Breadmaker

So I am getting home from work and trying to unlock the door but I hear some music piping through the door. Well actually maybe blasting...I am just thinking to myself "um, what is going on" Kimmy must be doing something in there. Turns out she was in the midst of a pumpkin bread festival. I got the full details later on what happened but as I entered I saw that the shindig had been in full swing for quite awhile. She was covered in speckles of dough (not kidding literally her entire green shirt had orange specks all over it), hair frizzed (hey it was hot in gilroy ~over 90), preg-o belly looking so nice (that was my fave), disney soundtrack blaring (anastasia kimmy's fave)- oh boy. I would post a photo but it is probably not the finest domestic diva moment. Or perhaps it is...

Turns out that Kimmy was making up pumpkin bread. Double batch since we had enough pumpkin. well turns out that is the only thing we had enough of.... Not enough oil, not enough cinnamon, baking powder looks the same as baking soda so have to dig out and replace (done that so many times). Usually a single batch fills two pans halfway, well we only have two pans so the double batch made some supersized loafs. Probably took an extra hour to cook and the pieces turned out huge. She was actually trying to finish cleaning before I got home so I wouldn't know what had happened.

That wasn't the end though. Next up was oatmeal muffins. Poor muffins. Supposed to sit for 30 minutes with milk and oats. Well turns out premixing all the dry ingredients and then letting soak still gives the same good results. Who needs a recipe when you just got that innate sense for cooking!

In the end, so tasty and yummy. Maybe it was that extra baking powder.


In other news, the wrights visited this past weekend. Among other things was a candid photo shoot performed by the husbands. One can definitely see the 26 weeks! And notice my super flower in the background!

Wedding :)

We enjoyed a beautiful wedding on Saturday for George and Rebecca. It was so fun seeing friends and witnessing George and Rebecca's commitment of love to one another!

Here we are with the happy couple! I don't think you could wipe off their huge smiles if you tried!


Aren't these the cutest?


The girls.


What happens when you tell boys to sit for a picture...


Re-do!


Newmenites...


The adorable Ogle Family. So cute!


Our growing family...

Nerd Alert

The only explanation I can give for these two pictures is to say that this is what I saw in the target isle. Two bobbing heads and gigantic red things. Dave and Seth paraded these chairs around target proudly.

But at least it paid off! I am loving my new chair. It has a place to put my water, rest my head, and hold my towel. The best part is...I get to recline! Goodbye to uncomfortable prego moments on the beach :)

Summer Time

Summer is here! Watermelon and BBQs here we come :)

I just think this picture is too cute. We were having a little BBQ with Seth and as I was doing stuff in the kitchen I look out to see Dave and Seth just sitting out on the porch enjoying eachothers' company. Too cute. So I snapped a pic.


And since Dave and I don't have many of us together with my prego belly we had Seth snap a couple.

There eh. happened to be a bee flying by when seth snapped one and I freaked because I thought it was going to fly inside our condo! Haha. Silly me.

24 Weeks

I can't believe I will be six months in just a couple weeks! Oh my goodness. It has been so fun to just lay and watch my belly move and to feel the baby move and groove all the time. It is exciting to think in a few short months the baby will be moving in our arms. I know my stomach is just going to keep on growing but sometimes I wonder where it is going to grow. I feel like everyday it keeps getting bigger and wonder how it could possibly stretch even more! My belly button is continuing its expansion to the outside world and feels like it will pop any day now. Our favorite thing so far has most definetly been feeling the baby move. It causes us to just laugh out loud sometimes and stare in wonderment at my belly holding the precious little life inside!

How your baby's growing:
Your baby's growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him at just over a pound. Since he's almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his body is filling out proportionally and he'll soon start to plump up. His brain is also growing quickly now, and his taste buds are continuing to develop. His lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help his air sacs inflate once he hits the outside world. His skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.

23 weeks!

Here is the latest for Lil'G:

"Turn on the radio and sway to the music. With her sense of movement well developed by now, your baby can feel you dance. And now that she's more than 11 inches long and weighs just over a pound (about as much as a large mango), you may be able to see her squirm underneath your clothes. Blood vessels in her lungs are developing to prepare for breathing, and the sounds that your baby's increasingly keen ears pick up are preparing her for entry into the outside world. Loud noises that become familiar now — such as your dog barking or the roar of the vacuum cleaner — probably won't faze her when she hears them outside the womb."

I think this is my favorite weekly update I have received so far! I have been turning on the Italian music and moving and grooving. And even more exciting is we have all seen the baby move! My sisters and Alisha and Dave and I sat around my belly just watching the baby kick. The little gymnast begins grooving after 10 pretty much every night. Every time Laura or Jenny rubbed my belly the baby would kick in response. It was so amazing! The first time we all saw the little bump we just started cracking up. It has been so much fun to actually see the baby kick! Here are some pics we took in the girls' adorable apartment the first night we visited them in their new place! I am so excited for them-and a little scared. Two girls all on their own! Trouble :) Please excuse the bare belly. We could only see the kicks with my shirt up for the world to see :) And I had to add in a pic of my adorable hubster tending to his new plant!

22 Weeks!

What's new:
At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.

Giggles

This is just one of the reasons why I love my wonderful hubby!
We are sitting at the dinner table and I am self absorbed in my silly worries about officially starting my new job tomorrow. I was pretty much freaking out about it and of course freaking out leads to tears. All of a sudden I am all teary eyed at the dinner table without any warning for poor Dave. I think he is used to my random melt downs by now. I mean they were bad before I was pregnant...now they are really bad. So as tears are streaming down my face and Dave is asking what is wrong, I tell him how nervous I am to start. He goes..."well at least you won't look like a nerd." (i am thinking...okay. what does that mean. I look like a pregnant whale instead. and I am looking at him and his glasses...he looks a little nerdy sitting there. but where is this going?)
then he says..."my first day at work I showed up wearing a tie" ...all of a sudden i got a major visual of Dave looking so nice in a tie and everyone else casually dressed. (mind you everyone at his work pretty much wears jeans)
the meltdown moment completely evaporated as I was overcome with giggles. That comment and visual was enough to make all my worries disappear. I love my wonderful hubby!

Loving It

Here is what I love about being pregnant and feeling baby kicks. I love waking up in the morning and just laying in bed with my hand on my belly feeling little kicks here and there. I love going about my day and suddenly feeling little movements inside of my belly. A happy reminder of the little life inside of me. And most of all I love the way Dave's face lights up like a little boy on Christmas morning everytime he feels a kick. It is amazing, incredible, and wonderful and I will treasure forever these beautiful moments with our baby.