Baby Daniel's First Flight (in Utero)

This week, Justin and I flew to Houston for the Texas Libraries Association Conference. I thought the flight might cause more of a reaction from Baby Daniel, but he was on his regular movement schedule - nothing out of the ordinary. It was a hassle, however, not being able to lift my own luggage - thank goodness Justin was able to go for work, too!

The first night in Houston, we went to the Ragin' Cajun for dinner. As much as I love crawfish, crab and shrimp I agreed this venue would be OK to eat at because I figured they'd have chicken gumbo or something that I could eat (can't eat a lot of seafood when you're pregnant - especially caught fresh in local waters). Boy was I wrong and boy was it torture.

While Justin turned into a ragin' cajun chowing down on his oysters and crawfish bucket, I suffered through a poor excuse for a Cob salad.

It was not a great dining experience...for me & Baby Daniel at least.

For the first time to date, Justin felt Baby D movin'!

It was early in the morning, just as Baby Daniel was waking up, and waking me up, stretching and kicking me into gear to get up and get breakfast. Justin couldn't believe he could actually feel him.

Then later, after breakfast when Baby D was movin' around excited about all the food he was getting and the white chocolate mocha latte,

I pulled my shirt taut across my belly and we could SEE him moving! It was crazy -

we watched him move for a good while. :)

I gave a presentation during the conference and while it went smoothly and seemed to be very well received, I was surprised that Baby Daniel didn't react to my nervousness as much as I thought he might. But no, he accepted the butterflies just like his Mom and allowed them to keep us on our toes!

On one of our last nights in Houston we treated ourselves to a swanky jazz club called Sambuca's for dinner.

Sheeshamonga this an awesome dining experience! Justin had the best, thickest sirloin "of his life" and I had a dee-lish pistachio chicken pesto linguine dish. We watched and listened to a live, sultry jazz singer

for entertainment and topped the dining experience off with coffee and doughnuts dipped in white and dark chocolate. We really enjoyed it!