Hey-o! I can’t believe it’s August already. Maybe I should be happy that we haven’t had “real” “summer” “heat”, but instead I feel..slighted. Where’s the HEAT, SEATTLE? Here’s Bear Cub being a close-by Cub. I swear she’s been clingier since I became pregnant. I don’t mind!

Yesterday we (and by “we” I mean Josh) moved the vast majority of my fabric collection downstairs. He remarked that I don’t really have that much, and that’s true, but he’s overlooking the three huge boxes of fabric that are still in the baby room that need to go SOMEwhere. Someday.

On the samples the shellac color looked white and shimmery, but on my actual nails it barely showed up at all, even after 2 coats. The most subtle shellac I’ve ever had. Pretty in the sun, though.

The “Prisma” app makes your photos look like paintings! Kinda.

Friday was the hottest it’s been in a while, so I drove the girls over to Marymoor Park, where we met up with one of the gals from my former infertility support group. Out of the 9 of us, 4 of us are currently pregnant. I was the first one!

Speaking of which, today I am 16 weeks and two days pregnant, and my stomach has officially “popped”, which is fine by me, because now I actually look pregnant and not just fat.

Pregnancy dreams are weirder than ever. Still have to get up three times a night to pee. This morning, before I left for work, I peed 3 times in 45 minutes. Sigh.

Saturday my furry fam and I went to the Edmonds Marina dog park, a favorite. We ate: a shaved ice, small gelato, cheeseburger and garlic fries, AND later on blueberry pancakes for dinner. Somehow my husband’s weight remains stable. Maybe! Who knows because he broke the scale the other day! I’m really tempted to not buy a new one. It’s not like knowing my weight is affecting my behavior, AT ALL, just making me feel rage-y at all the women on my pregnancy forums who are whining about gaining 2 pounds. Ah God, SHUT IT.

These rotten animals of mine ran across to the other side of the beach and spent several minutes gleefully rolling in what I can only imagine was either animal scat, or dead sea creatures, or possibly a combination of both. GROSS, DOGS. GROSS.

Beautiful petunias outside the gelato store. Isn’t gelato the best? I don’t know why I avoided it for so long.

I can’t remember what these cool spiky flowers are but I’ve always liked them.

We might go camping this weekend. It’s supposed to be nice weather and my husband is obsessed with watching a meteor shower at 2 in the morning on Friday night. HA! Good luck waking me up, buddy!