That's spelled M-A-N-N-I

That is right ladies and gentlemen, we are having a little girl!!!!! We are so excited.

When I sent out a text to everyone that it is a girl, Aunt Cay wrote back that we can still call the baby Manny, but we just have to spell it with an "I".

Here is a profile picture of Manni :) You can see her mouth is open :)

The next picture confirms that one of my biggest fears with the baby is not true. I was very scared that the baby was only going to have one arm. In all all the profile pictures you can usually only see one arm and it made me nervous. I had mentioned it to the Nurse Practitioner once before and she took a look but confirmede that everything was fine. However, my pregnancy imagination got the best of me and I started having nightmares. It was a light joke amongst the family...but I really was scared about it. So when we went for the appointment I made a comment to the Nurse and she gave us a picture of both arms!!!!

We are so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Little Scare

Teddy and I had a little scare last night. I was having some pains on my lower left side that started on Tuesday morning. It hurt so bad to walk, move, even use the restroom. I am trying not to freak out about things that happen during my pregnancy so I have made a promise to myself that I will monitor what happens and call my Dr. depending on how long something lasts and how bad the pain is. Anyway, I went to bed that night and around 3 a.m. I was woken up by the worst pain in my side and my back that I have ever felt in my life. I woke up Teddy and called the triage nurse my Dr.'s office has for after hour emergencies. She told me to take some Tylenol, drink 3 16 oz. of water, and wait three hours. If the pains get worse during that time or I see any blood I would need to go to the emergency room. Needless to say I was a little scared.

So I did what the nurse said and laid back down. I was able to get back up to sleep and woke up a little after 7. The pain was there just not that bad. I called the Nurse again and she said that I should call my Dr. when they open at 8 and see if they can squeeze me in. So I did, and they had availability. I didn't go in to work that day because of the pain.

Teddy met me at the Dr. later that afternoon and we waited to see what the Dr. had to say. Basically they said it was ligaments stretching. They ran all different kinds of tests and did a scan to see if a cyst on my left ovary was getting bigger. Good thing, the cyst looks like it has dissolved. So they told me that I needed to continue taking the Tylenol, rest, and basically deal with the pain as there was nothing they could do.

The reason this is even more scarier is that when I was in Show Low we decided to go sledding. I went down this hill three times. And I swear to everyone that it wasn't bad at all. I didn't go in the air, I didn't fall, and I never, ever, ever, ever, land on my stomach. It was just that these pains just happened to come right after the sledding and I freaked out. I had a breakdown about how if anything happened to the baby it would be my fault...Poor Teddy not only had to deal with me in pain, but he also had to deal with the fact that I was so scared something bad had happened to the baby. Teddy did a very good job at soothing me. I was very glad to hear that the baby was fine and the pain was just related to me getting bigger. Apparently others were worried about it also. When I called my sister she confessed that she was stressed about something happening to the baby too. This was a lesson that I think every woman learns when she is pregnant for the first time, it is better to sit things out than deal with the stress of something happening after. And if no other pregnant woman has ever done anything stupid during their pregnancy then you are very rare...

On a lighter note, we were, however, given a sneak peak at the sex of the baby...but it wasn't a very good shot, so you will have to wait until Friday.

Show Low 2010

This past Summer me, Alyssa, Lindsay, Stephanie, and Courtney decided that we were going to take a girl's trip to Show Low for skiing. I have a friend that has a condo up there and when I babysit for him and his wife, they will let me have a free night stay in the condo. It actually works out pretty good!!! I know I can't ski, but I decided to go anyway. To see the snow, watch the other girls ski and relax in the lodge. Stephanie wasn't able to come with us, but hopefuly next year.

Courtney had to work until 3 that Friday, but me, Alyssa, and Lindsay started out at 10 a.m.!!! We were very excited!!!

On the drive up to Show Low we went through a town called Globe that has this awesome antique shop called the Pickle Barrel. They sell sculputers for your yard that are super cute. I don't have a picture of the sculpture I got, but it should be on Lindsay's blog. Mine is named pickle :) Anyway, while we were walking around the shop Lindsay spotted this doll that we thought would look just like Manny when he is older...well, kind of I guess...you tell me ;)

I decided that I am going to dress Manny up like this for Halloween. Broken sandle and all. You think I'm kidding, just wait!!!! My cousin Courtney better get back in to sewing because I am going to need her services :)

All in all we had a good laugh with Manny the doll. He is perched on the counter of the condo we were staying at in Show Low. We are not positive, but each of us heard something making noise in the kitchen area on Friday and Saturday night. Is it possible that Manny came to life????????

On the way out of the shop I noticed this giant horse....I am not kidding this horse is huge!!! And I instantly fell in love with it!!!! Here is a picture of me and the horse, you can see my belly in the picture too ;)

I have vowed that when Teddy and I purchase a house with a yard, right now we are in a condo, I will by this horse for my backyard. His name will be Monty...

The rest of the way to Show Low was pretty fun. We talked, listened to music, and ate Munkins. Yes, I purchased Munchkins for our trip up there. It was a nice treat. I allow myself one coffee in the morning so I bought one for Alyssa and I, but I didn't know Lindsay liked coffee. Apparently this trip was also for me to get to know Lindsay a little more too :)

It took 3 hours to get to the condo in Show Low. It was cold and a little cloudy. Snow was on the ground and on the side of the roads. We were all excited!!! Once we got to the condo walked around and got settled in. Then we went to the patio to check out the view.

