Del Mar, California

We finally took a vacation! We had a whole week on the sandy beaches of California. Both of my sisters and their husbands drove up and met us there. We stayed in a great condo just steps from the beach. The water was really cold, but the weather was perfect. I got a great tan! Everyone else but me, got in the ocean every day and played, but I was too sissy and couldn't get in. The water was too cold for me! We went shopping downtown in San Diego and hit up Seaport Village too. There were lots of boats at the harbor and tons of great food. I didn't get a lot of pictures from this trip so I'm counting on my sisters to send me some!
We went to Carlsbad for a day and stayed on their beaches. I really wanted to go there because this is where my family spent a lot of time at in the summer growing up. I noticed though it's gotten a lot busier these days with people. We laid out in the sand and had lunch, then we packed up and went back to our beach by the condo. Jessica and I saw dolphins twice swimming around in the ocean. Thank fully no sharks! I have a deathly fear of sharks, which is also another reason I had a hard time getting in the water...Lame I know.

This is pretty much all I did every day...Loved this $15 purchase for a lounge chair

First attempt at the new boogie board. It was so fun to watch him get eaten by the waves! but in the end he got the hang of it, and he looked like a pro!

One day we all walked to the San Diego County Fair. It was a crazy place with tons of rides and good food. All the boys rode some rides, but I couldn't unfortunately. But I'm pretty sure we blew a lot of money at the place! No one even won a prize...but we did get lost trying to leave the fair that literally took us on a 3 mile trek out of the way, and then back to where we started. I was dying by the end, because I wore flip flops and I'm prego..I was sick all night afterwards and couldn't get out of bed. It was so crazy. Here are couple of fun photos.

Aaron took the lead right from the start! So funny!

This ride was making me sick just to watch it! Go Ryan and Aaron!

Thanks to my sisters and their husbands for coming to Cali with us. We hope to do it again soon! Love you guys! Next time Hawaii!!

My amazing and beautiful sisters!

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Jess and I cruising Del Mar

Solana Beach

Trying to figure out which wave to ride

20 weeks has come and gone!

I wanted to post a couple pictures to record myself at 20 weeks of pregnancy. We found out a few weeks ago that we are having a baby girl and we couldn't be more excited! She is already such a blessing to us, and we love her so much. We have been pretty nervous and excited about starting the trek to parenthood. I can't seem to not talk about her everyday and the changes she will bring into our home. I hope she is just like Aaron with a little bit of my attitude :) Aaron probably will not be pleased with this statement, hahaha..We have thrown around a couple of names, but I think I know what it's going to be and we are saving it until she is born. I want to make sure I still think it fits her, after we finally get to see her. She is due November 23rd! Happy Thanksgiving to us! I only have four more months to go, and I hope they continue to go smoothly.













I never had morning sickness, but I do get a lot of uncomfortable stomach aches and head aches of course..:( I still think I am pretty lucky considering some of the horror stories I have heard and that my friends have lived through..I want to take a second and document the events leading up to our pregnancy..Could be boring for everyone, but I have to type it up or I will forget everything.


























Back in April of 2010, we decided to come off the pill, and start letting nature take its course, if it's meant to be. Six months went by and nothing. So I went to see a fertility doctor and get checked out. I am 30 years old at this point so you never know..Well turns out I don't ovulate on my own. I have a collection of unfertilized eggs stuck in each of my ovaries that never got released..I won't get into more details than that. So I had to take a few rounds of different hormones through a stomach injection for a few months to help my body function properly. It took four months of these things to finally get my body ovulating.. but at least it finally worked. I was really worried there might be something else wrong with me and I'd have to try In-Vitro, but I didn't, and now I'm pregnant!  I sometimes cannot believe how advanced technology is these days, and we are so blessed to have it available to us. But I know Heavenly Father was the one who gave us this baby, and we couldn't be more grateful or happier.

Buddies

Aaron- I hope you don't mind, but I had to post these pictures for the blog book, so we never forget them. We took these pictures a couple of months ago. Atlas is weighing in at over 160 pounds, and furrier than ever. We could barely tear him away from his water dish to get a few pictures. Enjoy!