Oops!!! False Alarm

I thought for sure my water had broke, but nope false alarm. It's a long story how I came to think that my water had broke and maybe if you knew the whole story maybe you would agree I'm not a complete goober (hopefully).

It all started on a Friday during a staff meeting where I began having mild contractions every 10-15 minutes apart. I was so excited to finally be having regular contractions that I called my husband and other family members to tell them the good news. However, within three hours the contractions just stopped. I should have known telling people would jinx me. Later that night I had just finished going to the bathroom and was standing at the sink washing my hands when I felt a significant gush. Who wouldn't have thought their water had broke, at least the first timers. When I called my doctors office the nurse said to call the provider on call if my contractions returned and were closer together. So I waited and waited but no contractions:(

By the time Saturday came and I still hadn't had any contractions, I contacted the provider on call and she recommended coming into the hospital just in case. So Ian and I packed up and headed into the hospital. We were admitted, hooked up to the fetal monitor and the nurse checked to verify if in deed my water had broken. The next hour and half seemed never ending while we attempted to wait patiently for the lab results. Luckily we had a deck of cards to keep us occupied.

As you can guess the nurse returned with the news that my water did not break. So in other words I wet my pants. Great! Just Great! Now I have to tell people that it was a false alarm because I can tell when I have wet my pants. I am hoping to look back on this someday and laugh but right now I just feel stupid and embarrassed. The worst part was Ian had called his family in Montana to tell them my water broke and even though we told them not to drive out just yet they hopped in the car anyway. By the time we found out for sure that I had just peed my pants they were already in Spokane. Oops!!!

Happy New Years!!!

Ian and I rang in 2010 in style thanks to John and Mandy. We had a great time. Although I wasn't able to enjoy any of the spirits offered Ian enjoyed them enough for the both of us. By the end of the night he let loose with his finest dance moves. Oddly enough I was the one who ended up feeling hung over on the first day of 2010. It was worth it though.

Thanks again to John and Mandy, as well as the rest of the Rychlinski's for a great New Years!

Christmas Sweater Party 2009

Whoot! Whoot! The Rigg's 3rd annual sweater party did not disappoint. There were ugly sweaters and creative homemade sweaters. There was great food, friends, and spirits. Sadly I wasn't able to enjoy the yummy jello shots floating around, but there is always next year.

Normally Ian would have loved to make his own sweater but there just wasn't time this year. Thank goodness for women's plus sized ugly Christmas sweaters. I think he looks sexy in his poinsettia sweater, even if it is a girls.

Thank you to the Rigg's family for inviting us and we look forward to next years sweater party.

The Great Christmas Tree Hunt

This was the third year Ian and I went Christmas tree hunting in hope of cutting down the perfect Christmas tree. This year a lot of other people had the same idea and finding that perfect tree became quite the challenge. In fact at one point we thought we had found our tree but decided to check one other area before committing. Not the greatest idea because when we returned all we found was a fresh tree stump where our ideal tree had once stood. Always go with your first instinct. In the end we still found a great tree. Thankfully Ian brought his battery powered saw, if only he had checked to make sure the battery was fully charged. But this is Ian and he found a way to make it work. With our Christmas tree in hand, we found Santa for a holiday picture and were off to start decorating. Merry Christmas!!!

Pregnancy Craving... but whose craving?

Yup, you guessed it Ian has been craving big macs.

He calls it his pregnancy craving because he never really cared for the big mac before. I have to agree. Normally I would hate all the onions and pickles but oddly enough the smell drew me in and I couldn't resist a bite. Now we share a temporary love of the big mac.

Gavin's Room

Daddy to be Ian has been working hard getting Gavin's room just right. Ian has made this his special project. The day he came home with the cool ceiling fan he was so excited. I would have loved to help but Ian says paint brushes and rollers aren't my friend... in other works I suck at painting. That was Ian's way of putting it to me nicely that he didn't want my help. Probably for the best because the room is just about complete and it looks amazing. There are some advantages to having a perfectionist as a husband. Gavin is very lucky to have such a loving and hard working daddy. I can't wait until the room is complete, including furniture so I can show it off. I will post new pictures when everything is done, so stay tuned!

2nd Annual Johnson Halloween Party!!!

Ian and I had our 2nd annual Halloween party and it was a blast! Thanks to all who came out to party with us, we had so much fun. I thought it would be boring for me since I'm not able to drink right now but watching everyone else having such a great time made this party awesome.

We had a variety of costumes and some pretty original costumes too, such as our friends Joel and Angie who were clever enough to come as HINI. What a great idea! Ian went as the Joker this year and Brian went as his alter eager the nurse Joker. Ian did an amazing job of getting into character and an even better job of keeping his buddies in his pants this year. Erin and Ashley came as Fred and Wilma. Wilma even remembered to make sure her carpet matched the drapes, entertaining many of our guests. Fred and Wilma went on to win our best couples costume contest. Scarlett came as Laura Croft tomb raider, winning the best individual costume. How is it all the Riggs won best costume, I think this costume contest was rigged. There were a lot a great and creative costumes.

The night started off with guests trying out the wheel of death... translation, a wheel of mysterious shots which set the tone for the rest of the night. We were able to convince several party goers to participate in sumo wrestling, paring up Ian (aka Joker) against Brian (aka Nurse Joker), Angie (aka HI) against her sister who came as a character from Beetlejuice, then Ian was able to talk Sue and her husband (aka the Romans) to battle in the sumo ring. Thanks to everyone who was brave enough to enter the ring, it was sooo funny watching the body slams. I hope nobody was too sore the next day. For those who passed on sumo wrestling there was the striper pole which is always entertaining, as well as beer pong and the beer bong.


We hope everyone had as much fun as we did. Thanks to everyone who came and we look forward to next year and hope it will be even bigger and better. Ian is already brain storming ideas for the 3rd annual Halloween Party. Hope to see you all next year!