1 year of Wedded Bliss!

Rod and I celebrated our 1 year Anniversary this past weekend.  He got to plan Friday night and I got to plan Saturday night. So Friday night we headed downtown and had dinner at the French Room. I had always worried that I may not be a fan of a place like that, mainly because if I can't pronounce the name, I'm probably not going to eat it. But it is supposed to be one of the best restaurants in Dallas, so it couldn't be that bad.
Well, Rod absolutely loved it, I just thought it was okay(this definitely could have had something to do with the pregnancy) For some reason meat just hasn't been to appealing lately, which is weird cause I normally love meat. I ordered a crab cake for the 1st course (okay) beef tenderloin for the 2nd (1st couple of bites were good, but then I wanted no more) and for dessert I ordered White Chocolate Souffle (okay).  Luckily Rod's main course came with Mashed potatoes so I dug right into those. For some reason starchy food is what I am craving. Even though I wasn't feeling the food, we had a great time. It is a beautiful atmosphere with excellent service.

Saturday morning we looked at each other and both said I haven't gotten you a gift. The funny thing is I wasn't stressed about it at all. At first I had tried to come up with something clever with the whole "paper" tradition, but had nothing. Then he mentioned wanting a gun safe so I thought I had found my gift until he told me the cost -$1500, so I was back to square one. I had wanted to take one more trip before the baby comes, so I thought that he could pick the location and that could be his gift, he then informed me that he probably wouldn't be able to take off work, again back to square one. I had mentioned wanting a new camera so we decided that would be both of our gifts. I felt kinda bad that it was something I wanted and not something he wanted, but he later revealed that he would probably have more fun with it than me. He proved that when I saw him standing in his boxers at the kitchen counter taking out all the parts and reading the instruction manual after dinner Saturday night. He has been snapping pictures like crazy....... I no longer feel bad :)

So Saturday night was part 2, my night. I had planned about 2 months before to have dinner at The Tower Club, the place where we had our wedding reception. It is a members only club, but I emailed the  lady that we worked with for our wedding and she said we could absolutely have dinner there. It is a beautiful restaurant with great views of Downtown Dallas. I wasn't sure what the food would be like, but we were actually very impressed. Rod had some seafood pasta and I had a peppered pork chop with mashed potatoes and a side of lobster mac and cheese, it was delicious.

Sunday was our actual anniversary that was pretty uneventful. But I did order a small tier of my cake and  Rodney's groom's cake from our cake lady. Since we had eaten the top tier on our 1month anniversary, I decided we had to have another one. So we ended the anniversary weekend with cake in bed on Sunday night.

After 1 year of marriage I would have to say that married life is not that much different. I mean we did live together for almost 3 years before we got married, so that pretty much makes everything feel the same. The hard part(for me ) was combining bank accounts and sharing money. If you know me, I am very anal about money (saving it) and Rod is very care-free( he has no problem spending it). It was hard at first and there were many arguments about "you spent $50 this week in Red Bull and breakfast burritos, that's $200 a month"  and "what do you mean we shouldn't buy a new truck right now". But I am happy to say that we have finally started to figure it out and at times I think we do a great job of balancing each other out. I've taught him to not be so impulsive and free spirited (I think) and he's taught me to loosen up and live a little.

It was an amazing year and I can't wait for many, many more. I am so blessed to have met such a wonderful man that is my perfect match, I couldn't ask for a better husband. I just said that married life wasn't that big of a change, let's see if i say the same thing this time next year when we have a little one running around :)

9 weeks Pregnant :)

Well I haven't officially announced my pregnancy to everyone, but I thought I should start documenting everything and will post it once it's gone to   press :)

We had our first doctor's appointment yesterday and everything went great. We started with an ultrasound and got to see and hear(barely) the heartbeat! I have seen some early sonogram pics of friends and sometimes it is hard to make anything out, so I was very surprised at the wonderful picture we got!

I am measuring right on schedule, which means my due date is January 27th! Let's hope he/she doesn't decide to come 2 weeks early or Rodney might have to share his birthday!

I am happy to say that I have been feeling pretty good. I am not sure why but I always just assumed that i would be puking my guts up all day, everyday. Thank God I am not!! I am definitely nauseous, but it is most definitely tolerable. I have come to realize that my nausea levels depend on the 3 H'S....... Hunger, Headaches, and Heat! The more hungry I am the more nauseated I get, Headaches tend to triple the nausea, and the heat definitely doesn't help at all!

I think what is killing me the most is the pure exhaustion. I could sleep all day everyday right now. When I first found out that I was pregnant I was so excited that my first trimester would basically be during the summer, to where if I did feel bad I could be at home, resting and not worrying about work.  I am now starting to wonder if I am sleeping too much and maybe that's what's making me tired. Since I don't have many plans for the summer, I have definitely been relaxing (like laying in bed almost all day if there is nothing on my to do list).

I have to give props to my AMAZING Husband for taking such great care of us! I seem to feel most sick/tired between 3-7pm. So the last thing I have wanted to do is make dinner. So my sweet hubby gets home from work and cooks dinner! How did I get so lucky??? Hopefully I can return the favor soon!

I am still uneasy about when I should blab the big news to everyone. My family is already fonching (sp?) at the bit to tell everyone, but I hope to wait at least 3 more weeks. I guess I will know when the time is right!

And Baby Makes Three!!! (Four if you include our furry child)

Rodney and I are so excited to announce that we are expecting a sweet little bundle of Joy!! It was a bit of a surprise, but we are soooo excited! I am officially out of the 1st Trimester, and feel so much better now that the news is out! I will post some blogs that were written in the past few months that give some updates about the pregnancy!!