N'awlins, preg pics, and my new favorite game!

We went to New Orleans with my mom last weekend. It was the final four championship game and it was SO crowded. I would not recommend going during that time. But, we ate a lot of good food, got to see alligators, and went on a pretty cool paddle boat tour of the Mississippi.

New Orleans is a five and a half hour drive from us and all the driving made me retain water! When we got home I weighed 7 pounds more than when we left, and my ankles and feet were so puffy. It freaked me out! But, after drinking tons of water, exercising to get the blood in my feet pumping, and keeping my feet up whenever I sat down, I lost 5 of those pounds and my feet returned to normal. Phew!

Speaking of weight gain and pregnancy, here are some pics taken this morning of my belly. I am 21 weeks 4 days and, apparently, obviously pregnant. I have had many people come up and put their hands on my belly, it's weird.

Sorry if you are my friend on Facebook too and are super sick of me posting pictures of my belly or talking about being pregnant. I'll try to tone it down.

This brings me to my new favorite game: When people say anything to me about babies or being pregnant, I like to pretend that I'm not, and then watch their smiles fade as they try to recover from it. Bahahaha, it's so funny.

For example, Ben and I went to earth day today at the park, and this company was telling us all about their organic baby bedding and I was like "What would we do with baby bedding?" and they all just kind of stood there nervously until I started to laugh. It was great. And I don't think it will ever get old. I'm immature.

That's all for now, folks!