Happy Halloween!

15 week baby skeleton!

September Apple Picking

Back in September, we went apple picking with our friends the Stevenson's. It was a nice warm day and we rented a car and traveled up to a farm in CT.

Dan inspected each apple carefully

We of course enjoyed some apples while picking them. Got to keep our energy up!

Then we went home and made apple crisp and enjoyed chowing down on all of those apples for lunches. Apple picking is definitely one of my favorite things about fall on the East Coast.

Back Street Boys

This summer, Ashley and I went to the summer concert series hosted by GMA where Back Street Boys performed. It was basically amazing and my inner middle schooler just about died and went to heaven.  We got there ridiculously early but there were already tons of people there. Lots of standing around waiting.

And then the awesomeness that is Back Street Boys came on stage.

It was pretty much perfect!

The Color Run

So back in the summer, Ashley and I did the Color Run. It was a bit further out in Brooklyn than we thought it would be when we signed up. We had to rent a car and it still took us over an hour I think to get out there. But it was a fun way to jazz up or normal Saturday run.

Before...

Creating face masks so we didn't inhale the powder.

And after!

Yay for color!

Color explosion!

Definitely good times!

So if you haven't heard...

I'm kinda pregnant. I'm due April 21, 2013 which is actually Dan's birthday. This sonogram is from the 12 weeks appointment. I'm currently 15 weeks and in the second trimester. As this blog at least part my journal and part a means of keeping my west coast family up to date, here's what pregnancy has been like thus far.

• sickness: a couple of weeks of bad nausea at the beginning but not throwing up. At least not until 12 weeks when I suddenly threw up twice. The first time on the subway during morning rush hour. That was a wonderfully unpleasant experience that I hope nobody else has to experience.
• tired: I was extremely tired for a month or so in the middle. Dan was gone for a week and I consistently went to sleep at about 8:45pm. It was wonderful
• running: running is still doctor approved. She said as long as there's no cramping or bleeding and take it easy when I'm tired, then I'm good to go. I've felt great with the running thus far, although I am getting a bit tired of the training. I'm a little worried about the half marathon next week just because I'm a bit unmotivated at this point, but I still feel as good as I ever do when I'm out running.

That's about all that's been going on. It's been mostly uneventful. I feel like I'm already getting big and my pants are definitely straining to close. We'll find out the gender in December and we are so excited. I also can't wait until I feel it swimming around in there. Yay for babies!