Last weekend we made the drive down to Alhambra (around Pasadena) to visit Desmond's Great Great Grandma Fay.  He did surprisingly well on the ride down.  Seeing the two of them together was really heartwarming, not many people get that large of a generation spread.  We had lunch with her in the cafeteria of the retirement home she's living in.  It ( Read more... )

Tonight is Pierce and my first date night since Desmond has joined us <3

Des will be staying with Gramma and Grandpa while we're enjoying everything I couldn't do/sit through while I was pregnant. That's right: SUSHI! MC CARTHY'S!! and a MOVIE!

I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself :D

You've all been patiently waiting (and some of you not so patiently!) for news on our little boy. We still don't have anything to update you on ( Read more... )

As of today I am officially on maternity leave.

Last week I was pushing myself too hard, my original goal was to be able to work through this week.  But I was able to take a step back and see that this is what my body needs, and to tell my head to shut the hell up.  My director assures me that this is me taking care of myself and won't reflect on ( Read more... )

The American Heart Association is currently looking for energetic volunteers to help with the Start! San Luis Obispo Heart Walk on Saturday, October 4th at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. There will be a mandatory volunteer meeting on Friday, October 3rd to discuss specific tasks for the day of. You will receive a special Volunteer T-Shirt and ( Read more... )

YESS!!!

The contingency on our house has been removed, as the sellers have found a new house, and as of today Pierce and I are officially in ESCROW!!

Next week will be the home inspection, and as long as no red flags come up there, we'll be finalizing everything and moving in in about 45 days!!

Holy crap! We're so "grown up" we're looking at houses! Its sad to find what the loan agencies approve you for still isn't realistic to have to maintain that sort of mortgage. But we're staying optimistic! We both have great credit and we're first time home buyers, so we're in a pretty good spot ( Read more... )

We had our second ultrasound on Thursday afternoon and we were lucky enough for the baby to be very cooperative.  One of the first little bits we saw was the confirmation that it is a boy!   Developmentally everything is on schedule and proportional.  And we've even felt him move a couple of times :)  Pierce is cute and spacy, now that he only has ( Read more... )

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Seriously Boob Fairy, stop coming to me.. I don't need more than what I've got now.

D's are ridiculous.. I feel bad for anyone that has them when they're not pregnant.