The Giffords: June 2010

I think I will put the year 2010 down in the record books of one of the best years of my life (cheezy I know, but really)! Since school got out (wahooo!) the summer is flying by! Chris graduated from pharmacy school! The ceremony was pretty awesome and we all felt so proud to see all of his hard work pay off on that day. He is taking the boards in 2 weeks and has officially gone into hibernation for some serious studying. After he passes he will be working for a CVS here in Las Vegas. We're not exactly sure which one yet, but we're hoping it's on the Northwest side of town because...we bought a house!!! We signed our contract last week and are in love with the place, or at least we will be when they build it. Below you will find pictures of the model home. We decided to buy a new house, because we will be living on the same street as my brother and his wife (Grayson and Amy), Chris' brother and sister-in-law (Eddy & Kristin), and our good friend Travis. Our own little cul-de-sac! The house it scheduled to be ready by the end of September so hopefully everything will be ready by the time the baby arrives. Buying a house is a pretty stressful situation filled with high and lows!

I've also gotten to the half-way point for my masters program and have earned 16 credits towards my administration degree. I'm so glad I decided to bite the bullet and get that over with. It hasn't been too difficult and I've gotten some great information along the way.

We recently went to the doctor to check the sex of the baby. I was only 16 weeks and the doctor wasn't sure if he was seeing a little "unit" or the umbilical cord. Towards the end he said he thought this baby Gifford was a boy, but he was only 60% sure. We go in again June 24th for my big ultrasound. Hopefully we will find out for sure then. I'm starting to get pretty excited for the new addition to our family and I think I have begun to feel the baby move. I just can't get over how faint the movements feel considering the baby is supposed to be the size of an open hand at this point. I am still in the "fat" stage- and you mothers out there know what I'm talking about. This is the stage where I just look fat and don't look pregnant yet. It's an in-between stage and I don't like it! However whenever I talk to mothers about just feeling "fat" they tell me I haven't experienced anything yet!

Well now that summer's here (and it's really here- 105 degrees already in LV) I'll try to keep updating more frequently!

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