Once we were settled, we decided to hit the "town" to get something to eat. Lindsay and I suggested that we eat Native New Yorker, but Alyssa felt we should eat somewhere that we can't have back home. So we decided on the Branding Iron. It was a steak house that was actually pretty cozy. The hostess was an older cowboy, who took a liking to us. :) He put a hand on Lindsay's shoulder, joked with Alyssa and when I got up to visit the salad bar he asked me if I was going to the Out House. Yes, that would be the same as the restroom. I told him no, I was going to get a salad. We all had a good laugh. But this is also incident No. 4 involving a restroom. Make it to 10 and I might start a blog on just bad things that happen to me in and/or around bathrooms. Anyway, on the way out Alyssa snapped a picture of the Out House sign...

There was also an issue of french fries, but I will leave that to Lindsay since it happened to her. But just so everyone knows, french fries are cut up potatoes. ha ha ha ha ha.

When we got back to the condo we decided to play a great game of Uno. But not just any Uno, SpongeBob Uno. Now for anyone that loves Uno I highly recommend this game. It is so much fun and it adds a few different rules and advantages that the regular game. The best part of the game was when Alyssa and I learned Lindsay didn't know you had to say Uno when you only had one card left. We had a few good laughs and finally called it quits and went back inside. But not before we took a few pictures.

Here are the three of us on the patio....fyi I was not drinking...Those beers are Alyssa's and Lindsay's.

Here I am in the snow :)

Here is Alyssa and Lindsay and then me and Alyssa ;)

When Courtney got up to the Condo we hung out for a few more minutes that went to a good Mexican restaraunt in Show Low called Fiesta Mexicana. It was very good and wasn't that expensive. We had to get to Sunrise Ski Resort by 8 a.m. the next morning, so that meant we had to leave by 6:30 a.m.!!!! We actually ended up leaving by 6:45, which isn't so bad.

We stopped and got some coffee and gas and then headed out. We passed a photo radar and were officially off. That was until a Show Low Police Officer came driving past us. Apparently after I passed the photo radar I decided to speed. I won't say how fast I was going, because that is not important. What is important is that the Officer pulled us over and only gave me a warning. Again, I was very nice and didn't argue or give an attitude to the Officer. I admitted to what I did and was willing to take the punishment. Of course we joked about what would happen if he found a warrant that I didn't know about took me in. The vote in the car was that they would continue to ski and come and get me on their way back. Also, no one was willing to pay the $2 service charge to use a different bank's ATM to bail me out. But if no one bailed me out, someone was going to call Teddy to tell him both me and Manny were stuck in a Show Low jail. Then that is when the Officer came with the warning. I was very lucky!!!!

I am going to let Lindsay blog about actually skiing as I couldn't do it :*( Maybe next year. I am however, going to show you a picture of the four of us before Alyssa, Lindsay, and Courtney went to ski some more. While they all went skiing I hung out in the lodge and read. I have to give a shout out to Alyssa and Courtney how went down the actual mountain 2 times. This was even Courtney's first time skiing!!! And there was a snow storm!!!!!

P.S. This was the only photo I had where the snow flake didn't completely cover Lindsay's face!!!!

4 Months

Well, now I am roughly 18 weeks and Manny is getting bigger, so that means my belly is getting bigger. I am really excited. To be honest, I am still a little self-conscience because it is still hard to tell between the donut belly and the Manny belly. But as my sister Alyssa said "you are just in the awkward stage and it is beautiful." So it is now or never.

Honeymoon

I have come to realize that I cancelled our wedding website premature. I never update it with pictures of our honeymoon before it was deleted. So...here they are....Teddy's parents sent us to Cancun, Mexico. It was amazing!!!!Here we are in the car on the way to the hotel. It was a long flight and we are full of smiles even though we are so tired!!!

This picture we are in the hotel lobby checking in. They treat with you a complimentary glass of champagne. Teddy doesn't really like champagne so I finished his!!!

Teddy and I used some of our gift money to have a romantic dinner on the beach. Teddy had steak and I had lobster. It was a great experience. How often can you have a private, romantic and intimate dinner on the beach??????
As it turns out, Teddy doesn't drink wine either. I did know this wine isn't his favorite, but he tried it and didn't particularly care for it. So, since we had paid for the wine there was nothing left for me to do but drink it. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I drank a whole bottle of wine on my own...Teddy actually ended up getting sick so we ended up going back up to the room. Wait...was that Teddy's plan all along?

The rest of the pictures are from the beach in front of the hotel. Which was so blue and clear I couldn't believe it. There are a few pictures where we were eating at one of the restaurants right on the water. I loved it, they had the best shrimp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This picture is actually pretty funny. For my bridal shower gift, Alyssa gave Teddy and I the t-shirts. My shirt said honey and Teddy's said mooner. We wore them on the way home and received a few compliments. Anyway, we came back on Halloween and decided to go to a party at Teddy's Aunt's house. We went as "Honeymooners". My mom was at the condo before we left and she helped us with our costume. She made a hickey on my neck and I kissed Teddy all over his face. It was pretty cute :)