Baby Brewer on Board!

On Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 I peed on a stick. Yep I said it. And I held that stick in my hand and watched a tiny pink plus sign appear!

 After hyperventilating for a few minutes I ran downstairs and shoved that pee stick with a plus sign in Chris's face. After he woke up and pulled himself off the ground we went to buy a second test. And that one straight up said "Pregnant"!!

Chris was equally as excited this time around.

At 6 weeks and 6 days we went to the doctor and got see our little nugget (henceforth known as BB 'Baby Brewer'). It kind of looks like a gummy bear.

At our appointment we were told that BB will be arriving on or around June 12, 2012! June babies are the best :) (Speaking from personal experience.)

And now for some belly shots:

 5 weeks

11 weeks

(sorry for the terrible quality of photo, blame the Blackberry)

We can not wait to meet this little thing and in 6 months or 28 weeks or just 2 short trimesters we will!

Spa Day!

Shortly after arriving in Colorado Chris's team at Paycom rocked it out and sold well over quota for the month. As a treat they received a spa day at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. What an amazing, gorgeous, stunning, well designed, impeccably maintained resort! I could live there, the massage, facial and pedicure didn't help me want to leave. But enough of that, see for yourself:

Kaci and I before the Spa!

Paycom Denver robed and ready to relax

View from the spa

Arts and Crafts

We recently changed our bedroom colors to dark gray and yellow and have been lacking on art work so I figured I would undertake a little project. Several months ago I came across this painted dresser on  

 Designsponge.com

So I took the design and translated it onto a canvas. I started with a blank canvas (I think it was 40''x28'') from Michael's.

I started by painting a base coat of mustard yellow.

 I then taped off even diamonds across the canvas.

Next I painted the entire canvas gray.

Peeled off the tape and had these perfect gray diamonds.

 Then I took some gray paint and feathered the edges of the diamonds.

Then I used a dark purple to paint smaller diamonds inside the gray ones.

And finally I used a magenta to add a third diamond inside the gray and purple.

And I was finished! Tada! New art for the bedroom.

I'm back!

So its been a little over 19 months since I last posted on a blog, this one to be exact http://brewerstobe.blogspot.com/, and boy has a lot happened since then! A quick recap.....

March 2010

We got married!! On March 13, 2010 Chris and I got married in Sarasota, Fl at the Shelby Botanical Gardens. It was a beautiful day filled with friends, family, dancing and fun. We followed it up with a week in the northern region of Costa Rica. Amazing!

April 2010

 Lived in newlywed bliss and ran our first triathalon.

May 2010

 I quit my job at PCI Group and started a one year accelerated BSN program at Queens University of Charlotte! Also Chris turned 21 28 and we celebrated with friends and a golf outing!

June 2010

 I turned 25 and we went to DC to visit some amazing friends and explore the city!

July-August 2010

 Enjoyed our summer, I studied my butt off, and Chris sold some payroll.

September 2010-November 2010

 Cheered on our college football teams, toured Asheville and the Biltmore with my parents, studied, sold payroll, carved pumpkins, handed out Halloween candy, and ate a delicious Thanksgiving dinner at Chris's parents house.

December 2010

Merry Christmas! This year we went to Tampa to visit my family for the holidays. It was wonderful to spend time with them. Unfortunately we missed a white Christmas in Charlotte :( But we did take a side trip to Nashville, TN to check something off Chris's bucket list. We enjoyed not 1 but 2 of Garth Brooks'  out of retirement shows. AMAZING! We also celebrated the entry into 2011 with great friends in Charlotte and a Clemson bowl game.

January 2011

I went to school, Chris worked, it snowed, the pups played!

February 2011
Not much this month except Valentines day which was a delicious red themed dinner of some of our favorite things! Baked brie with raspberry, scallops seared in a pomegranate butter, couscous with cranberries and cupcakes for dessert!
My Valentine's

March 2011
Happy 1 year Anniversary!! For our anniversary we spent the weekend in Georgia at Callaway Gardens. Now this might seem strange but it was AMAZING! My cousin's husband is the GM at Callaway and he hooked us up! Presidential Suite for 3 nights, a free round of golf, great food, hiking, massages and facials, and a chance to see my cousins! All in all a perfect way to spend our anniversary.

April 2011
Wild west tour! This year Chris sold enough payroll to qualify for Paycom's President's Club. And boy let me tell you, he will never not sell enough again! We started the trip in Cali, made our way through Vegas and onward to Sedona, AZ. More to come on this amazing trip.

May 2011
May was a busy busy month. On the 3rd Chris turned 29! On the 5th I graduated Nursing School! On the 19th I took the NCLEX, passed and became a nurse!!!

June 2011
I turned 26! A quarter of a century come and gone. Then I went and spent two weeks at Victory Junction. A camp for kids with chronic illnesses or disabilities. In short. Life Changing. More on that later.

July 2011
I started my first big girl as a nurse job as a Labor and Delivery nurse at Presbyterian Hospital!

August 2011
I enjoyed my days at work, we went to Florida to visit my family and Chris kicked butt at work. In actuality he kicked butt enough to be promoted from sales to management!! Thus the move from Charlotte to Denver. Congrats Chris!!!!!!

September 2011
We moved to Denver! And now we are here!