Pregnancy Week 21 and 22

I have seriously been slacking on the pregnancy updates. I just finished my month long stretch of summer graduate classes and I would like to say my posting will go up but we are leaving for San Diego this week so Bradley can venture into the world of geekdom at Comic Con. Oh well.



So yesterday marked week 23 (Almost 6 months along) and this second trimester is just flying! In the past few weeks I think it is okay to officially say "I done popped". If you couldn't tell that I was pregnant before now you can and I have started to get comments from strangers asking me about my pregnancy and weird stares at my belly. I feel incredibly lucky at how smoothly everything is going (knock on wood). My only real symptoms are I get tired really easily, my feet hurt, strange dreams, I can't sit or stand for long periods of time, and my hands and feet are starting to swell. All totally normal things which I am perfectly happy to deal with. The only symptom I am struggling with is this emotional rollercoaster I am on. One moment I am fine and the next I am crying. I have had a few people tell me that their emotions were worse when they were pregnant with girls. I am just going to blame the extra estrogen in my system. Like I have said before my husband is awesome at dealing with me and my hormones. It is nice to have someone so supportive and okay with my craziness.

This past week I have really started to feel this little lady moving around a lot more. Before I was just getting random quick jabs and punches that truthfully hurt. They had no rhyme or reason to their consistency and I would go for days without feeling anything. Now I can feel her moving around daily and it is a different sensation that is hard to describe. It kind of feels like she is just floating around in there and bumping into things. She is generally quiet in the morning and is especially active after lunch and dinner and right before I go to bed and into the night....she already seems to have her father's time schedule. Bradley got to feel her for the first time from the outside.  It was exciting to see his face light up.



Today we have plans to go to Babies R Us to start a registry.  It's intimidating especially since we have not done this before.  I know the basics of what we are going to need to but I am sure there is going to be something that would make our life easier once little lady comes but have no clue as to what it is. The overplanner in me is sure to have a silent meltdown.

Summer Vacation Part 2: San Diego (image heavy!)

On Monday Bradley and I went to the airport with the ladies at 6 in the morning (that was rough) and picked up a rental car to drive to San Diego.  I was excited to drive through a part of the country that I had never seen before but I got in the car and shut my eyes and 4 hours later I woke up infront of and In-n-Out in Temecula. Oh well. We spent the next few days with Bradley's family and on Wednesday we pick up our good friend and Bradley's coworker, Erwin, to go to Comic Con on Thursday. 
I will warn you that my picture taking took a steep decline as the week went on.  I was tired and having a hard time catching back up from Las Vegas. You will be really dissapointed in me when I tell you I only took a few pictures at Comic Con.  Now when I tell people that I went to Comic Con they get very excited but I was actually really dissapointed in it this year. Its so packed in there and if you want to do just about anything (like pick up your badges) you have to wait in a monster line.  Maybe I am just getting older but it was a bit claustrophobic and we even went to one of the least attended days.  I did manage to pick up a piece of art and a birthday present for Bradley before Rachel and I made our escape.  Probably the best part of the vacation was spending time with friends and family.  We drove to Encinitas a couple of night to see Rachel and Shane's friend Ben play music and spent some time at the beach. 

I forgot how much I love the California mornings.  You can feel the dew in the air and the sun warming everything up.  I sat outside each morning with my coffee.


Bradley and his cousin's roommates dog Nacho.  It seems to be the summer of the Chiuaua


In La Jolla


Bradley and Erwin after waiting in line for almost 3 hours just to get our badges.


One of my favorite parts of Comic Con.  I could have watched these little guys for hours.


Downtown San Diego


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