Happy Birthday Mom!

Today's my mother's birthday! I was hoping to give her another grandson for a birthday present...but...he hasn't arrived yet. Posted above are two of my favorite pics of Mom and me.

Friday, however, I had certain symptoms (which I won't go into detail about) that indicate that I could go into labor any time between now and this upcoming Friday.

The ball is definitely rolling....and speaking of a ball....here is the latest belly pic.

Darn near 39 weeks

Update from the doctor:

2 cm dilated, and pretty darn thin (which means that I'm more than 90% effaced)

He wasn't even sure we'd need to schedule another appointment for next week...which means that he thinks I could go into labor any time now.

Here's another picture for those of you who like to see me in this state. Personally, I'm ready to be done with it. I just want to meet my son :)

I've got bangs!

I treated myself to a professional haircut today! And I decided that I wanted bangs.

Here's me at 37.5 weeks

Just under 4 weeks left!!

I thought I'd share a front view this time.



And my typical side view.

Oh how my body has changed...

Updated belly pic: 33 weeks

Hi all,

Thanks for being patient with my sporadic posting lately. I've had lots going on. This past weekend, Josh and I were able to just hang out together the whole time.

Friday:
We actually went to a "big" theater to watch the movie "The Departed." By "big" theater, I mean that it cost us more than $1.75 each to buy a ticket. Usually, we see movies at the "Cheap" theater only.

I found that "The Departed" was Shakespear-like in some ways, but I'll not spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it yet. I highly recommend it for those who are sick of the same plot lines in movies.

Saturday:
We slept until 9:30 am, had breakfast together, washed some baby clothes in expensive baby detergent, and then we sat down to watch...on TV...the NDSU Bison play the U of MN Gophers in football for the first time in 69 years.

After watching NDSU almost beat the Gophers with a 9-10 score, Josh and I went to Home Depot to get some much needed things for the house...it's odd how much we spend on "Much-needed house items" now. We also traded a number of Josh's X-box games for store credit at a local Video Game store.

We purchased a Game Cube game that we both have wanted for a while now, and then we played that together the rest of the evening.

Sunday: Josh played Bass Guitar in church, while I stayed at home to do more laundry. We played some more Game Cube when Josh came home, and then I took a well-needed nap. I woke up just in time for half-time in the Vikings vs. Seahawks football game.

After the Vikings won, Josh and I decided to go out to eat to finally celebrate the fact that he succesfully defended his thesis two weeks ago. After dinner, we spent about 2 1/2 hours at Barnes & Noble.

Overall- this weekend was perfect! I enjoyed every minute of it. I enjoy it when Josh and can spend time together doing things that we both like to do.

And finally, because I told my mother that I'd post another belly picture, here's a pic of me today, at 33 weeks along. Notice the goofball in the background.

I look 40 and pregnant!

So today, I went on a studio crawl (where you visit various local artist's studios)with my friend Chelsea, and one of the artists (he was probably in is late 60's or early 70's) thought that I was Chelsea's mother!

I'm blaming it on a few factors:

1. Chelsea looks like she's still 18, she's cute and petite and dresses trendy.
2. The man was ancient, and I believe that the older you get, the harder it is to figure out how old younger people are. For example, I think that most college freshmen look like they are freshmen in high school.
3. I wasn't dressed cute, and I'm 7 1/2 months pregnant.
   

Here's me at 32 weeks. Notice that my clothes seem to be "comfy" clothes.

10 weeks left

At the request of relatives, here's another belly picture of me. Enjoy

28 weeks along and I have a weird cat

Here's a pic of my belly at 28 weeks.



And here's a pic of my crazy cat, Wilbur, hanging out on the sidewalk. As I was driving home from work today, I noticed that he was just laying on the very corner of the sidewalk. I ran inside quick to get my camera so I could share this moment with you all.

Only 3 months to go!

Yay, I'm 2/3 of the way through! Just think, at Christmas, Josh and I will have a 2 week old baby boy. How exciting!

Comments to a Pregnant Lady

In the past few weeks, I've heard the following comments from people that I know.

"You're big for being five months along." - best friend

"You're walking funny now." - husband

"Wow, you sure have gotten big." - Co-worker

If I wanted to, I could probably still hide the fact that I'm pregnant by wearing an oversized sweatshirt, but then I would just feel fat. I find that I feel better when people can tell that I'm pregnant, however, I'm running out of clothes that help me achieve this.

I have an entire tub full of clothes that I can no longer fit into, and it seems like I keep adding items to this tub every day. I even had to go out and buy special grannie-like underwear the other day.

And I'm not ashamed that I have to wear grannie underwear because they are damn comfortable! Those of you who have been pregnant before probably know what I'm talking about. And those of you who haven't been pregnant before....you just wait!

OH, it's a pregnant lady


Just a fatty in a sweatshirt