Happy 90th Birthday Grandma Vaske!

I love my Grandma Vaske! She is the most kind, loving, sweet, thoughtful and faith-filled woman I know. I could just go on and on about her. She is turning 90 today! We are throwing her a birthday party on Saturday at the Farley park. Happy 90th Birthday Grandma Vaske!

WE'RE EXPECTING!!!

Jason & I have some news to share... WE'RE EXPECTING!!! Today I am 10 weeks + 2 days and the due date is somewhere around January 22, 2011. We are thrilled! We heard the heartbeat today and it was AmAzInG! ...makes it so much more "real". We are blessed :)

So... starting around 6 weeks and lasting through 10 weeks I felt very quesy... on the bright side I wasn't throwing up! I also have been feeling VERY tired and fatigued. I could seriously go to sleep at 8:00 every night, and sometimes I do. All I want to do is relax on the couch and watch TV... but there isn't too much on TV in the summer... I've been hooked on The Bachelorette, Hot In Cleveland, Design Star, Keeping Up With The Kardashians and I'm looking forward to the new season of Big Brother which starts next week. While on the couch we are also reading all the baby books... "What To Expect When You're Expecting", "The Girlfriend's Guide To Pregnancy", "Belly Laughs", "The Dad-To-Be Handbook" and a couple others including some baby names books. Talking about baby names... we have some favorites narrowed down, but who knows... these might change. I think we're leaning towards finding out the sex of the baby (around 20 weeks) but since so many people like the surprise and I feel like a fun-hater for finding out... we might find out and keep it a surprise from everyone else. That way, people have their surprise and we get to find out. Not sure if we are capable of keeping it a secret though! It was hard enough keeping the pregnancy a secret until we were 8 weeks along!

I haven't started "showing" yet but I feel like my body is definitely changing shape. My pants are starting to feel tight and uncomfortable. Since I'm so short I'll probably show sooner than others. I think when I start showing it will feel even more real! Also, around 16 weeks is when you can start to feel the baby move and I can't wait for that feeling!!!

We are really crossing our fingers that our townhouse SELLS so we can buy a house and be all moved in before baby comes. But we are also prepared if that doesn't happen. We've rented a climate-controlled storage unit and last weekend we moved in a bunch of random stuff to de-clutter and if we do bring the baby home to the townhouse... the 2nd bedroom will be moved to the storage unit. We'll have a room for baby... we just won't have a room for guests. On the bright side if this happens... we can save more money. Which might come in handy considering we started pricing daycare options! ...oh around $1000/month for 1 baby... Yikes!

Well... I'll of course keep you updated and maybe? post a few baby bump pictures... ;)

Whoa... it's been a LONG time!

To all my blog followers... I apologize for my lack of posting. I really don't have a good excuse other than I just didn't feel the urge to write anything.

We've been busy busy... seems like we have been traveling somewhere every weekend! We've been to Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, Madison, Dubuque, Goldfield and back to Dubuque again this weekend! Summer weekends always seem to fill up fast! This weekend is my cousin Ryan Scherner's wedding. Ryan is getting married to a wonderful woman named Trish. I'm really looking forward to their wedding!!! Here's a picture of the lovebirds ~ A few weekends back we went up to Minneapolis to visit our friends Katie & Wade Heidemann and their two little ones, Madeline and Quinn. Here's a picture of Katie & the kiddos ~ Katie is such a great mom and I'm so proud of her! Maddie is learning how to potty train and Jason had a little talk with her that weekend and asked her why she didn't like the potty. Maddie said because she's afraid she'll fall in. So Katie got a little potty for Maddie the next day and she's been going potty in the little potty ever since! Good job Jason! Also, we brought our famous Palmer's sour cherry balls with us and she gets a cherry ball after going potty. Maddie still calls Jason her "boyfriend" and says "you're cute!" (see December blog)... it's so funny! I guess I have some competition! ;)

May was a baby delivering month for my friends!!! Welcome Owen (Lindsey & Nick Funk), Josephine (Molly & Chris Kuhle), Ivy (Abby & Dave Jones), William (Amy & Pete Rothering), Sophia (Amy & Josh Tranel) and Faith (Nicole & Tom Sullivan)! ♥ I am hoping to meet Josie & Faith this weekend when I'm back in Dubuque. I can't wait! Here's a picture of The Funks, our good friends from Des Moines and their new addition Owen ~ We are also holding a garage sale this Friday at my parent's house. So we've been going through all our belongings and we've come up with quite the pile of things to sell! I hope we have a good turnout and make lots of $!

The first "POA" was completed for the Victoza launch as of May 30. Victoza is the new product I'm selling with my job at Novo Nordisk and my territory ended up #2 out of 40 territories! I am very pumped about the bonus I'll receive in July... which will go towards our down payment on a house whenever we sell the darn townhouse!

I promise it won't be long until I post again... I'm glad to know I've got followers that were anxiously awaiting the next post ;) Love you guys!

Engagement Celebration!

Saturday night we went out on the town in Dubuque to celebrate Ben and Mary Ella's engagement! We were escorted by limo, which was a total surprise! ...Jared arranged this... how cool! We started off the evening at Star Restaurant and Brewery for pre-dinner cocktails and appetizers. Then we had a yummmalicious dinner at my favorite restaurant in Dubuque, Pepper Sprout! After dinner we went back to the Star and enjoyed some more cocktails & live music, where some extended family joined in on the fun. It was an enjoyable, hilaroius, joyous night... with lots of laughs and good memories made (Oh Bobby! Tammered! Amazeballs! Taco Dip!)! I love my family!
Here are some pictures of the evening:

The new TALRMDE vehicle!

Jason bought a new car yesterday! A 2008 Chevrolet Malibu. It is black graphite (has a little sparkle to it)... it is very nice!!! He traded in his 2003 Saturn Vue. He's very happy :)

Weight Watchers... Again

Well, I joined Weight Watchers... again. I'm almost to my heaviest weight in October 2005 before I joined Weight Watchers for the 1st time = that time I lost 45 pounds in 8 months. After losing that weight, I felt successful, I felt good, and I felt COMFORTABLE. How did I let all those pounds creep back on? ...I'm disappointed in myself. So, here I go again... counting points, attending meetings, making better choices. It just works for me. Jason & I attempted Live Healthy Iowa with good intentions, but the program didn't hold me accountable and I slacked off and made excuses. I like that I go to WW weekly meetings, step on a scale in front of someone, and have a support group that motivates each other and shares ideas/recipes/etc. The program has changed since 2005 and I love the new e-tools website where I can keep track of my points online and look up point values for all kinds of food, including restaurants. So, here I go again... :)

Happy Birthday Willy!

Our nephew William Werner Sigwarth turns 5 today! Happy Birthday little buddy! We love you Wil!