Climbing in Red Rock Nevada

This is a picture that Mark took while climbing with The Boy in Red Rocks in Nevada. Can you find the Boy?

An Ode to Modern Meds

So after suffering for 12 days with a horrible cold, cough, congestion, pain and having to work and function through it, I finally broke down and went to the doctor yesterday. He diagnosed me with having both bronchitis (fluid in the lungs) and sinusitis (sinus infection). I am on some antibiotics that are preggo-safe. Almost immediately I started to get relieve in the way of feeling like I was actually getting better. My cough is totally manageable and I can see an end in sight. I still had presentations today where I hacked and sniffed my way through, so I am home resting now, however, to all those out there that may have a cold--embrace the goodness of prescription meds and start on the road to recovery!!

PFG Conference

These are some pics of the recent PFG Conference March 1-3. The ones of me on stage are the coat that fit the Friday before the Tuesday night awards ceremony--as you can see, I couldn't button it up! Also, notice that you can see my white shirt through the black sweater...it's getting tight in here!

This week in the life of baby Smitty

So this week is the 29th week of the pregnancy. Last Friday I left and went down to DC to visit with the Babcock's and Brayden for the weekend before the Principal National conference started on Monday. On Friday, I had a prospective client presentation and wore my "fat" suit jacket--wasn't a maternity jacket, but was very big on me when I wasn't pregnant. It essentially fit on Friday, but was snug. Last night, we had the awards dinner for Principal and I had to put the same coat on--it didn't fit and I couldn't even get the two sides to get close by about an inch!! How could we have grown that much in just three days??? If this is the rate that I am expanding on, it is going to be interesting from here on out. I can feel him on a very very regular basis now, which is fun--makes it really seem real. I put this picture up from the What to Expect website as it is hard to visualize what the little guy is actually developing into at this point. He is about 3 pounds this week, but I have gain about 25 pounds so far...hum....that puts me on track for almost 40 pounds of gain...argh...can't wait to get out on the bike and in the water this summer!