39 Weeks!!!

Yes... I can't believe I am having a kid!

Can you believe it! I'm 39 weeks pregnant, I could go into labor at any moment... But honestly I feel fine and I'm wondering if I'm just getting big and there is nothing there! Well that's obviously not true but it just feels that way. If Vera would listen to me, I would tell her to get her little feet out of my side and ribs and to come soon!!!

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How I feel: Well, I feel great... I just feel uncomfortable and let me be honest but my butt feels so big! We got nervous a couple of weeks ago when my doctor asked me to get an ultra sound because I was measuring too small... I was measuring at 31 weeks and I was 37 weeks and I mean all they do to measure is use a tape measure and measure the length of your stomach... I mean I eat, I don't eat for 2 people though because then I think my stomach would just burst! But I eat through out the day so I don't get that starving feeling. That's the worst! So I had the ultra sound, it doesn't help when the technician is nervous for me too. She was able to measure everything from the length of the femur bone to how much she weighs, etc... at one point we were both like screaming because we could see her open her eyes and close them as if she was waking up and not just ONCE, it was several! It was kinda creepy but awesome at the same time! Anyway, after and hour of her taking measurements and checking everything out... the result was GOOD! She was perfectly fine according to all data and everything measured out perfectly, in fact she said she would be coming 1 day earlier... That would mean she is coming on Monday, August 15th!

I am going to say, that she is going to come exactly on the 15th... I would like her to come earlier, but I don't think she will because I haven't had any signs.

I'm trying not to laugh 

It's weird to think that at least with in the next week and half I am going to have a little person to take care of... I'm excited for her to come! I have just been hanging out, finishing online classes, cooking/baking, being all crafty, etc...

I set Vera up an e-mail account too, inspired by the Dear Sophie video that google chrome put out... So adorable and I can't wait tell one day she can open all the e-mails and read them! If you want to send her an e-mail let me know and I'll give you her e-mail address!!

US Surf Open/Angeles Games

US Surf Open. TONS of tan people, bathing suits galore, clear, sunny, music, free giveaways, surfing, and LOTS of traffic!!! We went on Saturday and Aaron and I didn't even look for a parking spot we just saw a spot and parked... It was definitely a walk, but it wasn't too hot and he walked slow for me :) We hung out for a bit and Aaron went into the water (he is obsessed with boogie boarding right now, so we are always at the beach), we just hung out and people watched for the most part... We almost saw a fight but the guy ended up backing down thank goodness. I hate watching people beat each other up. And right now I just had a sudden craving for a slurpie :( too bad it's Sunday... O well

We love going to Angeles Games, and this weekend we went with our awesome friends Becca and Steve and their little boy Danny :) Maybe one day Danny and Vera will date, or we could just arrange the marriage now ;) hahaha I'm already setting up my daughter and she isn't even born yet! The Angels game was the most boring game I have ever been to!! The most exciting thing that happened the whole game was a broken bat... We ended up leaving at the bottom of the 9th and the Angels scored in the 10th to win it... Boo I can't believe it took 10 innings to score! Anyway, we still love going and always have fun!

Acai Bowl

Go to Bonzai Bowls and get yourself and Acai Bowl... I am loving them right now and it has a lot of negative calorie foods that make you feel great especially after a good workout or in my case my doctor's appointment... it's perfect!!!

Chanel and Cameron...oo yeah they got married by the wayyyy!

My sister Chanel got married July 23, 2011 in the Newport Beach Temple and it was a pretty dang good day! They were very cute and everyone had a good time. One of my favorite parts of the whole day was when they did the ring ceremony down on the beach. They had a reception at one of the houses down in the streets of Newport and so as we were preparing for the reception and of course the neighbors all around knew that later that day they would get to see a little ceremony take place and they were just as excited about it! It was fun to watch the people on their balconies and the people around the beach watch from the distance as Chanel walked up to walk down the isle. As soon as the ceremony was over and we all started cheering and clapping so did everyone else at the beach! It was pretty and a lot of fun and Chanel and Cameron did a good job putting it together.

China... but more to come later

Finally, I get to blog about my trip to China! It has been long but so much fun, and definitely a once in a lifetime experience. So my golf team gets to go on international trip every four years and that is why we are in China. Sixteen travelers, fifteen days, twelve golf balls, eleven golf bags, ten women, nine different modes of transportation (Plane, train, charter bus, scooter taxi, bike taxi, boat ferry, subway, walking, and taxi), six rounds of golf, five cities, four different roommates, three Chinese speakers, two great coaches, and one awesome trip.

We started our trip in the out skirts of Beijing at Pine Valley Resort and Golf. The CEO of Red Bull I guess owns this vast property. It is basically his play ground, we were the only guests in this huge palace. We rode bikes around the place and through the golf course it was so much fun. The golf course was beautiful, but the smog is what shocked me the most in Beijing. I played four holes before the smog made it hard for me to take a deep breathe. We each had our own individual caddie for each round and my caddy at Pine Valley was awesome. Her English wasn't very good, but her golf lingo was. She only went to school tell 7th grade and that was the case with all of my caddies. I never saw a male caddy throughout my whole trip, which was interesting. We then spent a couple of days in the city of Beijing. We climbed the GREAT WALL! Not just to one tower, but eight of them. We got to the third tower and we agreed at least I think to hike two more towers. Well we sort of got seprated especially since I took more stops than normal and when I finally got the 5th tower they weren't there and I could see in the distance they had kept going. Well I couldn't just stop, I had to keep going too. I'm not kidding 7 towers later there was a dead end...finally! I'm thinking it was at least a couple of miles. Also, I thought the Great Wall consisted more of ramps. This is not the case... it was all stairs, some stairs I'm not kidding felt like a yard high. It was a great stair master workout!

THE FORBIDDEN CITY. A great site to see, and with so many people! It was huge! We went to Zhong Shan Park which gates lead into the Forbidden City. We went here because in 1971 President Pakard and ...

We went to an acrobat show, which the Chinese seem to be really into acrobats. We went shopping at this place called the silk market which is a six level shopping complex where you haggle basically. It was so much fun to watch and try and do yourself. We celebrated our coaches birthday too! Happy Birthday Coach. We then took an overnight train ride to Xi'an and all I can say is WOW!! Basically, each cabin was 3 yards wides and 6 stacked beds inside one cabin and NO room. We also had eleven golf bags!! The people in the train were so nice and accommodating, but I have no idea how we fit everything. It was an absolute miracle! After an unforgettable twelve hour train ride, we arrived in Xi'an.