Since it's been a month since our last post I thought that we'd update ya'll on what's going on with us....NOTHIN! that was fast, but I'm guessing you want some details.
Jeremy is doing a lot of the same... work. He's been covering a lot lately for other deputies that have taken time off so he has more than enough work to do. I am glad I have a husband who is willing to do some hard work. I have even been able to tell that Jeremy is excited for the baby. (Anyone that knows Jer knows that he doesn't show his emotions a lot.) He's been painting lots, doing research on what is safe for our baby, and I even made him go to Babies'R'Us and register for baby showers.
I am very excited and a bit scared for the baby to come. I went to a docs appointment this week and my doc told me that as long as I get to the week of Christmas, I can have the baby whenever he's ready. Uh...no thanks. I want to wait until at least January, preferably mid to late January. (I know, I say that now...) I will be 32 weeks along tomorrow; and as of today we have 57 days till the due date. I have finally started showing enough that I am getting patients at work asking if I'm pregnant. They always look shocked when I tell them that I am 8 months along. Most people will say that I look like I'm 5-6 months, but that is changing quickly as I seem to be getting bigger by the second. Oh, and don't bother asking, we still haven't chosen a name. I have one last final to take this semester and I will be done. YAY!
Jewsbury is getting bigger, at least in his body. He still likes to chew on everything. A few weeks ago I think he was having some problems breathing so he decided to try to use my Albuterol inhaler I left on the table. (I know stupid me) He ended up puncturing a hole in the canister and releasing the entire thing of medication. We don't know exactly when he did this, but when Jer came home (yeah he beat me home) he noticed that the puppy wasn't acting like himself. He felt his heart and it was beating like mad. So Jer took him to a pet ER and they did some tests and said that he would be ok. We were able to take him home that night. It took him a few days to return to "normal" but I've noticed that he seems to be more calm. He's still the crazy puppy he was before, except he doesn't jump up on "strangers" as much anymore. I bet ya'll can imagine how bad I feel for leaving my medication out, but I'm glad he's doing better.
So that's about it with us. Hope ya'll have a happy holiday season!
Over the weekend of October 25th RSL went to Colorado to play the Rapids in a game that would decide who will go to the playoffs. Amanda and I decided to use some of our timeshare points and get some airline tickets, hotel, and rental car. Since neither of us have spent much time in Denver we decided to go Friday night and come home Sunday night so we could tour a little. As we were finalizing our plans one of my co-workers, Bobby, mentioned he had a lot of friends in the hotel industry and he might be able to get us a better deal. The Renaissance is advertised as the home of the Rapids, which is part of the Marriott chain, so Bobby was able to score us the friends and family discount, $69 a night. As we got to our hotel and checked in we looked at the all glass elevator and who did we see?? None other than Tino Nunez; that's right Tino Nunez, a player for RSL. We found out that we stayed on the floor right beneath the team.
The game was scheduled for Saturday night so we had a whole day to waste. Before we left the hotel for the day we looked at their brochures and saw one for Hammonds candy factory and one for the Denver aquarium that sounded fun. At the candy factory we learned how to make candy and got to sample different pieces throughout the tour. I think Amanda found her new favorite type "horehound" j/k yuck! Here is a picture of my beautiful wife.
She either ate too much candy or is pregnant???
We next decided to go the the Denver aquarium. Due to the time of year they had a Halloween kids fair. We saw everything from cute princesses to little scary monsters. I had heard the aquarium was good, but I didn't expect it to be as amazing as it ended up being. I thought it was the best inland aquarium I have ever been to. Here are a few picts.
A Few of Nemo's Friends
Me feeding a sting ray
The jellies attacking Amanda's head
der! I'm a shark!
Us supporting the team all day
Me helping a street performer
Roar!
The 80's called and the want their neon back!I think someone likes attention
Now we get to the game. Ticket prices at Dick's Sporting Goods Park are so inexpensive compared to Rio Tinto. We ordered tickets just off the mid line, 7th row, right behind our players bench for like $35 a ticket. As the players were warming up I would cheer their names and they would give me a wave or a sign they heard me:) As the game started the Rapids came out strong and got a goal in the 3rd. Luckily they were called offsides. About 10 minutes later the Rapids strike again, this time they are not called off. For about 76 minutes the Rapids controlled the pace, when all of a sudden the ball finds its way to Williams feet, he shoots its blocked, and Movsisyan puts it in. With seconds left in regular time we tie the game which is all we need to do to advance. Here are a couple of shots of the game.
We Won!
We Rushed the sidelines
Our seats
Our biggest section of supporters
We brought the house down
After the game we went back to the hotel and partied with the team. We filled up the front lobby with people till about 2 am.
Sunday we decided to sleep in and go to the reserve game. It was a fairly interesting game. One the Rapids fans reminded me of Rosie O'donnell. She was loud, overweight, and annoying. She kept yapping her big mouth and talked so much trash. Despite her enthusiasm RSL reserves won.
