Maternity Pics!

Brody took some pictures of us earlier this week... at 33 1/2 weeks :)
Time is flying and it's getting very exciting slash scary!
The countdown is at 6 weeks, 2 days!
Wow.

Always an adventure with my mom :)

The room is getting there!

I finally finished up his name blocks yesterday... So if he comes out
and doesn't look like a Lincoln, too bad! Haha
My mom came up to help me with curtains and the crib bumper which I
love! Once I get things put all together I'll post a picture of it :)

Vegas

We had a great time in Vegas last week with Randy and Shan. The first day we stayed at the Monte Carlo on the strip, and the 2nd night we stayed at the Golden Nugget on Fremond Street. Fremont street is our favorite place. For me, because of the nice dealers that tell you exactly what to do. And for Nathan, for the $2 (or free if you play long enough) shrimp cocktails at the Golden Gate. We went to the blue man group the first night and let's just say that it was quite an experience... I've never been high or drunk, but I'd imagine that it feels something like watching the blue man group. At one point, strobe lights started flashing throughout the entire room and hundreds of rolls of toilet paper started pouring out in the back of the theater. Everyone started pulling the paper towards the front and eventually, we were covered in toilet paper. It was strange... even for me... I just had to stare at Shan and wonder if this was really happening and if we actually paid $60/person to be part of it. lol
It was definitely something I'll always remember though, so I guess that makes it worth it!
If you can't picture what I'm trying to explain, I found a youtube video of this part of the "performance". The strobe lights makes it hard to see what's happening but it's pretty realistic to how I felt. haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY41F6avwz0

Anyways, we had a blast learning roulette and eating crepes and lots of other yummy food. (Including CiCi's of course!)

Mado's art

Shan told Mado to draw a picture of herself, so she started drawing
away. After drawing the curly "mom" hair, shan asked who she was
drawing. She replied that instead of drawing herself, she drew me,
Lincoln in my belly, and my beautiful earrings. Haha she is hilarious!
So here is what I look like through the eyes of Madolyn...

Resolution results are in! (along with more for 2010)

First, I'll start with what I wrote here last year with my resolutions for 2009 and we'll see how I did:

1. Sell our house and get in a more "forever" house.
**that's a big fat negatory. We put the house on the market and 3 weeks later Nathan was laid off from his job of 8 years. Oh well, maybe this next year we can try again. I'm not going to put it on my new resolution list though, because it is just something that I was to happen before Lincoln goes to elementary school.

2. Cook. I mean, really cook. I want to host big sunday dinners and learn to use a BBQ.
**We've definitely been cooking alot more around the house. Crockpots are our lifesavers! We got a BBQ grill in June and unfortunately haven't used it a ton, but we're still working on it.

3. Travel. Not necessarily huge expensive trips, just lots of little ones. Whether it is to Heber, or California for a weekend.. Just away from here with just me and nathan.
**I'd say this was a success. I was able to visit Texas twice, New York once, California once. Then with me and Nathan, we took lots of little road trips which were awesome. Hopefully next year we can go more as a family since all my travels were for work and he didn't get to go with me.

4. Learn the more technical aspect of my job. Cameras, lighting, office stuff, everything there is to know basically!
**This one is a success as well, although there is always more to learn. Technology keeps changing and keeps me on my toes with the newest innovations and changes. Brody and Randy both help me a ton with this because both of them are so camera smart, and everything I learn is because of them! I've taken on a lot more responsibility around the studio so definitely learned alot in the business aspect.

Well, 2.5 out of 4 is not so shabby!

Drumroll please, for my 2010 resolutions!

1. Get unhooked from TV. I mean, really.... it's pretty pathetic when my list of favorite TV shows is longer than my list of favorite books. I'm sure this is something that will automatically happen once Lincoln arrives because I'll have less spare time and have something more productive to do in any spare time that I get. Pretty confident I'm going to achieve this one. lol

2. Get my house organized and start food storage. This is something I've been wanting to do for a long time, but just haven't gotten around to it. And since Shan is fully convinced from her dream that in Dec 2012 the world is going to go crazy, we should probably have a little food storage to last us a while.

3. Keep in better contact with family that I don't talk to very often. Russ, Laura, Seth, Jaiden in Texas... along with visiting Grandma Despain more often. This is a fun resolution for once!

4. Cut our credit card debt in half (at least). I won't go into detail about how much that is, but lets just say that our credit card debt just passed up our car loan amount. This is a toughy... BUT if it is accomplished, it will lift so much weight off our shoulders. Maybe if this one is done, next years resolution will be to never use a credit card again! That would be awesome!

New years eve party

We hung out at ran and kelsies house for new years and had a great
time! Here is a cute video of everyone playing rockband, and tanner
being their dancer. He cracks me up!