PREGGO PICTURES

So, I've been quite a slacker when it comes to taking the weekly pregnancy photos of my every growing belly. But, my mother-in-law is way better at it than I am. Here are just a few. The big bloo is an inside joke between my husband and me. I guess match the car we own (it's blue and we call it big bloo). This is me at 27 weeks.

CALVIN

Joe and I went to Womb With A View on December 24, 2008 to find out what we were having. We could have found out many weeks sooner but Joe was at basic training for the Air Force. This was the best Christmas Present we could have given ourselves. As you can see...IT'S A BOY. At first I was a little bit nervous going to see our baby in 3D, but it was the best experience. I loved it. Calvin was moving around quite a bit, and because he was hiding in my belly, we are pretty lucky to get such good photos.

ITALY OR NOT ITALY......

Ok, so I was talking to my hubby yesterday afternoon. He was down trying to get all the passport information done for our move to Italy this summer. Well, they inquired about his dependents and he informed them that I was due to deliver our little boy in April. Well, apparantly that is not such a great thing because now our assignment might get changed. Because he will be so little, getting all of his information and passport and all that jazz might hold up the prosess and the Air Force just didn't like that too much. Joe said that we probably wouldn't find out if it gets changed or not until the end of the month. Man! Just when I was getting used to the idea of far away adventures and submersion in new and exciting cultures, my bubble gets popped! So, for now everone, I have NO IDEA what to expect. I guess that is a lesson to be learned. I know it will work out fine and I can't do much about it (little Calvin has such perfect timing). So, I'll keep everyone posted as to where we will end up.

CRAZY PREGNANCY DREAMS

I know that it's pretty common to have weird dreams while pregnant. I've always had quite imaginative dreams. But last night I had the funniest dream ever. I don't remember all of the details, but I was pregnant and I was at the beach for an event for church. Everyone was dressed pretty casually and I just remember not being so casual. There were these eating/running contests. Basically the men had to eat an entire large pizza and then run to D'boni's. (in my dream the run wasn't that long-it made sense at the time) While the women had to eat a huge (i mean huge) plate of spaghetti and then run to D'boni's. Okay, so I'm in this huge crowd of people and they were telling me I could never do it because i was preggo. Well, I started scarfing the spaghetti down. I decided I would kill two birds with one stone and started to run while I ate. I remember getting all the way to Bro and Sis Prater's house and telling them I needed them to come and finish the race with me (i don't know why). As I was crossing the street into the parking lot, I saw another lady almost there too. I ran so hard and I opened the door into the restaurant and I jumped on the table. It was seriously like I had won the gold medal in the Olympics!!!!! Then I woke up. Pretty awesome dream. I am totally the spaghetti eating champ!!!

OUR AIR FORCE DESTINATION!!!!

Okay everyone, it's official. We finally know where we are going to be located in the Air Force. Joe just received his assignment today. It's AVIANO AFB IN ITALY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm over the initial shock of it all. At first when he told me I thought he was joking because he kept laughing. But after asking him over and over, I am finally convinced that we really are moving there!! I was sooooo not expecting this. Don't get me wrong, I'm really excited to go. But it really is such a shock. I've never left the country to vacation and now I'm going to live half way around the world. Pretty CRAZY!! All I know for now is that it is located about 1 1/2 hours north of Venice. So that is pretty exciting. I'll keep everyone posted when I find out more information.

TWILIGHT SPOOF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TfE_HeGWi4

Okay, so I saw this on youtube. My friend showed it to me and I thought it was pretty funny. I'm a huge twilight fan. And this was a spoof on a part of the movie. Hope nobody gets offended. It made me laugh so hard. Look out Edward Cullen!!! There's a new vampire in town!

A REINDEER GOAT?!?

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you...I am really blogging!!! Okay, so with my candy party, going to see joe, cookies being ordered galore, I haven't had much time to blog, let alone breathe. But that's all changed now and it's pretty much smooth sailing until Christmas, so yes, I'm back!!! Can I get a Woo Hoo?! I have so much to add to my blog, which I will do in the next few days. I am so excited to post my trip to Texas to see Joe. But, I'm about to leave for work. So, one quick tidbit before I have to go....last night I saw a reindeer! Or was it a goat? Actually it was both. For those of you less fortunate to not know the goat man of Escalon...there is a man who cuts down trees and hawls a goat in the back of his truck with him. He's referred to by all of Escalon as the goat man. Well, it's his pet. He walks it on a leash and everything. Last night as I was delivering pizzas, I got startled when I saw a small four-legged creature walking down a sidewalk with HUGE antlers!!! At first I couldn't quite figure it out, but then I realized it was the Goatman. He had put antlers on his goat and was walking him down the street. I tried to hurry and take a picture, but all I got was my dashboard reflection. Sorry, Misty, I totally am dissapointing you now on my photo taking abilities. But it was so funny. People were lined up outside their houses to see a "reindee". I laughed pretty hard. Which was good because it turned my aweful night of delivering pizzas in the freezing cold just a little better!