TURCO!!!!!!!!

Best upset EVER!!! Turco, you beautiful beast!! Took 52 shots on goal and only allowed 3! Yeah!!

Ahhhhh I think I almost just had a heart attack watching that game. YES!!! The Capital's 20-game winning streak is over thanks to the Stars! Yeahhh!! Sorry Mike, your little man Ovechkin was no match for us tonight!

God, I love hockey.

Happy Birthday, Mike!

Yesterday was Mr. Anderson's birthday but sadly I had to work for the majority of the day. But tonight we decided to do a little post-birthday celebration and we went down to eat at Fogo De Chao...and all I can say is that, as someone who doesn't eat a lot of meat, I could hang out in that place and chow down all night! You have these little "stop" and "go" coasters that you flip over back and forth on your table depending on how often you want these little men in herem pants to come by with meat on a giant stick! Fillet Mignon, Ribeye's, Mahi-Mahi....anything your taste-buds could possibly desire are on your plate at the simple flip of a coaster! We only went about three rounds before I pooped out and couldn't eat any more. There just wasn't enough room in my stomach to keep going.....and the result of our outing was the following.....

Oh man, nothing can describe how painful it is to eat too much while pregnant and not have enough room in your belly to hold it all! It felt like my skin was ripping on the 3-block walk back to the car!! However, our hearty dinner was worth the pain and I made sure to rub tons of the stretch-mark oil that Katie gave me onto my stomach once we got back home, haha :) Maybe Quinn had suddenly developed a mass amount of muscle after I ate all of that Iron and Vitamin A and decided to stretch out and do karate in there!

It was a great night and I'm so glad that we were able to do something fun for Mike for his big 25th year on Quinn's 25th week of gestation!

6 months

...And feeling great!! My stepmom and I went to my appointment yesterday and we got to see the baby wiggling around in there. She was moving her hands around and looked really peaceful. Pretty exciting. We'll have a glucose test next appointment and another ultrasound. Whoohoo!

Tonight is our first birthing class. Mike had to go to Corpus Christie again for work so my friend Jessica is going to come with me. I'm a little nervous about it, as I haven't really given TOO much thought to labor quite yet, but it should be fun to meet other mom's that are as pregnant as I am!

Thinking of things to do for Quinn...

has been one of our favorite past times these days! Mike and I are constantly coming up with little things to do to make her life fun and interesting as she gets older.

The other night, we went to see one of our favorite bands, The Appleseed Cast at The Mohawk. Between the two of us, we've both been listening to them for ten years and have all of their albums (obsessed, much?!) so seeing them for the second time together was pretty awesome. Before their set, we went to the merch table and saw that they had come out with this awesome limited edition record split of two of their old albums and instantly Mike knew we couldn't live without it. As we pondered on when to run to the ATM to get some cash, Mike decided that it would be awesome if we had all of the guys in the band sign the album to Quinn. That way when she is older, we could show her that her parents got their favorite band to sign an album to her! Swweeeeeeeet, so we went on a mission to get the guys to sign it for us. This little endeavor turned into us hanging out with the guitarists for a long while after their set...discussing life after 35, children, the new scoop on their coveted new album, etc. It was a lot of fun and really meant a lot to us.

Mission accomplished! The goal is to try to do this for our top 10 favorite bands of all time. Considering that Braid is broken up and The Smashing Pumpkins refuse to talk to each other...this might prove a little difficult...hahah. Oh well, we'll try!

Runway

Yesterday's Betsey runway show was posted today on Style.com and I'm absolutely obsessed! The long flowy, bohemian styled floral dresses remind me of her feminine signature style of the late 90's. Cowboy boots, guns and some mustaches thrown in to the mix. I can't wait to start receiving it into the store. Hopefully by then I'll be able to fit into the clothing again!

Florida was fantastic!

Having both of our families together in one house and enjoying beautiful weather for four days, such a great vacation. Probably the last one we'll have for a while....

Tomorrow, I'll be in a 20 mile radius of a beach...

...and I couldn't be more excited for a little vacation back to our home town of Ft. Lauderdale!

The past few weeks have been really busy. I mean really busy. We have all been working a ton at the store but our hard efforts have been paying off dramatically! As of yesterday, our store was second in sales in our region. On top of that, we were featured as one of the top four stores in the company with the highest IPS last week AND we are beating the NYC stores in gross sales! I just can't believe it. We've been having such a blast and our customers have been such a joy to have in our boutique. It is so exciting to see the store make such a drastic turn around from just a month ago....and only because we've been having fun and dedicating our time 100% to our clientelle. Woohoo!!

I'm ready to take a nice warm shower and pass OUT.

Hope all is well!!

I'm lucky

to have two guys in my life who enjoy being in the kitchen!

I'm going to have to start taking some cooking lessons....SOON!

5 months!.

