July Fun

Ahhh... the moment you've all been waiting for..... THE POOCH PARADE BLOG POST!!! Yay!!!! Well, it all started with little Mandy's first birthday. She enjoyed a new toy from Petsmart, a few long walks, and of course a car ride!

Next up.... The Pooch Parade and yes, Jeremy wasn't especially excited about this...haha.... even though it WAS his idea to make leg warmers for her =)
The Pooch Parade is a three mile walk-a-thon for dogs! Last year it raised over 50,000 dollars for dog rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption. Thanks to friends and family, I was able to raise over $100 in pledges in just one day!!! Whoooo hooooo!

Dogs were supposed to be dressed in costumes, but Mandy and a few others were the only ones we noticed that were dressed up. I'm not sure what Mandy's costume really was.... she had hot pink boas in her hair, hot pink leg warmers, and her birthday shirt. Someone said she looked like she was dressed from the 80s, haha.
This made me laugh. Just like a real marathon, there are always water stops along the trail.... so of course they had those for all the doggies too!
Even grand"pup"parents came to support little Mandy!

And yes, the police were there =)

We even ran into Mandy's vet. She is the one who saved Mandy's life a few weeks ago after she was stung by a bee and was bearly breathing. We love this vet!!!!!

Okay, enough dog stuff. Now let's move on to something even better.... MY BIRTHDAY!!!! I woke up to Jeremy serving me breakfast in bed! Look! He even cut the watermelon and apples into the shape of hearts. Of course, this started the day off with a BIG smile.

I received many phone calls from family and friends wishing me a wonderful day. I especially loved the "Happy Birthday Song" sung by little Eli and Thad on my voicemail....soooooo cute! (On the other hand, I did NOT like the forever long voicemail message from my Mom playing an Il Divo song for waaaaaaaay too long, haha. Ok, it DID make me laugh) Later that day, I came home to find these yellow roses on my porch, sent with love from Tiffany and Jason! I felt sooooo loved all day long!

I had a GREAT day! As I looked at Jeremy (and Mandy) sing "Happy Birthday" to me (well, Jeremy sang, Mandy just made a bunch of funny growling noises at him the entire time)... then I looked at my slice of strawberry pie with a candle glowing, the two boxes tied in red ribbon marked "Coach" (yippee), and then down at my belly moving with little baby kicks.... I started to laugh and cry at the same time simply because I was so incredibly happy. I feel so blessed. I struggled with what to wish for before blowing out my candle. What do you wish for when you feel like you have it all? I just know that my 30s are going to be some of the BEST years of my life!!!!!!

The next day, we went to our childbirth class and Jeremy was asked to be in a short skit to teach all the moms-to-be about asking the nurses and doctor questions during labor and being politely assertive. I just thought he looked so cute in that lab coat!!! In real life he may not be Dr. Wonderful.... but I think he is MR. WONDERFUL! (p.s.- he is going to KILL me when he finds out I put this picture on here, haha)

BABY SHOWER

Baby Shower Time!

Wow! I STILL can't believe that I just had a Baby Shower! Thank you so much Carolyn, Tiffany, and Bethanni for throwing such a beautiful celebration for Baby Hoffman.

The decorarations were SOOOO cute!

Cutest invitation EVER!

Me!
My wonderful shower hosts
Lots of GREAT friends!

Annie and I... both due in September!

This is called "tummy envy" haha

And what would a party be without a "Hoffman Margarita"???!!! Good job Tiff!

Lunch was delicious

Time for games... Trisha did such a wonderful job! So much fun! (although I think we both realized that 2nd graders are much better listeners than a big group of women, haha)

Yay! I gave Trisha a special gift for her hard work on all the games. Yes, it is a Twilight shirt.... yes, we both LOVE the books.... and the movie..... and the main character, Edward... and finally yes, we are both supposed to be "grown ups", but there is NOTHING wrong with that =)

I felt soooooo loved!

My Moms =)

Bethanni showing me how it is done

Less than 10 weeks to go!

What an exciting time in our life!

June Fun

June 11th was the last day of school. Sophia surprised me by coming to school with ME painted on her face! I laughed so hard! She was very proud of it and made sure to tell everyone to "look at Mrs. Hoffman on my cheek!" Sooooo cute!

Now... usually the last day of school is the BEST day EVER for kids. I tried to make it fun by having them dress in costume (I was a skunk or "a little stinker" haha). We even did a count down of the last 10 seconds of third grade and then blew party noise makers to celebrate.

While "celebrating" I was shocked to see faces like these..... sad faces..... and a lot of tears! I had to hold it together and not cry myself. It was soooooooo sweet and sooooooo sad all at the same time.

This might just be the saddest picture in the ENTIRE WORLD! They were ALL CRYING! I am going to miss them so much. I tried to comfort them by telling them that they would see me again next year because I was going to substitute when their 4th grade teacher was out. Then I overheard a bunch of them talking about how they were going to "cough and sneeze all over their teachers next year so they would get sick and I would come back". Uh-oh.


Next up... Father's Day! Jeremy is so excited to be a Daddy. Look how proud he is of the little whale bathtub that will soon be used for his little boy or girl. (Thanks Aunt Tiff!)

Thank you Ryan and Bethanni for letting us borrow your bassinet! Every time I look at it, I smile just thinking about the little angel who will soon be sleeping in it.

7 months and still growing.... eeeeeeek!


For our ONE YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY we decided to go to Vegas and see a Broadway Show. Here we are on the road... we had just stopped at Sonic to get watermelon slushies. It is a Vegas roadtrip tradition.

The first night in Vegas we went to a restaurant that both of us have ALWAYS wanted to go to... Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. It was AMAZING! The steaks come to your table still sizzling and soooooo delicious! It was a wonderful dinner.

The second day we decided to go to ESPN zone and play some games. First up... mini bowling. Look how cute and small the bowling balls are!

Next.... football. Yes, I was reeeeeeally putting some effort into it. Jeremy was cute and kept making sure I felt okay and wasn't hurting. I think he was worried I might go into labor from playing these games, haha. Very sweet.

After the games, we dressed up for the show. We went to a restaurant that Jeremy has been wanting to take me to for a while now... Nobu. We enjoyed the delicious Black Cod and Rock Shrimp. Sooooo good!

Showtime at Mandalay Bay!

We LOVED the show. The costumes were amazing, the music was so beautiful, and I think we were both smiling the entire time.

As an anniversary tradition, we decided to find a piece of cake after the show and feed it to each other like we did on our wedding day. The orgin of the cake eating tradition says that it symbolizes that you will both always be there for each other and provide for one another. Afterwards, we exchanged cards (homemade construction paper cards of course)!

Hurray for our 1 year anniversary.... one AMAZING, WONDERFUL, and EXCITING year together.