May Madness

I am so excited, as of tomorrow, we start a whirlwind of busy weekends. I'm ready for some fun! This is what our calendar looks like coming up:

April 30-May 5
Going to the Morton/Peoria area...we have Darah and Evan's wedding rehearsal Friday and wedding Saturday (where I'll get to hang out with Darah and Joanna, who I rarely get to see), I have a baby shower with my aunts, cousins, and some family friends in Morton on Sunday, then I have 2 whole days Monday and Tuesday to spend with my mom and dad, the Boekers, the Bates, and Kristen and Mara. I'm so excited to see everyone!

The Week Between May 8 and May 16
Adam's brother Jay, his wife Steph, and their little girls Addison and Samantha are coming to So-Cal. They are splitting up the time between here and LA, so hopefully we'll get to spend lots of time with them.

May 21-23
Chicago weekend...we are making the trip for my friend Lawley's wedding on Saturday! Friday night some of my girlfriends are having a mini baby shower for me too!

May28-31
Tucson...Katie and Matt are celebrating their TENTH anniversary, so we are doing a house swap...they are coming and staying in our condo in SD for a little getaway, we are going to Tucson to watch their kids.

June 3-7
HAWAII

I guess after that, my doctor appointments start being every 2 weeks, then every week, we have to sign up for a few classes, and I will probably be huge and uncomfortable, so I am going to try to enjoy this upcoming month and a half of activities as much as I can!

My Exciting Life

When you're pregnant and have nobody in your circle within a 7 hour drive that has kids or is pregnant, week nights and weekends can tend to become pretty uneventful. Add into the equation a husband who works 14 plus hour work days, lots of Saturdays, is on the phone with work people when he's not at work, and falls asleep at 8pm because he is tired from work, nights and weekends become VERY eventful and sometimes even boring.

I try to think of as many things to do as possible to keep from being bored, but once I get things out of the way like working out and cleaning and running errands, there really is only a limited number of things I can think of doing that are enjoyable doing alone. I love going to the beach, out to eat, etc. but these activities aren't the same when you are by yourself. THESE are what you can find me entertaining myself with lately:

1. Diggy-he's always home and always needs to be taken on walks!
2. The mall-living 2 blocks from the mall is probably the best entertainment I can ask for
3. Magazines-my numerous magazine subscriptions keep me entertained and in touch with the worlds of Hollywood, fashion, health/nutrition, food and wine, etc.
4. Baking!
5. DVR-I think I've seen every episode of Real Housewives, 16 and Pregnant, Millionaire Matchmaker, and Say Yes to the Dress about a zillion times
6. Our Balcony-the sun hits for about a 2 hour time period, so if you want to enjoy the warmth and people watching, this activity is very limited!

Jealous of my fabulous life? Haha, Let's just say I'm going to be REALLY disappointed if we get moved somewhere that's not closer to home next time!

Pre-Babymoon 2010

Adam and I wanted to take one last trip before the baby is born where we don't have to worry about lugging all the baby gear, taking care of a baby, or finding a babysitter (besides one for Diggy, which is usually hard enough). Anyways, we wanted to go somewhere relaxing, somewhere on our list of places we want to go that we have never been, somewhere in the country (we were considering out, but I was advised that this was a stupid idea), and somewhere where we could go and not have to take a whole week off (Adam's trying to save his vacation days for after the baby is born)...

Since we are likely moving to the opposite side of the country next fall and we are about as close as we will ever be, we decided on.......................HAWAII! We are going at the beginning of June for 4 days, it's a direct flight to Honolulu (about 6 hours, but it's almost 5 hours to Illinois, so that's not too bad for us), it's in the US but far enough away that it seems like a "real" vacation, and somewhere neither of us have never been! We are staying at a really nice hotel right on Waikiki Beach. Ahhh, I can't wait.

Now, let's just hope I don't go into labor 9-10 weeks early!

A Fun Day for Diggy?

Sunday morning Diggy had to go to the groomers to get a haircut. He hates it and it makes me so sad every time. He shakes and clutches onto you when you take him there. The girls that work there are really nice though and always say how good he was, but it still makes me sad to know he gets so scared to go. To reward him, afterwards we took him to play at this grassy area by the beach in Coronado.

