Pregnancy So Far

I think the best way to describe this pregnancy so far is so so. First trimester was the normal nauseous and tired stuff. I had a few weeks in my second trimester that I felt pretty great, then the pelvic pain started. According to my OBGYN its my sacro iliac joint in my pelvis. My tail bone hurts all the time, it hurts to sit for too long or stand for too long, laying down feels best. Its pretty miserable, I'm trying to stay positive but I know it's just going to get worse and I'm only half way through this pregnancy. I've gotten a maternity belt and I'm seeing another doctor who apparently specialize with this stuff this week. Hopefully I can figure out someway to be a little more comfortable. I'm trying to stay active, walking doesn't cause too much pain so I'll keep up with that. 

On a positive note I'm really happy with my weight gain, and I'm feeling baby girl move a bunch and I love it! I cut my hair short, which I love and I'm feeling pretty cute in my maternity clothes. 

No crazy cravings to report, but I'll never turn down a Chick-fil-A lemonade! 

We are still undecided about baby girls name. We have a big list of names we like, with a few front runners. I think we might wait and decide when we see her. We had it so easy with Ellie, I knew I would name our first girl Eleanor since the beginning. Still just waiting for that feeling when you just know. 

Salinas 2015

Ellie and I took a much needed vacation to Salinas. Now that Ellie is 3 she gets her own seat in the airplane, which was actually amazing. We bought her a pair of headphones, charged up the ipad and bbought a few new apps and she was set! She did so great and it was such a relief. It helped that we had a direct flight to San Jose....Alaska Airlines is the best. 

We had such a blast while we were there. Ellie never napped and woke up at 6:45 every morning but despite that we had a blast. The weather was beautiful. We saw the sea lions in Monterey, spent a day at the beach, hiked at Toro Park,  a few days of shopping, a trip to the nursery, and spent a day at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Ellie had so much fun and so did I. 

Now prepare yourself for a picture overload!

The boardwalk was so much fun! I have so many memories there and I'm so glad Ellie could experience it. Ellie loved all the rides, she would get off one and say, "lets do another one". She even rode the kids roller coaster, with me of course. She is such a dare devil. She got a dolphin painted on her face, ate a corn dog and fell asleep 10 minutes after I put her in the ergo carrier on my back. 

This picture is so funny, she is so serious! 

Bulgy the Whale!!!!

The famous Cave Train!

The carousal has a big clown face on the wall with a hole for the mouth and if you sit on the outside horses you can grab these rings and then throw them into the mouth and then all these bells go off. Well I got one in his mouth and I've never done that, I also stole another ring for our key chain. I had to. 

One tired baby on my back and one baby in my belly.