Date Night

This week is that crazy one we've been anticipating for a while. 

We had the Opera, have 3 concerts (one we had to give up..) a wedding rehearsal, a wedding.

All in 1 week!

Last night was our first show of the week. We went to see Andrew Bird again. 

It was amazing, again.  And this time, I was pregnant.. again! Only I actually made it through the entire show with out having to leave early this time. Proud moment. Being in one spot for a couple hours while having a blown up uterus with a baby inside laying on your back bone ain't the most comfortable feeling in the world. Just saying.

 The Baby loved the show, and gave us some extra entertainment. He was dancing the night away in there. Dave kept his hand on my belly most of the time because it's the first we've ever felt him with such strength. Pretty exciting. And a little creepy if you think about it too much. A tiny little person moving around inside your body. Weird. 

 Dave's happy face. haha, just kidding. 

Dave never fail when it comes to getting really great seats. Props to you, man.

Imagination and Being Awesome

Owyn has been growing into such an interesting, loving and hilarious little person.

His imagination is crazy. I have no idea where he gets half the stuff he does. 

For instance, in ^this picture, at the shoe store, he kept pretending he was on the school bus. He's never even seen the inside of a school bus.

The other day while I was getting ready, he took my eyeliner and drew on the mirrors and made me be the "police man" and put him in jail (aka my closet) after hand cuffing him. 

All of our furniture has been transformed into some sort of transportation. All of the beds are boats and his tent is a space ship. Every night he gets to decide between sleeping in the space ship or on the white boat. He usually chooses the space ship. He often likes to make a quick trip to Mars before bed. I was totally shocked the first trip. He got in, zipped up, buckled up, "three, two, one, blast off!", landed, put on his special imaginary helmet, and got out. Then he proceeded to bounce around in slow motion as if he was walking on Mars without gravity. Where did he learn these things?? 

Other things you should know about Owyn.. 

he is the sweetest little being in the world. 

- Every morning at 6am, he climbs into bed with me and gets all cozy and lets me sleep till Im ready to get up (unless he's hungry). Sometimes he gives me pats and lays his body on mine or rests his hand on my cheek. When I get up he says "morning mommy" all excited and sweet. 

- He gives me the "I love you" sign whenever we part and then the peace sign. "Bye mommy, wuv you, peeefffff". I melt.

- He's into this new thing where he asks "why" after everything. "Brush teeth? Wh-aaayyyyy". Its the funniest thing and never gets old. Its in a very concerned, very high pitched voice.

- He is very excited about baby brother. Oh yeah, did I mention it a BOY???

He thinks he has to press his mouth against my belly for the baby to hear him and yells. "CAN YOU HEAR ME???" This morning the baby was kicking and he told him "TAKE A NAP". hahaha. 

He says that baby is growing and he shows us with his hands "baby's growing growing growing and then POPS out!" 

He's going to be such a good big brother. As excited as I am to have another join the fam, I am sad I wont have as much 1-on-1 time with Owyn. 

Insta-lovin'

I'm so happy that Instagram is now on Android! 

I've been having lots of fun with it. 

Here are few pics from the week. 

1.beautiful spring day// 2. gettin' in some exercise// 3. 21 week baby bump// 4. excited for warm weather// 5. finally got into the doctor and got some meds// 6. Easter goodies

Easter

I hope everyone had a great Easter! 

We had a very relaxed one this year. We celebrated early last week while my mom was in town with the egg hunt and the whole sha-bang and we're recovering from being sick after a long 2 weeks, so we decided to take it easy. 

Last night we got Owyn all pumped up for the Easter Bunny. We had him plant jelly beans in a pot and told him that the Easter Bunny was going to come water them with magic and they'd be grown by the time he woke up, so he was very anxious to go to bed in order to see what was going to grow. Worked like a charm. Too bad it isn't Easter Eve every night, right?

Owyn woke up very excited to see that his jelly beans had grown into lollipops. 

He also enjoyed his basket. He got learning activity books, mini muffins, trail mix, a saxophone, balls, a watering can and a shovel. I'm hoping he doesn't find out that most kids get loads of candy in their baskets. He seemed pretty pleased with the mini muffins, and that's the way we like it!

  

Throughout the day we played outside and cooked. I cooked a big Easter meal, even though it's only us 2 & 1/2 ( + another half if you count baby, which I do when it comes to eating!). Once the meal was done we made rounds delivering it to grandparents. 

I'd say its been a good day and a great weekend, even though we were supposed to be in San Diego.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Yesterday was my 23rd birthday! Can you believe that? 

The years keep passing and still I feel like I never get any older. 

