The Last of Our Clan

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On April 9th I was in the check out line at the dollar store and I spotted a pregnancy test. I hadn’t been feeling well and the test was only a dollar so I bought one. When I got home I took the test and it came back positive. It was a test from the Dollar Tree, and since it was only a dollar I went back the next day and bought another one. Both tests came up with the pink lines in the C and T areas. I am pregnant. I told Eric that night when he came home from work.

My first OB appointment was on July 1st. My Doctor performs mini ultrasounds at the first few appointments during a pregnancy, so she took some 1st pictures for me (see above).

TODAY -- The Ultrasound Technician said that the baby measures about 11 inches long and weighs a little over 1 pound. I am approximately 22 weeks and 4 days pregnant, which makes my due date on December 15th. By the end of this year we will have a new baby girl! On the right side of the layout the top two pictures are of the babys side profile. She is cute already. The middle picture is a shot of her cute little foot. And the last ... shows us she is a GIRL !

My WORK trip to Puerto Rico

So, I currently have the difficult task of attending an AIA conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I thought I would include a picture of me hard at work.
In all seriousness, this is a great opportunity (again) to represent the state of Nevada with the State Government Network of the American Institute of Architects. I am staying at a great hotel called "La Concha" and it is located right on the beach... I admit, it looks like a great vacation; but, some socially retarded individual put a conference room on the top floor with panorama windows overlooking the lovely beach. I get to spend 10 hours a day in meetings in that room, watching other people have the great vacation I wish I was having!

I also thought I would try another approach in flying out here and took a red-eye flight last night from Vegas to JFK in New York. It is then another 3.5 hour flight from JFK to San Juan. All told, I managed a meager 3 hours of interupted sleep and arrived in San Juan at 10 0'clock this morning ready to attend a day full of meetings. What you see here, is my 1-hour of caribbean pleasure before I passed out from exhaustion!

I'll try to post more pictures throughout the trip.

10 Year Old Christian

We celebrated Christian's Birthday on Monday the 4th of August. I can't believe my little boy is 10 years old! For his 10th birthday he wanted the Indiana Jones Lego video game for the PS3, the Pokemon Diamond game for his DS, and the NERF Long Shot gun. Christian requested that the family go to LaserQuest for some fun, and Panda Express for dinner. After- we enjoyed watching him open his presents, and had cake and ice cream. The next day I took him to Target so that he could buy the Pokemon Ranger game for his DS -with the money he got from some birthday cards. Christian is so animated when he plays. He has a great imagination. He loves, loVES, LOVES his toy weapons, and playing video games. He is one "ACTION-PACKED" boy!!!! We love you-- CHRISTIAN!!!