10th week

The morning sickness is lifting! Hooray! I am hungry but mostly for fruit and red meat and of course still mexican food. The red meat part is really odd because I have vegetarian tendicies usually but I have decided I will eat what my body wants because it must be telling me something.

This past weekend was nice. It finally feels like Summer in Colorado and everything is blooming.

Friday night we had dinner with Matt's best buddy Cerbo. They enjoyed some beers and I enjoyed a vigin colada. They decided to do a round of shots, to toast Matt having super sperm (boys are funning about these things) and our server brought me a shot of lemonade with sugar on the rim so I could be part of the celebration. The sugar rush was almost as good.

The weekend was busy with cleaning and starting to prepare our house for our two new additions, Angela and baby "G." All in all it was a wonderful weekend.

This week I have been working a lot of hours, I am use to 10-12 hour days but I sware my energy level is not the same. It is a little frustrating to me and I have to remind myself that I am cooking a human in my belly so DUH! of course I am tired. I also had to buys some new clothes this week and a bra. COMFORT is essential! The great thing is these days comfort and cute are possible.

Earlier this week I took my furry kids on a morning walk and we saw this guy stealing birds eggs. He was not phased by our presence at all. I know I say this a lot but I love where I live and I thank god everyday for it.

This weekend is going to be a blast. Angela is graduating highschool and we are looking forward to celebrating with her. Plus it is memorial day and that means one more weekend day so that is always a plus. We will post more photos next week.

Here's to Angela, my favorite 18 year old and sister:) Love you Ang!

9th week, Anniversaries, Birthdays, and

I am going to try and track my pregnancy every week as a journal, we will see if I can remain diligent. So we are into the 9th week and baby "G" is still giving me quite of few visits to the restroom. A few more weeks will hopefully bring less up chuck and more desire to eat yummy food. A lot of people have asked if I am craving things. Right now watermelon, eggs, and Mexican food. I think I could eat tacos all day if I allowed myself, even though they don't stay down I still want them, WEIRD.


We watched "PS I love you" on Saturday evening and I cried the entire movie. I would have cried a bit prior to baby but the tears were just flowing for the entire two hours and I used an entire box of Kleenex. Matt is wondering where his wife is and I told him I am still here but in an emotional and pregnant body:)



On other news we celebrate some big events this weekend. First off my parents 35th wedding anniversary was on Saturday and we went to dinner with them at the Chart House. The restaurant knew we were celebrating this event and even printed special menus that said "Happy 35th anniversary, Armsteads." It was really nice to spend time with them because they are so fun. What a blessing in our lives. My dad wrote my mom a really sappy letter that of course made me cry when I read it:) Congrats Mom and Dad here's to many more wonderful years.



Sunday was of course mothers day and Matt and I feel so blessed to have the mothers we do and to know all the wonderful mothers in our lives. So happy mothers day to you hot mamas out there. Sunday was also Angela's 18th birthday. We celebrated at the Gilbreath's Home with barb-que and cake and reflected on how we all can not believe Ang. is 18. It was a wonderfully relaxing day.

Lots of little moments...

It has been a few weeks since we have updated our blog. A lot has happened in April so here is recap of a few things.

We had dinner with some great friends at a trendy mexican place called Tamayo a few weeks ago. We met after work for some cocktails and dinner and enjoyed the wonderful company of our dearest friends. Trisha and Kathryn are two of my closest girlfriends (met in college) and both were in my wedding. They are the type of girls you just know will be your life long friends and everytime you get to see them you leave with a smile. Luckily they married great gents that are charming, smart and funny. So when we all get together it is a nice time:)

A few weeks ago my grandma evelyn passed away from kidney failure. This is the second grandparent I have lost in less than 5 months but really for my mom both of her parents. I decided to fly to Texas to be with my mom and to pay our respects to a wonderful woman that raised 8 children and spent her life devoted to God. Her passing has made me reflect on how short life really is. I was talking to my mom about her feelings about her parents not being here on earth and she said "you know, you are never to old to feel orphaned." This really made me think about how much my parents mean to me and that I really need to relish in all the time we are able to spend together. My parents are the best and so much fun and I am excited that they are the grandparents Keegan has and Matt and my children will have.

The same weekend that I went to Texas was Angela's senior prom. I was so glad Matt was able to go up and see her and be part of the photos. She looked so beautitful as did all of her friends and their dates. She had a wonderful time. They did this event in style. All 14 of them loaded up in an escalade limo and headed to the Chop house for dinner and than to Invesco Field (where the broncos play). Most of the group went as friends so there was not first date or couple drama. What fun memories!

