No Nap Blues...

Dear Pearson,
Please, for the love of God, take a nap for mommy today. She is one tired lady these days. It's been four days and you've taken no naps and that makes for a crazy week for both of us. Case in point: last night's meltdown. What a scene that was. Frankly, it was scandalous. Having said that I have faith that naps are not gone for good. Come back naps, come back! We, scratch that, I miss you.
Love,
Mommy.

It's MY party and...

I'll skate if I want to! Yes, we went rollerskating AGAIN on Friday the 14th to celebrate Taryn's and my birthday coming up next week; the 24th and 25th respectively. May I just say we had a bunch of family and friends come out and we are so blessed to have such wonderful people surrounding us (speaking for Taryn and myself now). It was hilarious, fun, and most of all memorable. For those of you questioning if I actually skated prego-the answer would be, "sure did!" I know it could be dangerous, but I was as careful as I could be and any later on in my pregnancy and I couldn't have participated. I am also going to take this time to mention the two EPIC falls of the night: Tiffany and Nichole. During the speed skate portion of the evening Tiffany fell going full speed coming off the rink and literally collided with the brick wall opening. I really thought she had broken her back, but thank God she popped right up and was totally fine. At almost this exact moment, Nichole took the fall. of. the. century. I don't even think I can describe it to its full justice, but sufficed to say it was a flurry of arms, hips, and legs all in mid-air at one point or another and I am SHOCKED she did not break something. She has promised pictures of the GIANT bruise on her hip when it, "comes to fruition."

Thanks to all you who came, we love you! mmm wa!<3

The following are some pictures from the evening:

Nichole before the fall, girls getting ready to get their skate on...

Birthday girls with their friend Charissa!

Awesome.

The Boys!

Like I said...

Color ME Crazy

Here are some recent paintings and I thought I'd share that: Christ died for my sins, TULIPS are my favorite flower, and GREEN is my favorite color in the whole world!

The Ugly Truth

NEVER a truer T-shirt saying for my little Pearson...love this:

In other news: KVB is showing me her true colors; lately ALL she does is find a pile of papers (literally anywhere) and sleeps on them. She would choose to sleep on paper over any other place. Further proof she was wandering the streets of Kent before we saved her...

Paper Weight.

Pregnancy Update: Could fall asleep if I sit for more than two consecutive seconds and mad bathroom trips, BUT little to no nausea so far-pray that continues!

Disclaimer

No picture today, back to hardcore blogging where I weave real life tales to delight my readers. But mostly because I have a noteworthy point as we press on into unknown blogging terrain:
My intention with this blog has always been that it would be authentic. Life as it actually occurs, thoughts and feelings, events, triumphs, heartaches, poop stories etc. With that said, chronicling this pregnancy (which will not be every post don't worry) will be the REAL deal. I won't go into needlessly gory details, but say if I rip a treasured pair of pants (which DID happen last time) or something else funny/sad/embarrassing/wonderful happens you will be reading about it! So, to this end, I say: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen or some phrase less to do with food since writing that kind of made me have a hot burp... However, if you stick with me I can promise you this: it will always be a good story; the story of us!

Proof of Life!

Praise God, we are pregnant again!!! Thank you to all who have prayed for us and with us for this new baby-we are so very blessed!

Baby Bell #2 DUE in APRIL 2010!

It was Epic

This is our weekend getaway in the form of pictures/video:

Ate at Pine State Biscuits-the reason for the title of this post...Ty saw it on Triple D-his fav show. SO beyond worth the calories, so. beyond.

Shopping on 23rd St. in Portland

Drinks at La Capital in Salem before the Kuebler party

My high school ladies before the party got rowdy...p.s. thank goodness I found out I was pregnant the day after this picture because I remember thinking, "hmm, I'm getting a little belly here..."

definitely heading toward rowdy...

Best picture of the bride all night...

No pictures of us the next day-here's where we ate with friends for lunch on Sunday-GREAT food!
Wonderful times were had and we are grateful for such AMAZING friends back home! Em, thanks for being such a great host too!