Sweet little Honey catching the last bit of sun. I caught her doing her best to get a tan!

These pictures might be a little tiny but so is our baby! We had our very first ultrasound on Wednesday, August 12th. And at 10:47 a.m., I heard her heart beat for the very first time. I LOVED every moment of the beat. And what a fast beat it was. I have been eagerly waiting this day and even as I type, my smile is wide! Along the way we found out that I am not 10 weeks pregnant but rather 14 weeks. Who would have thought I could have skipped a months worth of pregnancy in a day. Needless to say, I feel GREAT! Still no morning sickness although I am learning that my love of spicy food may need to take a rest for a while. She doesn't seem to have the same love for jalapenos as I do...in time though. My belly is getting really hard and I feel what is commonly referred to as a baby bump. When I first saw the baby, she had the hiccups, it was so adorable! The doctor asked that I talk during the ultrasound to keep her moving and sure enough, she shot me a wave with her hand full of 5 tiny fingers. The doctor says her spine is beautiful and that she is nice and big. We are very happy to hear this good news and next month we already get to know the sex.

Here's what Baby Center has to say on our little one...fun facts!
This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.

Me at 9 weeks pregnant. No, I'm not yet showing, that's just old fat, lol. Our baby is now about an inch long and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. By now she has lost her tail, or so we hope! She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months.

Other changes abound: Our baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks.

Mom is doing great!! No morning sickness thus far which means I might miss the entire morning sickness plague, how sweet is that!! I get tired from time to time, its the kind of tired that won't escape you without a nap. My boobs are completely unrecognizable, I have already grown one full cup size and this is only the beginning...OUCH! And I am no longer able to sleep on my belly, not because of growth but because of the firmness of my abdomen, its solid like a rock. Somedays I really miss caffeine but I am happy just sipping my pregnancy tea...yes, they have a pregnancy tea. But I don't really miss anything else. So far my cravings include chocolate and deviled eggs, in that order. More to come, we have our official "first" pre-natal appointment tomorrow and hopefully an ultra-sound very soon...we are eager to hear her beating heart.



The Zuchinni Tamer...



Look what I can Grow!!!!




My award worthy zuchinni grown organically by yours truly. Yum!!!

Myself and Mayor H. Abram Wilson of San Ramon, CA

Random pictures of the San Ramon Farmers Market where I am currently working as the Market Manager. I absolutely love this place and look forward to all that is in store this summer.

Happy Family times

Mom looking all cute here!!!

Sweet Minnie May wondering when we are all going to go to sleep.

Ariel's Baby Shower Pictures

Mom, Shelly and Saint Val

I LOVE THIS PICTURE, Ariel and Milly.

EVERYONE loves a baby!!!

Me making this poor child cry, lol.

I have a way with babies, LMAO!!

Ariel pregnant with Johnathan Daniel O'Brien. I say we nickname him JD!!!

Mom and myself!

My niece Milly and her friend.

Ariel opening gifts with her little helpers.

My step-dad, Tim, showing his awesome harmonica skills. Tim is always so entertaining!!! You ROCK!!!

Forest Home Farms is part of the San Ramon Historic Foundation and is used as a learning facility to enrich peoples lives with history and knowledge of the wonders of a farm. Its glorious really! Dan and I are local volunteers and we have recently become involved in caring for the organic garden and wildlife garden. The goal of the garden is to produce fruit and vegetables that are shared with the children who tour the farm. The farm consists of sheep, horses, chickens, bee keepers, tractor museum, historical buildings and antiques unique to the farm. The students meet with various Grandma's and Grandpa's who teach the children the importance of bees, worms in the garden, juicing your own fruit, churning butter, caring for chickens and herding sheep. The farm also hosts a Farmers Market every Saturday, sheep sheering day, Civil War re-enactment day and a train and/or tractor ride around the entire farm. Below you will see a series of pictures of the garden that Dan and I are working on.

Above we planted baby pepper plants and provided them with a green house effect by cutting the bottoms of gallon milk jugs and placing them over the baby starts that were planted in the ground. A branch off of a tree is used to keep the green houses sturdy and in the ground.

Tomato plants are the best. This week I hope to obtain some donated tomato starts from local suppliers.

Dan and I frolicking in the garden during the Farmers Market. Dan fixed the fence behind us so that the chickens couldn't sneak in and steal all of our worms. We use the worms during the tours, the kids love them for some reason and we love to teach them the benefits of worms in your garden.

We currently have over 10 large beds to grow in, its awesome!!! Along with weekly garden maintenance, we are going to take over the irrigation project for both farms. Looks like I will have a list of questions for mom and dad when it comes to this project! I guess green thumbs run in the family!

Pumpkin starts on the bottom right were planted by us on 05/07/09...they are suppose to be the really BIG pumpkins so stay tuned for an updated photo of this one! Currently they are covered to protect from critters and heat stroke.

The lettuce has gone to seed. This week I will be pulling out most of the lettuce seen in the back row and replacing it with sunflowers and corn. The seeds are currently being germinated for their big day. The children are currently sampling lettuce during tours so I hope to have something tastier like corn. We are also growing artichokes as the sacrificial lamb. Apparently as long as you have artichokes, the bugs won't bother any other plant in the garden. Between them and the lady bugs, we seem to be infestation free.

Taking pictures of me because its just fun to be a girl!!!!

The Lilly and me! I planted this Lilly in memory of Uncle Darrel Miller on the day of his passing.

Vanity is fun!

Happy Spring! Cheers to another year of sun and fun!!

Tanis and I hanging out for the first time since the 6th grade!!! What a rare opportunity!!! This is what can come from MySpace and Facebook. Lets do it again soon and thank you for the cheese from Italy...vunderful!

Hiking our way through Spring!!! This perfect setting is only 6 miles away from our home!!! Ohlone wilnerness or something to that effect. We heard there are caves to spelunk through but we haven't found them just yet.

But we did find snakes. This one would not cross the "road" so we had to take the long way home.

Me, enjoying the creekside view and the sun in my face, now this is the good life!!!

Next time we hike in our bathing suits!

What a view from up here, and this is only half way up!