7 Things You Never Knew

Staci tagged me with the task of revealing the "7 Things You Never Knew" about me. Some of these may surprise you and others may not! :)

1. I used to work for the CIA...
In college I interned with the CIA in Washington, DC. I had to clear a background check and a polygraph test in order to do this. I was lucky to have done it before 9/11 because after that they quit letting interns have access to Top Secret stuff. I decided to return home and go to law school even though I could have gone back to work there!

2. Kurt and I met in the bathroom line at a party! I was actually there with another guy and he says he had to hit the keg multiple times in order to come talk to me! He then proceeded to try to kiss me after just meeting me in the bathroom line! Talk about love at first site- haha! Sorry honey- hope you don't kill me for that!

3. My name comes from a pro-basketball player from the 70's- Cazzie Russell. His was spelled a little different as you can see. My Mom only agreed to the name my Dad wanted on one condition- that it end in "ye" like her name does since she's Bettye with a "ye".

4. I have probably owned over 100 pets in my life! Our house was like a zoo growing up- we had guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, mice, hamsters, rabbits, sheep, hermit crabs, fish, dogs, cats, lizards, and even something really gross called meal worms which I now have no idea why! This probably explains why I literally cannot exist with only one pet now...I have been pushing Kurt for another dog even though we're about to have a newborn!

5. I am a total clothes (and shoe!) horse...this probably actually won't surprise many of you who know me... I am not kidding when I say that I probably own around 100 pair of shoes and have hauled them all across the country! Oh, and of course now none of them fit since I'm pregnant!!!

6. My favorite places in the whole world are tropical. Growing up we went on vacation almost every summer and it was almost always to a tropical place. I have been to Hawaii twice, the Bahamas twice, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Aruba, Miami, Mexico and the Florida Keys. In fact, I'm feeling a little deprived...haven't been on a vacation like this since we started moving around the country a year and a half ago! I did get to live in Santa Barbara though, so I shouldn't complain!!

7. I was somewhat of a mammoth in school! Up through the 7th or 8th grade I was taller than all the boys (and the girls too!)! That made me great at sports, but unfortunately didn't help much in the dating department!! Not to mention I had a Dad who was superintendent- they were really afraid to ask me out!! I'm afraid our daughter is doomed considering my history and the fact that Kurt is 6'5"!!

Okay, so now it's your turn Kate, Julie and Christa!! You've been tagged!

A little bit of everything...

Stella loves to snuggle up to the belly- it's so cute- I swear dogs can sense things!



We took these pics at the park near our house right before we left SB....An ode to our beautiful former home and all the people suffering through the raging wildfires there right now...


Last week we snuck in a dinner with Chris and Robin amidst all the craziness of moving in, preparing for baby, etc. We were afraid if we didn't see them that week we might not see Robin until after the baby! This pic's for you Robin since you said you didn't have many of your pregnancy and the belly!

Pregnant Pics

Kurt and I decided the perfect way to capture both Santa Barbara and my prego belly would be to have a professional photographer take some pics before we left! These pics were taken at about 34 weeks prego. Some are at our house there, some at the church across from our house, and some on the beach! Here are some of our favorites!

Oh, and by the way- we are officially Frisco residents now! We got mostly moved in this weekend and I had my first Dr. appointment here last week. Now we just have to start getting that baby room ready!!