At first he was having fun, but after about a half hour, he was panting and hot and kept losing his football to the sand. At one point he got into the sand and started digging with his nose and paws and got sand all over himself and his eyes. Since this seemed like it would hurt and he had just gotten groomed, we took him home a little sooner than we had planned.
I swear half of the times we try to take him to do something fun, he would prefer to be home either in the shade on our patio or napping on our bed or the rug. He drank a ton of water and then later found a nice place to take a nap under our chair.
He's so cute :)

24 Weeks Down, Around 16 To Go

Saturday marked my 24th week of pregnancy, which to a lot of people means nothing. Everyone wants to know how many months along you are. It is confusing to tell people this though because according to the doctor's office, they count each 4 weeks as a month. This means when you reach 9 months, you don't have the baby, you are on your 9th month for 4 weeks, so technically pregnant for 10 months, which means I am on my last week of my sixth month. However, most people know pregnancy as a 9 month cycle, so since I have 3.5 months left until I have the baby, if I say I am almost 7 months pregnant, they think I am due at the end of June/beginning of July.

So, to set things straight, I am now 24 weeks along, 6.75 months according to the doctor, but have a little over 3 months until the baby is born if I go full term. Make sense or did I confuse you more?

Anyways, I KEEP having people ask me if I'm getting big and to post pictures of my stomach. If you notice, most of the pictures on my blog are of OTHER people, I'm not one to love getting pictures taken of myself and I feel corny taking the typical pregnant shots. HOWEVER, I know I wanted to see pictures of Kristen and Kristie when they were preggo since I wasn't there to see them and so I didn't feel like I was missing out, so I kind of understand.

Bare Belly
Side profile taken in the mirror

I have one more picture that a few people might be interested in. My junior year of college, I got this green strapless shirt before spring break, that we all called "the pregnancy shirt" because of how it fit (tight in the chest, flowy in the stomach area). I think every person on that trip borrowed the shirt that year because it was so comfortable and good for drinking :) Since then, I have kept the shirt and worn it about a million times around the house or to the pool, just one of those things you can't get rid of. Well, now I am glad I didn't. This shirt has been one of my best hot weather options in the last few months. It works so well to wear to the beach and is so comfy! Who would have though when we were calling it a "pregnancy shirt" on spring break over 5 years ago that it actually would become a shirt that I would wear during pregnancy?

Looks different now than it did back then :)

They grow up so fast

I remember when all my nieces and nephews were born, and all of their births seems like yesterday. Even Lexie's which was 13.5 years ago! I see Katie's kids enough that they don't look or act much different from the visit before, but Kristie's kids just get so much older every time. Scarlett was so much more aware and about double her size from just one and a half months ago. I didn't take many pictures of the older kids, but I got some good ones of Scarlett.

Sylvs with one dirty sock and a sister

Making her smile



Cheese!



Naptime at the pool

On another note, I had another good mail day! Maybe it's weird that I post pictures of all the things I buy for the baby, but normally your friends stop by your house and you show them stuff like this. Since it's not so easy to just stop by San Diego, I post pictures for all to see :) Yesterday I got my second shower invitation from Courtney (which was SO cute) and my diaper bag. I love it!

Diggs was checking it out too

Our home is getting smaller and smaller by the minute with all this baby gear!

Funny Kids

They just thought it was the greatest thing in the world to have an underwear party.

Diggy Meets Baby Trial Run

I have been worried about Diggy being jealous of the baby, so I was eager to see how he reacted being around Scarlett. My worries have been lifted quite a bit...

Anytime she was on the ground, he was right there by her to check her out. Once he realized he liked her, he liked her a little too much and would not stop licking her head.

From the look of things, she liked him too :)

Big Mail Day!

Yesterday I had a very fun mail day! Who would have thought this kind of stuff would be just as, if not more, exciting than getting new clothes?

All in one day we got our stroller and all its attachments, a high chair, an extra car seat base, and a glider. My diaper bag should be coming today or tomorrow! Our condo is getting crowded (or should I say cozy) with all of this new stuff, but I love it!

Happy 29th Adam!

Yesterday was Adam's 29th birthday. I can't believe next year he'll be 30! I still feel like we're so young, but I guess now that I have a husband almost out of his twenties and we're having a baby and we've been out of college for 4-7 years, it's kind of a reality check that we need to grow up because we aren't so young anymore :)

My real gift to him was going to that spa on Saturday but for the real event, we went to a new restaurant that is about 2 blocks from our condo called Bice. We have had our eye on this place since they started building it awhile ago, but ever since I have been pregnant, we have been having more low key nights vs. going out to nice dinners. Considering the fact that we used to go out to a nicer restaurant at least 2 times a week, we thought it was about time. We both had REALLY good, interesting food (sauteed calamari on crostini appetizer, I had chicken breast stuffed with port and mushrooms with asparagus flan, and Adam had wagyu beef topped with foie gras) and the atmosphere there was really cool. I need a visitor scheduled so we can take them there!

