ALIEN BABY

I had my latest doctor's appointment today. I went in with my mom and sister, Wendy. I was supposed to hear the heartbeat today. But apparently babies love to move around. So, I didn't get to hear the heartbeat, but they brought in the ultrasound machine. It was so much fun to see my little baby move around so much. It's only about 3 1/2 inches long. But I love this picture. If you look at the head you can see the eye sockets. It reminds me of an alien. Ah, my little alien baby. You are so cute and so mine. I love you already. If you can't tell, the baby is is lying on it's stomach so it's head is facing down. The long line is the spine. The heart beat was great. The baby is perfect. That's what I love to hear!

AIRMAN JOSEPH ARCHULETA

Well, Joe left for basic training to Lackland AFB in Texas on Tuesday, October 21. Before he left I got to go and see him swear in. It was a pretty emotional experience. It was a small room filled with determined young men and women. They are willing to give their lives to protect us. Joe, I am so proud of you. I love you and I know you are doing great.

I heard from Joe on Saturday. It wasn't much of a phone call. I pretty much got his address. But he did get a few extra minutes to talk to me because of his higher position. I guess he has become crew chief over all of the other men and women he is training with in his group. I don't know exactly all of the details, but apparently he gets a few perks. GO JOE!! I knew he would do great. He sounded good and excited. He seemed focussed and happy.

I got this picture from an email sent to Joe's parents by the Elder who is at the church on Joe's base. Here he is on Sunday. I love it. He looks so content to be in a uniform.


These are pictures from when he swore in. Luckily his dad recorded it on video. I wasn't able to pay much attention to what they said. I was too busy taking pictures of my husband. But they promise to protect us and obey the orders of the President of the United States and their officers. They all looked so serious. It was a very emotional, exciting, and scary moment.

I love you Joseph

SAN FRANCISCO

I love him so much. Joe and I spent a romantic weekend together a few days before he shipped off to bootcamp. We stayed in a nice hotel in Livermore. Then we spent the next day in San Francisco. It was so nice to just get away and have it be the two of us. It was relaxing. I was so happy to be next to Joe walking the pier hand in hand. He treated me like a queen.

Isn't he so cute. The sea lions are cute too. But they stink pretty bad. They are so loud. A bunch of them try to get on these rafts and push each other off. It was pretty entertaining.

JOE'S GOING AWAY PARTY

I threw Joe a going away party at D'boni's Pizza at the beginning of October. He was leaving for boot camp. I was so grateful because everyone we invited came. My family, Joe's family, work friends and church friends all came. Joe was so excited that so many people were there to support him. Thank you to everyone who came. I thought I got more pictures, but I guess I didn't.


The cupcakes were a hit with the kids. I'm not sure if they actually got any in their tummies though. Here is Ashlee with cake all over her face.

Sydney and Dylen loved the cupcakes too.

Even Joe and I ate them. Isn't he so cute. I miss you Joe.

I did get a picture of Joe's family. On the left is Spencer, Joe's cousin. On the right are his parents, Ed and Judy and his little sister Leah is the one with the muscles!!!

MISTY'S BIRTHDAY (POSTED A LITTLE LATE)

Okay, Misty's birthday was a while back. Like I've said in the past, I'm a slacker when it comes to blogging. But I love these pictures. Misty was trying to blow out her candle on the pizzookie. We made her pose a million times. So, I posted the one where she's cracking up PRETENDING to blow out her candle. Don't you just love the tiarra. Tami, you're next!!


Tami, Misty, Myself and Lorilee waiting for our table outside of BJ's restaurant. They have very yummy food.

LATEST CREATIONS

Here are some of my latest cakes. Some are from a while back.



The wedding cake I did last weekend. I liked it except for the cake topper.

A birthday cake I made.

It was supposed to have the hearts on it but I wanted to see what it looked like with butterflies.

Cute little Dylen with her mermaid birthday cake

A little baby shower cake for an old friend

THE BELLY BAND!!!

So, it's official, my pants don't fit me anymore. I was a little freaked out at first because I'm only 3 months pregnant and everyone else has told me they started showing around 5 months. Well NOT ME!!! I asked my mom and she said she started not fitting into her pants around 3 months too. WHEW!!! That made me feel a little better. I've been living in sweat pants for the past week and today I went out and bought the BELLY BAND. Girls, I l-o-v-e it. I can wear my jeans again (even though their not zipped)!!!! Just thought everyone would like to know how excited I was to get it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTY!!!!

I realized I didn't call you today to wish you a happy happy birthday. I just want everyone to know that I am so glad to have Misty Ballard as a friend. I remember you telling me that when you first got to know me you thought I didn't like you. But you know the truth now...I was just a shy young lady who thought you were way too cool for me. And truthfully, you are. You are a great person. You are always so thoughtful and always willing to give a helping hand. You are pretty darn hilarious and love being around you and your family. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and that your next few birthdays will hold a lot more wonderful things instore for you.

EHS FOOTBALL GAME

So, last night Joe and I decided to go down to the Escalon High Football Game. It was homecoming. Let me tell you I felt pretty darn old sitting next to all of the highschoolers. We had a good time. The JV game was pretty exciting. They were behind the entire game and came back to win in the last few minutes of the 4th quarter. Then between games the imfamous homecoming floats were presented. The kids sure had a great time dancing on them. Then we watched the varsity game. That wasn't as exciting because they killed the other team. It started to sprinkle really lightly and I was just really hoping it would hold out until the end of the game. And sure enough it did. We sat RIGHT next to the band. And I was right next to the really big drum. And I didn't like it, so every time our team got a touchdown I hurried and stood up so the drum's vibration wouldn't get to me. Joe just laughed at me, but that's okay. I really enjoyed highschool, so it was fun to see how much hasn't changed. There's still the school spirit and being with friends and having a great time just being there cheering on your team. The only thing I was sad about was not getting one of those awesome foam fingers I saw everyone with. So sad. Maybe nextime.

Today I have to go to work. Now, it's Outlaw homecoming and escalon's city wide yard sale. Just hoping I won't go insane by the end of the day.