The secret?... surround yourself with people older than you. You'll never catch up! 

I'm always the youngest one around. I used to be embarrassed to tell people how young I was because I thought they'd think I was naive or treat me differently, but now I embrace it! 

So here I am. Twenty-three years young. 

I consider myself very lucky to have my birthday on the ides of March. 

Every years it has fallen on Spring break so I've always been able to do fun things. 

Thinking back on all of my birthdays, I have spent them in L.A., San Diego, Las Vegas, Puerto Rico and Mexico. 

This year, we went to see Radiohead! 

We've seen them once before in California but I never thought Id get to see them again, none the less ON my birthday!

I went to work and taught a class and then they had a little party for me with coffee cake. Then Dave came home from work early with a variety of desserts from AJ's Fine Foods and a box from Anthropology. It didn't take him long to figure out he could walk into that store, pick up anything, place it in those cute white boxes and Ill be thrilled. I love seeing what he picks out for me. It's cute. I did ask for a pool for my birthday, but I haven't received one yet, so I'm guessing that means the whole pool thing is a no-go? After gifts we went to happy hour/early dinner at Postinos (YUM!!) and then to the show. 

This morning Dave left for work and then 40 minutes later, he was back home! 

While on his way he figured it would be nice to take a personal day to spend some time with us. It was the best surprise of all! We then spent the morning shopping which included me buying my first maternity garb EVER!  Holy cow, no one ever told me how comfortable these crazy elastic waistband pants are!

They're still a little weird tho. 

In Bloom

  

  Everything around my house is in bloom right now. 

I've been finding myself sitting on the patio just breathing in the fresh jasmine scent that fills the air once the sun begins to set. 

That has a lot to do with my absence on the ol' blog. I have been spending a lot of time relaxing and being.. happy! It's wonderful! Every time I'm pregnant (after the 1st tri, of course) I get really happy, like I'm floating on clouds. I've been cooking and keeping the house clean again and doing all of the things I love, away from the computer. I could definitely get used to this. 

 

Another excuse for my absence is the fact that we've have been very very busy. Birthday celebrations, the Opera, concerts, being a bridesmaid..again, and lots of work. Work is busy right now because all of the schools take their field trips during the Spring semester, which means I've been giving lots of tours, which I love.

Last weekend I took baby bump to it's first Opera, Aida, with Grandma I and sister. 

I got my first pair of opera glasses and black diamonds!

This week my mom comes into town!! For 2 weeks!! I cannot wait! 

After she leaves we will be going off on an Easter vacation and then the concert season will be in full swing! We have a vacation, 3 concerts and the big wedding I'm in all in one month.

And then.. SUMMER!

AZ love

We have been soaking up this great weather and sunshine.

It seems like we are going on outdoor adventures everyday that I'm off. 

I have reached the "ecstasy" stage of my pregnancy, so luckily my body has been allowing me to do all the fun stuff I want. I don't think that's a real stage, but that's what I call it because everything is bright and fluffy and I'm feeling fantastic.

Last week Owyn and I went to see the butterfly exhibit at the Desert Botanical Gardens which was really neat. He loved it. We also went to the zoo. On the first day of Spring Break, might I add. Thank goodness we're members so we could bypass the insane line they had!

Could this weather just stick around, like, forever?

Mother-son trip to San Diego

This past weekend I decided it was time to go visit my dad in San Diego. 

I decided to go at 9:30am on Friday and we were on the road at 4pm (after packing, getting an oil change, new tires and a goodbye visit to Dave at work). 

I was super nervous because in all of the 2 1/2 years of Owyn's life, Ive never been with him alone for more than a day. I was so proud of his behavior, he was such a good boy for the 6 hour drive and all weekend (even in restaurants!). He always behaves better when he only has one parent with him, but if he has both of us, he's gets too excited and wild. It's strange. We can't even do story time together at night or he'll just acts crazy.

We always love going to see Dad and Wendy because we could sit at the house all day and still have a beautiful and relaxing weekend. I'm ready to move in with them! This weekend we:

ate a lot of delicious food (Wendy made bacon pancakes, yum!), 

played all day long on the porch, 

taught Owyn how to use chop sticks which he is very good at,

skipped bathing and stayed in the same clothes for two days (owyn only),

dad waxed my car  (as usual), 

played at the beach, 

ate a huge breakfast at a breakfast joint Woopi Goldberg worked at,

played at the park on Shelter Island, 

taunted the dogs. a lot, 

and missed Dave. a lot. 

We left Dave behind because he's saving vacation days for when baby comes. We missed him, but I was glad to give him a weekend to himself. He deserves it.