THE ZOO (Chicago)

While in Chicago we went to the Zoo. So much fun. I LOVE GOING TO THE ZOO. I wish Noah would have been awake for pictures but what do you do??? He seems to fall asleep anytime he's outside.



Chicago


Took a Trip with Noah to Chicago with my dad and stepmom 3 weeks ago. My step-sister lives there and they were having a big party for two of her three daughters so my dad invited me to go along. I'm always down to travel. (Too bad Aaron had to work) It was Noah's first plane trip and he didn't cry at all. WHAT AN ANGEL!!! He did however have a HUGE and I mean HUGE blow out on the landing. I was so embarrassed. Poop was on everything!!!! Anyway, the shot above was at a pizza joint in downtown Chicago. The city was amazing. I wish I had more time to explore.

Our Son

I gave birth to my first child, our son, Noah McKay Budge on July 16, 2009. He is AMAZING. Here are some photos...Daddy taking his first look at Noah after he was born. Priceless!!!He is very alert when he is awake. Check out those eyes. He just loves to look all around.Here he is after I gave him his first sponge bath. Isn't this smile adorable??? He will smile every once in awhile and it is amazing!!!

Waiting to be released from the hospital. I can't believe how small Noah is.


To check out the whole Labor and Delivery story click on my link to my baby blog which is on the right side of my blog....

Fashion Show

While we were in Cedar City the girls decided to give us a fashion show. After they were done they talked Aaron into dressing up, and then Jake gave it a go, and then Susan and I even tried. It started out being really cute watching the girls do all sorts of looks as they pretended to walk down a runway and then turned out in the end to be hillarious as we goofed off and just had a good time. Here are some of the photos I took. The invitation the girls gave us is above. That was our ticket to their fashion show (SO CUTE) Here is Abigail, Madison, & Clara during their Fashion show for us. They are too cute!!! Here Aaron is being a SUPER MODEL!!! I think he did a great job. Jake did a great job strutting his stuff.> Susan & I being thugs. hahaha... I thought we did a good job.

2nd baby shower

My second baby shower was hosted by my Step-mom Vickie and my Aunt Karen. It was a lot of fun & I got even more things for the baby. We played a really fun game where all the guests sculpted what they thought my baby would look like. They didn't do a very good job, but it was really funny. (Above is my Aunt Karen, myself, and Vickie.)
The Cake. It was really yummy. Myself with my gifts. It was loads of fun coming home and being able to show Aaron all of the things I got.

4th of July

We took a trip to Cedar City to spend the 4th of July with some of Aaron's family. It was really good to see everyone and although a very short trip we had a really good time and were glad we were able to come. It's too bad not everyone was there but a good amount of us were.
Susan, Shiloh, & I being silly outside while we wait for the firework show to begin. The Boys!!! Aaron, David, Jimmy, Jake, Matthew, Ian, & Jason (Colter wouldn't stay in the photo) The Girls!!! Debbie, Jen, Sarah, Shiloh, Rachel, Susan, Lacey, Clara, Riley, Abbigail, (colter), & Madison. There are alot more girls than boys.
Here we are sitting infront of David and Susan's front lawn watching the firework show. It's so much fun to watch the little kids watch the fireworks. They thought they were the coolest things ever!!!



My 1st Baby Shower

My Mom & sister Jody threw me my first of two baby showers that I am having this past weekend. It was so great. They had my moms house all decorated and everything just looked fantastic including the cake!!! I got so many amazing gifts from friends and family and can't wait to use them once our little boy is born. Here are a few photos from the baby shower.

WE MOVED

We just moved into a Condo about two weeks ago. It's definately a lot smaller than anything we have lived in before but it's sort of nice living in a smaller place. (Not as much to clean, LOL...) The big problem is finding room for everything that we have. But that's really the only down side to a smaller place is having to get rid of things. But they are just THINGS afterall. We are still in Las Vegas and things are going good. We are trying to get everything unpacked and settle into our new place so that we can get prepared for this baby!!! SO MUCH TO DO. As soon as we have everything unpacked I'll post some photos.

32 Week Shot

Here I am 8 months pregnant. I can't believe it!!!

7 Month Pregnancy Photos


I had Aaron take some photos of me in my moms backyard because I was 7 months pregnant. I'm having him take photos every month so I can look back and see how much I grow every month. Here are two he took 2 weeks ago. (Today I'm actually 30 weeks)

Huntington Beach

The day after Disneyland we decided to head down to Hungtington Beach to spend the afternoon. Turned out being way too cold for me but I bundled up and had fun watching everyone else. Aaron taught Abigail & Madison how to layout when they started to get cold to help them warm up from the sun. It was cute.

