good news week

youve heard the saying "bad news comes in threes."  i would like to invent a new saying: "sometimes life goes super awesome and its like an avalanche of rad things just keep happening."  or the short version: "good news comes in threes."

at least, i like to think thats true.  

and this week, it has been.

1. my best friend/bad influence/fellow ugly/shes-known-me-for-too-long-for-me-to-let-her-get-very-far-away-with-my-secrets has spontaneously decided to come visit me next week!  she is a teacher so during spring break she is coming to hang out.  ive almost got her convinced that she should leave washington is come to california instead.  this is the first time in forever that she has come to me, and im really excited because:
a. i havent seen her since august
b. she is our first house guest since we moved to ca
c. im long overdo for some ugly pictures.

now, before you get upset that im calling my best friend ugly, you must understand-there are some faces only a mother and a best friend could love.  and a mother is iffy.  see?

this is an ugly.  no doubt.

2. i also got to see my dad on a last minute business trip this week!  he was only here for a few hours, but i got to talk to him and show him the new car (which i am supremely and probably unreasonably proud of, but hey can you blame me for being excited about the very first car thats every been bought just for me?!  see?  its overboard) and he reminisced about the area from his past business trips up this way.  

we were both concentrating on whether my finger was flexible enough to hit the camera button.

as a daddy's girl, im always excited to spend time with my dad.  we have alot in common-the same interests, passions, opinions, and world view.  sometimes, this leads to arguments and short tempers, but its all because we love each other.  

i think.

my teenage years were rough.

3.  and the one thing you all have been waiting for, and the one thing ive cruelly made you wait for, we found out the baby's gender! 

its a girl!!

backstory: on wednesday, we went to the dr and had the ultrasound.  we took an envelope for the tech to put the picture in so we could give it to my friends, who were making us a cake with either blue or pink filling.  

it was cool, watching the baby wiggle around, especially after a while it didnt seem to be super keen on the pressure around its head.  at one point the baby had hiccups, and at another, it started kicking its legs and bouncing its butt up in the air, which had all three of us laughing.

i think the best part was watching brian though-he hadnt seen the baby yet, and it was sweet to watch him glued to the screen, and the side smile that crept onto his face when the baby had its arms around its head in the exact same position brian often falls asleep in.  

so two of my friends took on the task of making a cake and we had a bunch of friends over last night for the party.  we called it a gender reveal party; we wanted to call it a "gentitalia unveiling," but thought some people might get offended.  but now you know.

i did some decorating.

we had people guess what it would be

wives tales and what it would be based on how they applied to me

yellow foods, the banner i made, and a buttload of streamers

mmm chocolate. the he's have nuts. HAHA.

the GORGEOUS cake (gluten free!)

after everyone got there, we cut the cake, and found the icing inside was pink...a girl!  both of us were shocked, we both thought it was going to be a boy.  

the moment of cake/gender/genitalia reveal

so yay, a mini alex!  but, true to mini alex form, there is a moratorium on pink. its not completely banned; weird pinks (like peach or melon or something) are ok, and things with pink on them are ok.  but completely pink things are out.  

should this result in a completely purple wardrobe, a purple ban might ensue as well...girls can wear blue and green too!

and if you should want to watch the video of the cake cutting, i will put it up soon.  then you can see my totally shocked face.

YAY GOOD NEWS!