Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

So apparently I am meeting my goal of updating the blog once a year. Lots has happened since the last update, but I will not torture you with specific details. Here is the run-down: trip to Dallas for a friend's wedding, vacation to Hawaii (kind of wish we had just stayed there permanently), Derek's parents came to visit, my mom came to visit, trip to Austin for a friend's wedding, my dad came to visit and ran the Marine Corps Marathon, my parents came for Thanksgiving, and we drove to North Dakota for Christmas. Basically, we did a LOT of traveling!

But, there is one more very big update coming around June 16, 2011 -- Reggie is going to be a big brother! We are very excited and currently working on finishing as much of the house projects we can before June. Things have been going good and after I got through the first three and a half months, I've been feeling pretty good. We don't know if Little Prosser is a boy or girl. The first time we went to find out, the doctor's office was closed thanks to a nice snowstorm. The next time we went of find out, he/she was either being very stubborn (I can't imagine where that came from) or very modest -- legs closed with hands in between the legs, so the technician couldn't tell. We are hoping to go back for another one to find out -- otherwise, we will have to find out the old fashioned way.

Here are some pics of the expanding belly.

19 weeks:


22.5 weeks:


We (and by "we," I really mean Derek) has continued on with his cooking streak. We celebrated Valentine's Day early this weekend and made grilled NY strips, steamed lobster, roasted zucchini with parmesan and herb d'provence, and parmesan couscous. To finish off the meal, we enjoyed a few slices of an Oreo Blizzard Ice Cream cake (having a DQ less than 1 mile from our house does not bode well with being pregnant).