San Jose Adventure

This weekend was the first time I have ever driven a car 9 straight hours (with only a couple of gas stops in between). My mom and I went to visit my brother in San Jose. We took a early morning flight with Southwest on Saturday and the plan was to drive his beater car back down to San Diego on Sunday afternoon. He purchased a new car and it was useless to have two cars up there. Anyhow, they didn't say it was going to be the hottest weekend of the year in San Jose! It turned out to be 107 degrees in San Jose on Saturday with no relief until 4am in the morning. No A/C at my brother's house where he rents his room either. We pretty much spent the day indoors at the shopping mall and dining out. It was chillaxing. Sunday rolls around and it was probably only 100 degrees. We leave around 4 since we were unable to turn on the A/C in the car for fear of it overheating (it has that problem). So imagine driving with sweat dripping down your back for 9 hours with 1.5 hours of bumper to bumper traffic. I was sweating so badly that my hands were wrinkled. No joke. Got back to San Diego safely at 12:30 a.m.

Poipu found!

A neighbor 7 houses down our street called me yesterday afternoon and said they found our bird. She was sitting in their backyard for 4 hours making cute little whistling noises. Her husband just put his finger up to the bird and she stepped on. They didn't see our "missing bird" flyer until the next day and called us. It was a long shot to find her since there are so many crows and bigger birds in the area. We're so happy she's home!

Poipu flew away this morning

Our bird, Poipu was outside on Allen's shoulder as he was watering the lawn and she got startled when he picked up the shears and flew away up towards some tree. We heard her, but we couldn't spot her. We then had to go to work and didn't think of leaving the cage outside for her to come back to. I hope we can find her. At bird crazy (where we purchased her), they said they usually stay in the neighborhood so we'll be passing out flyers in case anyone notices a senegal parrot with a band around her leg somewhere.

Bump

Past the halfway point and everything is going great :) It's no wonder they say the 2nd trimester of pregnancy is a blissful time. Besides the growing belly, your energy level is back to normal and you no longer feel morning sickness (if you ever got morning sickness) and you begin to feel the baby kick, which is the most amazing thing. His kicks are getting stronger each week. It's nice to be reminded that something "living" IS in there when he moves around or kicks. They say that they have a schedule, but I haven't been able to determine what this little guy's schedule is yet. I feel him active throughout the day at different times of the day.

Galore

So we were at Babies R Us this weekend doing some research on the bigger items we'll need for the baby. Hubby went through the 15 different strollers in the store, analyzing and testing each one of them individually and carefully for ease of use, functionality, etc. while I sat there on the side watching. If I were to pick, I would go for what colors look pretty and which one looks the coolest overall so thank goodness I have hubby to look into the more important things. Strollers are not cheap, especially the ones that have the car seat/stroller combo, which we decided was the only way to go. An hour and a half later, we chose our stroller and moved on to playards and bathtubs. I realized that I don't have as much patience for shopping like I used to. I often leave stores crossed-eyed and with a headache now.