Bowling Night!!!

My bowling partner in crime! (Nikki)

Tonight is bowling night!!! Woohoo! Eric and I really look forward to Thursdays because of bowling night! and believe me, looked up if bowling was safe to do while pregnant quite awhile ago and it definitely is (I won't be bowling after league is over in January, though.) We bowl on a team with our awesome friends Nikki and Anthony every Thursday and it's such a blast!  Three games versus a different team every week... Nothing really feels different when I'm bowling now that I'm pregnant except for the fact that after the first game (of three), I just want to lay down and take a nap! haha right there in the middle of the lane! I actually feel like that tired all the time!!!

Parents defeating us in beer pong o.O

 This week so far has been great!  On Saturday, we went tailgating with my family at the Coliseum for the USC vs UCLA game.  The tailgate party was out of control. Definitely different than the tailgating I was used to in the Midwest cause here in California the police roam around, the rules are enforced and everything is so strict.  Nonetheless, it was still a great time! I, of course, didn't drink- but the alcohol was definitely flowing, the brisket was roasting, and the food was plentiful.  I made my famous 7 layer bean dip and it was gobbled up pretty quickly.  Eric and I played beer pong against my sister and Curtis but Eric obviously had to do all the drinking for our team LOL.  We even played a game of beer pong against my parents and lost!!! I would like to think of it as beginners luck for them! ;)  It was fun hanging out with them and I was so happy to see everyone having such a good time together.  Good times all around! 

Coconut first USC/UCLA game!

 My sleep schedule has been so wacky.  I wake up every morning (work or not) between 3:30am- 4:15am for no reason at all and have a hard time taking naps because I'm such a light sleeper.  Needless to say, I've been walking around like a zombie! This past Monday, I woke up at 3:07am and by the time it was 6am, I felt as if I had been up for half the day already and was craving pepperoni pizza!  Eric woke up around 4:15 shortly after I did to work on some business stuff and at 6 o'clock, went to the store and got me a frozen pizza!!!   I'm so lucky, he's been so great with me!  I haven't been to sick yet.  (TMI) have vomited only a few times but every day I'm randomly so nauseaous and tired. He encourages me to sleep and checks in with me frequently throughout the day. He's so excited to be a father and I couldn't have asked for a better person to be our baby's dad!  I'm so looking forward to seeing him play, hold, etc with the baby!

Most intense goofy game of beer pong ever!

   

Trixie's reindeer present she tore up!

Last night we had Erics' parents over for dinner. It's been awhile since they've been to our house so we were really excited for them see our place all decorated for Christmas!  I made chocolate cupcakes and they brought over cookies, candy and a present for Trixie that she tore up by the end of the night (what a monster!) I made homemade tacos and we all enjoyed great conversation!  It was really nice!!! I fell asleep almost immediately after they left. 

Part of our living room decorations

A new thing for me during this pregnancy is my back is starting to feel sore pretty often. I read it's pretty normal, so I'm not too worried about it but it is uncomfortable.  I always had bought my jeans to fit (meaning there's no room to grow) and it's worked out for me... until now.  I'm so bloated that I'm having a really hard time fitting into all my jeans!!!  I've been sporting the yoga pants look lately which I'm okay with cause it's so comfortable.  People don't know if I just woke up or if I just got done working out! ;)  haha! I'll keep em guessing.  

You'll never know! ;) haha

My weight has been fluctuating a little bit, but I think it's because I've been eating more cookies and sweets than ever before.  I've never been one to crave sweets- but now I can't get enough of those darn Reeses Chips Ahoy Cookies!  Today I weighed in at 118.6 pounds.  Yesterday I was at 120.  I'm not too much bigger scale-wise than what I usually am on the scale, but I feel I'm getting out of shape-quick!  For the first time in my life, I don't have muscle definition on my stomach!  ahhhh!!! Times are a-changin! haha...Oh well, "I'm pregnant!" ;) haha