Update

On Monday I started back to work at the district office. Kagan structures training. I was exhausted when I came home today, and I slept for about 3 hours.

But the highlight of the day was when my friend Megan emailed me to let me know I won a diaper bag from Graco!!! So excited.
This diaper bag is soooo cute and I am stoked that I won this. It's really exciting that we got this bag, because it's nice to know that's there's something we won't have to buy. Check out Megan's PR blog: justformeandyou They review products, which I absolutely love and then they have giveaways also. I am so lucky that I actually won the diaper bag, and I believe it was the first giveaway that I tried to.

Randomly enough, I made Steak Diane tonight with mashed potatoes and some biscuits. Bisquik is awesome. Here is a good idea and way to make easy, yummy biscuits.

Yummy Cheese and Garlic Biscuits
--2 cups of bisquik
--1 cup of milk or buttermilk
--1 cup shredded cheese
*** Mix these three together.
--Put on greased cookie sheet, 400 degrees
--bake for 8-10 minutes of until lightly browned
--pull out biscuits, brushed with margarine and sprinkle with garlic powder

These biscuits turned out really yummy and I really enjoyed them.

Rick had a couple of interviews the past couple of weeks. He also applied to the Officer Training School for the Air Force. We find out in September whether he gets in or not. Now we're hoping for him to at least get a small job, if nothing else right now. The best part about going back to teaching is getting the pay check.

Just a couple of updates for everyone! Hope that everyone has a great week!

the potential evan?

So, we decided to morph our baby pictures to see what our baby could possibly look like. We went to morphthing.com and added in our baby pictures, and here's what we got.



1 baby Rachel +


1 baby Rick =



Evan???

I really hope the kid doesn't come out with that nose.

It's a Boy!

One of the key and huge things that happened in California is that we went for a second ultrasound. My first one through the doctor's office was interesting because the baby would not open his legs (little punk) so we couldn't see what we were having. We decided to look up the 3D and 4D ultrasound places and there was one in Rancho Cucamonga for a really awesome price. Well, when this girl was doing the ultrasound, we could tell right away that it was a boy.
So excited that we're having a boy. It makes figuring out his name a lot easier. Rick is a second, so we are naming our boy after Rick. Richard Evan Chappell III.... Yeah, but we're going to call him Evan. So I am really excited about our little Evan, and have started registering at places for him.

Besides the picture that told us the sex of the baby, she showed us a bunch of close ups of his face and body... it was totally weird seeing it in 3D. When she first showed me his face in 3D, I was like, "ewww.. he looks like an alien." She just laughed and said that they get more normal looking on the 3D screens at about 26 weeks or so. I was only about 21 weeks at the time, so I still have a ways to go. Anyways, you can see some humanoid features to the baby. AND he's a thumb sucker already! Had his thumb in his mouth almost the entire time!

ALIEN BABY! Look how huge his head is compared to the rest of his body. I am so glad that he will be getting cuter than this (hopefully) before he leaves Mommy.

Eyes, nose, mouth, face, ears. It kind of looks like he's smiling. I hope he's smiling... that or he has a wide mouth. Anyways, it seems like Evan is having a lot of fun. He is always moving and swimming around. He's all over the place! And he likes to kick! I love it when he kicks hard (right now at least) because it makes me proud of my boy. He's going to be a great soccer player! I am at 23 weeks now!!!! Less than 4 months is my due date. I know that it will be coming really quickly! It's kind of weird and exciting at the same time! Scariness isn't a biggie right now, but I am sure it will be in the upcoming months!

Our California Summer Trip!

Rick and I went out to California for the past ten days. We just got back on the 8th. We had a great time with family and friends in Rancho Cucamonga and other places!! Here were some of the highlights!

Highlight 1

We went out to Santa Clarita to visit with some old college friends and have lunch at the Route 66 Grill: Aaron, Jen, and Brian in this one!

Me, Rick, Aaron, Jen, and Sarah... It was so fun seeing my friends! Jen, Sarah and I were roommates. Aaron was our FHE brother and now is married to Jen. Loved seeing them.
Me with the two roomies. I lived with Jen longer in college than anyone else! (I think about 6 semesters in a row or so!) and Sarah was only my roommate one semester, but she is still one of my bffs!

Highlight 2

We went to the beach with my family. It's been about a year since I've been to the beach and we had such a great time.

My adorable nephew Ollie fell asleep while Grandma was holding him.
My nephew Casey running around. He absolutely LOVED the water and insisted that we always go down to it!

Bethany and her adorable little boys. We went to the beach for her birthday and it looks like she enjoyed it!
Grandpa holding Ollie. We call Ollie the Michelin Man because of all of his rolls!

Poor Rick! He's still freezing from his boogie boarding. He's not used to the cold Pacific ocean like my family is. The water was 55 degrees that day! Awesome!
Casey having a grand old time running around! He loved the beach!


Rick and I on the beach! We loved going to the beach with family. It was a fun trip! Not so much of a fun trip home! It took about 2 hours to get from Corona del Mar beach over to Rancho. I am so glad that my mom was driving, and it wasn't me! California drivers in rush hour= scary... especially on the 57 freeway.

We spent most of our time in California hanging out with family, watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and just having a great time hanging out. I also had a great time seeing Kajsa and Kersti Spjut (forgot to take pictures) and Nicole! Rick and I loved seeing family, especially spending time with my nephews, who I probably won't see again until I have my own little baby! Yikes!