Last Week..What a fun week!!

Wow! Last week was probably one of the busiest weeks of my life. It started out on Monday...I got a call from McLacey to go to McDonalds to let the boys play and so we headed out there and had a good time! Chase and Riley love eachother and always have so much fun together. I was feeling a little funny that day but not bad enough to be sick so I just tried to push it off to the side and go about my day. Chase had soccer that evening and I slowly just started to feel worse. We got home from soccer and I ate a little dinner and fell asleep on the couch. I woke up Tuesday morning feeling HORRIBLE. I knew then that I had got what Mom had the week before...the stomach flu I guess is what you could call it, but no puking...thank goodness! I was miserably sick on Tuesday and Wednesday. I was so bummed that I was sick because Grandma and Grandpa Haynie were coming Tuesday night and Wednesday was Dad's birthday and Thursday was mine. Luckily, on Thursday I woke up feeling A LOT better, not 100%, but better. My sweet friends got together and planned a little lunch for me at The Cheesecake Factory. I have never been before, but mom and I shared a yummy BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad, and since I am not the hugest cheesecake fan, I ordered their carrot cake that mom and I shared and it was YUMMY! By the time I was done eating I was full for the rest of the day! Me, Chase, Kristen, Corbin, Riley, McLacey, Natalie, and Blaykli! Thanks guys! =)

A while ago I found out that Rascal Flatts...one of my FAVORITE bands...was coming here to Tulsa on my birthday...I wanted to go so bad, but tickets were pricey and I just kind of let my dream go...but, then X surprised me with some tickets for my birthday! WAHOO! I was so excited! The concert was awesome and I got a few good picures before my camera died...I know you're thinking who would go to a concert without a FULL battery on their camera, but yes, that would be ME! I thought it was full because I hadn't used it much and I never worried to check...but then when I was getting ready to take pictures I realized that it was almost dead and full because one particular sweet little 3 year old boy got a hold of it without my knowledge! Oh well! I got a few good pictures and videos and was able to use my cell phone too! It was a blast!

Taylor Swift was the opening act, and while I am not her hugest fan, I still really enjoyed watching her perform.

Then came Rascal Flatts!!! They were amazing in concert, let me tell ya! They are awesome performers, but at the same time they keep you entertained all the while with talking and joking. I really enjoyed their show and would go back in a heartbeat!They seriously had the coolest background ever. There were huge screens and on a couple of songs they showed clips from some of their music videos. They were singing the song "Stand" in the picture above and they had all kinds of inspirational words going across the screen while they performed. It was way cool.And my favorite from the band...Joe Don Rooney! OWW OWW! ;)As I mentioned earlier, Grandpa and Grandma Haynie came to visit us for about a week. It was so much fun to see them. On Friday we went out to lunch to a restuarant here called Pei Wei. It was YUMMY! I got Crunchy Orange Chicken (something like that...) and it was way yummy and I inhaled 500 of their spring rolls with their sauce. Chase had fun trying out the chopsticks!The Pei Wei crew...Chase, Mom, Dad, Gramps, and Grams...and my seat. It was a fun afternoon. After we ate, we headed back to dad's work so Grams and Gramps could meet dad's coworkers and see what he does every day. Oh, I forgot to mention...when we got to dad's work before we went to eat he brought out the CUTEST diaper wreath. I will have to take a picture of it and post it because it is way cute. I am excited to hang it on my hospital door when I have Davis. A lady he works with makes them and he had her make me one. =) Anyway, after we went to dad's work we toted Grams and Gramps around Target looking for lamps for the living room. I think we wore them out, because mom and I could spend hours and hours in Target!That evening, my dear sweet younger sister took me to get a pedicure for my birthday! It had been so long since I had had one and I guess Lexi thought my feet were looking pretty bad. (Which I will admit, they were because I could hardly get down there to do anything with them because of my belly!) Mom came along for her FIRST pedicure EVER and loved it. I've always tried to tell her how amazing they are, but she always said that her feet were too ticklish, but we finally talked her into it and, of course, she loved it. We had a fun time together and now we have pretty toes.Our pretty toes...mine are the swollen ones. After a week, my toes are still looking beautiful. I will have pretty feet when I deliver Davis! =)A fun picture of Gramps and Chase. Chase had fun following Gramps around while Gramps fixed all the little odds and ends around the house. =) Chase thought he was so big and such a huge help to Gramps.

On Saturday, Chase had his very first soccer game and his team won 9-1 I am pretty sure. It was quite entertaining. At one points, Chase and his little friend, Jack, got into a slapping, pushing, punching fight right in the middle of the field during the middle of the game. We all just laughed about it. I can only imagine what their argument was about...Chase did pretty good for being a first time soccer player. He just followed behind the crowd a few feet. We are working on getting him up there with the ball. =) It is fun to watch a bunch of little 3 and 4 year olds attempt to play soccer.

Whew, I am sure you are all worn out by now, but I am ALMOST done...I promise! On Saturday I had my baby shower. My awesome friends here threw me a great shower with tons of yummy food! I got a group gift from some of the girls that I was way excited about. It's a Vera Bradley diaper bag that matches my wallet...way cute. I am so excited to use it. =) We had a great time visiting and I got lots of things that I needed. We played a fun candy/matching game that McLacey did. I don't really know how to explain it other than you had to match the candy and the saying together. For example...the gyno and butterfinger went together, preemie babies and runts were a match, and twin boys and mike & ike were a match...another good one was the conception and skor bar. haha. It was a good time and I really appreciate everything you guys did!! =)

Chase had his second soccor game today. His little team lost 2-1, but it makes no difference to the kids. They just have a good time playing. Chase was a little fussy because the game started at 9 and he is totally not a morning persons, but once he got going he had fun. We had just enough players on our side to be able to play (5 kids). Chase gave the ball a couple of kicks, but he was mostly behind the pack, as usual. At one point, I yelled out to him to go and get the ball and help out his team. He took the advice in helping out his team by running in front of a couple of kids from the other team and knocking them over (on accident) because he totally doesn't pay attention to where his little feet are taking him. Anyway, it is quite amusing to watch and we had a fun time! GO TIGERCUBS!! =)