We've started school & we're pregnant!

Robby and I have finally started our first week of school at USC.

The weather is in the unbearably 90s. An oppressively warm breeze flows through Culver City, which means that the air sits still on the USC campus, which is at least 15 miles inland. The stifling heat is intolerable, so I seek cooler temperatures in Doheny Library & the Annenberg building. But the air conditioning is so cold, that I end up getting the sniffles. Ugh, my body is not good at regulating temperature.

Despite the horrible summer temperatures, I'm very happy to be starting the Doctor of Education program at USC. Everyone has been SO nice.

Robby is also happy to start the new semester. He has a new set of impressionable undergraduate minds to mold, and he needs to start his dissertation soon. Plus, he's a 4th year & closer to being done!

Also, WE'RE PREGNANT!

We found out Japan at the end of June. We went to a pharmacy & Robby performed a funny pantomine of a pregnant woman.

A few weeks ago, I went to the USC Medical Center thinking I would just pee on a stick to get a confirmation. But after twirling her round calendar, the nurse practitioner pulled out the ultrasound machine and VOILA! I could see a little fetus with a big head & tiny heartbeat. Wow. I also saw its butt, spine, & toes. It was quite emotionally overwhelming. I wish Robby had been there. He probably would have teared up, like me.

Robby made a cute magic video for our parents. In it, he hosts a magic show that turns into a baby announcement. iMovie is awesome! We showed my parents first, then waited for Robby's mom & stepdad to wake up in Germany so that we wouldn't wake them up at too obscene an hour. Robby's dad & stepmom saw the video in the evening. After the parents & family members were told, we unleashed the video on facebook. You can watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulp8LsTuWOs

Luckily, I have not experienced any morning sickness. Thus, I've been denying the pregnancy for the past three months. I simply haven't felt ANY changes in my body since conception. I thought my slight weight gain came from traveling & eating too much in Japan & New Jersey (like that chili hot dog at Prestige Diner). Actually, fatigue is my only symptom. Phew! I don't mind sleeping.

Oh, we've decided not to call IT a "fetus" but a "guppy". Fetus is too scientific, & though IT probably doesn't look like a guppy anymore, we figured "guppy" was cute enough.