Glendale Chocolate Affair

I have two loves of my life.  One of them is chocolate.  So naturally when I heard of the Glendale Chocolate Affair, I had to go.  It would be a sin not to, right?  We did go on Saturday and it was amazing.  People from all over the country come to Glendale and sell chocolate from booths set up in a park. I must admit that they were a little stingy on the samples though.  We toured Cerretas, which if you live in Phoenix, is a definite must see.  It's the only one in the country and they have chocolate that is divine! 

On our way back to the park, we saw this...

It's a decked out fire truck that has TVs and grills and a soda machine on the side!

A Long Time in Coming

I really have let this go by the wayside.  I keep debating with myself whether or not I want to keep a blog.  Hardly anyone looks at it and I am kind of creeped out by the random people who may be looking at pictures of my family.  So, if you want me to stick around, leave me a comment! 
So much has happened in the past, oh, 7 months!  We had a beautiful baby boy in November.  I chose to be induced, which was not my first choice, but it worked out great.  He came into the world about 8 hours after first arriving at the hospital with no pitocin and no epidural!!!  I couldn't have asked for a better delivery.  He was 8 lbs 2.5 oz and 20.5 inches long.  We call him Ben and he has blonde hair and blue eyes.  So far, he takes after the best of both of us.  We can only pray that tradition continues...
Here are a few pictures of our baby boy!

I LOVE every moment of every day that I get to spend with him!

North Carolina

We flew/drove to North Carolina last month to visit Alex's family. We were flying standby with his parents, which I would not recommend. With fewer flights, standby is a pain. It took us a full 24 hours for us to get from Raleigh, NC to Tucson, AZ. We took quite a few detours along the way. It was a worthwhile trip, nonetheless. I can now say that I've been to Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

I also dipped my feet in the Atlantic Ocean! I would have loved to stay longer...

We did a lot of stuff with family, toured UNC and NC state for possible grad school options, and
took pictures of the Raleigh temple.

Last but not least, here is one of my 20 weeks pregnant pictures! Random strangers are starting to comment on my belly. :)

Now that it's almost 2:30 am, I think I'll go home and go to sleep...

My Computer

I would have pictures posted by now, but my computer kinda decided to crash. It is almost done with its week long vacation at Best Buy and I will hopefully have everything loaded back onto it tomorrow night. no promises though.

Happenings

Now that school is officially done, I can catch up on this! Here are the belated ultrasound pictures that I promised...Well, it looks like Alex removed the jump drive from the computer bag that held the pictures. Maybe some other time.
My second doctor's appointment went well, although it was not as exciting as the first. We got to hear the heartbeat though! It was about 164 beats a minute, which is apparently normal for someone so young.
I turned 22 this past month! Craziness! I feel like it's all down hill from here. haha. I don't have any more milestones to look forward to, except for the hills. Alex gave me earrings two nights beforehand and pretended that was my only gift. Since, he usually does more than that, I was a little disappointed, but glad to save the money. The next day, I came home to a Wii system set up in my living room! I wasn't completely in love with it before, but I am now! We bowl on Thursday nights and he had a friend bring me one of those cookie cakes from Mrs. Fields and another friend bought me balloons! It was fabulous.
This past weekend, I graduated from the University of Arizona! For the first time in 17 years, I am not a student. I am now the proud recipient of a bachelor's degree!!! It will be so refreshing to only work full-time. Here are some pictures from the big day...
This is me with my parents and grandma. Alex was there, but looking back, we didn't take many pictures. I had more family and friends there, but different cameras captured different things and apparently the person who had ours was not very snap happy.

This is Shelly! We sat together during the university wide commencement and endured the loud and obnoxious intoxicated people behind us (one of whom used my shoulder as a footrest twice, but I guess I can't blame her because after all, she was unconscious). Who comes to their own graduation completely drunk?! Do you not want to remember it in the morning? Some things I will never understand.

On another happy note, I thought I'd leave you with some pictures of my little belly! They are practically all in walgreens attire because I am constantly remembering to take a picture right before I run out the door to work.

This is the very first picture I took.

Here I am at 14 weeks. My belly is more prominent in maternity dresses, one of which I look about 6 months pregnant in! ah!

Ultrasound

Yesterday I went to the doctor for the first time and she did a vaginal ultrasound to make sure things were ok and that my due date was correct. Everything is perfect! Ultrasounds are so amazing. I was holding my breath at first for fear that she wouldn't find anything in there, but I was so relieved when she picked it up! It's the cutest little peanut I've ever seen! I cannot WAIT for May 12...my next appt. I'm just glad that everything's ok and that I finally have 7 cute pictures of the little guy. Once I figure out how to connect my printer to my new laptop, I'll post them!

BBQ

Sometimes I really hate blogger. I have a hard enough time figuring this thing out and then I finally get pictures going in the right direction in all the right places and what happens? It has an error when I try to post it. ugh. I was saying that last night Alex and I decided to put the BBQ pit in our complex to good use. We marinated steaks all day and they were delicious on the grill. Take a look at these:

Here's a slanted picture of us as I try to take it with one hand...

We also recently got a digital camcorder on a great deal at Sears! The other exciting thing that is going on is that today we found out that we're pregnant!! I couldn't be more thrilled.