Baby Bump

This picture was taken a few days ago. Now I'm at 16 weeks.. =) October is going by pretty quickly! It's interesting to watch this baby bump get bigger in the past few days. I feel like I really "see" the differences from day to day. It's crazy.

Tim and I had a nice weekend. We went to his coworker's son's wedding this weekend. And we also got a lot of little chores done. We washed and cleaned out our cars last night. Honestly, I love to wash and clean my car. I used to do it often when I was young. I used to clean my family's cars. heh And when I lived on my own in Utah, that's how I relaxed on weekends sometimes. hehe

Ok, I know I am getting older when I'm excited about a vacuum. We bought the Shark VacThenSteam and the Portable Steam Pocket yesterday. It's one of those vacuums you see on the infomercials but also sold in stores. I really wanted one, haha. (I told you I'm getting old!) I was really excited to use it. We have hardwood floors and our vacuum is horrible on it. It just sucks up stuff and spits them back out towards my legs (it hurts, honestly!)..even with the "hardwood floor" option. So, yeah.. I needed something for our floors. I tried out the new toys last night and this morning and I'm impressed with them so far. I have one other Shark vacuum at home and it works well, so I wasn't too worried/concerned about this infomercial product's quality/power... I used the vacthensteam on a small section of our floor that I spilled orange juice on =P. It worked pretty nicely. And this morning, I cleaned up the bathroom with the portable steam pocket. I liked it. It's pretty cool to steam clean, looks cleaner and it kills more bacteria/germs on the surfaces with the steam.


So yeah, there's my product review. haha Ok, time to be productive this week again! =)

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

It's been a long week for us. Tim has been going to work early this week for a work event..and I've had my weekly night conference calls. We have been wanting to go to sleep around 8pm.. hehe Last night, after dinner, Tim and I made chocolate covered pretzels so he can bring them to work. I have some set up for my coworkers too. I'll bring them in later today even though I don't work today. They turned out cute.

It's pretty crazy that in 10 days it'll be Halloween (my Tatay's birthday!). I remember going trick-or-treating with my niece, Samara, last year. That was so cute and fun. And this year, Tim and I haven't even gotten any pumpkins. It was cuter when Samara was excited about the pumpkins. heh October just flew by for us.. Thanksgiving will be here in no time. And in less than 2 months, Tim and I will be in the Philippines (!!!) =) I'm really excited for that trip!

Happy Birthday Mena!

Oh what a full Saturday.. literally, full. Tim and I headed to Chicago yesterday for our nephew's 2nd birthday party. Before that, we stopped at Little Quiapo restaurant for lunch. I've been wanting to have some Filipino food for awhile now and this hit the spot! =) It's a Filipino Buffet restaurant and it's delicious. Plenty of food to choose from and I even ordered a Sago Gulaman drink... think, a sweet tea-ish bubble drink. I love it. We were so full from that lunch... and a few hours after that we had another buffet of food at the birthday party. Middle Eastern food this time. My baby in my belly got a taste of everything yesterday! haha I

We had a nice time with everyone. The kids were dressed up in their pajamas for the theme of the party. Tim's other niece and nephew came over too and they're just super sweet. Earlier, before the party, we got Mena to say "Go Blue!" while watching the football game.. hmm.. too bad it didn't help the outcome. Good family weekend.

 

Baby Khoury's Heartbeat

A Precious Memories Baby Documentary Scrapbook Binder

Yesterday, Tim and I went to another OB appointment. We heard our baby's heartbeat for the first time! During the first ultrasound, we only got to watch the heartbeat (super fast! hehe), but this time we actually got to hear it. That was a really neat experience, very touching. It gave me a great natural high for the rest of the day and even this morning =) Hearing it made it feel real.. that a baby is in me right now. hah I wonder how I'll be when I actually feel him/her kick. I'm so excited, haha. We will hopefully find out the gender during our next ultrasound in November.

And yesterday, I also got a package in the mail from Mrs. Hardy, my friend Kathy's mom. She is soo sweet. When I moved to Utah, she used to send me a card for every holiday. It was just so nice that she remembers me during each holiday. Very sweet. And when I opened this package, I was so touched. It's definitely something I would love, hehe. It's a memory binder that has pages to keep track of the baby's progress and experiences. I'm excited to fill it out for the baby. Thank you so much, Mrs. Hardy!!

Michigan Weekend =)

We drove to Ann Arbor on Friday. On our way, we stopped by to visit Tim's godmother in Indiana. It was nice to see her and chitchat. She's a cutie. After that, we went back to our drive. In Ann Arbor, we stayed at our friend John's basement. I'm so glad we brought our air mattress! =) It would have been pretty uncomfy if we slept on the cement floor =P

It was fun to hang out in Ann Arbor again. Tim and I visited the classic restaurants we loved during college... China Gate, Angelo's, and Big Ten Burrito made the cut this weekend. Great places to eat. We hung out with a group of friends and just walked around downtown on Friday and Saturday nights. 

On Saturday, Tim and I headed down to watch the Michigan Marching Band practice before the game. We found a lot of old friends at a couple of tail gates. That was a great time. Ann Arbor was packed! There were so many people in town for the big game. We did a lot of walking around.. and Tim eventually found us a couple of tickets to the game. I also got to meet up with my friend and old roommate, Sarah and her fiance Marc. It was nice to chill with them for a little bit. I haven't seen them since our wedding!

Unfortunately, Michigan lost but either way, we had a great time in Ann Arbor. On Sunday morning, we headed out to Tim's parents place and visited them for a little bit. It was definitely a short visit since we headed back home to Illinois on Sunday as well. So much driving, but it was still a nice time.