Recovering from San Francisco

Apologize that it's been a while since our last post. We've had a busy couple weeks, heading out to San Francisco for five days for a work conference...and then spending the past week recuperating from all the craziness! I attended the Web 2.0 Expo for work, and I was extremely fortunate that Steve was able to tag along and keep me company. I will admit that the whole production was a lot for a six-months pregnant woman, mostly the long days on my feet and lots of walking. Not to mention the time difference! I wouldn't say I was jet-lagged persay, but the conference went from about 10 am- 8 pm on the internal clocks of the Central time zone dwellers. We still packed in a bit of sightseeing in the morning/evening hours and had a few great meals. We stayed near the Moscone Center about three blocks from Union Square, so we were within walking distance of a lot.

I'll attach a couple pictures here below. Steve and I were a bit goofy and kept trying to take pictures of me in front of San Francisco landmarks, so we can show the baby someday where she's been...even if she's not aware of it! For San Francisco, we have Ghiardelli Square, the crooked stretch of Lombard Street, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf, and a shot in front of the Golden Gate Bridge from afar, and atop Harry Denton's Starlight Room (where we got to visit with Lindsey Boehm Friday night). Seriously, this child is already quite the world traveler -- Vegas, North Carolina, California, and a few assorted trips to Indiana and Ohio to round it out. I have a feeling our travel plans will be much less ambitious in a few months though.

Otherwise, the pregnancy seems to be progressing well. We start biweekly appointments in about ten days with the glucose screening test. The baby's kicking regularly and forcefully; I can even see it just sitting on the couch occasionally. My belly is noticeable bigger, but I'm still not gaining much weight thankfully. Although there was one perfect stranger in San Francisco who expressed surprise that I was due in August and not "tomorrow." Not the nicest thing to say to an increasingly hormonal pregnant lady, but I held it together. Enjoy the pictures!