Ten weeks is kind of exciting. The baby has finished its critical development and is now focusing on growing and further developing its organs and features. I love looking at pictures of each week, especially the 3-D ones. They’re really cool because you can see what the baby really looks like, instead of what an artist thinks it looks like. I hope at my appointment in a week we get to hear the heartbeat again…and I guess if we’re lucky have another ultrasound, but I’m not holding my breath for that one.

We ended up not having to tell anyone at church about our news. It somehow spread to everyone (well, the young couples anyway) before we had a chance. I didn’t put them on the “Check out our website” email because I wanted to wait a couple more weeks, but someone found out and it went to everyone unbelievably fast. Even people who have been out of the ward for the summer knew when they’d been back 2 days! Oh well. It’s been fun. And, another girl is due a day before me, so it makes it kind of fun.

Mark’s hours at work are starting to be scaled back again, so that is nice. Since I have to eat before he comes home, and I still hate cooking, we only have proper meals on Friday when we go out, and Sunday when I take the time to make something. Thanks Craig for the spinach mashed potatoes. I love them and it helps me get my leafy greens!

On Saturday I couldn’t face the thought of doing my usual errands one more time–bank, laundry, grocery store etc. My ring was due for its 6 month inspection. Since the store is near Orange County, we figured we’d spend the day strolling near Newport etc. Well, after the ring we took a detour to San Pedro where we keep seeing cute apartments for cheap..er than ours. But, discovered the area is not for us. By the time we made it through the traffic into Newport, there was NO parking….I’ve never seen it so crowded. But, Mark reminded me that I don’t usually go there on Saturdays–very true. We ended up driving almost to the end of the Balboa Peninsula, past the shops and ferry. There is a neighborhood of the cutest and coolest beach houses I’ve ever seen. Most of them are huge too. I definitely want one someday.

Mark had never eaten at Ruby’s the signature diner on the edge of the pier. We had to stop. But, the closest parking we could find was 8 blocks away…..so we walked along the boardwalk all the way, in the heat, wearing normal clothes. I so wanted my swimsuit on right then. Since Ruby’s either 1. doesn’t have enough staff, or 2. their staff is really slow, it took 15 minutes to get our food, when only 3 people were ahead of us in line. This was a problem, since we only had 1 hour on the meter, and it took about 25 minutes to walk. So, we had our shake while waiting for the food. Then ate the fries on our walk and waited to eat the hamburger till we pulled into 7-11 to get drinks. Not the nicest way to experience it, but oh well. It was a good hamburger!

That was nice, because it is very hard for me to find anything appetizing…though I do like Mac & Cheese. We get the Easy Mac since it’s easy and fast. Toast with peanut butter has become my morning breakfast too. I hope this part over soon–and so does Mark.

Check back next week for an update on our appointment!