wheel....of.....fortune!!!

so, remember that one time a few years ago....my husband was on the price is right??

need a recap? here he is...

well folks, this time he's going for wheel of fortune!! auditions are in san diego on saturday and we are SO THERE. well, i'm just there for moral support, but i'm seriously hoping that the combination of his cute face, and mad puzzle skills will land him a spot on the show so that he can win big and buy little emmy and i a house!! we watch the show every single night while eating dinner, and he truly has talent. wish us luck!!

my weekend was probably better than your weekend.

i feel this journey of mine to getting legal in the united states of america is finally going somewhere. today we will meet with a dear lawyer friend from church to get everything in order and hopefully all paperwork will be sent in this week sometime. (fingers crossed) if everything goes as planned...i will be approved for permanent residency and i get to go HOME FOR CHRISTMAS! (and return back here afterwards, which i guess is the big issue at this time) ....i guess if i DON'T get approved i will be deported and heading home for 3 YEARS (husband will be devastated) ...so either way home is in my near future! right now i just dream of my wonderful family and snow angels and and lovely hughes family celebrations for the holidays with gregory john and baby emmy. is that too much to ask?

today is sister shell's birthday!! she is finally 20 years old, which makes Logan look like much less of a cradle-robber. haha happy birthday shell!!! i love you and it was so great to see you this weekend! we spent all day yesterday at lawrence welk resort playing in the pool...and on the water slide (thats right "women who are pregnant should not go on the water slide" signs don't phase me!! due in 6 weeks and riding the slide like a champ!) then we went out for dinner. the day was swell.

speaking of the weekend, i went to my first high school football game on friday night. this was my first, mainly because football wasn't an option at my high school. we had...rugby ....hockey ... basketball...soccer...volleyball....nope. no football. i can honestly say i didn't pay much attention, but i liked the overall experience...and Hunter Moore is a stud. i think i have a crush on him.

i hope all you lovers had a lovely weekend!

emmy's nursery

Emmy's Shower

My dear friend from church, Jill Wright threw baby Emmerson the sweetest little baby shower. Aside from the hot hot heat, everything was precious. thank you to everyone who made it so special! oh....and Emmy will be a well dressed little girl.

sasterssss (shell surprised me from utah!!)

the tarts!

the chocolate...see's of course.

cupcakes!

party favors! (see's chocolate inside)

the darling baby wreath made with love by Dyanna Moore

hot pink gerber daisies!

we like presents!

family and friends!

it was truly a lovely baby shower!

...and yet another.

oh birthdays. i love them. i love them more when i get to celebrate. tomorrow's birthday party will sadly take place without me. in my homeland. August 27th is my dad's date of birth! i will eat cake in honor of your day daddy! Happy Birthday!! i love you! :)

another happy day.

tomorrow is a very special day. my dearest of dear friends is aging yet another year. Miss Ashleigh Patrice Tanner is turning 29!! (don't cry ash, it'll be fun.) Ashleigh and i have been the bestest of friends for over 9 years!! thats a long time. we have many hideous pictures to prove it, and i'm about to include you in the reminiscing so please keep your unkind comments about our unfortunate fashion choices to yourselves. we have done a WHOOOOOLE lot together. when i first moved here we didn't really work....or go to school....we just played ALL the time. a few highlights include: the beach, MANY concerts, 2 years in a row of going to the teen choice awards, going to LA for show tapings like ellen, oprah, jay leno, sharon osbourne, tyra, and joey (friends), and lets not forget disneyland, utah, vegas, arizona, canada, washington DC, hollywood excursions, and soooo much more. 

before the teen choice awards! '04

singles ward parties. '05

Washington DC '06?

my new car!! '06

arizona!

Quinton road roomies! '07

724 roomies! '08

wedding day! '08

friday nights!

and we still play alllll the time! (taylor swift concert '09)

we've done more in our years as friends than most people get to do in a lifetime and i've enjoyed every second of it!  always a good time tanner...SO many good memories, and SO many different hair colors on my part. wow. well i think you're the best, and i know there are many more good times to come. i hope your day is swell! happy birthday ash pash bo bash! i love your guts!

love, nikki

playbill

wednesday evening i saw a lovely show with some radical people. Wicked was indeed wicked, and i recommend you get your tickets.  

 

30 weeks

...finally the little one has shown her face. we had an ultrasound today and got a good look at little emmy!

green machine.

over the weekend we painted baby emmy's room. i love the color, i just need that precious bedding to go in the precious crib before the room will look even somewhat complete to my eyeballs. I will take pictures after the baby shower to show you all the finished product. in the mean time, here is a progress report for those of you who care! 

warning: some of the images shown (unhumanly-white massive amounts of skin...aka my stomach) may be shocking to some viewers. proceed at your own risk.

we are painters.

they call this spring leaf green.

a little finger painting.

love for emmerson claire.

we fight, we break up.

we kiss, we make up. 

(a mask to protect the child from getting high)

sugar, i thought you were my friend.

today is the day i nearly died. (i'm being dramatic, no need to seriously fret) i had some tests done this morning. a glucose test to see if i have pregnant lady diabetes, and blood work. i was to go WITHOUT FOOD when i woke up this morning, get to the lab, drink pure sugar, wait an hour for it to get into my system, pee in a cup, and then have 8 tubes of blood drawn from my arm. piece of cake! i was feeling great, and left with a smile on my face. i figured food was next on my list, so i was cruisin down the street to grab some carl's jr. which was the closest place. well just my luck, the light stays red......forever. my body starts shaking. the light is still red. i start sweating, and i can't think straight. finally green. (i hope) i pull into the parking lot and have to blink a million times a second to keep the blackness that is suddenly taking over my vision away. i park my car and take a swig of water, trying to decide whether i should close my eyes and just get this passing out thing over with, or try to make it inside to get my food (with the possibility of being completely tits-up on the ground in front of a dozen strangers within seconds) i opted for option one. my car was more comfortable than the concrete. just then i see a nice lady walking back to her car which was conveniently parked next to mine...i rolled down my window asking if she could help me. turns out the nice lady is a nurse. heaven sent! she told me to keep my head between my knees (the massive gut i'm currently sporting made this slightly difficult) and i started to feel better instantly. the nice heaven sent nurse lady got me a chicken sandwich inside, and all because of her i wasn't left in my car to rot. i guess she works with my doctor quite often and called him after she drove off to let him have it for not telling me to bring food with me to eat immediately after the testing. i know this, because the nurse in my doctors office called me to check on me soon after. good times. it's a great day to be alive!