It's a beautiful day! Partly sunny and 74 degrees in the middle of February! =D (smiles all around) I have one more hour left before I get off to start my weekend, but I can't seem to concentrate on doing any more work. I wish I could be outside right now, soaking up the sun. And oh how I wish spring/summer were here! Hopefully it'll still be warm by the time I am off. Ironically, we're gonna get hit with some snow and 30 degree weather on Tuesday. Wutdahew? I swear...global warming...we're gonna die in 2012! Well, hopefully NOTSOMAUCH because I wanna live to see my iddle baby grow up!
So yesterday I had another routine prenatal checkup. As of today, I am 14 weeks and 5 days along!! My doc was able to do the ultrasound on mah belleh aka my booty do - instead of sticking that "dildo" thingy up my punani, which btw this Filipina nurse at Kaiser Springfield is a purve about, but in a funny way, I guess lol.
Side track story: so at my very first prenatal visit, this nurse was putting the condom on and lubing up the ultrasound probe. As she was doing so, she says to Brice "Oy, dis wohn por her por wite now, but you can be por layduh" (Brice and I just laughed lol)...of course she had to be one of Spamela's peepohs! You perverted Filipinos you...haha
Back to my checkup from yesterday: so the sonogram showed that Baby Pope has grown oh so much! It has a huge belly, and a large brain - Mommy has been eating well, and reading before bed is hopefully paying off! Brice claims to have seen a large ding dong in the sonogram lol; he has sworn even since the first ultrasound that the baby is a boy and that he can clearly see the baby's large weeny lol. Anywho, we could see Baby Pope's tiny peet, and tiny arms - one of which it moved! And it looked as though the baby was sucking its thumb - ahh so cute! Its heart has always been easy to see (probably from all the love it's been getting, especially from Daddy, family, and friends); the doctor has always had good news about everything looking really healthy - I've really been trying to do what I can to ensure this is a good pregnancy (and in return, Baby Pope has been good to me - no morning sickness, no complications, no pains, not yet at least).
Being pregnant truly is a unique experience. It's so hard to explain - it's just weird, it's exciting, it's joyful, it's I don't know. Weird because something is growing inside of me. I know it's gonna be more weird once I can feel its movements, like a little alien dancing inside my body. It's exciting to follow the baby's growth and journey in my womb; it's gonna be even more of an adventure once it's outside of my womb! And it just makes me happy to see how others are happy about the whole situation too. I'm so fortunate and appreciative of the support system I have my from my baby daddy, most of my family, my friends, my coworkers, my job. I am sure it would be different if that support wasn't there. So I am thankful every day. And although Baby Pope can't say so yet, it is thankful too!
April 1, 2011 - We find out if Baby Pope really is a boy... or a girl!!
*SIGH...I gotta wrap things up now, but will sure to try my best to keep everyone posted on Baby Pope's progress!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
So it's been awhile...
I can't believe it's been more than five (5) months since the last post (thanks Giiinuh for the birthday shout out! <3). Obviously we have not been keeping up with the blogging world like we originally intended to. Not sure what happened but to rectify the problem, I am contributing my first post. So some quick updates: one of us got pregnant (technically in 2010 but still...), one of us started her first post-college job, one of us traveled to the West Coast and one of us gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Guess which one describes me, I'll give you a hint:
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Yup, I went to CALIFORN-I-A! Even though my event is not as monumental as the others, it actually holds a lot of meaning for me. You see, I've been dating O for a little over seven years and this trip marked our first successful out-of-state excursion involving the other person's family. In this case, it was with O's two older sisters, Ams and Rabs (not their real names BTW). You might wonder what took us so long to reach this stage in our relationship. And the answer is I don't know, it just felt like the right time. We don't set up different check points (consciously or subconsciously) that we must reach by a certain deadline. We're more of the go with the flow type and if it feels comfortable, like nothing is missing at the moment, why force ourselves to take the next step just because it's been X number of years? Having said that, I really am happy that we made it here and am grateful for Ams and Rabs for contributing to that transition. :)
So back to California... it was my second time visiting the state but it was the first time I got to explore Los Angeles. The city was nothing like I imagined it would be. The last time I was there, we spent one day in Hollywood and pretty much all I saw were tourists (myself included hah), overpriced souvenir shops and historic landmarks. It was like LA's version of Times Square. This time around, I got to see beyond Hollywood and really witnessed what LA has to offer. In no particular order, here are some of my favorite memories from the trip:
- biking through the Santa Monica Pier
- attempting to balance on the acrobatic bars at the original Muscle Beach (I figured my experience with yoga and pilates would help me balance but no such luck :P)
- trying Indonesian for the first time at The Grove (my lunch was served on a banana leaf!)
- feeling overwhelmed at Rodeo Drive (I mean seriously, it is a filthy filthy rich place)
- taking one too many pictures of palm trees
- Ams's spacious yet homely apartment in Pasadena
- meeting some veryyyy talented musicians and being a part of an impromptu jammin' session
- eating an actual homemade Japanese dinner in Little Tokyo
- ordering TONS and TONS of sushi at an all-you-can-order Japanese restaurant (red/white/black dragon rolls galore!)
Thinking back on my West Coast vacation really makes me yearn for another mini-getaway. Or at least, for summer to get here. Sighhh...
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Yup, I went to CALIFORN-I-A! Even though my event is not as monumental as the others, it actually holds a lot of meaning for me. You see, I've been dating O for a little over seven years and this trip marked our first successful out-of-state excursion involving the other person's family. In this case, it was with O's two older sisters, Ams and Rabs (not their real names BTW). You might wonder what took us so long to reach this stage in our relationship. And the answer is I don't know, it just felt like the right time. We don't set up different check points (consciously or subconsciously) that we must reach by a certain deadline. We're more of the go with the flow type and if it feels comfortable, like nothing is missing at the moment, why force ourselves to take the next step just because it's been X number of years? Having said that, I really am happy that we made it here and am grateful for Ams and Rabs for contributing to that transition. :)
So back to California... it was my second time visiting the state but it was the first time I got to explore Los Angeles. The city was nothing like I imagined it would be. The last time I was there, we spent one day in Hollywood and pretty much all I saw were tourists (myself included hah), overpriced souvenir shops and historic landmarks. It was like LA's version of Times Square. This time around, I got to see beyond Hollywood and really witnessed what LA has to offer. In no particular order, here are some of my favorite memories from the trip:
- biking through the Santa Monica Pier
- attempting to balance on the acrobatic bars at the original Muscle Beach (I figured my experience with yoga and pilates would help me balance but no such luck :P)
- trying Indonesian for the first time at The Grove (my lunch was served on a banana leaf!)
- feeling overwhelmed at Rodeo Drive (I mean seriously, it is a filthy filthy rich place)
- taking one too many pictures of palm trees
- Ams's spacious yet homely apartment in Pasadena
- meeting some veryyyy talented musicians and being a part of an impromptu jammin' session
- eating an actual homemade Japanese dinner in Little Tokyo
- ordering TONS and TONS of sushi at an all-you-can-order Japanese restaurant (red/white/black dragon rolls galore!)
Thinking back on my West Coast vacation really makes me yearn for another mini-getaway. Or at least, for summer to get here. Sighhh...
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