Time to vote!

In 2 1/2 weeks we will find out if the little peanut is a girl or a boy. I cannot wait to find out!

You can join in the fun and guess what you think it will be. You can do this in 2 places:

1. On our blog pool, which is on the right side of the page. (that means all you google readers need to actually go to the blog)

2. You can vote in our online game. All you need to do is go to http://www.expectnet.com/ and type in "Jarvisbaby" in the game name! Maybe there will be a prize for the winner. (The prize would have to be for the online pool game, because that's more detailed and you can actually have a winner.)

Good luck!

Final Vacation Day

Monday was the last day of our trip to Utah. We were flying back that morning but because we didn't know Andrew's schedule until the last minute, we ended up on different flights, going to different airports. I tried to change flights, but decided it wasn't worth the money to change. When we got to my gate at the airport I found out they had overbooked my flight and were looking for volunteers to change flights. I asked if I could be changed specifically to Andrew's flight. They said they could, but that they only open seats they had were in first class, so they wouldn't be able to give me the compensation for changing flights. I didn't care, I just wanted to be on the same flight. So we switched flights. While waiting for our new flight, I was trying to decide if I wanted to stay in first class, or see if someone wanted to change with me so I could sit next to Andrew. But they ended up not having any open seats in first class, and to make a long story short, they moved me back to coach, and I had to go up and convince the guy that I now needed to get the compensation. He said that he appreciated me being nice to him and so he gave me a $200 voucher for a future flight (and he told me that the previous guy should not have denied me it simply because of the first class situation). So not only did we end up on the same flight, we now have that voucher! The only bad thing was that they didn't reroute my luggage and so it ended up in Burbank instead of LAX. Oh well!

We both had the entire day off, so we decided it was the perfect day to go to Disneyland. I learned that you can still have a lot of fun at D-land even if you're pregnant!


We weren't in a big hurry to get to all of the rides, so we were able to stop and enjoy the scenery. And because I knew I wouldn't be able to go on any rides, I could wear a skirt, which is one of the only comfortable things I have to wear right now.

They are doing another major renovation at California Adventure. It looks like it will be a pretty cool water show. I can't wait!

We tried this delicious ice cream we had heard about. It was pretty good. Andrew loved it!

We love the new Toy Story ride. It's a really fun ride, even though the line is usually really long!

Can you guess who was red and who was blue? At least I had a better accuracy percentage!

We got stuck in the parade traffic, but took this picture of Lightning McQueen for our nephew, JJ.

We ate a delicious corn dog. (and yes, I eat corn dogs when I'm pregnant.)

They had some fun spring decorations up. I'm always amazed at how often they change the decorations around the park. It seems like a lot of work.

We finally went on the new Finding Nemo ride. The wait wasn't too long, and we didn't have any other rides to go on. It was pretty cool, even though it did make me a little claustrophobic.

We also went on the newly remodeled "It's a Small World" ride. You can see the fancy new boats here.

I know a lot of people don't like this ride, but I love it. They made some really fun changes. There are a lot of new characters. They added a bunch of Disney characters from the movies. It was fun to try and spot them.

There was Alice in Wonderland and the White Rabbit.

Aladdin and Jasmine.

Abu popped in and out.

Ariel.

And Nemo and Dory. Good job Disney!

Andrew had to get his pickle. He loves them!

And we always end the night with a black and white Mickey cookie.

It was a really fun trip to Disneyland.

Hoppy Easter 2009!

I was excited to be in Utah this year for Easter so we could celebrate with family. Every year all of the girls go shopping together to get new Easter dresses! It's always fun to have a "girls day" to go out and shop. This year was a huge success when we all found something at the same mall! I was especially excited this year to do all my shopping in the maternity sections.

We spent most of Easter Sunday with my family. Everyone came over to my parents house for an Easter egg hunt and dinner. The kids had a lot of fun looking for the eggs.

Don't the girls look so cute in their matching dresses?
Although he didn't find any eggs, Seth had a fun time hanging out.

Once the eggs were found, it was time for the photo shoot.

Here we all are in our new dresses!

