More to come....

I have alot more to post but the internet is being ridiculously slow here and it is taking forever to upload the pictures, so there will be more to come later.

Road Trip Day 3

Sunday May 31st, our first stop was at Winter Quarters which is pretty close to Omaha. We got a tour of the visitors center then were able to walk around the Pioneer Cemetary which has over 600 pioneers buried there. There temple is built right next to the cemetary. Then we went to Council Bluffs, Iowa to the Kanesville Tabernacle which had lot of stuff about the Morman Battalion. We then drove along the Morman Pioneer Trail route to Nauvoo. You could stop and see many sites that the pioneers saw along their journey if you wanted. We stopped and saw the last original ruts that were formed by the pioneers. There pretty hard to see in the picture, but in person you can see the big ruts in the ground. Then we drove on to Nauvoo, IL.

Road Trip Day 1 and 2

We left Friday May, 29th. We drove through Wyoming and had to stop at the Little America for 50 cent Ice Cream cones. We stopped in Cheyenne and stayed at FE Warren AFB. We stayed at 3 bases along the way because its just like any other hotel and their really inexpensive, so thats a plus of course. This was a neat base because they still have all of the old historic buildings. We had a little bit of excitment when we got evacuated from our room at 10pm becuase of a bomb threat. So we got to stand outside for a half hour. It was interesting to say the least. When we checked in they told us that all they had available was a three bedroom. So we stayed in a room that was probably literally the size of what our house in Texas will be.


Saturday we drove through Nebraska and stopped at the big Cabella's in Sidney. It really wasn't as huge as I had heard it to be hyped up as. But it was still a nice stop. They have a giant elephant inside, so I had to get a picture.


Saturday we stayed Offutt AFB, near Omaha, NE. We really liked this base and wouldn't mind being stationed there someday. The surrounding areas were really nice, which as I've learned, you can't say about all bases.

May

Well since its been a month I decided its time for an update. So this is just a bunch of random things on this post.

-23 WEEKS-

This is actually now about 2 weeks old but this is my latest bump pictures. I had another appointment today and instead of losing weight, I finally started gaining and apparently I'm making up for lost time because I gained 11 lbs. I almost croaked when I saw the scale. So hopefully thats not a regular thing, becuase I really don't want to gain that much weight every month from here on out. I've been feeling great except for back aches and I think I have a sciatic problem becuase the past few days my lower back has really been hurting and shooting down my leg. Little Buddy (sorry Konie, we call him Little Buddy, we just can't help it) is moving around a ton these days and Jon has got to feel him alot lately. Its almost as fun just to see Jon get so excited.

-BABY NAME-

Last time I said that the baby's name is Parker Scott Tolman. Thats still the name but my Dad thought I should explain where the name comes from. Parker is my moms maiden name. I have pretty much had it picked out for as long as I can remember. I was surprised that one of my cousins never took the name. Scott is Jon's dad's name. That explains that if anyone was curious.

-SPOKANE-

Last week we went and spent the week in Spokane at Jon's parents house one last time before we take off. We didn't really have much planned but to relax, which was great. Jon spent a lot of time working on everyones cars and sorting out his old Playmobile sets. Ya, Im serious, he spent hours sorting out the different sets and putting them all together and fixing broken peices. Whatever make the boy happy I guess. I made a baby rag quilt with Jon's Mom. Im pretty much so proud of myself becuase Im really not domestic like that. Its pretty darn cute if I do say so myself. I used a bunch of random material that Jon's mom had so its really bright and cheerful.

The back was going to be one color but we found out that we didn't have enough material so its two colors. Becuase I wasn't going to drive myself crazy trying to make it a pattern, its just random on the back too. I really like it though.

This picture is really just random. We were at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane and Christi told Jon to get in this helicopter. Good thing he's gunna fly airplanes becuase he sure doesn't fit in the helicopters. haha.

-TRIP ROUTE-

After all but 6 months, were leaving tomorrow to head to Maxwell AFB in Montgomery Alabama. We had a few issues today with them sending out an email saying that spouses could no longer come due to the air conditioning being broken in the accompanied housing, but we have hopefully got it sorted out. So Im still going with Jon and we'll just see if its really sorted out when we get there.

