Guess what? We're having a Parasite!!!!

A WHAT?

Parasite :
[par-uh-sahyt]
-noun
1. an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
2. a person who receives support, advantage, or the like, from another or others without giving any useful or proper return, as one who lives on the hospitality of others.
3. (in ancient Greece) a person who received free meals in return for amusing or impudent conversation, flattering remarks, etc. 

I went to a pathophysiology class a few years back and the teacher talked about a fetus as a parasite, I gasped, but thought it was kind of funny, so I looked up the true definition :)

Yep... We're having a BABY! WHOA! Holy Moly! How the..   LOL.

This might explain:
1. as one co-worker put it my "immunosuppression" over last few months, being sick for 10+ days
2. my ghostly white anemic appearance
3. running to the bathroom to fight the toilet in a vomit vs don't vomit war -TOILET has won 4x, now 5x
4. my complete exhaustion, sleeping sometimes two days straight (and I just told ppl I work too much lol)
5. my newest friend: zofran pills for anti-nausea
6. the fact that I LOVE pickles and want them almost everyday
7. um, that when I need to pee, I NEED to pee
8. that I cried during the tv show biggest loser....so not me...
9. why I am constantly hungry
10. why my husband is having a hard time keeping up with my emotions and mood swings
11. my being aloof about all symptoms
12. my belly sticking way too far out and I can't suck it in - thank heavens for baggy shirts (i heart them)
13. D and my excitement for a heartbeat after a miscarriage last summer
14. why I had D miss part of the symphony a month ago, because I told him I needed to eat..or vomit (love him for his sacrifice)
15. why I am constantly hungry....did I mention that already...because, I really am!
16. why this summer might be a little more interesting than our usual

Hooray!

NEWs is OUT...

CALIFORNIA

C - crazy family with tons of laughs, stories, entertainment to enjoy
A - always warmer than where I currently am
L - love that mexican food tastes SO dang good there
I - in for surprises, excitement and fun
F - family family FAMILY family
O - on the pacific...what a beauty
R - really REALLY excited to take that warm breath of fresh air when I step out of the airport
N - never a dull moment
I - i don't know if I'll ever get enough
A - a place the boy and I are going TODAY!! wooopie!!!!!!

The FROG POND Ice Skating

Devin and I did a BUYWITHME, sort of like a GROUPON deal, and got cocoa, and ice skating for cheap. YES! It was awesome!! SO fun...

Date nights/Birthday/Friends

Date nights:
So D and I have been striving to have date nights when we 1. are not exhausted 2. are not working 3. can manage to face all weather obstacles to get ourselves out into the cold to some place fun. Here's our outing to the very unique CPK mmmmMMMmmm (one of our members of the ward works there, so it was cool to see him)
 

Birthday:
Here we are on my 29th Birthday...DANG I'm OLD! Scary! My mom always told everyone that she's 29 growing up when she was asked....so I guess we're the same age now :)

Check us out at fancy steak restaurant Capital Grille ... DELISH!


Friends:
Some good friends of mine from Bmore came to visit for a fun weekend in Beantown. Boy did we enjoy ourselves...

ps. I think every time I take a picture it's when I'm eating, you'd think I am doing something other than eating all the time.....YOU'D think---just saying.