24 weeks

I actually don't like this picture... but there have been requests for belly shots... so here ya go!


C's work had a "Spring Fling" on Saturday night, it was 'cocktail' attire... this is the closest thing I have to cocktail attire... even not pregnant!
It was a fun evening! When we first go there they gave us an envelope that had a voucher for a photo that was also printed right there, 2 door prize coupons, 4 drink coupons, and 2 casino vouchers for $2000 in chips. We also were given 2 champagne flutes that were hand painted and a 5x7 picture frame that that nights photo would go in. Our pic came out ok, I was disappointed in the photographer, he didn't do any kind of directing whatsoever. There was also a magician wandering around... he was a bit creepy though. The food was YUMMY and dessert.... chocoloate mousse... heavenly and only my absolute favorite!!!! Then they opened the casino tables, they had black jack, texas hold 'em, roulette, and craps. I only know most of the rules to black jack, so as soon as a spot opened up, I sat my tuckas in a seat and never got up. The fun part about this is... no one is allowed to bet real money, so the dealer is just in it for fun, as are the people at the table. We had the best dealer ever! She was SO. MUCH. FUN!!!! She would give me a card then look at the next one and say nope, can't give this card to a new mommy... let's see what I can find, and she'd go through the cards til she found one that would work so I wouldn't 'bust'. Some of the other players she would give a hard time to and make them dance for a good card (there was a live band playing) or people would just switch up cards w/ each other til everybody would win. The goal is to play to win 10,000 in chips to earn a ticket for some prizes. You are only allowed 10 tickets. This one guy decided he didn't want to play anymore and he had already won his 100,000 in chips so he gave me his 'leftovers'... about 4000 in chips. At last hand I had about 32,000 in chips, the dealer was giving out the new tickets and she handed me 12!!! C got 12 tickets too! Now the cool part is the prizes, the had an ipod nano, an xbox 360, a digital photo frame, a portable dvd player, a 20" wide screen lcd monitor, a home photo studio (photo printer), and something else that was big but I can't remember what it was.... the other door prizes were much smaller... they were still nice though.
Well, I WON something!!! WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO! I won the 20" monitor! YAY me! The best part is this, we don't need it, and the box had the store tag on it so we are going to return it to get stuff that we really want. Like the car adaptor for my ipod and some other things too b/c according to the store's website this baby is worth $289.99!!!! We decided though that if they give us real money and not store money, we will buy something for the baby's room or maybe the car seat. Gotta start thinking like a parent! :D