Week 23: Mango!

I'm not as stressed about our pup Coltrane today as I was yesterday, but she still had a freakout last night.  Hubby had to basically grab her and hold her down next to him until she calmed down.  And I mean hold her down.  It's not a typical day if Coltrane doesn't act up.  We just don't know what to do with her still.

So today marks week 23, and Baby H is the size of a large mango!  I feel him a lot more now, and I know I'll be feeling him even more the rest of the journey.  I feel like I've ballooned in the last couple weeks.  It doesn't help when people ask, "So when are you due?  December, oh I thought you were due like next month!".  Thanks ignorant people, way to make a pregnant woman feel like a whale.  And yes, a co-worker did say this to me yesterday.

Before I forget, this time last year the hubby and I were in Washington taking our engagement photos!  Since we bought an engagement/wedding package from our photographer in Seattle, we decided to get our photos done a few days before our wedding.  We decided to get them done around Pike Place Market-such a fun memory!

Okay, back to present time.  Good news...last night a surprise arrived at our doorstep (no, not the stork, waaay to early for that):

Our first present!  Well, technically our 50th or something like that, thanks to all the lovely presents from Nana and the sister-in-law.  Funny thing is, it came with no gift receipt or who it was from except "Amazon".  So, it could be from Nana...?  We aren't sure, but it was exciting to see a box arrive at our doorstep for Baby H!

Yesterday afternoon I had a little downtime at work, so I decided to get organized with the free planner I was given from my doc's office.  I like it because the color scheme looks like it's from our wedding...

I've received confirmation of our maternity tour of the hospital I'll be delivering at, as well as confirmation of our "Prepared Childbirth" classes.  I can't believe we have classes set...with 17 weeks left to go more or less, it feels like time has just flown by!  Granted I've only known I'm pregnant for 11 weeks-but those 11 weeks feel like only two.  I don't mind time flying through these hot months though...I've been tossing and turning at night since it's been so hot and muggy.  We left the AC on last night and our fan on in the bedroom, but it was still kind of warm when I woke up.  I do miss Washington summers because it would cool down a lot at night.  We now live in the desert basically!  Cross your fingers that the heat dies down sooner than later, I miss wearing sweaters and long-sleeved shirts.

So our 1-year anniversary is coming up this weekend, and we have no plans.  : (  I really wanted to celebrate at Disneyland since we honeymooned in Disney World (and we won't get a chance to go to D-land until Baby H gets a little older), but it's going to be so hot this weekend I'd rather not stand in long lines in the heat.  We're thinking of postponing that trip until Halloween time since the decorations are really neat then, but we'll see how I'm feeling at that point...I'll be between 30 and 32 weeks along!  Holy cow.  And I know I won't be able to ride the fun roller coasters, but Disneyland to me is about the experience anyway.  And yummy food, heehee.  I get an excuse to eat a little more, right?!  But yeah, we are going to try and brainstorm some ideas in the next couple days on what to do-I have Monday off so it will be a long three-day weekend.  I'm open to suggestions people!