Our Trip to Disneyland

David, Susan, Abigail, Madison, Riley, & Lacey invited us to come along with them to California this past weekend. We had a really good time being able to hang out with them at the park. Here are some photos from our day at Disneyland. It was a whole new experience going to Disneyland with kids but I loved it. This was there first time going and seeing their faces when they would see a character or while on a ride was priceless. They had a blast and so did we. (Although at about 2pm. my pregnant back got really sore from walking around the park so much but I got through it)

DISNEYLAND HERE WE COME

We are on our way to the happiest place on Earth this weekend with Aaron's brother David and his family. We are so excited and although this is not the cruise that I have been looking forward to for a year now it is still a vacation that we could really use. Aaron's brother has 4 little girls that have never been to Disneyland before so that alone will be exciting to watch their every reaction to the whole experience. I am hoping to be able to ride as many rides as I can being that I am 6 months pregnant.

6 Months Pregnant

Aaron took some photos of my 24 week pregnant belly today for me. I still can't believe I'm pregnant sometimes. There's a few more photos on my baby blog!!!

CAN'T GO ON OUR CRUISE

So for Christmas my Dad and Step-mom told us we were going on a cruise this Summer from Orlando and we have been Soooooooooo.... excited ever since. I LOVE TO TRAVEL. Anyway, just today I found out FOR SURE that I CAN'T GO!!! Why? Because I'm pregnant and will be too far along when the cruise starts. See they say you you can't be past 24 weeks pregnant from the day you leave and I'll be 24 weeks tomorrow. At the time the ship leaves I'll be 30 weeks. I called my Doctor to see if he'd lie for me but he called back today and said that if something were to happen to me he could lose his medical liscense if he signed a form saying I was not as far along as I really was. I totally understand but am just so sad about it. Aaron and I have been looking forward to this trip FOREVER. And it would have been fun to have a last vacation before our baby is born. Oh well. I cried and cried all day b/c I really wanted to go. SO SAD

My Husband is off to Oklahoma City...

If you haven't heard already my husband has recently started working for a company called Pre-Paid Legal Services. This morning I took him to the airport to catch a plane to Oklahoma City for Pre-Paids 2009 Convention. I miss him so much already. This is his 2nd trip away from me in the last 3 months and I so wish I were able to go along with him but I must stay and work. I know he's so excited to go and learn more about the company. He's really excited about Pre-Paid Legal. Check out his website to find out what he's up to: www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/aaronbudge

Tonight, after getting into Oklahoma Aaron called and told me a few of his friends from the company got tickets to the Oklahoma City Thunder VS. Chicago Bulls NBA game.
As you can tell by the photos he sent me he had a fun time.
Look like they had some good seats too. But we'll have to talk about the cheerleaders. He looks a little too excited to be near them. LOL

Move That Bus!!!


While I was at work the other day Aaron met up with our good friends Travis, Elissa, & their baby Xander at the site of the Extreme Home Makeover house they just completed here in Las Vegas. Everyone from the show was there to MOVE THAT BUS. The house so doesn't look like it belongs in Las Vegas which I love. Wish there were more houses that looked like this one here. I'm not sure when the show will air but my lover might be on T.V.

A day at the park...

Today one of our friends "Brandon" invited us to the park to celebrate his birthday with his Family and Friends. We had a really great time. Such a perfect day to be outside.

My Bathing Beauty

I woke up this morning to find Aaron and the dogs not in the room so I looked out my window and what did I find but Aaron laying out in the backyard soaking in the sun. I grabbed my camera and headed outdoors to blog this moment.




Zeus loves barking at the water. Thank goodness he didn't jump in the pool. It's still too cold for that. But he had a blast running around jumping up on the waterfall biting at the water in the pool.





CHEESE!!! Aaron loves his speedo. I don't mind it for laying out, but when we're in public it's pretty embarrassing, but Aaron thinks it's Great!

Picnic @ the Park

My husband has been so freakin' cute lately I LOVE IT!!! I got home on time tonight and Aaron called on his way home and said, "Hey now that we have an extra hour of light in the evening do you want to get the dogs together and we'll go pick up some chicken and go to the park for a picnic???" Duh, of course!!! So I grabbed a blanket, sweatshirt, and the dogs and off we went to grab some grub. We didn't stay too long b/c turns out we decided to sit right in the middle of the frisbee golf lane. We were in everyone's way and I was so afraid someone was going to hit me! Man the park is a hard place to find a safe place to sit on the grass when they have frisbee golf. You're not safe anywhere. It was fun though and our dogs had a BLAST. Right as it was getting cold we packed up our things and headed home.

Zeus, Zoey, and I trying to keep warm under the blanket. It was getting cold and the dogs were shaking.

Aaron and I trying to get a photo of the two of us at the park.

How cheesy. Have to love KFC at the park.

My cute husband. This whole event was all because of him. What a brilliant man!!!