a problem. In fact I don't ever hear the freeway.

Friday morning around 5:30AM was the first time I have ever been woken up because of the freeway. The story is here It wasn't the traffic, it wasn't the crash, it wasn't any horns blowing. Nope, it was the KCAL9, NBC and ABC helicopters hovering over our house that did it. Anyhow, I flipped on the news and saw "Live Coverage" of the overturned Wallmart truck.......that certainly was exciting, not.

Joshua Has His 1st Starbucks

In case you were wondering (There was a blog earlier this year about the danger of giving children Starbucks) he had a short Caramel Apple Spice at room temperature without the Caramel.

The Unanswered Question

While shopping at the grocery store I was standing in front of the Orange Juice when I sent the following text message: When you buy Orange Juice do you get Pulp or No Pulp?

I can tell you that until today (Yes, I'm 33 and have lots of food firsts this year) I had no idea what in the world Pulp was. I have now been enlightened. Pulp is the solid part of the fruit that is leftover after the juice is squeezed out. Check out some of the different types of Orange Juice here.

So, I guess the question for everyone is what do you prefer? No Pulp, Some Pulp, or Lots of Pulp. I think I would choose some pulp.

P.S. For the record, I think the OJ served at the Club Room in Sacramento has lots of pulp.

The "Club Room" #1222

This morning when I woke up at the Hilton Arden West hotel in Sacramento I decided that I would finally take advantage of the executive floor by visiting the special club room.

The club room is open for a complimentary breakfast in the morning, happy hour in the early evening and cocktails in the evening. Hilton Honors Gold members and above receive a special key granting them access. Every time I have stayed at this hotel I have arrived too late to participate in the evening activities and I always leave before breakfast.

Off I go to the club room. Imagine how happy I was when I saw the room number of the club room.

Not only that, when I walked into the 1222 Club Room I immediately ran into two people I knew! The Club Room was just like a little lounge for the Hilton Honors VIP's and it was pretty nice. As I was drinking my orange juice and chatting with a couple of people I suddenly remembered a question I had posed to my BFF a few weeks ago. A question that remains unanswered. I guess you'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out what the question was.....

Congrats Kato!

On your new son, Steven! Sydney would have been a Steven if she were a boy ;)

Good Luck, Kim!!!

Just wanted you to know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. Hope you don't get nauseous and you are not too bored. We love you!!!! Added: Dec 4th-I just realized everybody thought this was about me but this is actually for the new Kim Evans who is going in for a super boring medical procedure today. P.S. How long can we call her the new Kim Evans?

Thanks Mom and Becca! (PG Update)

Last night, David and I decided to go register for baby stuff at Babies R Us. I registered online and then we went to the store to actually make most of our selections. One of the most overwhelming experiences of my life. We ended up walking around with the little gun for an hour and didn't scan anything.

This morning, Becca offered to go back with me. So Mom, Becca, Elizabeth and I went off to Babies R Us. They were both so helpful and this time it was not overwhelming at all. I have now registered for most of the small items and David is doing some research on the big stuff. Lastly, after careful consideration I think we are going to do a lady bug theme for the nursery. P.S. There are a million Kim Thomas' in the registry. I am not fishing for gifts but as a note do not accidentally send a gift to Kim and David Thomas in Elk Grove, CA.

After successfully tackling Babies R Us I decided to try Target. Compared to Babies R Us, Target was a piece of cake although I am not registered for nearly as much stuff there. I found that Target has alot of stuff online but very little in the store. I didn't like that since believe it or not I am not a huge online shopper. (It's True)

Other updates:
*Almost 23 weeks
*Fewer and Less Severe Headaches
*Belly getting bigger
*She likes (or doesn't like) flying. Kicks almost the entire time we are on the plane

Just Throw Them In The Attic

Where do you suppose decorations like this are kept in the off season? These ornaments are bigger than cars and can be found everywhere at South Coast Plaza.