March 9

Hi! We have been keeping busy. Now that I am feeling better, we are actually going out with friends and trying to do some fun things. Last weekend we went to a Creighton basketball game with our good friends Ryan and Emily. We ate at a "legendary" place just down the street from us called California Tacos. It was really good. Whenever we tell people where we live they say "oh, you live near Cali Taco", so it was probably time we ate there!

Just this past Friday one of our nutrition technicians made me a baby cake with rubber duckies. It is so cute and it was so sweet of her to make it for me. I admit we haven't cut into it yet, but she makes the best cakes so I know it will be good.

Friday evening we went to a Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban concert. It was a blast and Keith Urban is phenomenal. One of our friends told us he has his Master's in guitar; he played two or three acoustic songs and also played the piano. We went with our friends Ben and Brigid (couple) and Chad and Maria (couple). We ate at another "legendary" neighborhood place, Dundee Dell, and had fish and chips with Chad and Maria. It is well liked by the Catholic crowd during Lent, and I must say it was very good. Ethan already wants to go back.

Yesterday we headed to Lincoln to see some good friends of ours from Chadron, Jerry and Jill Mack. They were in town for boys state basketball and their daughter goes to UNL. They were our mentor couple when we were taking our marriage classes and Jill was my sponsor when I joined the church. It was so great to see them and catch up. We were also able to see Emlyn, my sister in law, who baked some chocolate chip cookies that were fresh out of the oven when we got there. She's the best!

As you can tell, we have been pretty busy! Maybe that's why I feel so tired today?? Other than that, I am continuing to grow. I finally had to rubber band my jeans to go to the concert and over to Lincoln. We went to Mimi Maternity to get a belly band to hold up my work pants and a cuddle pillow for sleeping on my side. I am no longer sleeping through the night...between urinating, crazy dreams, and coughing, it's a little rough. I am fighting a crazy cold so I sound terrible and I don't feel very well. I wish the weather would just get warm so everyone can be healthy.

That is all from cloudy Omaha. Have a great week!

**Pictures to come...no patience to wait on them to download today**

Also, we got our Girl Scout cookies this week--YUMMY :)