Lately...

Last weekend Ben went out of town on a guys trip to Chicago. Ben had such a great time! The guys did some touring of Chicago... went and saw Wrigley Field, Sears Tower, stopped and ate at some famous restaurants, went out a couple of nights, and for the finale played in the Tommy Lasorta golf tournament, which was for the Italian Sports Hall of Fame. The night before the tournament they went out in Little Italy to a festival. They were talking to some people and actually ended up eating at a famous Italian restaurant with Tommy Lasorta and some other famous boxers. The owner had closed down the restaurant and was only open for the people in the picture below. Ben had such a great weekend with all the guys!

Tommy Lasorta sitting in the middle chair


Jason, Ben, John, Jason (John's boss) and Justin


This was my first weekend staying at the house without my hubby and I am happy to announce that I made it! :) Friday night I just chilled and rented some movies at Blockbuster. Saturday I went shopping with Hannah, Ashley, and Ashley's mom and grandmother. We ate lunch at EatZizi's, then proceeded to shop all day long. It was tax free weekend and the malls were CRAZY! We went to Flirt, Sam Moon's, Nordstrom Rack, and the last stop was North Park Mall. We really did not find what we were looking for till the last store at North Park. Hannah and I were looking for a dress for the guys reunion and I also needed to find a yellow dress for our gender reveal party. Shopping while pregnant is NOT fun... nothing fits like it is supposed to. After about 7 hours of shopping we went and ate at one of my favs, Manny's. I had the most delicious fajitas! By that night my stomach and the little one were not happy with my selection of food. I had indigestion Saturday night and all day Sunday. YUCK, guess it comes with the territory of pregnancy. Sunday my mom and I went out to Southlake and did a little shopping, then went to NorthEast Mall. For some reason I keep getting really light headed and almost fainting. I start sweating, seeing black dots, and have to sit down immediately in fear that I might just pass out and hit my head. This has happened 3 times now during my 2nd trimester. Not sure what this is all about. I had just had lunch and 5 minutes before had a cookie. Did anyone else experience this? I am going to ask the doctor at my next appointment. I was so glad for Ben to come home and I missed him so much!

On another note, my Papa was in the hospital this past week. He went to the ER early last Wednesday morning with pain. They checked him in and found blood clots in both his lungs. He was in there for a full week and was not allowed to get up for 5 of the days, due to the blood clots. He got out yesterday and is doing much better. My aunt left for Egypt on Friday ( my Aunt, Uncle, and one of my cousins live there, due to my Uncle working for an oil company) and my cousin Nathan went back to college. We decided to have a quick family photo while we were visiting my Papa in the hospital. Please keep my Papa in your prayers

Ryan (brother), Mom, Nana, Papa, Nathan (cousin), Keri (aunt), Ben, Me and little question mark


This morning Ben and I took the Intelligender test. We can not tell anyone what the results are, but can't wait to see if this test actually works. It said it is 94%-84% accurate. We shall see...hehe. Two weeks and counting!!!!!