So. Hot. Here

So yeah, I know, I missed most of June. Sorry about that. We've all been good here, just busy.

Lena's been her usual active self. She has recently discovered the joys of playing in water, wherever she may find it: bathtub, swimming pool, wading pool, puddle, toilet..... It's VERY VERY HOT HERE so playing in water is fine by me (though I could do without the toilet exploration). After extenive searching, I finally found a maternity bathing suit I like, so now I can play too . While I am glad maternity fashion no longer resembles oversized children's clothes, I will never understand why designers think pregnant women want to wear tube tops and lowrise jeans....(really I don't understand why non-pregnant women would either.)

We're still doing mommy and me classes once a week. The summer schedule is fun because it's mostly field trips. We went to the Long Beach Aquarium on Monday. Lena was completely mesmerized by all the fish. She partucularily liked the jelly fish, but also seemed to have a soft spot for the tiny octopus. The previous week we were in Anaheim for a retreat with Jason's work. We had planned to take Lena to Disneyland (We stayed at the Grand Californian, one of the park's hotels) until we realized it would cost $120 for Jason and I to take Lena for the few hours she'd be in a good mood. So we had to settle for hanging around the hotel and walking through the consumer hell that is Downtown Disney. Luckily, Lena does not yet care for all the Disney princess stuff, but I was having panic attacks watching the little girls jump and dance for joy as their parents dropped hundreds of dollars on pointy princess hats and sparkly shoes. If Lena keeps developing the way she is now, she'll be doing her dance of joy for soccer balls and cleats. One can only hope.

My pregnancy has been going well. I have much more energy, though Lena often saps it pretty quickly. And did I mention. IT"S HOT HERE. which does not help my mood (or Lena's for that matter.) The baby, who I will heretofore refer to as Pilar, has been kicking up a storm. She especially loves my bladder. She's much more active than Lena was at 22 weeks. I'm hoping this is not a sign of my future. The nice thing is Jason can feel her kick. He only felt Lena once and not very well.

Otherwise, we're all doing well here. Lena is currently attemptint to climb over the baby jail so I must go stop her....