Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! My last one as a bachelorette! :) This week is going to be crazy busy! Thank goodness my awesome parents will be here on Tuesday to make sure I get things DONE!

Today started off amazing since I woke up to a dozen roses....and breakfast shortly after. :) I'm a lucky girl! Not that he didn't get paid back with Banana Pudding from scratch, and a yummy dinner. We decided to play it lazy today, and watch TV\Movies from early afternoon until bedtime. I was not very high maintenance this Valentine's Day...but he probably shouldn't get accustomed to that!

Well, had to keep this short and sweet, but just wanted to jot down a few words for Valentines Day! Hope it was a great one!

Top 10 Foods Grayson Makes Me Want

This morning, I woke up a special treat. Jason made me breakfast, and it was delicious. Even things that didn't sound good when he mentioned them ended up tasting yummy. I decided I wanted to make a Top 10 list for foods I am craving, so that I will always remember what they were. It will also be fun to compare with my 16 friends that are pregnant, or the ones that have been pregnant before. :)

1. Hibachi

2. Pancakes

3. Chocolate

4. ANY Vegetables

5. Chocolate Milk

6. Biscuits & Gravy

7. Spaghetti

8. Pizza

9. Ranch Dressing

10. Fruit

Now, needless to say, I don't give in and eat these DAILY, maybe just a piece of chocolate or six. :) These are just the foods I want.

On a different note, I also thought it would be interesting to keep track of the foods I don't want.

1. Bacon (The sweet kind)

2. Ham

3. Sausage

4. Hamburger Meat

5. Chick-Fil-A

6. Sour Candy (Which is usually a FAVORITE)

7. Most Fast Food

8. Lunch Meat

9. Heavy Seasoning

10. Most Fish

But today, I was lucky enough to get breakfast cooked for me. We had Biscuits, Eggs, Strawberries, and Bananas. :)

Let it snow!

Thank you, Texas, for sending the beautiful snow our way! It has been snowing for about 6 hours now, and we have already gotten about 5 inches! It's beautiful!

I made a snowball earlier, by myself, and didn't have anyone to throw it at, haha. I can't wait to Grayson is old enough to go outside and play with. I need someone to motivate me to be active!

Grayson has been pretty mellow today, but of course he had to get his chocolate fix earlier. :)

We were resting up for a busy weekend, the last one before I am officially Mrs. Ballantine. I can't wait to see all my friends and family (the ones that can come) at our wedding next weekend! we are going to have so much fun! I just hope all of the cold has cleared up by then.

Never send a pregnant woman to the grocery store...

Well, I didn't want to jinx myself, but yesterday I officially broke my four year curse of car wrecks. Every four years on February 10th, I have been in some kind of wreck which resulted in broken bones, surgeries, and stitches. Not my idea of fun. Of course I'm extra careful these days because of the little one, but yesterday I was EXTRA, EXTRA careful by only driving (or riding) twice.

Today has been pretty mellow for Grayson and myself, although last night he was kicking and punching away. I didn't think I would ever get to sleep, although it was definitely worth staying up for. (That, and American Idol).

....continuing from earlier. Note to all the men out there....never send a pregnant woman to the grocery store alone. 1 hour and 4 different types of cookies later, I'm finally home. :) Time to get ready to go meet the preacher at Chick-Fil-A. There's something you don't do everyday!

Hello, Pancakes, and Chocolate.

Talk about a BABY BOOM! I just found out today that yet ANOTHER friend, the 16th one to be exact, is pregnant too! Many of my friends are already on Baby #2, but this marks the beginning of motherhood for me. I can't wait to meet OUR LITTLE MONKEY! :)

Today, Grayson and I are in our 17th week together, and for the past 17 weeks, he has been putting on a show! I'm still amazed that they were able to discover "he" was a "he" because of his constant flips, turns, and rolls! He is always on the MOVE, which should make shedding these pregnancy pounds easy with all of the running around I am likely to do! I guess I should have known all along HE was a HE, because what BOY doesn't drive a girl to eat loads and loads of CHOCOLATE??? I've always been the type to love the sour stuff, but not these days! Chocolate has been my weakness, along with pancakes and Hibachi. Poor, poor, pooooor Jason. If he never eats Japanese Food again it would be too soon for him, and it used to be a favorite. As for the pancakes, I'm getting high fives from pregnant women all around. Pancakes seem to be synonymous with pregnancy, and together we are doing our part to keep IHOP in business.

This past weekend we made the loooong trek back to Texas because some wonderful family and friends put on a shower for us. We got loads of goodies, and I am so thankful for the amazing and supportive people I am surrounded by! I couldn't ask for better family and friends, and I miss them daily. I am excited to say that I will see many of them again in less than a week as our wedding festivities begin! Then, it's off to NYC for a week. Yay!

Well, it's time for us to submit to reality TV once again, one of the few perks of Dad playing WOW upstairs all night.