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Lately, Katie loves to listen to music and her favorite artists are Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Usher.  I wasn’t able to get a video of her singing any Bieber songs but here are some others.

Katie started a new swim class this week.  It is a 4 day a week (for 2 weeks) session near my mom’s house.  The community center mandates you sign up in person.  The initial registration was last saturday at 8am.  I arrived early at 7:40am and there were already over 100 people in front of me.  I was shocked! 

There are 10 time slots a day and six levels.  What are the chances that the one time slot and level I want be filled up by the time I get up to the front?  Apparently very high…with 10 people left to go, they announced the time slot I wanted was full.  So I had to choose an earlier time slot and my mom has to take her.  I went the first day but my mom says Katie has been improving each day.  Here are some pics and videos.

Benihana sent me a free dinner coupon for my bday so I told pish to sign up and he got one too.  You have the whole month of your birthday to use it and of course we waited until the last week to go.  We went last night and they let us use both coupons.  If you like Benihana, sign up!  The coupon is good for $30 off your meal (we got $60 off!)

Besides the slow servce (we sat down at 6:30pm but they didn’t even take our order until close to 7pm), it was a good dinner.  Katie had fun too.  Doesn’t she look like such a big girl here?

As I mentioned before, Katie picked the movie after seeing the trailers at home.  Here is a conversation she had after the movie.

Pish:  Katie did you like the movie?
Katie:  Yes
Pish:  What was it about?
Katie:  (silence…..)  Why didn’t we watch the dragon movie?  (smiling)

Only 3 yrs old and already a smart aleck.

Our friends Jack and Christine have been taking their 4 yr old daughter to the movies for a while now.  We had never tried because I didn’t think Katie would sit through a whole movie.  Yesterday, they invited us to the $1 Tuesday movies in Woodbridge.  We figured we’d try it since it would only cost us $3 total.  If we had to walk out, that would be fine.

They were going to see Letters to Juliet.  I wanted to see this movie but was not sure Katie would pay attention.  I checked the theater and they were also playing “How To Train Your Dragon” which is a animated movie.  I thought maybe Katie would like that better.  Pish suggested playing the two trailers to Katie and let her decide.  I did that and she immediately chose Letters to Juliet because the song in the trailer was her favorite Taylor Swift song.   So we decided to give it a shot.  Maybe she’d sit still if she saw Catelyn sitting.

The first hour was pretty good.  She watched the movie while eating some snacks.  The last half hour she moved around a lot though.  They finally played her Taylor Swift song but it was short.  After the scene, Katie yelled out “Why did they turn it off?  Where is Taylor Swift? Why did they turn it off?”  I tried to get her to whisper but she didn’t want to.    Giving her more food helped get her through the end of the movie.

So as a summary, Katie’s 1st movie in a theater was not a bad experience.  I’ll probably try a kids movie next though.  It is definitely a bargain for $1 on Tuesdays and $2 all other days.

We had a fun filled weekend with Randy visiting for Pish’s birthday.  They golfed twice and we did a lot swimming since it was so hot.  We also had an adult night out.  Big thanks to my parents for babysitting Katie. 

We headed up to LA with our first stop at Hurry Curry for dinner.  Then we fulfilled my craving at Diddy Riese in westwood for some YUMMY ice cream sandwiches that only cost $1.50!  I think they used to only cost $1 in college but $1.50 is still good.  Then we headed to a bar in hollywood and actually stayed out until 1:30am!  We NEVER do that anymore.  After driving to my mom’s to pick up Katie, driving back home and had some late night Ttaco Bell, I didn’t sleep until 3am.  Then Katie woke up at 6:15am of course.  I felt hung over on Sunday and I didn’t even drink!  A few naps throughout the day totally helped though.

Happy birthday to Pish and thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us.

Happy Birthday to Kennan and Pish today!  We love you guys!

Katie loves spending time with her Kennan.  Here is a picture of them when Katie stayed with them when we were in Virginia.  Liz got them matching dresses and this pic shows Kennan’s new hair cut.  She donated her hair to Locks of Love.  Now she looks even more like a mini Liz! 

I’m catching up on pictures and realized I haven’t downloaded pics from my camera in a long time.  Here are a few pics I took at Siena’s 3rd bday party at Irvine Park back in June.  We enjoyed the jump house, yummy Vietnamese food and fun train ride.  All these girls were born around the same time in 2007.  Look how big and cute they are!

All of a sudden my pregnancy is going by quicker.  I’ve been delaying baby stuff since we were busy with the move but now that we are settled, I’m realizing it is mid-July already.  My due date is in Sept but if this baby comes early (like Katie did), he’ll be here in August.  That’s not that far away!  We still need to unpack the baby boxes to see what we need, we have lots of hand me down clothes to go through and we still need a name for the little guy!

So I’m at 31 weeks now and the baby is moving A LOT.  I had a dr appt yesterday and the heart beat is normal.  I’ve gained 25 lbs so far (a little bit less than last time at this point).  I’ve  been feeling bigger and walking slower these days.  People say that women get uglier when they are having a boy.  I’ve noticed that this week.  I feel like my face looks manly all of a sudden.  Not sure if it’s mental but it may be due to the testosterone I’m carrying. 

I’ve been craving more sweets lately and love having dessert.  I’m also having some very vivid dreams.  I’ve woken up crying or just confused thinking my dream was really real.  I’ve also been more out of breathe when I talk a lot or walk up the stairs.  I’m pretty much done with pregnancy.  Come out already!

Here’s the BabyCenter 31 week update:

This week, your baby measures over 16 inches long. He weighs about 3.3 pounds (try carrying four navel oranges) and is heading into a growth spurt. He can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin. He’s probably moving a lot, too, so you may have trouble sleeping because your baby’s kicks and somersaults keep you up. Take comfort: All this moving is a sign that your baby is active and healthy.

Ishya & Billy visited this weekend and we had so much fun.  Lots of eating, swimming and Katie time for them.  We even made some yummy smores in our outdoor fireplace.  We miss them already!

Here are some pics from the weekend.  You can see katie’s nose boo-boo in these pics.  We let her go without a bandaid this weekend but put it back on for school this week since I don’t want her to be outside in the sun with the open wound.

Reading to Auntie Ishya:

Singing Coldplay with her friend Siena.  don’t you love their microphones??

Cuddle time!