Argentina

Okay, so Argentina was interesting. It was a great trip, but it was so different to be in a country that is still developing! Who knew that even in bigger cities toilet paper can't be flushed? Or that stop signs don't exist! It was most interesting to hear cambios call for American money out on the streets.

What's a cambio? It's a money exchange person. Banks will exchange American dollars to pesos 1:9. Meaning every 1 dollar is 9 pesos. On the streets a cambio will exchange your dollars 1:13. The American dollar is extremely valuable because the value of a peso changes. While a dollar... is always a dollar.

Highlights of the trip include petting a mini llama (!!!), sipping the famous Argentine wine at wineries, having a real asado, admiring the European influence on architecture, speaking Spanish, experiencing Argentina's Independence day and election day, daily siestas, and ALL of the views.

 First International Flight

 Cordoba, Argentina

 Pizza!

 Pre-Andes

 Old Hot Spring

 Hostel in the Andes next to the Chilean border

 Llamas!!

 Very cool salt lakes. It's impressive to see.

 11,000+ feet into the sky. 

 LOVED this sweet village

 Humitas

Miles' dream grill-- for asado. 

Love at first bump

When you spend two years battling infertility, you basically spend the first few weeks wondering if your body is playing a cruel joke. You kind of feel pregnant, but you can't see anything. And since you can't see anything, you wonder if if it's real. That's how I felt the first 10 or so weeks. I knew I was pregnant. I could see the baby in the ultrasounds, but I couldn't tell.

I'll be 14 weeks on Tuesday and I'm now--finally-- feeling pregnant. In the past couple of weeks a teensy tiny bump formed and it is slowly getting bigger! I found myself rubbing the little bump all day on Friday (with a goofy grin, I'm sure) because now that I'm feeling pregnant, my heart is filling with love for this little thing I have growing inside me.

I will try my best not to let this blog become a mommy blog. It's a blog about the adventures Husband and I take (like the trip to Argentina I haven't discussed!), but this little one coming in February will be the biggest adventure of them all. I can't wait to share!