Well I am going to be better about posting and will make May a little more informative.

San Diego, family fun and sad goodbyes

We arrived in San Diego on Thursday morning and headed to Vacation Island to check into our hotel, Paradise Point. The grounds were beautiful and we felt very secluded from the hustle and bustle of Southern California. Angela and Nancy pose for a picture....

This flower is actually really soft......

Outside our rooms....

We dropped off our things and headed to lunch on Pacific Beach, at Gringos. The food and beer were delicious.

After lunch we headed north to La Jolla to kill some time until Nick's (Matt's brother) flight arrived from Vegas and Travis (Angela's boyfriend) arrived from 29 palms.

Angela tried on an Italian dress at some fancy boutique (I forgot to take a picture). We were looking for something for her prom. She looked so amazing but we decided her brothers would not let her out of the house in it.

Thursday evening Nick and Travis arrived just in time for dinner at a great Steak house Steve (Matt's dad) picked out. We were all pretty tired from the early flight so we hit the sack early.

But we woke refreshed and ready for the day.....

The day was going to be sad! Angela's boyfriend is a Marine and he left early Sunday morning to Afghanistan. Travis is currently serving a seven month tour in the rural lands of Afghanistan. The girls were all in tears and we all expressed our gratitude to Travis for making the ultimate sacrifice for our country. We are very proud of him and we know this is going to be a challenging time for Angela and Travis. We pray that God keeps all of our military in his hands.

Travis enjoyed breakfast with us, probably one of his last cooked meals.

As we ate we had to fend off all the daring birds around. This guy stole Angela's ham.....

Angela and Travis taking a moment.....

After Travis left, we headed out to Coronado Island and the famous Coronado Hotel. We put our feet in the sand but only our toes in the ocean. That water was cold! Matt and I own a book called "A Thousand places to See Before You Die" and this was one of them.

This was the hit hotel for famous actresses like Marilyn Monroe. The hotel grounds and woodworking were 5 star and showed old school class.

Friday evening Nick selected a wonderful Hibachi and Sushi restaurant called Haiku. Nick and I enjoyed some terrific sushi while everyone else experienced the entertaining hibachi. We had a few Sake bombs and left feeling pretty good.....

On Saturday we went to Sea World. It has been years since I have been there and my cousins recent blog photos of their fun trip inspired us to go. Gotta love Shamu. The show was very moving, they opened by having everyone show their appreciation for our armed forces. That got the tears rolling for all the girls.



Penguins.....

Never too old. For my cousin and aunt!

Saturday evening we headed into the Gaslamp district for a nice Italian meal at Chiantis. Leanne, a friend of Nicks joined us for the day, she was a sweetheart and we were glad to meet some of the people he has met since moving to Las Vegas.

Newlyweds.....

Matt and Angela

I ordered the risotto pescatore, it had a lot of fresh seafood and it was delicious. We all enjoyed our meals and wine but mostly the company of each other.

Siblings...what a good looking trio!

We ended our wonderful trip at the Seaport Village, good for people watching, live music, and window shopping. Thanks family for a great vacation.

"We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment"

We are getting a roomie

We are getting ready to go away for a few days with my family. I am so excited to hang out with all of them. We are going to load up the babies, our snow gear and swimsuits and head to Vail for Easter weekend and to celebrate Keegan's 2nd birthday ( I will post photos next week).

Matt and I have offered for Matt's younger sister Angela live with us next year and she has accepted. This was not a tough decision for either Matt or I. Angela is a senior in high school and has decided to attend college at Metro University (which is in downtown Denver). The college doesn't really have dorms and she was excited to move out but not to far. We are so excited to share our home with her. She is one of the most amazing people I know and at 17 she has been blessed with a "good head" on her shoulders. She is caring, fun and really is a sister to me. It is weird that when I first met Angela she was only 12. I have watched her blossom into this beautitful woman and I can not wait to see how these next few years go for her. Watch out world, here her she comes:)

All these discussions with Angela about college and how fun this part of your life is , have really had me thinking about how wonderful that time in my life was. I am so excited to watch her go through it. All the new people she will meet, the ups and the downs, but most of all how much you learn about yourself. God really gives us wonderful opportunity in this life if we choose to let him. Happy Easter!