After the game we went to lunch at Casa Bonita. Casa Bonita is the restaurant that the Mayan stole their theme from. They have a waterfall and people who dive from it into a pool. They do more then just diving, they also do little skits like pirate fights or a Tarzan type skit. They also have mariachi that come around. The food was mediocre at best and the entertainment wasn't much better.
Our trip went well, we had a blast, RSL won, and we made it home safe.
At the RSL game on Thursday they played their home opener in Rio Tinto stadium. There was lots of news cameras going around interviewing people, and I got on the news. They interviewed me for like 3 minutes but only 1 of my quotes actually made it. Here is the clip on the stadium. Look for me, I'm the sexy one with my new glasses. http://http//www.kjzz.com/video/30751314.html?video=pop&t=a
I think that this picture makes me look bigger than I am and Jeremy agrees... it's probably the too big scrubs I'm wearing
Last Saturday Amanda and I threw Brady & Amanda Flamm a welcome home party. We did some BBQ, had a potluck, played some Rock Band, and enjoyed some conversation. I apparently didn't charge my camera, so we only got 2 shots. It was a fun night but very stressful. To start the stress, I kept procrastinating on sending out the invitations until Tuesday the 23rd, only 4 days before the big night.
Amanda and I decided to cook some Rancheira Completa. It is a meat you get from a Mexican market that Eric Larsen cooks (very delicious). Since you get it from a Mexican Market I thought I would ask a girl from my work, who is part Mexican, where the best place to buy the meat would be. So Saturday afternoon I go out looking for the market she suggested but I cant find it. After about 20 minutes of driving I finally found it. I go through the market, back to the deli, and nobody speaks a lick of English. I tried to ask for the meat but the dude just looked at me funny. Luckily I had the name of the meat on my phone and so I showed it to him.
I got home from buying my meat and some drinks for the party, and our house was a complete mess. Jewsbury must have been watching Dora, because he decided to go exploring in our house, went into our computer room, and found Amanda's medical supplies for nursing school. When I got home they were scattered everywhere. Things were torn up, chewed up, an spit up. We weren't planning on having the party at our house but I didn't know if people would want to stop by after. So I hurried and cleaned up to the best of my ability with such time constraints.
Amanda picked up some extra hours up at the U registering people for a prenatal clinic and got home at like 5. The party started at 6 and we needed to make some chimi churi(?? on the spelling). It is some spices mixed with vinegar and oil that makes the meat taste better. So right about 5:50 we start heading over to our clubhouse. When we arrive we notice that the TV is missing. As most of you know we are big RSL and U of U football fans. The U has a game that starts at 6 and we don't want to miss it; even worse we don't want those party goers who wanted to see the game miss it. So I run home and get a TV out of our bedroom and bring it back only to find out that the clubhouse doesn't get any reception.
It is about 7 and the meat has been cooking for about an hour, when we realize we need some stuff from our house, (filtered water for those who don't want soda, salad tongs, some entertainment). I decided to grab Rock Band, a for sure party favorite, but earlier that day Jewsbury chewed on my spare XBOX cables that were sitting out, and my bedroom TV doesn't take HDMI. Luckily I have some VGA ones hooked to my PC monitor. After about 10 minutes of fighting trying to get them off they finally budge. I'm not sure how long I left the meat unattended, but I am very scared that the meat is probably burning, or even worse on fire, because it feels like it took me an eternity. When I get back It is starting to get dark outside and I cut the meat to see if its done, and as I fear it looks close to well done :( So I cut the meat up and bring it in. As soon as I get inside the meat magically turns rare ?WTF? don't ask me how, so everyone who was excited about dinner being ready has to again wait, luckily everyone is conversing. About 15-20 minutes later I take off the meat because it looks even darker then before, but it was a little to rare for my liking, but still good. From there on things were good. I put on Nemo for Millie, then when we finished eating Rock Band began. It was an awesome party, it appeared that everyone had fun:) especially Millie. She started playing the drums and it was the cutest thing ever.
When we were all done and on our way home Brady called to thank us and to let us know Millie said she had fun at the party, but was sad that the mean guy ate all the cupcakes.
Amanda got an ultrasound on Monday the 8th and we found out that Amanda's intuition was correct and Becks is a boy. I wasn't quite as connected as Amanda I guess. I originally thought it was a girl, then Amanda convinced me it was a boy, then on Saturday or Sunday night I had a dream that I was holding a girl.
I think overall I'm happy to have a boy first. He can protect and look out for his younger sister (one day). I will be able to have fun teaching him sports, video games, do sweet hairstyles like a mullet or fauxhawk, or some colors like when I was a younger, and how to be a man. (ok, full size adult child is more like it). I hope I can be half the father that mine has been to me. I hope I can teach Becks a few things about life and be there for him.
here is some Pict's of him.
Becks Profile
Becks junk
"put your dukes up"
I got this in an email from my brother, and I know you will enjoy.
