17 weeks

Well as of today I am not 17 weeks pregnant. There isn't really to much to show but.. I thought I would show how I am progressing as well as the baby. I am hoping that once I look a little more pregnant and feel the baby moving, that I will FEEL more pregant.

28

Well i am 28 today and I am feeling a bit old. Also being pregnant it is draining my energy, so that isn't helping. Anyway for my birthday Ben took me out to dinner, it was a few days early since he is working today. He got us a baby sitter and we got to get some Italian food. The people that run the place are actually from Italy so it is the closest to the real thing that we are going to find around here. It was really good but again being pregnant I haven't had the best appetite.

Today we didn't get to do much since Ben had to work. We just went and grabbed some lunch and ran to the store. I got some hair color and lightened my hair. I am not sure what to think of it yet. Ben thinks I should try and go even lighter. We will see.....

Birthday From G&G Betts

So Grandma and Grandpa Betts sent Tristan some stuff for his birthday and it got here today! She made him this cute little book. And he loves it he keeps looking at it. I am excited to try it out at church. I remember that we had one like it when we were little. She also sent us some more books to read at bed time that he seemed very excited about as well. And best of all they sent us a church outfit. I have been trying to find something nice for him but there isn't much i could find. I was probably more excited about it then Tristan was, but i think when he gets to wear it on Sunday he will like it a lot. So mostly i just wanted to let everyone know how great my mom and dad are and that i am thankful for them. I also love them both so very much!!!!!!

sand

Another day at the beach. This time when Ben buried Z in the sand he got her to smile and be happy. It was pretty cute. She loves to climb into hole in the sand. I think Ben had dug this hole and Kenzie climbed in and he covered her with sand.

5 years old

Tristan got up and we opened presents. I got him a few shirts and spongebob swimming suit and flip flops. He also got some clothes from grandma and a card that had five dollars in it. He was pretty excited about that. We made some waffles for breakfast. I tried to make them red but they were pink. Then we went bowling. It was a lot of fun. Tristan pushed the ball down and it will take awhile but it got down the lane. Mackenzie even played. Then we came home and had cake and icecream. He wanted his cake to be green, purple, and white. So i did my best. I was just not up for a huge party so i hope that he had a fun and good birthday. We had one more surprise for Tristan we had gotten him a bike. Ben had him help him get it and at first Tristan didn't think that it was for him. But it was very excited about it when he realized that it was for him.

Hiking in the Jungle

So today we went for a hike. We actually went with a group of people from church which was a lot of fun. It was really an adventure.Tristan did wonderful. He beat the rest of us back up to the top. Z did good for the first part on the way back up she was so tired and worn out. But we all made it. There really wasn't much of a beach. We did get in the water. The only thing was there were sharp rocks to get in the water. The kids did pretty good. I managed to rip a hole in my pants and I ripped some skin off the bottom of my foot as well. We even took the dog with us. She was pretty funny to watch swimming in the water. She just jumped right in. The ocean looked a lot different than were we usually go. So like I said we had an adventure today.

Shells

Ben always finds some neat shells when he goes diving. This are some neat ones that he has found the last couple times he has gone. The shell in the top picture actually had something still living in it and it smells kinda gross now. I am hoping it will get better, I want to keep that shell. The other one is actually a bit bigger than it looks in the picture. I am just not sure what i will do with all the shells that we have found.