We are officially in the second trimester!!! This week we went on a road trip to the bay area with my sister and her boyfriend. We drove through the Pacific Coast Highway and it was breathe taking! I planned this trip long before we found out we were pregnant, so I didn't want to have to cancel! The drive up was long, only because we stopped like 6 times to admire the views (i'll have to do a separate post). I only threw up once and it was before route 1 (the zig zags), but I threw up three times on the ride home and it was just a straight ride and a lot shorter! I think baby was sad to be leaving. Anyway, Im glad were back at my parents now and resting, sort of. 

This week, I've noticed I am slowly starting to get my energy and appetite back, my tummy is definitely growing, and I started to feel flutters around my belly. It's definitely an indescribable feeling. I have finally been able to eat all the food I have been craving. I've been eating a lot of Jack in the Box cuz I have been craving their tacos and curly fries. My sister has also been taking us to all these amazing food and dessert spots! Mmm! Im gonna be so sad when we leave cuz I wont be able to satisfy my cravings! We've also eaten Mexican food and In & Out, which are a must when were home! 

All the love and attention and being catered to by my family and friends is overwhelming! I always try to remind them that I'm pregnant and not paralyzed! Haha! But I just allow them because I know this is the only time we'll be home during this pregnancy. Next week is an exciting one for us because we get to find out the gender of the baby! Ahh! I made the appointment last week for July 3, and our gender reveal party is on July 5! I cannot wait!!! 

Xx,

Jenn

We are back in San Diego and I couldn't be more excited!! We got here on Wednesday and have just been overwhelmingly busy! The plane ride felt long! Luckily I didn't have to get up so much to pee because I was sitting on the window seat! I did have to get up once to stretch and walk up and down the isle cuz I was getting cramps. 

We attended a friend/old housemate's wedding yesterday and it was beautiful! It still amazes me how grown up all the guys are: kids, homeowners, marriage... are we really getting older?! Anyway, today is Father's Day and we took my dad out for brunch at Caroline's Seashore Cafe in La Jolla after church. Food was delicious and the view was a plus! Didn't do much today, because I wanted to finally take time to rest before our trip to the bay tomorrow. We picked up our rental car for the trip then picked up my sister's boyfriend, Alex, so that he can spend the night cuz were leaving at 5am tomorrow morning. I'll do a more detailed blog another time about our trip but for now, its bed time for this momma-to-be! 

Xx,

Jenn

We drove from Vegas to San Diego and on the way to SD, we stopped by LA to visit LACMA. I wanted to check out the Urban Lights and get some Macaron Ice Cream sandwich at MILK! (Thai Tea flavor was delicious!). It was a really quick stop before we headed to San Diego.

Who would have thought that we'd end up in Salt Lake City, UT!? Neither did we. But we had to fly out for my college graduation (along with my family) a few weeks ago.

This isn't our first trip to Disneyland, but I cant seem to find any of the ones from all the previous years we went. This trip was after our wedding and we took our family who was visiting from Australia. They were all so excited because it was their first time in America. 

Edited (March 27, 2015) --

I FOUND THEM!! I was looking through my extran hard drives for other pictures and ended up finding them! 

I think this trip was our first trip to Disneyland together. Circa 2005? I cant remember. But we went with John's family for Josh's birthday. Yes! Wait I do remember. This trip was a few days after my first major car accident! My mom wasn't gonna let me go, but I was all better by then so I insisted on going. Im glad I did. I remember it being such a fun trip!

This trip was John's visit after deployment, and also the year and month he proposed (he actually did it a few days after this day trip). I got two free tickets to use for Wild Animal Park because we chaperoned for the school I was working for and they let me bring him along. We were with the students for a bit, and another teacher let us hang out on our own to check out the park for about an hour. Which was nice of her. She knew John had just gotten back from deployment, so I think that could be why she was so nice. My favorite was the safari ride along the park because we got to see animals roam around near by.  

I cant remember exactly when in 2006 this was but I know it was before John left for bootcamp. It was our first time at this amusement park and we went with two of our friends who were dating at the time. 

December 2006 - John and I, along with 19 other friends, got together and took a trip to big bear for everyone's first snowboarding trip and most of our first time seeing actual snow! After this trip, we were addicted to snowboarding! We rented out a 5 bedroom cabin for 3 days, 2 nights. It was one of the best memories I've had that year. It was also the last year that everyone was gonna be together, with everyone back to college (some went away for college) and John leaving for boot camp.