Swim Lessons

On Monday Hannah started swim lessons...well if you can call it that. It is more like play time in the pool with lots of toys and a little bit of lessons. I guess at least she is becoming more comfortable with the water. On Monday they taught her how to walk in water that is about up to her chest...well at least they taught her to be comfortable walking in water that high. Yesterday our lesson was blowing bubbles in the water, something which Hannah did not really want to do, she was more interested in playing with the hundreds of floating toys around her, which of course I really can't blame her. Also her friend Sydney is in the class and I swear when these two girls get together they just become crazy and don't listen...it is lots of fun, especially when you are in the pool trying to teach them a lesson.
We finally got her to blow bubbles in the pool...yay! At one point the teacher was observing her and Hannah accidentally took in some water instead of blowing it out. Hannah had a painful look on her face and the teacher asked her if she was o.k. and if she took in some water. Hannah gave her a very serious look and asked "Can you take the water out?" She cracks us up. Can't wait to see what the lesson plan is today that Hannah and Sydney won't listen to. I am glad we are not paying a lot of money for this class.

New Unitrans Double Decker

As I was driving to work this morning I saw this huge modern day double decker bus...you know the kind that looks like a Greyhound or Amtrak fancy bus but with two levels. I thought what is that bus doing here in Davis? As I got closer I noticed the destination sign read "Unitrans" and students were getting on the bus at an "E" line bus stop. So I guess Unitrans has a new bus or they are trying it out b/c the Unitrans logo has not been painted on it yet. It seems kind of out of place to me and doesn't look quite right...it is huge! If I can get a picture of it I will post it.

WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting)

So most people probably think that I would be the last person to go to a WEC event and actually enjoy it but I did!! Two of our previous asst. men's wrestling coaches have moved onto a new career of cagefighting. The first one, Uriah Faber, who I only knew for a year before he quit his job with UC Davis to pursue this career was the main event last night at Arco Arena. He was fighting to maintain his title as the featherweight champion of the world. The other asst. coach, Mark Munoz, just quit in April to further pursue his career in the cagefighting world and was one of the other fights last night that we went to go see. I have known Mark for over 4 years and so the ladies from work and I that went were really mainly going to support him. Mark promised me he would not get hurt so that is why I decided to go. Now keep in mind I have never seen an ultimate fight in person or on TV so I was in for a shock. This is how the night went:

The actual event started at 3pm but the girls and I had no interest in sitting through 6 hours of ultimate fighting so we got there at 6pm when Mark's fight was suppose to start. 90% of the ultimate fighting fans were there at 3pm so by the time we got there they were already very drunk and the smell of beer as we walked in almost made me throw up with my very sensitive nose these days. The crowd was very interesting to say the least...a totally different world for me and I stuck out like a sore thumb with my khaki shorts and tennis shoes. Apparently as a girl I should have been wearing about 6 inch platform or high heel shoes, a halter top of some sort and either shorts or a skirt that are so short you could get quite a view if I bent over. At least my shirt was black which is what most of the crowd was wearing so I felt a little more hip. We got to our seats and had to kick 3 big guys out of our seats who did not seem happy to move...oh well.
The first fight at 6pm was my very first ultimate fight and it was horrible. The guys danced around each other for all 3 rounds and barely touched each other. The crowd was pissed! They were booing and hissing...it was funny. After the 3 rounds they determined the winner based on what little technique was used and the crowd was still booing. There are breaks in between each fight and the next fight was our friend Mark. While we were waiting for his fight to start a fight broke out in our section only a couple of rows in front of us! We saw the guys shit talking each other and then before you know it one got out of his seat and it started. I don't know what they were mad at...maybe they hadn't gotten their rage out from the fact that the fight we just watched really wasn't much of a fight at all but I grabbed my purse and was ready to run out! In came about 6 police and ended up carrying out one of the guys by his arms, legs and torso...basically dragging him out face down...never seen that before! Then the lights got low and the drama started for Mark's fight. All us girls were screaming and yelling for Mark and I felt like now we were staring to fit in a little more with the crowd. Before each fight they pat each of the fighters down and check behind their ears and other places for I guess concealed weapons...again a different world. I was so nervous for Mark before the fight...I just didn't want him to get hurt and I didn't want the crowd to boo him like they had the previous fight. He had promised me before the fight that he wouldn't get hurt and let me tell you he held true to his promise! 2 minutes into the fight he knocked the guy unconscious!! No one really knew the other guy was unconscious, I just kept wondering why he wouldn't get up and from talking to Mark today he too was wondering that b/c the guy had his legs wrapped around Mark so it looked like his was still with it. The referee had to jump in and stop the fight and the guy went out on a stretcher! Mark basically looked untouched! I never thought I would say this but it was awesome!!! The crowd was going crazy and all was right again in the crazy world of ultimate fighting. So much so that this time during the break before the next fight instead of a fight breaking out in our section a guy got up and decided to do some very entertaining dancing for us on the stairs. Everyone was happy again. :)
The next fight was a little crazy and then the last fight was Urijah Faber and his opponent Jens Pulver which was the main fight of the night. I guess in championship fights there are 5 rounds and this fight lasted all 5 rounds but again our previous asst. wrestling coach Urijah was clearly dominating and even though both competitors were standing at the end it was clear that Urijah won...you could just tell by looking at who's face was more beat up. Urijah was officially declared the winner and the evening was over.
One thing that really surprised me was how nice the fighters are to each other after the fight and how they truly congratulate who ever wins. There is no harshness or hatred they are really good sportsmen. Another thing this is surprising is the crowd goes crazy when they see this good sportsmanship amoung the fighters which made me think differently of all these crazy peeps who watch this on a regular basis. All in all it was a great night and while I am not by any means going to become and ultimate fighting fan I will so go to another fight here in Sacramento if Mark or Urijah are fighting. It was definitely a new experience and a fun one at that. :)

