Danny & Ashley

YAY!!! It’s a boy. I knew it was a boy all along I had all the common symptoms of having a boy, bigger than normal LOL, don’t crave too many sweets, never got sick at all, and his heartbeat was lower than average… We’re so EXCITED!!!

Danny couldn’t be more thrilled to have a little mini him. I hope he looks just like him..

Yesterday we got to see our little boy at the Peek-A-Baby in Modesto with 3-D 4-D imaging… It was amazing. He was super active and was not holding back. I love him so much already and can’t wait to hold him. I frequently feel him kick and punch me throughout the day, it couldn’t be more of a bonding feeling. I love it!!

Here's our little boy smiling :)

Hi there family and friends.. wow I can’t believe how long it’s been since I last blogged. Since it’s been 7 months haha I’ll use  a lot of pictures to catch you up rather than talk about everything that has happened…

First BIG news that has happened in our lives is that we are now Home Owners. Danny and I bought a awesome house in Oakdale where we are loving the extra space. Decorating seems impossible with so much space, but I am not complaining

I finally graduated in May from Sac State with a degree in Nutrition… I am so happy to be done and finally free from commuting everyday. I am happy that I did something that I truly love and can see myself doing for the rest of my life.

I am so grateful for supportive family and friends.. Love you ALL!!!

Danny’s sister and her family came down from Utah in May for my nephew Bentley’s 1st Birthday. I can’t get enough of these two. Love them!

The birthday boy! He later got more into that cupcake :)

Brooklyn so kindly helping her little brother open his presents

Also………. Danny and I are very excited to be having an addition to our little family… We’re PREGNANT!!!

We are 16 weeks and I am loving being pregnant. I am so blessed to not have been sick at all during the first trimester. I just hope future one’s are as good as this one. Danny is so excited, he’s already reading books and learning all he can. I couldn’t ask for a more supportive and loving husband. We find out in a week in a half what were having and I am so anxious to know. We both feel like it’s a boy, but can’t wait to find out so I can start shopping

4 WEEKS…

4 weeks.. In the beginning..

AND NOW>>>>> at 16 weeks

16 weeks.. already getting big!!

My friend Ashley and I have been begging our men to take us ice skating forever.. so we finally followed through with it and made a night of it. The four of us caught bart in Pleasanton and headed to the Big City for some yummy dinner at Bucco di Pepo and then after dinner we made it to Union Square to ice skate. It was a blast. I was pretty impressed at how well Danny and I did, we didn’t fall even once. We are so grateful to have Ashley and Vince as such great friends, they are the greatest, can’t wait for their wedding

Haha good thing she is short LOL

So I am the worst blogger lately, but with s school over for a month I promise to be on top of it. So to catch you up… Danny and I flew to Park City Utah, where we met up with his family. It was absolutely fantastic. HIs parents rented a BOMB three story cabin which was plenty fun. We ate more than anyone should eat in a whole month. LOL We seriously ate like ALL day, YUMMY. Why can’t we have Thanksgiving more than once a year? Well maybe that’s a good thing We were lucky to  stay for 5 days, we shopped, played spoons, games, walked the town, and then to top it off we all went to the spa in Park City and got massages. We were preety spoiled but loving every minute of it.  I Love my family, we all have such a great time getting together, I wish we were closer!   Love you all!!!

Here we are after our massage... Out of it!

This last weekend we transformed our kitchen table into a pumpkin carving mess Our dearest friends Ashley and Vince came over for a yummy dinner and three hours of pumpkin carving. I think we were all pretty creative and really into it. We only bought one carving kit so we all had to share one carver haha.. that took forever… The pumpkins turned out so cute though. Halloween isn’t Halloween without pumpkin carving.

Last weekend my fabulous sister in laws, mother in law, and I headed to Arizona for a girls weekend to celebrate Chrissy’s birthday. Weekend of relaxing, spa day, shopping, and yummy food, can’t get much better. We had so much fun and can’t wait till our next birthday celebration.

Danny and I decided to try our wedding cake that had been frozen for a year. I was pretty hesitant!! We were pretty sure it was goning to make us sick. But let me tell you we were so wrong. I have to admit we did have the best cake I have ever had at a wedding and it was still so good. I could have ate the whole thing.. YUMMY…

I guess you can say he liked it..

