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??