Peachy Keen

You know that feeling you had as a little kid on Christmas eve? How you would get so excited about what awaited you the next day? Well, for Lisa, that day is today. She even told me yesterday she was more excited about tomorrow (Monday Aug 30) than she is for Christmas.

So, what's going on tomorrow that's so very exciting? Some kind of birthday or holiday? Some kind of news about the baby? Nope, you're all wrong. The answer, of course, is that beginning tomorrow fresh peach shakes are back at Taco Amigo! We will be paying them a visit and indulging on the deliciousness that is a fresh peach shake.

Another great thing about this much anticipated event is that Lisa will be much happier any time we drive past the place now. For the last couple of months we'd be approaching the restaurant with great hopes of some word about the shakes on their sign. Our hopes were met with disappointment time and time again. A few weeks ago, we were driving up to it with the same hopes when we made out the first word of "FRESH". We started to get excited, only to see the next word of "BANANA". BANANA? Boooooo!!!!! So, ever since then, when we drive past, Lisa looks, and sees the sign still mocking us, and yells at it in anger. I find it quite humorous, but I think in the long run, it's best if she's not yelling at signs.

After more disappointment this last week, Lisa actually called Taco Amigo and asked when they are coming. When she found out that they were coming on Monday, she sent me an email with about a bazillion smiley faces announcing the great news. She begged and begged to go there on Monday. She didn't have to do much begging, since I'm more than happy to feast upon the goodness.

So, tomorrow, we get to renew our annual (going 2 years strong now) tradition of fresh peach shakes at Taco Amigo. Make sure you don't miss out. It's something you're not going to want to miss.

A Sundance Adventure

Yesterday was my company's summer party. This year it was held up at Sundance. It was fun, but it did not come without some adventure.

The first thing we did when we got there was get on the ski lift. There were some pretty cool views from the lift.





After we got off the lift, we went for a little hike. We were told that "there is a short hike to Stewart falls" that is "fun" and "easy." We figured we could go make this "short" hike real quick and go see Stewart Falls. Well, the hike was actually 1.5 miles and pretty steep at parts, going down. We didn't even have any water with us, so we made sure the pregnant one took it nice and easy. We did get there, and it was very cool.







Being a bit parched, I ventured up close to the waterfall and opened my mouth hoping for some drops. However, instead of falling peacefully into my mouth, a huge drop of water abruptly landed in my eye. That drop would have felt much better in my mouth.

We headed back down to the resort a different way, and it wasn't too bad of a hike, but that was also 1.5 miles. When we got back, we hurriedly looked for bathroom and a drinking fountain. We found a sign with "Restrooms" on it, so we eagerly followed its direction. Unfortunately, we could find no restrooms in that area. We went off looking somewhere else and finally found one. It was nice to finally get some water.

Shortly thereafter, we had dinner, and it was wonderful. Both of us were hungry from the hike, which always makes food taste better. I completely stuffed myself. Then, after dinner, we had evening entertainment from Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband. They are a lot of fun, and have some great songs.



And that was pretty much the extent of the party. It was fun, even with the extra unintended adventure. The real adventure, though, will be next year when we get to lug along the little one with us. :)

12 Weeks!

Today Dan and I went to the Dr.'s office for our 12 week visit and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat!!! It was really cool. It took the doctor a few minutes to find the heartbeat but he found it! :) Right after he found the heartbeat, the baby kicked the receiver thing. I couldn't feel the kick, but we could hear it. :) It was a lot of fun. We also found out our official due date...before we'd just been using calculators online to figure it out. The official due date is...February 28th!

TMI

WARNING: This post contains information that may be considered by some to fall in the category of T.M.I, also known as Too Much Information. Proceed reading at your own caution.

One of the 'joyous' parts about being pregnant is the ever present morning sickness. For those of you who don't know too much about pregnancy or morning sickness, let me start by saying that the name is misleading. Morning sickness is NOT just a morning thing. It is an all day long thing and it is not pleasant. Hopefully (fingers crossed, which is making typing very difficult) I'm almost done with the morning sickness phase of my pregnancy. However, having to deal with throwing up 2 to 3 times per day has given me some time to reflect on throwing up and I have realized a few things.

1. What you eat plays a large part in the pleasant or unpleasantness of the throwing up experience. For example, pizza is not an enjoyable food to have come back up your throat. It stings and burns and it doesn't taste at all like the initial pizza did. However, certain other foods can actually be sort of pleasant to throw up. For example, try drinking a glass of that chocolate Instant Breakfast and then a glass of grape juice before throwing up. The result is vomit that tastes like a grape Tootsie Pop. That was probably the most enjoyable combination that I found.

2. Drinking large amounts of liquid helps greatly. It is much easier to throw up when you are well hydrated. It helps to minimize the chunkiness of the throw up, as well as the number of chunks that get caught in your throat, causing you to gag more. (Remember, I warned you about this post before you read it...if you want to stop reading now I won't blame you.)

3. Throwing up when you don't have anything in your stomach to throw up is not a pleasant experience. Bile is bitter and gross and awful to throw up so it's always better to have something in your stomach than to have an empty stomach when morning sickness hits.

However, despite all of the morning sickness and falling asleep at random times, the hoped for outcome is well worth all of the unpleasantness of morning sickness. I think I may be starting to get past all of it...I didn't throw up at all on Friday or Saturday. :) That is a very good thing.

Poll Time!

As you should know by now, Lisa and I are expecting our first child. Now it's time to guess the gender! We have created a poll in the sidebar, so please vote, and we'll see who's right.

Stealth Book Shopping

Now that we've publicly announced Lisa's pregnancy, we can actually share all of the fun adventures that come with it. This one comes from a month or so ago.

Shortly after finding out she was pregnant, Lisa wanted to get the book What to Expect When You're Expecting. We wanted to keep the pregnancy to ourselves for a while, so we had to figure out a way to get the book without people knowing. I suggested getting it online, but Lisa didn't want to have to wait that long. So, one Saturday we set out for some stealth book shopping.

The first stop was Borders. We both like bookstores so we meandered a little looking at different stuff. Then it was time to execute our plan. We needed to quickly find the book, purchase it, and safely make it to the car without being caught by anyone we know. So, we start looking around for it, while also keeping an eye out for anyone we might know. We had a little bit of trouble finding it. A few times we were asked if we needed any help finding anything, and we always responded with a quick, "No thanks." After circling the store 3 times with no luck, we found a section about women's health. We were both looking for it in there when Lisa decides to walk away and look elsewhere. I didn't know she had left and later found myself alone looking through books about women's health. Awkward. We eventually gave up and decided to give Walmart a try.

When we arrived at Walmart, we headed over to the book section and I kept a lookout for anyone we knew. Walmart presented a much higher risk of running into someone we knew. Lisa found the book there, and we carefully scanned the store once more. We then hurried over to the self-checkout and anxiously bought the book. We slipped it into the bag and hurried out to the car. Mission accomplished.

It has been a good and informative book to read through. Since we bought the book, we always had to make sure we hid it back in our bedroom so that no one would see it when they came over. It's nice not to have to worry about that now, but it was a fun little exercise in covert operations.