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So tomorrow we'll know more about my situation with Violet.
I'm nervous, I don't want to hear anything bad but any information will be better than none. We have a lot to get done tomorrow. And today I feel like making our bedroom a fort.


And maybe we need to go grocery shopping.
:D

bowling and bambi

We've started this tradition of going bowling every Thursday. It's pretty awesome and it's different people that show up every time so it keeps things interesting. This time it was Cristian, myself, and our good friend Connor. We had a pretty good time and Cristian tore it up! Not gonna lie, I was incredibly impressed he's good at everything he does and apparently bowling is no exception. I can tell that Connor is getting better to.

I'm just getting worse.
I feel like I have a good excuse though, being all top and front heavy right now with my sweet baby girl :D. I thought maybe she would give me some extra power but.. she just wears me out. I ended up copping out for the last game and just sat back and watched it was pretty entertaining.

After we went to Angies for some dinner-ate way to much and then we both crashed while reading in bed. We're a pretty awesome couple I think :D

Connor came over the other night to try and figure out something with his XBOX 360. For some reason we got talking about.. childhood things and Cristian goes "Did you know that Bambi was actually the spider and not the pig?" Uh.. Connor and I look at each other and both say at the same time "BAMBI WAS A DEER". LOL. It was hilarious. I think he was a little embarrassed but it makes a fantastic story.

Sighs. I love him.
While he's hard at work all day I'm just trying to stay awake and not lose my mind because I'm alone all the time. We're working on getting a pet so I have something to keep me occupied and yesterday he took me to Hobby Lobby to help me find some things to keep me entertained while I'm home alone. So we got a blank frame, some paints and brushes and maybe that'll help me not feel so crazy while he's gone. He's good to me. :D

It's a beautiful sunny day.
I should probably take the dogs on a walk and enjoy it.

new chart and hopefully waffles

Waffles.
Yes, that's what I want for dinner tonight. Hopefully my mom will let me use her mixer since we're too poor to purchase one yet. And maybe she'll let me take a bottle of syrup to. Pathetic right?

Cristian came home with a new book for me. And he took me to see "The Vow". I'm pretty spoiled and he's a really good sport. I liked the movie, and I started reading the book- so far it's pretty good. I can't remember the name of it, but it's about magic and witches, etc. So I'm sure once I get further into it I won't be able to put it down. :D

Work has really been stressing him out so I've been thinking about a way I could spoil him a little. I wish he wasn't so hard to buy for, or that the things he'd really like weren't so expensive. The result is mostly that he gets to wait longer for his surprises, I don't think he minds though..... sure hope he doesn't anyways.

About 3 more months of being pregnant, and while actually having my sweet baby girl in my arms is a pretty scary and exciting thought, I'm starting to get really uncomfortable in my own body. Feeling like a beached whale all the time really isn't awesome. I love the feeling of her in there moving around, and I have special moment with her and Cristian... so uncomfortable though. Next appt is March 1st and we'll have a better idea of what's actually going on with her. And me. And in my meantime I just have to deal with this discomfort.

Sighs.
Love.

Later:

We made waffles! And they weren't too bad.
Cristian's such a star. Every time I start to stress out about life he's right there with all the right things to tell me. He's seeing me at my worst right now and still refuses to be anywhere except right by my side. Violet and I are two lucky girls, and we love him so much.

wild cherry

We had a great Valentine's Day yesterday. For a guy whose not really into celebrating holidays because he never really has before, he sure did a fantastic job. Wild flowers, a new movie. Went out to dinner last night and then he received his gift (lots of junk food, soda, and a surprise).

I was going to do something a little more sentimental, but he's kind of a hard person to ...get. I told him so and now I think maybe he would have appreciated something a little more touching. Next time I suppose. :D

It was warm last night in our house, the last couple of nights have been killer cold and we couldn't figure out why. Turns out we haven't been shutting our front door all the way so it's been swinging wide open every night letting the arctic become our close neighbor.


Cristian's on his way down to the big city, through the snowy canyon for work. I kind of hate his job. Well, that his job makes him do things like this. I just want him to be safe but he'll call once he's all the way through and we'll get lunch together.

