Balmex anyone?

Yesterday, I was making dinner. I thought AJ was with Lily. He thought Lily was with me. I started noticing that it was kinda quiet in the house (even though I was being loud in the kitchen.) Not 3 seconds after I thought that, Lily came up to me and said "help mom." Not unusual for her to say this. I look down and see she's holding a Balmex tube in her hands and wanting to take the cap off. I tell her we can't play with it. Then I focus in on her face and see this:

Yes, look closely. You will see white goo all over her face!! She is now called Casper the Friendly Ghost!

All over some pillows and if you look closely at the top diaper, you will see a big pile of goo on it! Some diapers were so badly covered that we threw them away.

And on another pillow. Luckily, it all came out and Lily had a bath at 5:30 that night! I laughed at the situation...humor is best right? I just hope she doesn't get into this and decide to put it all over her baby brother! Now that would be bad!

Last San Diego Post!!

I promise this is my last S.D. post! I still can't believe I haven't finished it yet! And we went almost a month ago! So, here we go:One day we headed on over to Coronado Island-this was probably my most favorite thing! The town is so cute, there's lots to see and it's just a fun place to be. We headed to the famous Hotel Del Coronado where we walked around, got a fancy (decaf!) coffee drink, and I was spoiled with a wonderful pedicure!

This is just a side view of the ginormous hotel

Back view of the hotel from standing on the beach.

I just loved the white sand look! This wasn't like the other beaches we had visited earlier.

At this point I was sweating-can you see my shirt sleeves pushed up?! And of course AJ is still wearing a coat! Right after this picture he took it off. But the silly weather man said it was supposed to rain that day so we did not dress accordingly. Oh well!

Enjoying my coffee before my pedicure (notice my black shirt is now gone!)

Us :)

Later that night (and AJ is really enjoying this convertible!) we headed on over to Old Town for some authentic Mexican food! It was a fun place with lots of Mexican restaurants to choose from. We chose a giant one with a long line thinking that it probably had good food with the amount of people! It was a fun experience!

A view of part of the restaurant (this was taken from the table we were eating at)

And another shot of the restaurant-it was huge!

Us I secretly took this man's picture-I just loved how he was selling single stemmed roses. And some fun music to listen to. The next day we went to church and afterwards headed over to my favorite place...IN 'N OUT!!! I SO wish we had one of these in Oregon! But it's probably a good thing we don't, otherwise all I'd be eating was cheeseburgers!

Imagine a big choir singing "Hallelujah"-cause that's how I felt when we pulled in!!

As you can see, I'm thoroughly enjoying my cheeseburger, milkshake, and fries (thankyouverymuch!) Later that evening, we drove about 90 minutes to Laguna Beach to meet up with our friends! I have known Kristi and Nathan since middle school and it just so happens that these 2 high school sweethearts got married! And I was honored to be a part of their wedding. AJ knows them through me and also has fun with these guys! They actually live in Pasadena, but found Laguna Beach to be the halfway point for both of us-which is great because we had never been there!

We went to a fun place for dinner right across the street from the beach, but I'm a dork and forgot to have our waiter take our picture! Anyway, we walked over to the beach after we ate and found this group playing volleyball. We were trying to get AJ to join in on the game-he wanted to, but wasn't sure if he'd be allowed. I told him I'm sure they'd want him considering he's 6'6''!!

Kristi and I

The beautiful beach at sunset

The gang!

Nathan being a loving husband and holding Kristi's chocolate while we took pictures :)

A weird picture I know. But I was trying to catch AJ off guard and he looks like this-but I love how blue his eyes look and the colors of the sky in the background!

Trying to take a group picture-it's not looking so great-and Kristi is laughing at her husband-I don't remember what he did, but it was funny!Finally a good one-except for AJ! He was still in funny mode-oh well!AJ pretending to be a lifeguard on Baywatch-at least that's what he told me :)Love this picture taken by Kristi!

Well, that's all of the pictures! I didn't think I'd ever finish it, but I did! We had such a fabulous trip and it's one I will for sure remember!

San Diego Part 2-Sea World!

I realized I never finished posting about our San Diego trip! And I better to do it now before my pregnant brain forgets everything we did! One day we went to Sea World (my parents had given us tickets in our Easter basket!) and it was tons of fun. It was really overcast that day, but it was perfect for me. Our faces, especially mine, got toasted from the sun though-and it wasn't even shining that much! But we had such a fun time walking around and seeing all that was there. We took in 3 shows, AJ rode a roller coaster, had some yummy treats, and just relaxed! Right as you enter the park, there is a sea lion area where these seals just hang out. You could actually buy sardines (not sure if they were sardines, but it looked like it!) and throw them to the sea lions. And the sea lions would bark and yell so loudly when they saw people had food for them! It was hilarious!

There was a girl right next to me and she had bought sardines for these sea lions. This seal wanted them so badly that he is leaning against that window! If I wanted to, I could have easily stuck my arm out there and touched him! No way I ever would though!These little birds were just hanging out with the sea lions-I thought they were pretty so I took it's picture :) Then we saw a super cheesy sea lion show:

It was called "Sea Lion Live" (like Saturday Night Live...yes, it was lame). But I will admit the seals did some pretty cool tricks.