All of the grandkids.

The Johnson family

The Bullocks.

Now it was time for dinner! I made the deviled eggs. They turned out really good. Andrew even ate them and he is not a big fan of deviled eggs.

The dinner was delicious!

It was a very Happy Easter!

I'm thinking Arby's

Last Sunday afternoon we were driving down to Orem from Salt Lake to celebrate Easter with my family. We were in my mom's car, and when we were about half way there the gas light went on. We checked and it said that we had 67 miles to go before empty. We thought we would be perfectly okay to finish the drive to Orem.

4 miles down the road, the warning beep went off and it now said "low" on the range. Almost immediately we could feel the car power down and we realized it was completely out of gas. Andrew pulled over to the side of the freeway and we turned on our hazard lights.

Luckily my parents were home and said that they would come and save us. So now all we had to do was sit in the car, on the side of the road, and wait.

While we were patiently waiting, I looked up at the billboard and realized that we were right next to an Arby's billboard. I laughed and told Andrew that this would be perfect for one of their commercials ... because all I could think about right then was ... well, "I'm thinking Arby's." (I realize now that it was a lot more funny while we were sitting there stranded.)

Lately I'm just happy for any time that I get to spend with Andrew, even if it is on the side of a road.
Luckily my parents came and brought us some gas so we could finish our trip down to Orem.

The next time I run out of gas, well hopefully there won't be a next time, but if there is a next time, I think I will have an instant craving for some Arby's.

Friends, Family, Tacos and Eggs

A couple of weeks ago we went to Utah the week before Easter. I went out on Monday morning and Andrew joined me on Friday. We had a fun week visiting family and friends.

On Monday night I met my friend Gail at Spaghetti Mamas. I was so excited to see her, and also very excited to eat their delicious breadsticks. (you can read about them here.) I was so dissapointed when I found out that they had changed their breadsticks. They were definitely not as good. Huge let down. I guess that's one less place I have to go eat when I visit Utah! Despite the breadsticks, it was great to see Gail and catch up with her.

Tuesday afternoon I drove back up to Salt Lake to see my friend Laney. She moved to Utah from Pasadena last year. It was great to see her and catch up on everything going on with her. She took me to a great place she had found, Pat's BBQ. The pulled pork sandwich was great! I also got the cole slaw, which was okay, a little too mustardy for me, but I could see the potential. It was a great place to go for lunch. We walked in at the same time as two guys, and they sat down next to us, so the waiter and servers all thought we were there together. We even tried to convince them to pay for us, but they didn't. Oh well.

I spent a lot of time hanging out with my sister-in-law Heather and her two cute kids Seth and Rachel. Heather was so great and let me have all of her old materinity clothes. They are super cute and will save me tons of money! Thanks Heather.

Seth has grown so much since the last time I saw him. I love that fuzzy hair. He is such a happy baby.

Rachel is talking a lot more and we had fun hanging out. She loved showing me her new toy (swingset), and her big girl bed. We made fruit loop bracelets. It was a little difficult to make it faster than she was eating it.

Thursday night was taco night at Grandmas. My parents remodeled their house the past few months and it looks great. They resurfaced the little table in the kitchen so that the grandkids would have a place to sit for dinner. This is where we always sat for dinners while I was growing up, so it was fun to see them there.

Even though Seth didn't eat any tacos, he still had fun.

We also decorated Easter eggs while all the grandkids were together. They had a fun time and made some great looking eggs.

Saturday night we were up in Salt Lake, celebrating Joe's birthday. Even though it was a few weeks late, he was more than willing to extend his birthday celebration for us. We went to dinner at his favorite place, Market Street Broiler. Instead of birthday cake, he had birthday oysters.

It was definitely a fun week. We are always running around everywhere and never get to see everyone that we want to, but it's always nice to get away and see family and friends.

"Anybody want a peanut?"

15 weeks ...  Due Oct. 2nd!  

Strawberry Waffles

Andrew surprised me Sunday morning with this delicious strawberry waffle. My mom always makes strawberry waffles on Conference Sunday and Andrew didn't want me to miss out. It was delicious!