Beautiful Wedding, Wonderful Couple

Congratulations to Trevor and Jenny! Our friends got married on Saturday at Red Rocks, and it was perfect. Jon was in the wedding, he looked so handsome. The weather threatened rain, but it was sunny and beautiful. The bride walked down the isle to "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles, and it was perfect timing. Her dress was gorgeous! You could really tell that these two were meant to be. I cried during the ceremony, as did many people around me. We had a wonderful time, and we were happy to be there to support our friends.

MAC-ing the switch

My dear HP laptop is officially dead. We have tried more than 4 times to revive it and bring it back to life. The graphics card is shot, and is burning up the motherboard (my hypothesis, based on research, and the burning sensation felt when touching the darn thing after it has been on for 20 minutes). The screen will not turn on, and if it does, I get a beautiful black and white abstract design. The same thing happens when you plug it in to a different monitor. So, we've done lots of comparing and pricing, and weighing our options. We decided that it was finally time to make the change and get me a MAC. We ventured to the Apple store last night to ask some more questions to solidify the choice and purchased a brand new iMac. It is a desktop computer, so I no longer have mobility, but I think that we will be purchasing a cheaper (< $400) laptop in the next few months so that I have a mobile Internet connection, and I have a way to take digital samples of albums to clients. I am very excited, and I can't wait to see how steep of a learning curve this will be. We did purchase the One-to-One plan through Apple, which allows me to visit the Apple store for one on one training for one hour a week for the next year. And, I get to pick the topic and learn at my own pace. I felt much better about the purchase with this plan.

Boot Camp, Bachelor, RIP, Doula, Anniversary, Shower

We had a very busy weekend!


Jon and I didn't really see each other at all. Jon went to Daddy Boot Camp on Saturday morning. He really enjoyed it and he learned a lot. I am a little jealous that I wasn't able to go to something like this. It is a really cool class that the hospital offers. New dads volunteer to bring in their 3-4 month old babies for the soon-to-be dads to hold and change diapers. Jon said that the babies were not cooperating though, there were no poopy diapers to change, and there was no crying to be heard. After boot camp he headed to meet the guys for a bachelor party golf afternoon and a night of mischief.


We found out that a good friend and very active man in my parents community passed away on Saturday morning. He died very suddenly of cancer. He was a great man that influenced so many in their small community, and he made a very strong impact and connection with the high school kids. Jack- you will be missed.


My mom came down on Saturday morning, her and I ran some errands, and went to meet more of the doula's at the hospital. Jon and I have decided to have a doula (labor coach) during the labor and birth of this baby. I really want to have a natural, un-medicated labor and birth, so I am assembling my team to help me achieve this. It was really good that my mom was able to meet some of the doula's. After this we headed to an anniversary party for neighbors of my grandparents- 40 years! It is such an inspiration to see two people still so in love after 40 years.


Sunday was my first baby shower. It was hosted by the lovely Juliette. The food was delicious and the company was great! We even had Happy Cakes! It was really nice to get together with the special women in my life to celebrate this new baby. Juliette had all of the ladies write a personalized note about motherhood/family/ kids. The messages were so touching and special to me. Jon ditched the shower and went to hang out with a friend, but on his return to pick me up, he got a little overwhelmed with all of the goodies and said "OK, this is suddenly really real now!" I guess this is what he needed to get the fire under his butt lit to get the nursery finished.

This little outfit was mine as a baby- Mom kept it for all of these years!

Happy Day

A year ago today, my Mom was in brain surgery. I am so thankful that she is not in an operating room today this year, and that she has made a complete recovery from the lemon sized tumor that was removed a year ago. Wow, what a difference a year can make. All of the prayers, positive thoughts, letters, emails, and other messages made the difference. I love you, Mom!

Congratulations!

My longtime friend Amanda, and her husband Erik had their baby today! Amanda and baby Jace are doing well. Little Jace Eriksen is a cinco de mayo baby! I am so excited to meet the little guy tomorrow. It was so fun to be pregnant together, and it will be so much fun to raise our families together.

PC in Recovery

My dear husband was able to recover and un-encrypt all of my data. My PC is still on the fritz and in need of a serious re-install of Windows, which means that I will have to re-load all of my software. Tomorrow night will be the surgical procedure to get my PC back to a working state. I really don't want to have to buy a new computer this year....