20 weeks today....I can't believe we're this far along. I definitely FEEL pregnant now. The little girl is wiggling around like crazy. It's hard to explain what it feels like to have a baby twirling around in your belly. Almost like big heavy balloons filled with water are rolling about and pushing your insides around. It makes me giggle. Hehe. I'm happy that Mike was finally able to feel her push from the outside last night.



Weeee!

I am definitely feeling more connected to her as the days go by. I can't wait until we figure out where we'll be living, what furniture we'll buy for her and until we start really picking out fun things to complete her new little life with! I had a blast shopping for our registry with Katie and her little girl MJ last week. We picked out little play gyms, strollers, bibs, spoons, breastfeeding pumps(?!!?) and a ton of other girly things. Oh man, so much fun. I just want to meet her....NOW!

On a side note, Mike and I are flying back home to Florida next week! I can't believe that it has been almost five years since I've visited Ft. Lauderdale. I am nervous about heading back.....but I am very excited to meet more of Mike's family and to see my mom, some old friends and THE BEACH!!! I also feel like it might be one of the last times I am able to see my grandma, so that'll be something to keep in the back of my mind as well. Mos tly, I can't wait to have a few days of vacation with Mike. As cheesy as it sounds, I really like flying on airplanes with Mike and traveling to different places with him. We both have a similar need to move around and experience adventure. I think we've always bonded because of those qualities that we share.

Super excited.

Tomorrow, Mike is heading to Dallas and I am heading to another prenatal appointment. Hope all goes well for BOTH of us!

19 weeks!

Surprise!

It's a girl! Still can't believe there's a little lady growing in my belly. With the insane amounts of men in both of our families, we were convinced it was going to be a boy. Hah! Sure did fool us! Here is our little girl....can't wait to meet her!

A shot of her little profile and a top view of her head. She's laying on her hand.

Side view. The top picture shows a shadow of her foot pressing up against the top.

Foot shot at the top and her little lady parts from the bottom view. :)

17 weeks!

Our appointment went well! The baby's hearbeat is going strong. Mike could tell it slowed down a bit from last time (because he came up with a musical beat based off of our first appointment results :) I lost two pounds, likely due to the fact that I haven't been able to keep anything down for four months. So all in all I'm only up three pounds for the entire pregnancy. I was a little worried about that but the doc said the low weight gain is totally fine...it just means I won't be one of those women that gain 20 unnecessary pounds their first trimester and have a harder time losing it in the end. The good news is that the all-day sickness has been easing up a ton and it looks like mass amounts of protein consumption are in my near future! Get ready chicken/steak/tofu/nuts/veggies!!! I can't wait until the 19th...that's when we find out the sex and see high quality ultrasound pics of this little baby! Whoohooo.

On a fun, exciting note....tomorrow Jessica and I will be on a 6am flight to NYC. Woot woot! Can't wait!!!!!!!!! I'll try my hardest to make a few updates from the big apple. Now....where is that giant coat?!

Holiday pictures!

A few pictures that we took in a random "spur-of-the-moment photo session in a forest" to send to our families for the holidays. Fun! Check out that bump! Eeeeek.

Tomorrow is our next pre-natal appointment. Hopefully the baby is doing well in there. I'm so anxious to hear its little heartbeat again. I just want to make sure its growing perfectly.

Updates soon!

Excited for my next day off...

Which will be Tuesday....and man, I have a lot to do before then. Not only do I need to keep plugging away at designing our website, but Jessica and I leave for NYC on Friday so I have a lot of packing and planning to accomplish. First thing to check off of my list: pack two enormous poofy winter jackets. In a strange way, I'm excited to wear my old jacket....but simultaneously, I'm not excited for this...

AHHHHH!! I keep trying to remind myself that I used to walk 11 blocks in that evil cold each day so I'm trying to remain optimistic that I can handle it again. I don't know what happened to my winter-blood because now I start shaking when it's 60! Haha, this shall be fun. However, I am really excited for our trip. In the short four days that we will be there, have a lot to do. I can't wait to catch up with old friends and enjoy being in the city again. So excited.

As soon as I get back, my mom will be arriving on Thursday. I'm so excited to see her! I think she's anxious to see my ever-expanding stomach. And speaking of stomach, our next visit to the midwives is this Thursday. I am going to try to sleep them a $20 under the table to see if they can figure out the sex early :)

Okay....off to work.

Oh! And P.S.! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!! Here is to an exciting, adventure-filled 2010!!

First day of being 25

And it doesn't feel very different from 24. I still can't even believe Christmas eve is tomorrow. Where has the end of this year gone? I got together with some great friends last night at our new favorite bar downtown. We all sat and talked for a few hours under a candlelit tent, enjoying the cool weather and eachother's company. It was a low-key evening, but exactly what I wanted.

Ahg, I feel so emotional these days. I struggle to hold back tears when I think about 2009 coming to an end. What an epic, ridiculous year.

Here is me today at 3 1/2 months....and a picture of me and my uncle at 3 1/2 years old.