The rest of our celebration was just his presents and cake. I made jello cake, a childhood favorite of mine that he had never had, and he got some REALLY impressive gifts (jk, I got him all stuff he needs and one thing he wanted-work pants, undergarments, a tie and shirt, and a new drink shaker). Of course Adam acts like everything in the world is the greatest gift or celebration ever, so he seemed happy and I thought I had done pretty good...

Until I see that he had randomly gone during his work day and bought this fancy breast pump that I was going to get for myself...on his own birthday.

I don't know if the fact that a man went out to buy (of all things) a breast pump or the fact that he brought me a gift on his birthday was nicer.

Only a mature, 29 year old man ready to be a dad would do something like that :)

Just Saying Hi to Me

I have really started to feel the baby move. At first, it was hard to distinguish what was her moving or just my stomach, but now I know the feeling nice and well. I have heard it described as butterfly flutters, but that's not what it feels like to me. I feel like there is just a tiny little something tapping a finger against my belly.

Last night, Adam was watching a basketball game and putting together the new armoire. Diggy thinks it's super fun when Adam builds stuff because there is stuff everywhere that he can sniff and chew and play with. I was super bored because I don't really like watching random sports, I'm not much help with building stuff, and I knew there was a special on Bravo about Christian from Project Runway that I wanted to be watching. So I was just sort of sitting there with nothing to do, flipping through a book when all the sudden I felt someone really tiny poke me about 5 times in a row.

It was the most movement I have felt from her so far all at once. It was like she was saying "Hi Mom, I'm awake, Let's do something more fun than this!" She must have been bored too and was sure letting me know. I'm excited that pretty soon I'll have her around to keep me company on nights like that!

Celebration of Adam's Birth, Easter, and an Earthquake

On Saturday, I wanted to plan something to do for Adam's birthday (which is really Tuesday) that we haven't done yet since we've lived here. Now that we know the baby is coming and we will move shortly after, I have realized how much I am going to miss it and how we need to take advantage of all San Diego has to offer! Last year, my coworker had told me about this place in Corona, CA called Glen Ivy that has pools, hotsprings, mudbaths, saunas, etc that she goes to every year and loves for a nice relaxing day. The weather was supposed to be beautiful, so I decided this would be a fun place to go for the day.

We did our usual morning routine, drove about an hour, and got to Glen Ivy before noon. We ate lunch outside at the little cafe there, then headed straight to the mudbaths (which are advertised as pregnancy safe for those of you wondering :). It was so funny. We hopped in the little pit, which was really warm, and smeared the clay all over us, then baked in the sun to let it dry. Adam had never even put a face mask on before so he was so surprised at how weird it feels when stuff like that dries on your body.

Adam all muddy

Me, unable to move my neck or make my mouth smile from the dried mud

After the mud dried, we showered and I changed into a clean, dry swimsuit, then we went to the mineral baths for awhile. The rest of the day we spent laying at one of the pools and finally on rafts in the 2 foot pool that was heated to 95 degrees. We stayed pretty much until it closed, got home, showered, and went to bed early.

On Easter morning, we got up really early, quick got ready, and walked to early church. We were done so early that we got home by 9am, put comfortable clothes back on, and took Diggy for a walk. We had planned on going out for a nice brunch after church, but instead we decided to stay in sweats and go to Souplantation :)

Last week my mom and dad sent me the bedding I wanted for the baby, so since then I have been ready to set up a crib, so after lunch we picked up baby furniture (a crib, armoire, and changing table/shelf) and Adam put the crib and half of the changing table together. I washed the bedding and got it all put together. I thought Diggy might like to try it out, but he hated it in there!

Let me out!

Little Dolly
Back of the changing table without the table attached

As Adam was working on the furniture, I went to take a shower and suddenly felt very hard shaking. I was thinking he was just hammering VERY hard, but then the lights started flickering and it wasn't just shaking, the whole bathroom was rocking. I went out to the living area and the whole condo was moving out of control, like we were on a small boat that was on very high waves. All of our tables and decorations were swinging and shaking, it lasted for about 30-60 seconds. Finally it stopped, and we turned on the TV to find out that the earthquake we had just experienced was a 6.9; I had felt a few since living here, but NOTHING even close to that big. Diggy was acting weird the rest of the night, it was a very strange experience! Glad nothing was damaged or we weren't hurt!

Finally, to end our weekend, we had some of Adam's coworkers over for dinner and went to bed. It was a good weekend, and now the only good thing about it being Monday is that I'm trying out my brand new pair of maternity jeans for the first time and they are just about as comfortable as wearing sweat pants all day :) Can't wait til this weekend-Arizona AGAIN but this time I'll see the Roleys (like always), the Boekers, my mom and dad, and Adam will get to meet Scarlett!