First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage

Okay everyone, here is the reason I haven't updated my blog in a while....I AM PREGNANT!!! Yay!!!!!! And I've been extremely sick and haven't gotten out of bed for 2 weeks! (No Yay for that one). But I seem to be doing better now! So YAY again!!! I am a little over 7 weeks pregnant...so almost 2 months...and Marc and I are so excited. I am so looking forward to posting pictures on my blog of my cute little one...and well, I just couldn't wait. So I had to post a picture of my beautiful baby for all to see:

Whatdoyathink...does it look like me or Marc? hmmmm....

Now, I don't want to act like a big reason why I was hoping to get pregnant soon was just so that I could gracefully drop out of my personal training at the gym...but let's face it, it was a big perk:) Anyways, I learned that all that work wasn't in vain...here is my little story:

So as per Luisa style, I wanted to make a dramatic beginning to this pregnancy...and so I've actually been in the hospital twice...yes, I did ride in an ambulence one of the times and failed to have my camera with me so that I could take pics and post them on the blog...I know, what was I thinking??? But anyways, I ended up getting an ultra sound in the hospital when I was 5 1/2 weeks and they were checking to see if I had ectopic pregnancy. So here are Marc and I, nervously watching the lady's face who was doing the ultra sound...trying to tell if what she saw was good or bad. She did a normal ultra sound, and then she also did one of those vaginal ultra sounds too...and as she was doing it and looking at the monitor she says to me, "Wow...do you work out or something?" I was like, what kind of a question is that right now...awkward! And she says, "You have extremely well defined muscles in there. I have really never seen anyone with muscles looking that developed."

So on that note, I'd like to give props to my trainer and props to myself, for all the blood, sweat, and tears that have been put into countless hard, and sometimes death-defying workouts...because it has all paid off...Although I really never could see any change in my outward physical appearance, I do have extremely well defined muscles that can only be seen internally on an ultra sound. And that, makes it all worth it.

Twinges in the Hinges

Since Marc is away on his Pfizer training, I asked my Grandma if I could come stay with her for the month while he is gone. I started staying at her house Wednesday night...and she was excited to have me come with her to her YMCA pool exercise class that she goes to in the mornings. It's called "Twinges in the Hinges." And as you can guess, everyone is around 70 years old or older. The thing was, I forgot to bring a swimsuit with me to her house...but she said "not to worry" cuz she had one I could borrow:) So, I guess you can say, between the bathing suit and the class, I got a glimpse into my future:) (Which we can also get a good idea of with the pictures to the right...haha) It was fun to do it with her though, and unfortunately I saw "that future" isn't all too far away...my hips kept doing a painful pop when we were doing the underwater stretching. So I fit right in:)

Also, Lauren came over with Sydney to go swimming at my Grandma's pool...again, had to borrow the Grandma bathing suit:) Awesome...

Unemployment fun

We have been having so much fun while Marc has been unemployed! (His last day at Cintas was Tuesday, and his official start date with Pfizer was Friday. Wednesday was the 4th of July (which I blogged about below), and then Thursday we went to the gym, went swimming, and rented a movie. We also keep competing on Guitar Hero. Do any of you guys have that game? It is seriously SO FUN. I really do feel like the biggest rock star in my living room:) On Friday we dusted off our bikes and rode all around town. As you can see in the pic, I'm on my beach cruiser...I LOVE my pink beach cruiser and get excited every time we decide to go on a bike ride. We eventually picked up lunch and Jamba Juices and rode to the park and ate there. When we got back home we were so hot we decided to go swimming again. So it was a really fun day. The funny thing is, Friday was officially his first day with Pfizer...but it starts off with them mailing him some medical textbooks and he is to spend a week and a half at home studying before he starts his training. Well, they called and said he wouldn't be recieving the textbooks in the mail until Saturday. So he did get paid for work on Friday but had nothing to do! Our joke that day was me asking him about his 1st day at work. Did he feel the pressure of the new job? Was it a pretty grueling 1st day? And he would reply "It's just so stressful" as he sipped his jamba juice by the pool:)
Ok, so I guess those paid days of sitting by the pool couldn't last long for Marc. Just as we were planning the fun for Saturday...there was a knock at the door...UPS had a delivery. A box full of medical textbooks and a daily study schedule for him. Actually, as you can tell he's pretty excited about it...I'm the one who just lost my play buddy:) No, but I'm excited for him too. It's an exciting change and I'll help him study where I can...