Our trip up the coast

Okay, So we really had fun this whole weekend... Aside from our hot air balloon ride... Sunday we took a drive up the 101 freeway just to get away for the day and drive up the coast! We stopped in Laguna Beach at a street fair, then we drove up to Newport Beach, had lunch at a really yummy BBQ place in Huntington Beach and went to another street fair there... and there was a huge volleyball tournament going on too! So then we decided to just keep going North and went to the La Brea Tar Pits in LA and walked around the park, we went up to the Hollywood sign (which was an adventure... we went through the Hollywood hills and got a little turned around in all those windy streets) and then we went to the Griffith Observatory, we drove down the entire Hollywood Blvd were all the stars names are and the Chinese Theatre, and to end the day we drove through Beverly Hills and Rodeo Dr. Big long day of sight seeing and driving. And we had the dogs with us the whole time in the back and took them on all these fun walks everywhere!

The Hot Air Balloon

Ren and I decided since I had the week off from work, and we weren't going on vacation anymore, that we should do something both of us had always wanted to do for our anniversary coming up this week!  We went on the Del Mar hot air balloon ride and went over Del Mar, (but not directly over the ocean) Rancho Santa Fe, and Rancho San Diego area... we saw some of the biggest beautiful homes in the county here from a balloon!  It was so amazing!  We were up there for a good hour and 20 minutes or so... you could imagine how bad I had to pee when we landed! It was not even cold either... it was warm #1 cause we were always going WITH the wind and #2 cause Ren and I were right under the burners!  So there was like 5 balloons that went up the same time as us.  I took a picture with my belly so we can show Gavin that he was there too, some day!  Such a fun day!
          
                    


          

Okay per your request....Annie!  I have been taking pictures every time I hit a new month mark. I didnt do a 3 month picture cause I wasnt showing at all hardly, so the top picture is 4 months and I just took the bottom one this morning cause my 5 month mark was yesterday.  I had my first person ask me at the gym (my yoga instructor actually) when I was due... so that means I have passed the point of looking pot bellied and now look pregnant!  (and no... I wasnt wearing my Babylicious shirt!) The lady that works at Marietas also said something to me.  Kinda makes me think we go there too much... but it is the best Mexican food around! I do love my sopes!

Good News!

I think this is fabulous news!  We took Marcie to the vet yesterday to see how many puppies she is having and... she is having a false pregnancy!  I was so happy to know she is not really pregnant, cause I dont really want puppies right now... and she is just too young.  So the vet said that her body has the hormones of a real pregnancy and she may even produce her milk, but then her body will realize its not pregnant and she may go into heat again.  This time she does we know what to do.  Send her away to "fat camp" (or Jeff & Justyn's house) Look in the picture she is so fat she has to do the fat girl side sit!  I think its funny!

Charlie's Greatest Fear

So this is mostly experimentation.  I didn't know how to upload a video, so I finally figured it out and all I had was a video of Charlie dangling over the pool... he HATES water!  But it was hot and he needed a cool down.  Its like his pre-swim getting ready to go in the water.  Besides, I get bored of posting nothing but pictures of myself... how boring.  This will give some variety!

The Appointment

I went to the doctor yesterday and everything went very well!  The doctor measured all the vital organs, and I was amazed about the images he pulled up!  He showed the four ventricles of his heart and pulled up a color view that showed the blood flow in his body.  Red for blood going in and blue for blood going out.  (I may have confused them but you get the picture right!?!) He also measured the cerebral fluid and I thought that was pretty awesome.  The only thing he didn't get to is his face... he is always so shy!  He kept covering his face with his arms and turning around every time we would get close to his face.  The one in the picture is the best he could muster up for us.  We are thinking of the name Gavin... what do you guys think? Ren is pretty stuck on it and I like it a lot too... 

Little Tiny Movements!

So today at dinner I felt the baby move around a lot... those little flutter feelings you know.  But today at dinner, it was stronger than normal and a lot more!  (He must like $5 footlongs from Subway!)  I told Ren and he was stoked because he pushed on my stomach and could feel the flutters too!  It was pretty awesome!  AND... I got this fun shirt today that I will wear to the gym... it says Babylicious! That way people will know I am pregnant and not think I just have a pot belly.  I had Marcie on my lap too because she is gonna be a baby momma too!