Baby update

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and everything is looking good. I've finally started putting weight, which the doctor is happy about. We went over the ultrasound results and everything looks great. After the scare we had when I was pregnant with Samantha, you can imagine this is of great relief! She did agree that the baby was measuring a little ahead, but not enough to change to my due date, so that remains Dec. 10th. For the first time in any of my pregnancies I'm measuring big, about 2-3 weeks. I don't really know what that means - she suggested maybe the baby would come early (but hopefully not too early), I'd have a bigger baby (and since Sam was 8lbs 2oz and Lexi was 7lbs 14oz, I'm hoping that isn't the case) or it will just even itself out later in the pregnancy. Let's see, what else? Oh yeah, we can finally feel the baby kick, which it always finds fun to do as I'm falling asleep, but is exciting none the less. I guess that's all for now. My next appt. is in early Sept, so maybe I'll have more to update then.

Good news in the Lua house!

We've have a week filled with good news. First of all, I had my 20 week ultrasound on Monday and the baby is looking great! The baby is measuring a week ahead and the u/s tech showed a due date of Dec. 4, but I'm not sure my doctor will actually change the date since it's so arbitrary to begin with. But I'll find out for sure next week. The baby is weighing about 15oz and growing right on schedule. I haven't heard from my doctor, so I'm guessing there isn't anything to be concerned about. And we did stay yellow team. Sorry to all those who thought we might cave.

Second, Lexi has decided she wants to potty train! We started last week and today is day 6 (!!) without accidents. *knock on wood*. She's taken this on like a pro and is so proud of herself. And I guess the bribing with candy doesn't hurt either, lol. She's still in pull-ups at night, but I can deal with that. Now, she can start both school and ballet next month AND I'll only have one in diapers come December.

And lastly, Nacho got a new job! We haven't really talked much about this because frankly, it's starting to feel like a broken record. Nacho left his job at Accuchex last year because he had been recommended for a job elsewhere with better pay and benefits. He thought he was doing what was best for his family and at the time I supported him completely. Turns out he ended up miserable at the new place and as our luck has seemed to be, he found out about 2 months ago that they were being sold and he would be losing his position. (That would make 5 places since 2002 that have closed/sold). It seemed like a blessing in disguise because he was so unhappy there, but the job market is tough and his last day of July 31st was quickly approaching. A little bit stressful to say the least considering we're a one income family and I'm pregnant making private health insurance hard (and expensive) to get. Well, as luck would have it, Accuchex called him and was interested in bringing him back! He found out yesterday that he will start there August 1st, with benefits starting for all of us Sept. 1st. So congrats Nacho!

Our anniversary

Yesterday was our anniversary - 9 years! Can you believe it? We went out to a wonderful dinner at the Melting Pot, sans kids. It's not often we go out to dinner with out the girls, so this was a nice treat. The Melting Pot is a fondue restaurant and it is soooo good! I would highly recommend it. We ordered their Big Night Out dinner which is four courses and so much food - cheese fondue of your choice, salad of your choice, a whole meat selection (ours had pork, two types of steak, chicken and shrimp) with a dozen or so dipping sauces and then of course the chocolate fondue of your choice (we did the Yin & Yang, which is dark chocolate and white chocolate), which in my opinion is the whole reason to go. I ate so much I told Nacho he could just roll me home.

Whirlwind of Activity

We returned from Boston just about two weeks ago, but it's been crazy ever since we got back. Right after we got home, we headed up to Shasta to see my dad and Leann, which was so much fun. Luckily, except for some bad air (smokey) the fires haven't affected them too much. Then Nacho took my grandparents down to Santa Barbara for a few days for a funeral. I'd like to say that we're staying home for awhile, but we just found out we're heading to Seattle for a weekend in two weeks. And then we have our last Disneyland trip before our passes expire in August. BUT after that, things will be settling down around here as we await the arrival of our little one in December.

The Boston trip was wonderful and for anybody wondering the girls did fabulous on the red-eye out. The fell asleep 1/2 hour into the flight and we had to wake them up on landing. Of course that meant I was pinned to my seat by their little heads all night. We got to do and see so much and I still feel like we only saw a fraction of the city. We did take two side trips, one to Salem and one to Cape Cod...I liked Cape Cod better, but I'm sure Salem would be great if we didn't have two little girls who were completely terrified of witches. I'm so glad we went and that we took the extra time to really explore the city. For anybody who might be interested in pictures and didn't get my email of them, here is a link:
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