Mid morning nap.

valentines day. no reservations

Valentines Day!
I won't be writing about that quite yet but I did want to wish everyone the best and have fun spending time with the people you love :D

I know I will
<3

Breaking dawn. closing down the shop

Yes. It's true. My husband waited in line until midnight to get my early Valentine's Day present. It was Breaking Dawn. I guess he was the only guy in line and when the girls asked him what he was doing and he said he was buying it for his wife they all cooed at him and told him how cute that was.

He acts like he hates the attention, but truth is, deep down, he totally loves it. Which makes him that much more adorable.

We've been working on closing down his shop. I think it's been kind of hard for him because it was a pretty big dream he had. But I mean, life happens and things change fast. Maybe one day he'll get to have the opportunity to try again but for now it's recycling all the oil and towing his car up to my parents house, and paying back all the overdue rent. I personally will feel much better once this whole fiasco is behind us and we can focus on working through some other things we've got going on.

Valentines Day tomorrow :D

dead to the world & star wars

Cristian won tickets to go and see Star Wars in 3D this Saturday. He had to answer some questions on the radio about Babe Ruth and through some creative guesses he managed to score them. He's been talking about going to see this movie for a few months now, it's ironic the tickets are for 10am and he can't make it because he works.
So I'm going. I mean, I would have been going anyways-just with him-ya know?
Oh the cruel irony right?
But it'll be cool because I'm taking his little brother.
He'll go sometime else on Saturday or possibly Sunday. We'll just have to see what happens.

Last night we came out to my parents for Talisa's 17th birthday. We got her a Dick Tracy movie, gum, some Skittles Blenders, and nail polish. Apparently she's into painting her nails these days :D. I think she enjoyed it, and we enjoyed the Chinese food and delicious chocolate cake. It was a good night but I was exhausted by the time we left.
After getting home Cristian played some games while I took a long hot shower. I have a hard time keeping warm these days. After my shower I snuggle up under the covers in our new bed and passed out. Cristian came in and apparently had a great time RECORDING ME SNORING while I caught myself up on sleep. What the freak? So this morning he had a nice little surprise for me. Still can't believe he actually took the time to RECORD me doing it. It was pretty funny though.

I have a funny husband.
Today at lunch we tried to figure out the next big event coming up-or we should be planning on coming up.
BABY SHOWER.

We both have a million people on each side who would like to throw it. Not sure how we're going to manage to pull this off without hurting someone's feelings. Guess we'll talk about it more later tonight.

new mattress.black eye

I think the drool all over Cristian's pillow this morning is a good indicator of how well he slept last night. And I suppose he shouldn't be judged for that minor transgression. He's been sleeping on the floor since we got our apartment and I'm sure spending the night on our new fantastic mattress with a real pillow felt like heaven. Oh the things that we do when we're poor. Right?

Or rather, oh the things he does for me because he loves me. :D
Yeah that's right, had to throw something mushy in there. I have a bucket and am vomiting right along with you-please remember to brush your teeth.

Anyway. It's nice to have a real place to sleep, and to have him next to me where he should be. Now we have to get rid of the bed I was using so we can get into our closets. If it's not one thing, it's another ya know?

On another exciting note I got up this morning with a black eye.
I mean seriously. A black eye.
I woke up feeling like the side of my face was a little sore. Last night when we were winding down enjoying some pillow talk I tried to knock his phone out of his hand as a joke, and instead the joke landed on me. Literally. His phone smacked me in the face. It didn't hurt that bad though so the pooling dark circle around my eye was a little shocking to see in the mirror.

Hilarious.
What wasn't AS funny was getting pulled over this morning for "failing to change lanes when approaching a police car on the roadside". It's a $90 fine-which sucks-but is much better than I thought it was going to. Cristian tried scaring me this morning by saying that a "misdemeanor" was like "if you were drifting and hit another car".. MASS over-exaggeration if I ever heard one but hey-I still love him despite the delusions. :D

Exciting morning for the N' family.
I should probably get some pics on this thing.

the.activation-Cris&Chels

Yes, our family blog. We're doing it!! (Well, I am)
Before I really start this thing, let me just say that no one's perfect.

You see, while we are but two lowly inhabitants of earth who-in fact-need NO introduction, I'm absolutely insist up on it. I'll begin by disclosing to you (the general public) what impressive people we are. After, I'll illustrate to you (in extensive detail) all the brilliant things we've done for the world simply by being alive and finding each other.

