Auntie Jessi Visit & First Yankee Game - 26 weeks

So auntie jessi of BFFE (Best Friends For Ever (we didn't know how to spell back in grade school)) came all the way from D.C. to visit baby XX for the first time. jessi, her boyf Joe, chris, baby XX and i went to our first Yankee game of the season. on the train ride to yankee stadium, it was prego fest. i was sitting next to two pregnant ladies, both who had other younger children. so there we were... three pregos in a row. i should have taken a picture, but i didn't. i know, bad call. i wore my mother's day tank that chris got me that said "due in august". the game: quite exciting!! i must tell you that it was absolute torture not being able to eat a hot dog. that's one of the forbidden preggers foods... because of the nitrates and the crap gross meat in them. sausages, hot dogs, foot longs... oh the torture! so i had to go on this 2 inning trek around yankee statium to find non-hotdog food. jessi and i finally found a place after being directed to go everywhere but the right place. so i had a philly cheesesteak. Mmm... healthy. i definitely would have had at least 3 hot dogs normally. and a frozen lemonade. and a carvel ice cream. and dippin dots. anyway, enough about me. how bout my baby?!?! here is her first baseball game picture. first game. first yankee game. just to calm those st. louis cardinals and san francisco giants fan's fears... she will NEVER wear yankee gear. EVER.

We're goin back to school! - 26 weeks

This weekend I just set us up for a hospital tour of where the baby is going to be delivered. St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, cause that's where Elizabeth Stein delivers at. The tour isn't until next month, but it will be interesting being in the actual place where a world of pain awaits me. HahaHAhhh. I also signed us up for our "Childbirth Prep" class. Since we have to work until at least 7pm, we have to do the weekend course. It's like one of those intensive ACT/SAT prep classes where you're there all day for two days straight. That should be fun. Lamaze breathing from 10am to 5pm. NONSTOP. I'm hoping that Chris will have to massage my back the entire time. ;)
My belly is definitely getting larger... but not nearly as big as it's going to be ultimately. Saturday was the first time she kicked (or punched) on my belly in slo-mo. It was SO weird, I was staring at my belly and it just raised slowly. It's all still very cool and exciting. She's definitely gotten more active as time has passed by. I can definitely feel it more with more force! She still likes her fruit! It's funny how much fruit I have been wanting, craving, eating and drinking. Watermelon seems to be a hit!