Las Vegas Trip

While those of you in the Northeast suffered through the snow just before Valentine's Day, Rob and I were enjoying the warm weather in Las Vegas. We were visiting Rob's sister Dawn and her husband Billy. The weather was beautiful with highs in the mid to upper 60's and sunny every day. Dawn & Billy were great hosts. We checked out the Lake Las Vegas area, The Strip, Freemont Street, and Red Rock Canyon. We also went to a local Chinese New Year celebration. Lake Las Vegas is a resort area with golf courses, a man-made lake, gated communities, and a shopping village. It's a nice area to get away from all of the tourists. Celine Dion's house is close by. Dawn & Billy, thanks for a great trip!

More pictures from the trip are on the "Pictures" section of the website.

22 Weeks!

Rob and I went to our 22-week check-up this morning. Everything looks good. A picture of Katherine's ever-increasing presence in my belly is below. There are also two pictures of the nursery. As a suprise to Rob, my Mom and I assembled all of the furniture this past week. We still need to hang the valences and move some books into the room, but everything else is ready. Mason (the psycho cat) particularly enjoys the ladybug rug. I think she's going to be a good watch-cat when the baby arrives. We're heading to Las Vegas to see Katherine's Aunt Dawn and Uncle Billy next week. Maybe she'll be our good luck charm at the slot machines!

Mutual Travel

The past few weeks have been full of travel for both of us. I was fulfilling my annual Navy Reserve Training requirement at Kings Point from January 15th-27th. Rob was in Houston for work the 23rd -27th. He came home for one day and then left for his National Sales Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona from the 29th-2nd. We're both happy to be home. I'm thrilled that Rob didn't suffer any broken bones at the sales conference like some other people.

I took a class for my Reserve duty. It was very informative. I'm sure Katherine is ready to sign up after sitting through two weeks of instruction. My only gripe with the Navy right now is their maternity uniforms. Basically, it entails a pair of black pants with the elastic belly panel, the appropriate uniform shirt, and then a maternity cardigan sweater. I'm guessing that a man designs these uniforms. My cardigan sweater came down to my knees! When I called the uniform supplier, the "gentleman's" response was "You must be short or not very far along in your pregnancy." This is all beside the point! Needless to say, I didn't wear the sweater and found an acceptable uniform to wear. I just wonder how large some of these women must be to fit in to the maternity uniforms!