Danny and I celebrated our 1 year Anniversary this weekend in beautiful Monterrey and Santa Cruz. We woke up on Saturday morning and headed to Monterrey. We walked the Fisherman’s Wharf and had some delicious Bread Bowl Chowders.. We loved it at the time, but shortly after we both got pretty sick. Went through quick though lol. Wouldn’t recommend that again. We were really excited for our next adventure to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. We both hadn’t been since we were younger, so we were surprised at how big it was from what we remembered. We loved it!! The weather was perfect, a little overcast, but a nice change from the heat back home.That night we went to the BEST restaurant called the Shadowbrook. It not only had the best food and peach pie dessert I have ever had in my life, but it was in such a romantic and intimate setting. A must go to again.

Here we are going into the Shadowbrook restaurant..

Toasting our sparkling cider... Too many more!!!

We stayed at the West Cliff Inn, the cutest bed and breakfast, overlooking the beach. It was so nice, we really enjoyed our room and the super spa sized bath tub Loved it. The breakfast was very yummy. They had a variety of goodness, quiche, oatmeal, fruits, toasts, eggs, potatoes, all kinds of stuff. I could do that more often. After breakfast I told Danny I only had one desire and that was to ride the Giant Dipper lol.. Been awhile not much has changed, still looks like it could be anyones last ride! It really was a perfect little weekend gettaway!!

Here is our bed and breakfast. Our room was the top one on the left.

Happy 1 Year Anniversary!!! I can’t believe its been a whole year already. I have the most remarkable husband and feel so blessed to have him as my constant and my best friend. We have grown so much in this last year and I can’t wait to share forever with each other. We have been quite lucky to have traveled so much in our first year. Started off in Venice, Italy, then to Cancun, San Francisco, Vegas, and then to Costa Rica for two months. We have had the best first year together and know that the years to come will get better and better.  To celebrate were heading to Monterey for the weekend and then to a cute bed and breakfast in Santa Cruz. Can’t wait.  I love you sweetie.

Venice, Italy on our honeymoon!

This last week Danny and I had a great five days with the family in San Francisco. Danny’s mom planned a whole iternary for all of us. Danny’s sister Christina and Ryan and the kids came down.We got to see our little niece and our new nephew Bentley.. he is the perfect baby… he was such a trooper, 6 weeks and he was in the car seat behind the bike going across the Golden Gate Bridge…

The first day we had the intention on renting some bikes and biking across the golden gate bride and then having lunch in Salsalito. We all thought it was going to be a quick ride, but we had to bike to the bridge from the rental place, so it ended up taking over three hours to get across. It actually only took 20 minutes to get across the bridge but the ride to the bridge was a work out, up and down hills, wow were we sore but it was so worth it. It was really fun day.

The next day we went on a tour through China Town. Pretty interesting, I don’t think I will EVER eat meat of any kind in or around China Town after going through some of those markets. We saw a fortune cookie factory. Did you know that Chinese doesn’t even have fortune cookies they actually don’t even know what they are.. Thanks to America propaganda. The tour provided lunch so we went to a China restaurant there in China Town where we had a ton of little appetizers, I wasn’t to excited about it, so I just filled up on Chow Mein, the only thing I recognized. lol. Danny liked it all of course, can always count on him to eat everything.

We did a lot of shopping and walking around on Saturday and then got to finish the night off with the play Wicked. I was so impressed. It was absolutley amazing, a must see if you haven’t. I loved it. It’s playing in the Orpheum Theatre for this month if your interested.

Danny and I before Wicked

The weekend was great… I love getting to just relax and hang out with the fam. Well it seems we have been doing a lot of that lately. We have been living in our suitcases since coming back from Costa Rica, hopping from my parents to Danny’s parents until we can move into our new place August 1st. It will be so nice to finally get settled, we have literally been living on the go from the time we left for Costa Rica in May. Nuts. Have to admit it’s an adventure but a very fun one. Were off camping with my family this weekend up at Big Trees in Calaveras. One more weekend until real life begins. Danny got a job working in Oakdale for a Gun and Accessory wholesaler, where he will run up all their marketing. He’s excited to finally get going in his career. Now we only have me to get through school, it’s so nice to have him graduated.  I don’t have to go back to school for another month so I get to play house wife until my real life begins.

Brooklyn giving Bentley kisses...