But we have 6 days to get there so we get to make a trip out of it. Here is our route that we have planned.

The first two days have the most driving and were stopping in Cheyenne, WY and Omaha, NE. Were planning on stopping at the original CABELLA'S. If you've ever driven through Nebraska, you know what I'm talking about. Its giant. Then were going to spend two night around Nauvoo, IL and see all the church sites. That should be fun. Im sure its really not enough time to see everything but its still better than nothing. Next were headed to St. Louis, MO to see the arch. Im not sure what else is there. The last city is Nashville, TN. Jon's not as excited about this one but I am. I wanted to go to the Grand Ole' Opry but there isn't a concert that night. Oh well, we'll still get to see the sights. Then we get to Alabama next Thursday.

It should be a fun little trip. And don't worry everyone I will make sure to get out alot and walk around and drink alot of water.

Hopefully its not another month before I write on here again. I should have lots of fun pictures of our trip to share.

Little Buddy

Well the official results are in and the majority of you who voted were WRONG!!

Its a BOY!!

When the ultrasound first started the Ultrasound Tech tried to see the gender but the little squirt was sitting with his legs crossed Indian style. So he moved on and looked at everything else and kept going back to try and see the gender. We were pretty much done and he said "well I really don't think your going to get to see anything". I pretty much freaked out and said "I am not getting off the table til you tell me what it is". He just laughed and said I was going to have to fight off all the other pregnant ladies who wanted to have thier ultrasound done today too. I didn't care, I wasn't leaving. I had been fearing that we wouldn't get to see what it was. So after ALOT of serious (and I mean serious, I was laughing it was so hard) shaking of my belly he finally opened up right at the end and there it was!! He's all BOY!!!

He is also obviously not a morning person because he had his hands crossed in front of his face the whole time too. So we weren't able to get a front shot of his face but got some good ones of his profile. Everything looked good and right on track. We also got to see his: brain, heart, kidney's, stomach, lips, and umbilical cord.

Jon likes this picture becuase it looks like he has big muscles and is almost flipping us off. ;) I'd cover my face and be mad too if someone was shaking me that hard.

But were really excited and I of course had to go out and buy some clothes finally. I even found the best little outfit with a JEEP Safari on it and plaid shorts so Jon couldn't possibly get upset about the clothes. :):)

And if you wondering,

His name is Parker Scott Tolman.

Whats in a Name?

This is a fun website to see how common your name is. I find it hard to believe that there are more Shannon's than Jon's in the world.

-Shannon Tolman-

-There are 329,282 people in the U.S. with the first name Shannon.
-Statistically the 190th most popular first name.
-81.4 percent of people with the first name Shannon are female.

-There are 5,299 people in the U.S. with the last name Tolman.
-Statistically the 6668th most popular last name.

-There are 6 people in the U.S. named Shannon Tolman.


-Jon Tolman-

-There are 177,659 people in the U.S. with the first name Jon.
-Statistically the 347th most popular first name.
-99.14 percent of people with the first name Jon are male.

-There are 5,299 people in the U.S. with the last name Tolman.
-Statistically the 6668th most popular last name.

-There are 3 people in the U.S. named Jon Tolman.

http://howmanyofme.com/search/

First Bump Picture

Here is the 17 week baby bump.

Im not sure that I look pregnant or

like I just had a little bit too much to eat lately.

You'd never know that I've actually lost about 20 lbs instead of gaining.

Little "PADDIE" is fluttering around quite a bit now.

At least we know its active little thing.

We find out the gender on April 30th.

We're sooo ready to know.

I just want to be able to buy a frilly little dress or

some clothes with trucks and dinosaurs on them.

Im going to put a poll on the side so everyone vote on what you think.

Jon and I both vote Boy, but girl is definately winning on just about everyone else we've asked.

Other than this we really don't have much else new going on.

Aren't you surprised that this post has nothing to do with the Jeep??