Then I'll conclude by saying some things that are true.

So let's talk about me!
ME. {The greatest thing to come out of the 80s'}
I know I know, pretty hard to believe when some 80's highlights include ridiculous shoelaces, Michael Jackson and yes, Prozac. But I didn't ask for this, and refuse to be persecuted for it. My name is Chelsea.
I'm a different kind of awesome.
Let me try and explain.
If I were a natural disaster, I'd be an active erupting volcano. Sort of like the one is Pisa Italy years back. Come on, you know the one I'm talking about. It obliterated thousands up thousands of people based simply on the fact that it was spontaneous and fast? The world just wasn't ready. Most of all the locals (ALL of the locals?) were petrified instantly because of molten ash. May they all rest in peace. Now, I haven't killed anyone-that you know of-but I frequently take the world by surprise, like said volcano. Bafflement, blank stares, and drooling are pretty dependable symptoms. [instant petrification if ya know what I mean]. I guess that's what happens when you're incredibly good looking also but.. whatevs..

But let me ask you, have YOU ever backpacked through Italy (at 19) by yourself for a few months? Didn't think so. What about lived on nothing but bamboo rat (that you had to trap, skin, and gut yourself) in the festering jungles of Thailand for several weeks? No?!
Then you've probably never been black either. Don't feel bad, we can't all be.
It's not like I think I'm superior to anyone or anything...

I'd like to write more but frankly I think the world might be a tad bit overloaded by what I've shared thus far0-about myself. I'll conclude my self introduction by sharing 3 fun facts about me. Cause let's face it, who doesn't love a good fun fact or three?
1)First of all, I think I'm racist. And I also think it's funny. I heard a great new black joke the other day. What do you call the black stuff between an elephants toes? Slow natives! Ha! Get it! Boss.

2) Next, I don't enjoy being around people that wear substandard footwear. I don't care what anyone says. Shoes are important, IF you're going to wear them. If you don't have good quality shoes, please go barefoot. I'd rather see your fungus infected toenails, moles, and hair hobbit feet then scruffy looking trainers. Seriously.

3) I secretly aspire to become a tightrope walker.

So about my counterpart; Cristian.
He would probably say that I'm right about most of the things I wrote, but that I'm wrong about a lot more. Which is too bad since I'm the one who will probably keep this literature up :D. While I am an active erupting volcano, I believe he would say he's more like a hurricane. Starts off small but once he gets going he can really cause some damage. He's predictable to an extent but no one is ever really sure when he'll hit, and they'll never know how hard it will be. All that being said I can see him rolling his eyes and saying "Yes, but Chels who REALLY wants to be compared to a natural disaster" (and he'd have a valid point). What in the world was all that about?

I think we've got a pretty great story.
So "how we met" is up next.

I was a waitress.
And he was hungry.
I think you know where this is going.

A few minutes after bringing him and his chums food he called me back to the table to say that...basically he hated everything on the plate. I did the waitress thing, apologized, offered to bring him something else, blah blah blah, he refused on every account. I guess I could have tried harder to cut some kind of deal with my manager so he didn't have to pay at all-but truth is he was pretty rude and yes, he still ended up paying for it. Well-half of it. But if I know my husband I know he didn't take that very well and I'm sure, once he and his friend left, it was all a slew of profanities about how sucky the food was, how awful the waitress was, and how he was never going to come back.

So why he left his number for me on a ratty napkin that day was something of a mystery for a very long time. It's no longer a mystery for me. But it will be for all of you. I'll be taking THAT to the grave.

I texted the number.
8 months later he proposed (Nov 19) and a few months after that we married (Jan 21).
In the middle of all that we found out I was expecting with a little girl. Violet Alexis Navas, who should be making her debut into the world sometime late May. Life was pretty steady for me, and I think for him also before our worlds collided. And since we met it's been quite the adventure of ups and downs, good times and difficult times, but I think the thing that matters most is we love each other and are so excited to start our little family.

As I continue to write you'll come to learn more and more about us.
I think we're exceptional and we wanted to give you the opportunity to let some of that rub off on you by letting you take a little peek into our lives. So yeah, you're welcome. :D