It's been a while

For the baby's room:





Me, at 28 weeks and 5 days (taken last night):

24 weeks

Here are the pictures I took this morning. Technically at 24 weeks and 2 days.





These last few weeks have been going by so fast. I can't believe it is already September. Penguin will be here before we know it. We're still trying to decide on a name. So far we haven't had much luck with names that we both like. I don't know why boy names are so much harder. Last night I thought I had finally thought of the perfect name, until Argentinian pointed out to me that they (first and middle) were both city names. SO... I feel like I have a first name (well...maybe. it hasn't been agreed upon yet), and we still need a middle name too.

Other news, my mom will be coming to visit us next weekend, which is also my birthday (Friday). So that should be fun. I haven't seen her since the wedding, so it's been a while. So far we're planning to get some stuff for the baby taken care of, which will be nice. I just hope I have the energy for it.

Baby Moving

Ok, here's the video I was talking about earlier. It's not the best. But, unless I manage to capture something better, it will have to do. It's pretty much on the left hand side of my stomach, so focus there. There's about two different times you see him move around. Excuse the Shear Genius playing in the background.

21 Weeks

These were taken last weekend. Not too much of a difference from last time, I don't think. But, I think I just don't notice the growing as much as others maybe. Everything is going well. I tried to take a video last night (along with some new pictures) of the baby moving. Maybe I'll try to upload that at some point.

Movement

Argentinian finally felt Penguin moving around this last weekend. I tried to wake him up Saturday night when Penguin was literally doing somersaults or something in there, and you could not only feel the rolling, but could see it. Very strange. But cool. Anyway, I was unable to rouse him from his deep sleep. But the next morning, after breakfast, I kept Argentinian near me on the couch so he could feel the little guy kicking. He becomes rather active about 10 minutes or so after I eat a meal. So he finally felt a good strong kick from him.

Oops...

I don't think I ever posted any of the ultrasound photos, even though I totally meant to. So, without further ado, some of the very first photos of Penguin.

Recent Recap

It's been about a week or so since I've updated this blog. Hopefully I'll keep getting better and better at updating this one. This past weekend we had some of Argentinian's relatives staying with us. It was really nice and fun to meet them. They were so sweet and bought us a video camera for our wedding gift. They also bought a couple outfits for the baby.

I've been battling a cold or something (I hope it's not allergies, as that takes away all hope it will go away soon) the last 5 or so days. I am finally able to breath comfortably through my nose. Though one is still stuffy a majority of the time. But, it is at least getting better.

This weekend we are going to Pasadena to meet up with my family (well, sans mother) for our what seems to be annual weekend together. At least with my dad.

The pregnancy is going well. I felt the baby move the other night in a "I'm sure that's the baby and not my stomach digesting" sort of way. It was....strange. But great. I've never felt anything like that before (obviously). And I can't wait to feel it more regularly. So far I haven't felt anything so definite again. But I'm sure as the weeks go on I will.

Wedding Recap

The Argentinian and I are officially married! I just realized that I never posted anything about that here on this blog. It's tough maintaining two blogs. Let me tell you. I always end up posting more on my anonymous blog since I feel like there's more of a community (or something) there. This poor original blog has been rejected. I feel so ashamed. Anyway... on to the details

Well, the wedding went just wonderfully. We got married downtown at the Westgate hotel, and I would recommend them to anyone wanting to get married in the San Diego area. They were so wonderful and helpful throughout the whole process.

Anyway...I (and the Argentinian) couldn't have imagined a day more perfect. We didn't see each other at all before the ceremony, so it was a complete surprise how each other was going to look. Right before walking down the aisle, while standing outside the doors, holding on to my dad's arm, my heart suddenly started beating so fast. I don't know the last time I felt my heart beat so hard. But by the time I reached the end, and was up there with the Argentinian, any nerves had subsided, and I was just so excited. He looked so handsome. The ceremony was nice, not too long, not too short. We couldn't stop smiling and staring in each other's eyes when we got the chance. The whole night went by so quickly, looking back. What was actually 7 or 8 hours felt like 2 hours. I can't wait to see the pictures. So far we have a few from his sister that she took, and those turned out really nice.