Graduation!

That's right people! I am now a college graduate! On Friday, May 4th, I received my Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Education. I have worked so hard and for so long to finally reach this point. It feels great! I graduated Cum Laude so I got to wear some cool tassels. Also, I was nominated by my professors as the Student of the Year in Math and the Student of the Year in Secondary Education. I didn't win either of them, but I still felt really honored to be nominated out of all the amazing people I've gone to school with. It was a great way to finish out my undergraduate education.

My math buddies... aka the people that got me through the tough stuff!

Couldn't have done it without my AWESOME parents! Love you guys!

Love my hubby! 

 My graduation announcement picture

The plan from here is to take a year to see what it's like being a mom before I decide if I want to try teaching also. I'd love the opportunity someday, just don't know when "someday" is for sure. In the meantime, I'm glad I have my degree finished and I'm glad I get to be a mom soon! Lovin' life right now!

California Trip!

On May 17th - 20th Dane and I took a much needed VACATION to California! This was our first actual vacation in our whole 3.5 years of marriage. Oh man, we loved it! Our plan was to stay in Anaheim, and then travel around to the different beaches nearby and go to LA for a day. We stayed in Anaheim so I could be close to Disneyland, even though we didn't actually go there haha.

One thing we wanted to do for this trip was visit a few restaurants from Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives". The places we chose didn't disappoint!

First stop was in Victorville, California to a truly Dive-y looking place. It's called Emma Jean's Holland Burger. The whole place had maybe 12 seats? Two employees. It was crazy. But holy cow it was sooooo good! I got the David Burger. It was sourdough garlic bread with a 1/4 lb hamburger and a sweet green pepper. To. Die. For. Dane got a bacon chicken sandwich.

My "David Burger"

Dane's Bacon Chicken Sandwich

 Super happy that we're actually at a place Guy Fierri visited himself! So cool!

 Check out the crazy tiny dining room! We were seated in the back corner at the counter. Small place, but still a fun atmosphere.

The next DDD restaurant we visited was in Manhattan Beach, California. This place was called North End Diner. Dane said he ate the best sandwich he's ever had while we were there. I got another hamburger. I'm kicking myself now for getting pretty much the same thing at both DDD places haha. But it was great food also.  Only complaint about this place was that it was so expensive. I think we paid $30 buck for this meal. Yikes. But worth it.

 Doesn't my plate look pretty similar to my other? Haha. Oh well. It was good. Their sauce for the fries was a mixture of ranch and barbecue sauce. I'm going to try that again!

We did a lot of other fun things while we were in California. We visited Redondo Beach and Newport Beach. Redondo is one of our new favorite places to visit! We got to see a Dodger game in LA. We also visited Griffith Observatory that overlooks LA. It was a pretty cool place! I'll let our pictures share the rest of the trip.

No way are we waiting another 3.5 years for our next vacation!

Pregnancy Log: 24 Weeks

How far along?  24 Weeks 4 Days

Total weight gain/loss?  Up 5 pounds. 

Maternity clothes?  I'm wearing stretchy pants! So comfortable.   

Stretch marks? None so far! Thank goodness.

Sleep? Most nights I sleep like a baby. But sleeping on my side all the time is making my hips kind of sore. 

Best moment last week? Baby had the hiccups and it felt so crazy! She was hiccuping during our last ultrasound and it was so cute!

Movement?  I feel her moving around quite a bit now. It used to be I could only feel her when I was sitting or laying down, but I feel her all during the day now. I love it! Dane can feel her moving too, which is great. We have fun just watching my belly move around at night.

Food cravings?  Sweets sound really good all the time.  

Food aversions? None.

Gender? We are having a baby GIRL!!!!!!!! 

Labor signs? None.

Belly button in/out? In.


What I miss: Being skinny. Having a growing belly is pretty weird.


What I am looking forward to: My mom and I have been working on the bedding for baby's crib and it's coming together and going to be so cute! So I'm excited for that to get finished. Also, Dane and I got a free crib from a neighbor and we've (Dane) sanded it down and primed it and now we're waiting to get it painted! It's going to be awesome when it's all finished. We can hardly wait to see a CRIB in our house. So exciting!

Milestones: We're going to hit 25 weeks here pretty soon which makes me feel pretty relieved. I know that if for some crazy reason baby were born now that she would have a chance to make it. She can stay in there for 15 more weeks though. I'm just saying. Also, a cool milestone we hit was around week 22 baby weighed 1 pound. Now she's at 1.5 pounds. She's gaining weight so fast! 

Our baby girl! These pictures were from our 20 week ultrasound appointment.

 This is the fabric we are using for her bedding. I am in LOVE with the colors!