septiembre!!

oh september... one of my favorite months!! although chris denies the existence of season changes in southern california (chris: it's warm all year long here! it doesn't even snow! the leaves don't even turn colors! you have no idea what seasons ARE miss born-and-raised-in-san-diego!), i happen to enjoy the subtle changes that happen with the commencement of autumn over here in this part of the country... it's all the autumn i've ever known. ;)

so many happenings this month... and they all seemed to happen in the first week too:

#1: chris returned from his marathon detail out in arizona (yay)! those were the longest six weeks of all time!! it was nice to have him back home again. lucky for him, he got a week's reprieve before going back to work.

#2: 1 year anniversary of our engagement (september 7)! to celebrate, we were going to revisit the proposal spot at the scripps birch aquarium in la jolla.... buuuut i ended up being way more nauseated than i anticipated and so instead we enjoyed eachother's company at home. mmm, pregnancy sickness. so romantic.

#3: my brother, ross returned from his 2 year long mission in zimbabwe, africa. SO exciting!! chris met ross for a grand total of 30 minutes while we were watching the summer olympics together back in 2008. it's kind of funny, because i don't think ross anticipated coming home to another brother by the time he got off his mission. but he did, and amid all the hugs at the airport, there was a friendly handshake between the two boys. (handshake. honestly?)

#4: baby doctor appointment... and chris accompanied me this time. it was really neat to hear the little fetus's heartbeat... although it didn't like the doppler too much so it kept moving away from it. chris' commentary on the subject: "aw, sounds like there's a real baby in there!"

#5: on the last day of september (today!), chris and i took a day trip to julian. good little adventure for my grumpy pregnant butt (i am still dealing with pregnancy sickness... but it's limited itself to just mornings now, thank goodness. still, after a particularly rough a.m., i am not the happiest rabbit in the hutch, that's for sure). we walked around, found some crazy little shops, found some restrooms, drank some cherry phosphate, and ate some pie. i perked up after the pie. :) we had a grand little time. and took pictures of me trying to look prego. see following paragraph:

about halfway through september i started... not fitting into my clothes anymore... oh soooo awkward. because it's not like i look manifestly pregnant at this time at all, it just looks like i have the worst case of super-bloat ever known to man... and the size 4 jeans ain't cuttin' it anymore. so, my dear mother in her abundance of wisdom got me some maternity pants, which are actually pretty comfortable with their expandable waists. but still, like i said... no one would guess i'm pregnant at this point just by looking at me. i can still blend in and look like a bloton (we all know how much a girl loves to look like a bloton. right?).

attempting to look pregnant here. i'm 16 weeks.

no braces!! see how happy i am??

announcement- then august update.

ah, the monthly blog-date. but first. an announcement: we're expecting!! the little one is due on march 17, 2011.

that being said, the august update is as follows:

during the entirety of the month of august, chris was in tucson, arizona for work. also during the entirety of the month of august, i happened to be in the vicious throws of pregnancy sickness (so, SO not fun). i DID have an opportunity to visit mister workaholic about 2 weeks into his stay there, for about 3 days- which was nice.  tucson was actually quite pretty during my visit, and as it is far more air-conditioned than san diego is, the stay was quite pleasant temperature-wise. chris was working the night shift, so he was able to escape the heat of the day for the most part. however, this also meant that he needed to sleep during the morning hours... which just happened to coincide with the time when the worst of my pregnancy sickness would rear it's awful head. needless to say, by the time i left for home, chris was a tired, tired boy, and i am sure that he enjoyed his subsequent quiet mornings for the remainder of his time there.

also noteworthy for august- i finally got my braces off! HOORAY!!! now i look like an adult again! just in time too... according to chris, "braces are fine, and being pregnant is fine, but not together. no wife of mine is going to walk around looking like a pregnant teenager." haha, i love my husband- he is my favorite comedian. :)

regrettably, this month's blog has no pictures. my apologies. i couldn't quite find the energy to wield my camera around this month. perhaps i will have better luck over the next few weeks. ;) stay tuned for next time!!