Happy Birthday to Us!

Dread and I shared yet another birthday. I think I can speak for both of us and say we had a GREAT day!

My gorgeous cake! Tres Leches with Mango Filling

Jep surprised me with a Cricut!

He's the Best!!

Dread got a new frisbee along with a bone

Dread and I with our new presents

That bone in his mouth was already gone by the time we got back from dinner! He definitely doesn't know how to take the time to appreciate his presents.

Lighting the candles

What a wonderful 27th!! Thanks so much to all my family and friends who called, texted, and sent messages to wish me a Happy Birthday!!! It really was one of the best birthdays yet!

It's a.....

GIRL!!!

Jep and I are so excited to announce that Baby DuBose is a precious, little girl! Dr. says everything looks great and she is actually measuring a little ahead. Today I am 18 weeks, 5 days but she is measuring at 19 weeks, 2 days weighing in at a whopping 10 ounces. We're still keeping my due date of June 22nd. The ultrasound went perfect--she cooperated and even moved around quite a bit for us. It was so surreal and we couldn't believe how much she's grown! Now that we know the sex, I am in so much trouble--I don't know how I'm going to resist the urge to go crazy buying all the little frilly outfits and bows! :)

Below are some of baby girl's first pictures

After my appointment it was off to work for the big reveal to my office.

Cutting the cake

And...it's PINK!




Mallory, Me, and Allison

Boy or Girl???

We find out tomorrow morning at 8:00!!! I'll be returning to work after our appointment and my coworkers are just as excited as I am to find out what we're having! I'm revealing whether or not baby is a boy or a girl to them by cutting into one of these cakes.

Big Brother

Of course, I will be making the big announcement on our blog as well! So, be on the lookout tomorrow!!

All We Do is WIN, WIN, WIN

Well, we did it!!! The Auburn Tigers are the 2010 National Champions! What an incredible season! It truly is GREAT to be an AUBURN TIGER!

Jep and I were lucky enough to make the trip out to Glendale to cheer our team on to a victory. And, WOW--what an experience it was to be out there to be a part of such an exciting event. It really is hard to put into words how amazing our trip was!



We arrived on Saturday and got a head start exploring the Glendale area as well as the stadium before the massive crowds arrived.

Our welcome signs from Grandma

Westgate City Center

Gameday Eve Jep and I did some more exploring and headed out to Scottsdale. It was so packed because of the Auburn and Oregon Pep Rallys. So, we found the least crowded bar which happened to be a little Chinese restaurant--which was much better because we were able to get served right away rather than waiting in 40 minute lines.

Jep having a shot of Jager for Uncle Rick

On our way back to Glendale we caught this gorgeous ORANGE and BLUE sunset!

Later, we met up with Kyle, Amy, and Adam. We spent the night hanging out at McFadden's in Westgate, the designated Auburn bar. It was so much fun celebrating with so many other Auburn fans--there were a lot of WAR EAGLES being yelled and definitely a fair amount of Bodda-Getta cheers being led.

And finally, the day we had all been waiting for arrived!! It was NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEDAY!! We got up early so we could head out to start partaking in the festivities.

Before we headed out we took some pictures outside of our wonderful hostess' (my grandma) house.

After some picture taking we were off to the stadium to start our tailgating. We couldn't believe the amount of people who were already out there and every bar/restaurant was packed to the brim! We opted to pay $20 for some wristbands to get into a roped off area that had food and drink stands along with a live band that was much less crowded than the bars.

Jep and I took a gamble and decided we would try to get tickets from scalpers before the game. Well, tickets were still going for $2,000/piece for UPPER level 15 minutes before kickoff so we decided to forego spending that kind of money on tickets and just try to find a good place to watch the game. Lucky for us, there was a huge jumbo-tron right in the heart of Westgate. Jep found some empty beer boxes and made us some seats and we were set. We watched the game with thousands of other fans without tickets and had the BEST time. It was like a huge Auburn party and everyone was best friends!

BCS Watch Party!

Toomer's Corner brought to Westgate

And...the real Toomer's Corner in Auburn!!

Just beautiful!

WAR DAMN EAGLE!!

2010 BCS National Champs

2010 Perfect Season

AUBURN 22 OREGON 19

Christmas in Indiana!

We spent Round 3 of Christmas in Carmel with my family again this year. I love going back to visit my parents and getting a White Christmas. This year when we arrived the snow was already there and it snowed a good bit on Christmas Eve.

Jep and I arrived in Carmel on Thursday night and had an awesome mexican dinner with my mom. Christmas Eve day was spent doing a little shopping and visiting mom at work (I'm not sure how much Jep enjoys spending time in a jewelry store--I come out of there with a huge wish list every time!) Christmas Eve night we went to church and then out for a nice dinner. Unfortunately, we didn't run into Peyton Manning this year, but we did have an delicious dinner at Z's Oyster Bar & Steakhouse. For all of you in Indianapolis, if you haven't been there--you need to go!

Christmas day was spent opening gifts and eating another yummy dinner prepared by my dad. And, of course the day after we headed to the mall to do some shopping before the Sunday games started.

All in all, we had another great trip!

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!