Zoo.

We're trying to get outside as much as possible before my waddling turns into not walking so we ventured out to the zoo on Saturday. I was so tempted to buy a pass! My frugality got the best of me but I'm already regretting not going for it. Luckily Owen was a lot more interested this time. He would whisper to all the animals and then yell out to them.

All the walking got me pretty swollen but we had such a good time.
I'm glad Owen is finally appreciating our outings more. :-)

In baby news we've officially become nesters. We've gutted, cleaned, and rearranged every single room in the house. We have her crib up, Owen moved to a toddler bed and we've made way for her in every space possible. We still have quite a few things we need to get before she arrives but we are starting to get giddy  for her arrival. :-) 

Old Town.

We decided to go to Old Town a few weekends ago to enjoy the great weather. I always love going there and seeing the street vendors. I have to admit the Southwestern style is slowing growing on me. :-)

I fell in love with these hanging birds!

Local Tourists.

We have a list of "New Mexican" items to buy before we move and these stars are on the list.

Vroom.

We've been hitting up some local car shows lately. I've forgotten how much I love old cars! We've been to three so far in the last week or two which for us is pretty amazing. We can't seem to get a decent picture of the three of us but hopefully our time spent there will help instill some good car sense into Owen. :-)

Wishful thinking.

I'm a sucker for blue.

Owen seemed to enjoyed himself. 

Mommy Biggest.

Week 26

My belly has exploded in the last week or two. I feel humungous. My belly button is for the first time ever an outie! I can't believe it! I've gained way less weight with June than I did with Owen but somehow I am still huge. Why do our babies insist on being so big? I've come to terms with the fact that I'm just always going to be a big pregnant woman. It gives me comfort to know that I can get back into my old clothes after the baby but as for being a small asian pregnant person? I don't think that's in the cards for me. I must have more of my Dad's side in me because heaven knows an asian woman doesn't turn into busty mcbust, even when with child. I'm a week away from being into my 3rd trimester which has really surprised me. Though I've been sick through this whole pregnancy I've kind of forgotten about it a lot as well. We're just so busy with Owen we forget that --oh yeah, I'm sick because I'm pregnant. Even then I sometimes have to give myself a reality check that being pregnant means you'll eventually have another child! 

Still pretty sick. Usually I'm sick for a few days then have a few good days but the past 2 weeks have been filled with sick days. I'm sure it doesn't help that my allergies kicked in this month as well. Owen gets them a little bit too so we have  been a pretty sad pair since neither of us can take anything for our relief. The heat has finally gotten the best of my fingers. At night it gets so hot (even with the A/C running!) that I have to take off my rings at night. It makes me so sad. I'm thinking about buying some ridiculous fake bling to wear in the meantime. :-)

Getting dressed has become kind of a hassle. I bought a bunch of dresses thinking they would last me til the end but they are getting shorter and shorter. I regret not having Tim take a picture of me in this dress a month ago when I looked really cute in it and when it came down to my knees where it is supposed to be. :-) I'm already itching to start P90X again, ha! Only one more trimester and our little June will be here!

As of late.

We've been spending a lot of time at the park this past week and I finally remembered to take my camera along. Owen is now going on 17 months! I can't believe it! Especially since before he turns 20 months he'll have a baby sister!

All is well here. Tim started a new rotation this week and has a totally different schedule. He doesn't mind it so much but it's killing me! I'm ready for all these rotations and new schedules to be over and done with as I'm sure he is. He's finding he really likes the nuclear specialty so it helps us narrow down our choices for where to move after graduation. Right now we're playing with the idea of moving to Washington/Oregon, or North Carolina. I'm sure once June is here we will crack down a little harder and make some decisions.

I decided to go back to school part time this semester even though I'm due with June during finals week. I've spoken to my teachers and they've all agreed to work out an early final for me. Perhaps I'm taking on more than I can handle but I really wanted to take advantage of all my grants and scholarships before we make too much money and won't be eligible for them. I technically only have 5 more required classes for my nursing pre-reqs but since most of them have a 4 hour lab attached I'm taking classes that are "suggested," or "beneficial," for one reason or another. One of these days I'll be all finished and I can proudly call myself a nurse!

Owen is as crazy and happy as ever. He's finally noticed that mom's belly is getting big and moves from time to time! He's a little weirded out by this and has gotten really clingy, wanting to be held and paid attention to allllll the time. On the plus side of it he has become VERY cuddly and has started giving hugs. It is oh so cute. :-) It makes me a little nervous about when June comes as he definitely doesn't like to share Mom or Dad.

Baby June is doing well. She's measuring a little big but not nearly as big as my Owen. :-) I've been having lots of Braxton Hicks contractions which have been quite annoying. My doctor says I need to try to stop lifting that 30 lb weight named Owen. :-) The last 3 weeks I feel like I've gotten HUGE. It's gotten hard to bend over and I've noticed I've started to waddle a little already. Only a few more months and we'll have TWO babies. I can't believe it. I'm still very nervous about it but we're very excited to meet our little girl.

Going Private.

Turns out we've run into some problems with fraudulent charges and identify theft. :-( It has been a nightmare. I'm not sure how they got any of our information but it's been horrible enough to make me paranoid. Please comment with your email address if you'd like to continue to read our blog! I've changed our email address as well so I'll be sending that out soon too or you can get it from me on facebook. Sorry guys!

23 weeks.

So this dress makes me look bigger than I actually am but I love it. I bought it for $6 at a secondhand shop and added a black panel so I wouldn't look like a hussy at church. Still haven't gained much weight due to being sick so often but I"m not really complaining! At my last doctors visit she told me to go out and eat some ice cream! :-) Can do! These pregnancies couldn't be any more different! 

We had another ultrasound last week & she is still a girl! It was the worst ultrasound I've ever had though. They had a student working on me, which I'm usually fine with but they didn't even let me know! Then after about an hour of lying on my back and Tim being late for work I asked if the resident could take over and they guilt tripped me saying I shouldn't rush them because they could miss something that's wrong with my baby. After telling them three times I was getting sick from lying on my back so long I finally threw up. Only then did they say, "Oh, you could've gotten up! All you have to do is say something!" Ugh! Finally after an hour and a half (Tim was already 45 minutes late for work at this point!) I told them I was done. They said they'd have to reschedule me because they didn't get all the measurements they needed. I was fuming. I said I would but I wouldn't work with a student, she told me I'd have to. I told her I didn't have to do anything and walked out. We didn't even get any pictures and the whole time I couldn't tell what in the world I was looking at because the student was so clueless. We had a great lady with all of Owen's ultrasounds, where was she?! She was really cool, was half Jamaican or something and had dreads. I want her! I left without making an appointment and I'm going to talk to my doctor to see if I actually really need to.