Officer D. Taylor

On Thursday Devin graduated from the DO academy for Maricopa County! 

 It was 9 grueling weeks of PT and learning how to shoot a Taser and see what it was like to go swimming in OC spray, very intense pepper spray..  He was crying for a few days after that adventure.  They also did something call REDMAN.  The biggest guy they can find gets all suited up with pads and a helmet all the color red and then they fight to the death! Well, not quite to the death but they don't go easy from what I heard and while they were practicing Devin got punched in the face and as he was blocking it his finger went into his eye   it looked scary, he looked like a cyborg for a week. I am kicking myself for not getting a picture...  But now Devin is ready for anything that Maricopa county jails will throw at him.  At the graduation ceremony they gave out awards for the best PT and highest academic scores and Devin only took 3 of the 4 awards. :)  For his academic he was at 93%  and the PT.. He got the best score. I forget what they said it was. They ran a mile and a half and sprinted 400 meters and did as many push ups and sit ups as they could and jumped vertically as high as they could.  Then he got awarded the Overall Top Recruit.

He did amazing! 

He doesn't drink Martinelli's for celebration...  (No carbonation)  so I had to improvise with chocolate:)

HALFWAY!

Sometimes I just can't even imagine how people go through this twice or 7 times!  It takes forever...  and I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I guess I just need to enjoy the journey :)

Total Weight Gain: 12 pounds... Yikes!  and the baby is only 10 oz of that! lovely.

Stretch Marks?: Nothin!
Sleep: I could sleep all day! but then night comes and I just can't sleep...

Best Moment This Week: I popped!  People are actually asking if I am pregnant now! haha and I got to hear his heartbeat at work(the perks of working at a hospital) and it was at 183!

Food Cravings: Mmm bread sticks. But then there aren't really too many cravings I am just starving! 

Anything make you sick?:  I can't eat spam... or hamburger.. 

Happy or Moody? I am still happy! :)  I just have a very tender heart, and I could cry on cue.

Excited for?: Um.. I don't really know this week.

19 week ultrasound.

I think he's smiling! :)

Can you see the eye and nose and the forehead and if you look long enough you can make out a smile! 

Precious. I absolutely love this!

Can you tell it's his little profile?

Annnnd he's still a boy!