Los Angeles

Earlier this month we made a weekend trip out to LA.  Brian and Dave were in a class at UCLA all week for work so Cortney and I flew out Thursday night to join them.  We scored a killer deal at the Ritz in Marina Del Rey on Priceline and cruised around all weekend in our go-cart (The Versa).

The first day we hit all the highlights...Hollywood Blvd, Beverly Hills (Rodeo Drive), Sprinkles Cupcakes, In N' Out Burger, and met up with college friends at Griffith Observatory (it was free and had a killer view of the whole city!)

That night we split up and Brian and I met up with my brother Kyle, his friend Casey, and my long time friend/best neighbor Eric.

Day 2:  Since we knocked bigger touristy stuff off the list on Friday, we checked out Santa Monica Pier on Saturday.  We browsed around and then rented cruisers and rode down the beach...by far the most fun part of the trip.

         

15 Weeks

Baby Beam at 15 weeks

{photo taken on my phone}

I feel that I am a lot bigger than most for the beginning of my second trimester, but at least I look somewhat pregnant instead of like I just gained 10 extra pounds. 

Love Love Love

We got to spend a day with my little niece and nephew last weekend up in the mountains and it was awesome!  It was our first time to meet baby Miles and I am officially in LOVE!  He is the sweetest and most laid back baby and I can't get enough of him!!  We spent the whole day playing inside and here are my favorite pics of these little munchkins. 

We tried to get Lorraine to play out in the snow but she wasn't having it right after her nap.  It wasn't all fun and smiles...

And if you need more proof that these are the cutest babies ever... 

(I love that we got these on video!)

And Then There Were 3...

Baby Beam is due September 9th and Brian and I are so excited!!

Our little munchkin at our 8 week ultrasound:

And our 12 week ultrasound:

Everything seems to be going great so far!  I've had a great first trimester with no morning sickness (thank God!), but just been really tired most of the time.  My stomach starts to feel uneasy/unsettled if I don't eat right when I get hungry.  I haven't had any big cravings but bagels and fruit always sound good (and milk!)!

You can see its face profile, as well as little legs and even toes!  It was moving around a ton during the appointment and kept stretching out its little arms and legs!  Heart beat was also nice and strong- 169 beats/minute.

8 and 12 week belly pics:

 

Mark's Send Off

Our brother in law, Mark, is about to leave for his 3rd deployment to Afghanistan this spring.  Brian and I were able to fly out to Oklahoma for a very quick (as in 1 day) trip last week for his official send-off ceremony.  The trip was so short and fast but its always good to see our sweet family!

 waiting for the ceremony to start.  

That lady behind us even answered her cell phone (not quietly) in the middle of a General's speech.  Super classy.

   Way too much going on to take a nap!

{only half of the guys who are deploying from the OK National Guard}

Emily's Ski Weekend

For Christmas this year- we got Emily a 'ski trip' to Colorado.  She flew out by herself on Thursday night, we had girl time on Friday painting pottery and shopping the outlet malls and headed up skiing on Saturday.

 

We left at 6:40am and it took us 4 hours to get to Breck (normally an hour and a half drive).  The traffic was sooo horrible on our way up and blizzarding conditions at the tunnel left the roads really bad.  We made it up though, ate lunch and then skied in the afternoon.  This was Emily's first time skiing and we decided to teach her ourselves instead of putting her in a lesson.  She did awesome and barely fell on the greens.  For the last run, we took her all the way up and did a half blue/half green run.  The blue part kicked her butt but she never complained.  It was cold, windy, and snowing hard all day but I think she had a great time!

We decided to eat dinner in Frisco and let some of the traffic pass.  Well- it continued to snow all day/night so the roads were even worse and it still took us 3.5 hours to get home.  Such a long day... but glad we got to take Em skiing for the first time!