Heartbeat

We had our doctor's appointment today and initially it was suppose to be later today with the regular person I see but she called in sick so I was worried as to who the replacement was going to be, plus they had to move the appt. to 11am. The replacement was great...I really haven't found a bad person in this OB/GYN dept. After like 5 pages of personal questions to most of which my answers were no ( I lead a pretty dull life) I got to hop up on the table and see if we could hear the heartbeat. Since I am only 7 1/2 weeks pregnant she warned me that we might not hear it. After some searching she found it! It was so faint and we only heard it for a little bit but off in the distance we heard a rapid heartbeat. Very exciting. The doctor said she was rock star for finding it...it cracked us up.
For a few weeks now I have had a really bad feeling that there was more then one baby in there...don't ask me why, it was just a feeling. But the doctor said that my uterus was too small for multiples so most likely there was only one. Now don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with twins (Paul & Tara), but having twins after you already have one and in the small sized house we have would have been very interesting. I knew I wasn't one of those intuitive moms who knows things like what the sex of her baby is so I don't know why I was worried about this feeling. :)

Garbage Man

Every Thursday morning Hannah and I go running outside when we hear our garbage truck coming down the street. We have the same guy every week and he is really great. He waves at Hannah and honks the horn for us sometimes (which I am sure the neighbors love) and Hannah loves it. We always have to stand out there until the truck goes around the corner and we cannot see him anymore.
Yesterday we ran out there as usual but this time our garbage man pulled up to our house and stopped, turned off his truck and came out to give Hannah a video on garbage trucks called "There goes a garbage truck!". Hannah was beyond thrilled that she was getting this "movie" on garbage trucks and with huge eyes and a great big smile said "thank you" to the garbage truck man. I thought it was so sweet of him to do that...what a very nice guy. So we are borrowing this video until next week and when we return it next Thursday I plan to have a card for him from Hannah as a thank you.

Freakin' Tired!

So by now everyone knows that I am pregnant. I am so freakin' tired which is why I have not posted in quite some time. To give you an example of how freakin' tired I am at around 11:30 today I went downstairs to the Women's Locker Room and the wonderful ladies down there set up a cot for me in the staff area, gave me some folded up towels as pillows, and I slept. The room was as cold as an ice box but I was so tired that somehow I managed to get in about 45 minutes of sleep. I need to make a note to bring a blanket to work so if I ever need to go down there to sleep again I can take my blanket.
I remembered that our women's soccer coach went down there to sleep sometimes when she was pregnant with her first and I am so glad I took advantage...it helped me get SOME work done today. While I was there the softball coach came in to change and she was sweet enough to remind me that they have a nice couch in their office with a pillow and I am free to use that any time to nap b/c they won't be there too much now b/c they will be off recruiting. She said the head softball coach - who is also currently pregnant, uses it a lot also to sleep and it is probably more comfortable then the cot. What a great group of people I work with...now I have 2 places to nap during the day. :)
Last I want to wish my mom a Happy Birthday today. Apparently her co-workers got her a singing telegram and she was mortified. At least it made her birthday more interesting.

Hannahisms

This weekend on Saturday was my dad's birthday. My mom & dad came up for dinner and we baked my dad a cake. On someone's birthday or pretty much any day Hannah likes to run around yelling "It's a party day! It's a party day!". It is quite funny.

Hannah is also funny when it comes to wind. She feels that either she will blow away or sometimes it could also be her hair or her barrettes...hilarious. If you go outside and it is windy like it has been she grabs you really tight and holds on for dear life screaming "I don't blow away!". And then as I said sometimes she grabs her hair or barrettes and is so worried that they won't blow away. I think she has been watching or reading a little too much Winnie the Pooh. For those of you not familiar with Winnie the Pooh...a big wind storm comes along and sweeps up Pooh & Piglet and carries them to Owl's house.

On Monday Adam decided to take Hannah out to go fly her Winnie the Pooh kite. They had called me at work just before they were going to go and Hannah tells me she is going to sit in the stroller so she doesn't blow away. Later that evening she kept looking outside the window and saying "It's a blustery day out there!". Again more evidence that she watches/reads too much Winnie the Pooh. And Adam reports again today that as they went to Nugget and to school Hannah was telling everyone she sees that "It's a blustery day out there!". Kids come up with the greatest phrases!

Last here is a picture of Hannah eating her spagehetti at Bistro 33 for my dad's b-day. She was shoveling it down and then the next day she was shoveling it down again. I decided to try this spagehetti to see how good it tastes and I quickly discovered why she was throwing it down like chocolate...it tasted like it had about several cups of sugar in it...it was so sweet! And if I say something is sweet you know it is.