A pretty cool trickAnd a GIANT PINK SEAL!! This thing was HUGE! And kinda freaky looking!SharkManatees! Then AJ and I went on this little ride-kinda like a chair lift if you're going skiing, but it was enclosed all around us. It just went over the bay and back again. And it was quite scary. I'm a bit leery of heights and it was windy at the time we were on this thing and it was cold! And we were really high over water! We were both glad when it was done! Next, we went to the Shamu show. Again, kinda cheesy, but better than the sea lion one!

Shamu! These whales are ginormous!Surfing ON Shamu-no thank you!Gotta love our squinty, little eyes! Even though it wasn't sunny, it sure was bright!

Dolphins! My dream is to one day swim and/or ride these guys. Maybe when we win the lottery and can go to Hawaii or the Bahamas and swim with them there! :)

I was trying to touch/pet the dolphins! The workers said we could, but sadly, they never came up to me! Maybe next time!

Loving my churro! Ok, here's a story (and I know some have already heard it, but I'm telling it again!) I'm standing in line for my churro and hand it to AJ so I can get money out to pay for it. After I'm done, I turn around and see AJ turn around as well to walk away. As he takes one step forward a seagull comes out of nowhere and takes the churro right out of his hand and only leaves the little paper that it was wrapped in!! The seagull flies a few yards away and lands and starts walking with this super long churro in its mouth. What does AJ do? Starts to run after the seagull to grab it!! I'm just shocked at this point-and really quite sad. I really wanted that churro and I had just wasted $3 for it! Well, as AJ's starting to run after this seagull, 2 Sea World workers happen to be walking by and say "don't worry, they'll give you another one." I'm thinking good thing and AJ's thinking he'll just grab the churro from the seagull, tear off the piece that was in it's mouth and give the rest to me!!! No thank you! The workers did go and follow the sea gull and grabbed the churro from his mouth and tossed it. Then we see the sea gull fly away and land on top of the churro stand waiting to pounce on it's next victim! They should warn people to hold their churros tightly because it seems this sea gull knows exactly where to be and what to do at the right time! It was really funny though-people all around were laughing. I was just happy to be eating my churro! :)

The sweet roller coaster AJ went on! I wanted to go on it so badly because I love going on rides! But, it's a big no-no for pregnant women. Instead I just watched everyone else and waited to take pictures, all the while eating my churro! Here's AJ's car at the start of the hill...

And it's going down...(by the way, he's in the very front with his hands out in the air)

And after it's all done! He was SOAKED! And I guess this was just the first drop, there was another one that was worse! He was wet the rest of the day!

And here's my super burned face-it hurt bad! All in all, it was a really fun day at Sea World! I realize this whole post is about Sea World and I've still got more pictures to share! But, I'm tired of blogging so I will do another post later :) Stay tuned!

*By the way, since we are adding to our family, I can't have this blog address just be Lily's name! So in 1 week I am changing this blog address and I will let you know what it is!

Nevermind....

Due date is NOT moved up. Still due on Nov. 17th. I guess my doctor knows more than the ultrasound tech! Bummer! But, baby boy is healthy and everything looks great-and that's all that matters! Praise the Lord!

It's A ....

BOY!!!!!

We had our ultrasound today and it was so much fun to watch our little guy moving around! I was actually surprised to find out we're having a boy because I thought for sure it'd be a girl! But I am carrying lower (who knows if that has anything to do with it) and this pregnancy is a lot different than with Lily. Anyway, we are just excited that he's a healthy looking boy! I go to my OB tomorrow to get the "official" readings on the ultrasound, but as far as we could tell on the giant screen, he's perfect. During the ultrasound he was just laying around all comfy with his hands resting behind his head, then he put his hand in his ear at one point, and then he had the hiccups at the end. It's just amazing to me that God creates this little baby and how He forms him! Truly a miracle! Especially for us :) The one thing the ultrasound tech did find out, is that baby was measuring bigger. So, instead of my due date being November 17th, it's now November 6th!! Yahoo!! Anyway, it'll be fun to have a change in clothes, bedding, diaper bags, etc. Too bad I've got such cute girl stuff stored though! Maybe for number 3? Who knows! And to try and figure out a name! Boy names are soo hard for us! We didn't have one with Lily either, so we were really thankful she was a girl! So, I will gladly take any suggestions you may have! Here are a few pictures of our son (so weird to say that!!)

Profile shot-his hand is by his face

His little foot

And a nice, clear shot of his boy part! I love that there's an arrow pointing to "it"!
I will admit that I was kinda hoping for a girl. I don't know why, maybe because we had a few girl names picked out, or maybe because I already know what to do with a girl, or maybe because I thought I could reuse all the girl things I have! But, as I look at these photos and feel him kicking me, the more excited I'm becoming! It will be so fun to have 1 of each. Lily now knows to say there's a baby brother in my tummy too! I'm just so thankful for this gift that God's given us!

And a belly shot when I was 16 weeks. Although, now that my due date is changed, I would've been 18 weeks in this picture! That is crazy! No wonder I was feeling huge :)