i had my first family shower on saturday while my aunt janine and aunt nancy were here. it was so fun to see everyone. baby k got so much great stuff! she is so spoiled! now, i just need a house to put all her stuff in. it is literally driving me nuts not to be able to put her stuff away. enjoy some picture!

great grandma nola gave her this quilt and it reminds me of a blanket i used to love at my grandma's house, the bunny blanket

here is ash and baby bryce at 6 weeks old

this basket was FULL of clothes from my aunt kay and her girls

and of course one of emi because i haven't had any of her for a long time

emi and grace

my cousins (second cousins i think) and girls

our good friends chelsea and lori

jd's sisters katie and heidi

jd's mom and sister rachel

allison and ashley who gave me the shower

my cousin crystal, aunt sally, and jessica

we must have taken this before emily came, sorry!

the whole group

me, my mom, grandma and baby k

i can't wait for this little girl to meet her great grandma dot

my cousin's darling kids. i'm so glad they could come!

the girls (minus stacey who was sick)

my sisters

my cousin kristi took this and i thought it was cool...even though you can't see much belly

grandpa playing with emi

she LOVES to play with him and will always smile at him

we put bryce and emi in the chair together and they are almost the same size. they only lasted in the chair together for a few seconds. we'll have 2 more to add to the picture in january since stacey is due 3 days before me.

22 weeks (and a half)

i've been kind of mia lately and not really for any good reason other than lack of blogging material.

tuesday was 22 weeks. since it's almost friday i'm counting a half too. i can't believe we're on the downhill. 18 weeks to go. yikes.

things are going really well still. i still feel great. so far i've only gained 5 pounds and right on track for my goal weight (don't worry, doctor recommended). baby k is moving quite a bit lately. i think i felt her move a while ago, but i wasn't sure for a while. my only complaint so far is the sharp abdominal "growing pains" or so they're called. they always seem to be at night and i can barely move to get myself in bed.

also, we might have a name for this little girl. maybe. we haven't decided for sure, so i'm not quite ready to spill it yet.

we had another ultrasound tuesday to check her heart and everything looks great. they did a 4d picture for me, but the little punk had her arms in front of her face. at first, she had her arms AND legs in front of her face and they couldn't see her heart well enough. i had to try rolling onto both sides to get her to move. she is stubborn already. the doctor agreed. he also agreed that she was a girl because of her little attitude...i won't and you can't make me.

isn't this cute?

i realize it's a little creepy too, but cute. her arms are so tiny. she weighs about a pound right now. i just wish we could have seen her face.

and here i am.

there is a little more to see.

last week no one at work could believe i was 21 weeks.

now you can tell there is a little bit of a baby there.

since we already bought tickets to and from san antonio, we had major credit on southwest.

so, we decided to take a little trip to san francisco.

right from the airport we stopped at the ghiradelli factory store.

you could smell the chocolate before you even got out of the car...mmm.

i got some delicious hot chocolate!

don't worry, we rolled around oakland in a baby blue lincoln towncar.

i was a little worried to be driving that around there for fear we would get mugged lookin like gangstas.

and i totally forgot to take a picture of it. it was huge.

we drove by our old house in san leandro.

wow, does it look different. there used to be some yard and the trim was not teal. yikes.

we also scored free tickets to the giants vs diamondbacks game.

it was sweet to be at at&t park and jd's first pro baseball game.

we were on the 14th row and had some awesome hebrew national hot dogs, gilroy's garlic fries, and some hot chocolate when it got cold.

the only bummer was we left early when they giants were down 0-1 and then as soon as we left the giants hit a home run with 2 men on base and scored 3 runs.

outside the park

the view from the stadium of the bay bridge and the city

we walked all the way to the top and checked out the view of the whole park

there is this huge coke bottle that has slides inside and the huge mitt

view the other direction out over the bay

jd and i in front of the giant mitt

the park at night

it was really cool to see the park all lit up as the fog rolled in and settled on the field

the next day it was amazingly clear in the city so we decided to check out the bridge while we had a good view. last year when we went you couldn't even see the bridge because it was so foggy.

we walked the whole bridge and i was totally sore after (thanks to a charley horse)

the view of the city and the bay

us on the bridge

don't look too closely, this is not a good picture.

these signs were all over the bridge and i thought they were kind of funny...in case anyone wanted to jump.

the view of alcatraz, the bay bridge, and the city

us with my dad on the other side

we drove over into marin county to see the bridge from the park.

we had to check out all the views since you rarely get to see it this well.

i loved this little barn looking thing and these pictures on there.

i have been searching for where i can buy these pictures, i love them!

the view from down by the water

i like this one with the pier, the water, the bridge and historic fort pointe

then we walked around the city, pier 39 and the wharf.

i could watch these sea lions for hours, they are so funny.

i liked this picture with all the boats at the wharf

we stopped at this little fruit stand on the pier and it looked so pretty.

unfortunately, the fruit wasn't very good and it was way expensive.

this is from baker beach

we also stopped by cliff house and checked out the view there and ocean beach

it was cool to see the history of cliff house and the pictures of how it used to look.

it has been so many different things over the years and it was neat to see the history.

next we went down to santa cruz and it was incredibly hot.

i was pretty miserable most of the time. i feel bad for jd, my dad, and my aunt who had to put up with my complaining. jd was so sweet to carry my heavy purse the whole day so i didn't have to.

this picture is from the wharf next to the boardwalk.

the boardwalk and all the rides

this is the outside before you walk in.

it was fun to go here again. i haven't been here in years, since i was little.

unfortunately i couldn't go on the rides, but it was fun to go again.

i didn't take many pictures after because i was miserably hot. we also went to capitola, shopping, and checking out the area. we love vacation!