16 weeks pictures, although I'm 17 weeks/1 day today

I was 16 weeks the day we got to Vegas. I felt little flutters for the 1st time October 5th and 6th (15 weeks/2 days and 15 weeks/3 days) after I ate dinner. The 1st actual kick was in the middle of the night of the 7th/8th (15 weeks/4 days). The baby kicked me so hard it woke me in my sleep!

After we got to Vegas, I felt the baby move more and more. Especially on the flight home after I ran over 2 miles. lol I felt like the baby was waving on the way to Vegas in the Boise airport. It was telling Boise, "Bye, see you in a few days." I can't remember exact times the baby moved in Vegas, except at the Peepshow. I was teasing Mike it must be a boy! He replied, "Or a girl who wants to be a Vegas dancer!" He'll regret that comment if it ever comes true. lol

Las Vegas

Mike and I just got home from Las Vegas. We went for 4 days and I did hair for my friends wedding. It was so nice to get away, but always so nice to come home. Boise is so different than big cities. Life is laid back, taxis don't honk at pedestrians, people signal in traffic, YOU DON'T FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE WHEN A TAXI DRIVES 60 MPH DOWN LAS VEGAS BLVD! IN TRAFFIC! lol

We didn't get to see as much as we planned, but we did see a lot. Time goes so fast and you think it won't take long to walk to a couple hotels, but it does! One couple we went with said they spent 15 hours walking the strip and still didn't see everything.

We stayed at Paris and our room was beautiful. We went to 2 outlet malls, (I got the cutest pink Coach purse) we toured all over the new Planet Hollywood Hotel, spending more time in it than our own hotel, we shopped in the Miracle Mile mall, we went to Peepshow with Holly Madison from the Girls Next Door. We saw the Mirage volcano. We visited the M&M Factory. We ate at Margaritaville and Dick's Last Resort. Mike got his picture taken with "Holly Madison" and a fat server at Dick's. The server at Dick's made us 'attractive' paper hats. Mine said, "I love blowing bubbles" and Mike's said, "Hi, I'm Bubbles!" They are known for embarrassing and harassing customers. All in all it was fun, except the adventure to the airport. Don't read the next part if you are easily offended! lol

Our trip back home was interesting...

We drove around for an hour and a half while the GPS told us we were going to the car rental return only to discover it was the corporate office. I waited on hold with car rental place while screaming obscenities and Mike yelling in the other ear.We finally got to the rental return 25 min before our flight took off, pushed a lady over while getting off the shuttle to the airport, ran with luggage to the airport check in 10 to 15 min before our flight took off, Mike threw our bags at the lady. We got even more pissed when extremely fat slow man went through security before us, then he realized you have to take your shoes off to go through security. I wanted to scream and would have had I had more time, "Why didn't you know to take off your shoes! Even before 9/11 you took off your shoes to go through security." We ran to the tram only to miss it, a "kind" man said there is another tram in a minute, Mike screamed "We don't have an F***ing minute!" Ran clear to the gate at the other end of the corridor. Mike is sweating and I'm barely breathing. We got to our gate at 3:54 and our flight left at 3:55! A woman sitting there said, "It looks like you guys have had a rough day, here is a drink on me." I handed mine to Mike even though I could have really used a drink at that point. Made our flight and even got our luggage, but making sure Mike never lives down he made his pregnant wife run that far, PRICELESS!

As soon as I sat down the on the plane the baby started doing flips like crazy. It probably thought, "What the hell was that about!?!" I don't run when I'm not pregnant and I shouldn't start now. :) Mike and I talked about it later and he said we probably ran over 2 miles all in all.

Thank goodness we made it home! It makes us appreciate 'boring' Idaho.

1st Fire...in September!

Two days after we had an 90 degree day, it was 50! I made Mike make a fire. I'm freezing all the time even though I should have a baby growing inside me to keep me warm. It was so nice sitting in front of the fire, with Halloween decorations on the mantle, and our toes getting toasty. Drew wants to have a fire every night now.

Mommy and Me Day

September 28th was the last really nice day of summer, so I decided to take Drew to the zoo. We had lunch in the park, went to the zoo, I even bought him a silly orange monkey that hangs from your neck, and we got ice cream on the way home. When I first told Drew we were doing something really fun, he said, "Are we going to the bank?" I laughed but realized time goes by so fast I rarely take the time to enjoy the day with him. We did everything he wanted to do and practically ran from animal to animal. We played on the slide and I let him go down over and over, even though I was ready to move on. It was a wonderful Mommy and Drew day and it makes me realize sometimes you need to stop running all your errands and spend time like a kid does, even if you feel your wasting your day going down the giraffe slide 20 times. There will always be time to go to the bank another day.