First attempt at sewing

SUCCESS!

I found a tutorial online to make these simple baby burp cloths and thought that would be a cute project for me to fill some of my time. I inherited my Grandmother's sewing machine when she passed away recently and I have been wanting to learn to use it. I just made my first one and so far so good. My seams are a little crooked, but I'm sure it will get better the more I make. 1 down, 5 more to go.

Random things that make me laugh

A herd of goats grazing on the front lawn of the church, completely unattended.

I was driving past the building on Sossaman and Germann and noticed several goats just hanging around. Some were eating, others laying in the shade. No owner in sight. The Sheriff of Queen Creek stopped by to see what I was looking at and said he would find out where they came from. I felt like I needed to stay with them until someone could come and help...lol Mark helped the Mayor of Queen Creek load his ice cream machine in the back of a truck after a wedding reception and was given a gold shovel. Us playing a Minute to Win It game that was pretty uneventful, but seemed so stressful and competitive at the time. You had a minute to get so many ping pong balls to stick to 2 pieces of bread with peanut butter on them.

More Vegas wedding pictures

The men showing some leg

Us girls

Mark and I (looks like Prom)

Vegas Wedding Trip

This past weekend we spent the weekend in Las Vegas. Mark's dad was getting married and they invited all of us over to be there with them. The weekend was a total blast. Very tiring for me of course with all the walking and late nights, but definitely worth it. We left Friday morning and took the was that went over Hoover Dam. The new bridge they are building to bypass the Dam was scary looking. I don't think I'd make it over it.

When we arrived in Vegas, we met up with Mark's dad and his new wife and we took a limo to get their marriage license and then took a tour of the chapel where they were getting married the next day. Afterwards, we met up with everyone at PINK'S Hotdogs at Planet Hollywood and shared some crazy good hotdogs. Some had sauerkraut, some had nacho cheese and jalapenos, some had guacamole and salsa. It was an interesting experience. I stuck with a plain dog so as not to upset baby.

After PINK'S, we did some window shopping at the Miracle Mile in Planet Hollywood and then headed down the strip to explore. We watched the Sirens of TI show at Treasure Island, did more window shopping at Caesar's Palace, and watched some line dancing and bull riding at Gilley's. Mark's sister and I headed up to bed around 1:30a at our hotel, Paris, and our husband's stayed downstairs to gamble away our money. The hotel was really nice.

It was the weekend of the Miss USA pageant, so there were contestants running around the hotel. These were actually the Miss Teen USA contestants though.

Saturday was the day of the wedding and of course I don't have pictures. I forgot our camera and haven't gotten the ones other people took yet. We had lunch at the Harley Davidson cafe, which was really good. We got dressed for the wedding, which was formal, and took the limo to the chapel. The ceremony was perfect. You can watch it here https://plan.littlechapel.com/Guests/Default.aspx?PlanID=653899

We took lots of pictures afterwards and then headed to Planet Hollywood to have dinner at Koi. The food was amazing. Edamame to start, then some Tempura and I had the Lamb. It was some of the best food I've ever had. It's a good thing we don't have one here cause we'd go broke eating out there. After dinner I had to rest in the hotel for a bit and then we headed down to Heart Bar in Planet Hollywood for some dancing 'til 2am. It was a really good day! The baby must have liked the bass in the bar because when we got back to the hotel to sleep he just kept kicking me. He'll be dancing his way out in October.

Sunday was our last day and we just took it easy. We did the buffet at MGM Grand and went to the M&M and Coke factories and then headed home. Fun trip. I'll need a week to recover now. I'll post more pictures once some one emails them to me.

It's a.....

BOY!!!

I won't humiliate our little guy before he's even born by showing a picture of his boy parts, but there was no doubt he was a boy. We are so excited and couldn't be happier. Two of Mark's sisters have had boys recently and have been kind enough to pass along lots of clothes, so we are set for a while.

We decided that since we finally knew what we were having, that we had to go out and buy him something and this is what we ended up with, of course. His first basketball. Mark found it at the store and was very excited about it.

My mother-to-be day

So even though I'm just a mother-to-be, Mark treated me well today. He got up early before church and put my chicken for enchiladas in the crock pot and after church, he made me some chex mix muddy buddies, which I've been wanting for the past week. It was a nice surprise.
Tomorrow is the big day for us because we find out if we are having a boy or a girl!

waiting, waiting, waiting

6 more days until our ultrasound to see if we will have a girl or boy. I wish it would come sooner.

Mark's family

Boy or Girl?

I had a doctor's appointment on Monday and everything went well. Baby's heartbeat was good and they let us schedule our anatomy ultrasound for 3 weeks. We are so excited to find out what we are having!

Elder Michael Anthony Gabriella

Today, Mark's younger brother left for his mission in Rosario, Argentina. We are really going to miss him.

We just thought we'd share a picture of our tiny 5.77cm baby. This was from my appointment today. He (and when I say "he", I mean "it", but I feel bad saying "it") is actually looking more human-like and less tadpole-ish. Part of the ultrasound was 3D, so I was able to see him move his arms and legs. The tech made me cough and the poor little guy would bounce up and down. I felt bad. I'm finally out of my 1st trimester and hoping the 2nd will bring with it more energy and an appetite. We are trying to get our house back in order since Mark's sister and her kids moved out recently. It feels like we are moving in all over again, which is fun because Mark wasn't here the first time I moved in to the house. Things are good and we are having fun being on our own again.