Tracy's February Seattle Trip and pregnancy stuff

For my birthday, this past January, Trent and the kids surprised me with a ticket to Seattle to visit my dad, step mom and sisters! It was quite a sacrifice on Trent's part, as my tickets were for Valentines weekend!!! I had such a wonderful time with my family! I miss them all so much and cherish every minute that I get to spend with them! So, I'm finally getting around to blogging about it (probably because I finally scrapped the pics from the trip). Anyway, here are some highlights!

Dinner at PF Changs...yum!!!!

Dinner at my sister, Hailey's place. Her boy friend (now fiance), Brent, cooked for us! Prime Rib! It was fabulous and he did it all himself! What a guy! Seriously, though, it was so great to finally meet him. He is a great guy and I am SOOO happy for my sis!

And, you can't go to Seattle and not spend a day at Pike's Market! And of course, we just had to Gyro's for lunch!!! Yum!!!
A Valentine's Day Treat from Laura...pedicures for all the girls! Even Devin and Ryleigh (my other sister, Danielle's girls) got Pedi's. Hailey had just had a pedi (thanks to Brent...did I mention how great he is)...so she got a manicure!

A few other highlights of the trip...my dad cooked chicken on his rotisserie attachment on his BBQ. He is a fabulous cook!!! And, can I just say that I ATE GOOD while in Seattle!! We also watched a few DVD's, hung out, shopped, and all in all had a great time! We also discussed baby names, talked pregnancy, wondered about the baby's gender (we didn't know yet)...and finally cried when it was time for me to board the plane!

Thanks to my fabulous husband for a wonderful trip!

Ok...on to pregnancy stuff. I couldn't do a post without belly pics...LOL! Anyway, things are going great! The baby is growing and progressing, right on schedule, I am on schedule for measurements and weight gain (yes, I have to add that in because I keep getting crap from people about my size!). She is kicking and moving around like crazy and I am loving every minute of it! Ok, one thing I'm not loving is the fact that I can't sleep at night! You see, I've always been a back and belly sleeper. I got myself a great body pillow, set myself up to sleep on my side each night...but alas, old habit's die hard and I end up turning onto my belly. Little miss Grace doesn't like being smashed...go figure, so she immediately starts kicking me. I wake up, turn back to my side...but alas...old habit's...end up on my back. I last about 30 minutes on my back and wake up with a horrible back ache...so I return to my side and my body pillow...and so the night goes! Oh well, I wouldn't trade any of it for the world!

Ok...so here's the latest belly pics! You can see that yes, I'm finally starting to show...I'm just carrying her high. She seems to start at my ribs and go all the way down...so when I'm dressed, I don't look all that pregnant...hence all the crap I get from people!

Week 23Week 22
Week 21

Other than the pregnancy, we (the kids and I) are on the countdown to the end of the school year! Their last day is June 4. It's hard to believe that another school year is almost over! They recently brought home their report cards from 3rd term and Karlee made the honor roll again! Yay! They don't start doing honor roll until the 4th grade (as that is the first year that actual grades are assigned), but Carson's report card was also good! He still needs to work on his subtraction facts, but we are getting there! I am so proud of both of them!