The Readiness Is All

Hey look! I'm posting a picture on the day I actually took it instead of 2 weeks later! Eric was practicing with the Mustache Power lighting kit today (you'll notice my belly is actually lit in some of them), so I talked him into taking a couple of pictures to commemorate the last week of the second trimester. (To those books that say the third trimester doesn't start until 28 weeks, I say neener neener, because next week will be 3 months until my due date, and that sounds like the third trimester to me.)

I'm stealing another awesome idea from my friend Debra, because I want to write about lots of random things and I'm tired of bullet points. Hers look niftier than mine because she puts them on postcards, but I was too lazy to figure out how to do that.

Dear OBGYN,

Thank you for telling me it's okay for me to take Prilosec. I haven't thrown up in a few weeks, and I'm pretty sure that's partially because I am not dying of acid reflux every night.

-Hooray for doctor-sanctioned medication!

Dear Husband,

It secretly makes me happy that by our second Easter together, we can fill each other's Easter baskets without any hints. I know that you love jelly beans and multi-colored Swedish fish, you know that I love Cadbury caramel eggs and Hostess fruit pies. Just seeing that fruit pie in my basket gave me a little glow. Plus we both looked at Clue on the $5 rack at Target and realized it was the only good movie there - but I bought it for you and you opted to buy me Angry Birds: Space.

-How did you know anti-gravity would make me so happy?

Dear BellaBand,

You are the best idea ever. The elastic band trick was starting to fail me, and the hand-me-down maternity pants in my closet are still too big, but thanks to you, I once again have more than one pair of acceptable pants.  I missed you, jeans!

-Now ALL of my pants are maternity pants!

From the very end of week 24. I'm now at the beginning of week 26. I like this shirt because it makes me look REALLY pregnant. Why do I still look super pregnant some days and just kind of fat other days? I'm pretty sure actually looking pregnant is the best reason to buy maternity clothes and not just big clothes.

Dear guy at the conference we streamed last weekend,

Thank you for talking about cryostasis, mind-uploading, and multiverses and being completely serious about it. Never before did I think the future actually could look like The X-files, Doctor Who, Dollhouse and The One.

-Should probably spend more time reading science and less time watching science-fiction

On the bright side, my husband looks like a stud while he's streaming, even when he's streaming about cryostasis.

Dear Pinterest,

Thank you for provided me with a couple of awesome meals this week, plus some deviled eggs that looked like baby chicks.

-Plus I used my sewing machine again this week!



Dear Easter Eggs,

I know other people like to make their eggs all pretty and photoworthy, but all of our favorite eggs had things like the Hulk, Voldemort, Chuck Norris, and Chuck Norris's boot kicking someone's face on them. They were just more awesome.

-Plus it was fun to drop the Humpty Dumpty egg before we ate it.

Chuck Norris and his boot - roundhouse kicking you in the face.

Front row: Humpty Dumpty, Harry Potter, Voldemort, Hulk, Angry Bird, Mustache Egg

Dear General Conference Speakers,

Thank you for addressing everything I had been thinking about in the first 3 talks Saturday morning so that I could just sit back and enjoy everything else for the rest of the two days. That was some pretty good planning.

-Stop it.

Dear Nephew,

All of the work we've put into the mural so far became totally worth it when you stood next to the raccoon so your mom could take a picture and said, "He's just my size!" In fact, I'm not sure why we didn't just go ahead and measure you from the beginning.

-I think we need a baby bobcat so my niece can get excited about a kitty on the walls too

So many good things have already happened this morning! What kind of wonders await me for the rest of the day?

• Found out that Eric gets some Americorps money after all, even though he ducked out of TFA early. Obviously it's much less than it would have been, but it's still a good chunk of change, and since we didn't think we'd get ANYTHING, it's completely awesome. (Plus they pay all of the interest we've accrued this year while the loan has been on forbearance, which is also great.)
• Walmart sent back the money I paid for the crib they lost. Yay! A new one is on its way in a slightly different, but still lovely color. 
• We got our third call about the Honda Civic we're selling in less than 24 hours, and the guy happens to be in Orem. Since Eric's down in PG with the car today and is also going to show it to some guy in Lehi, hopefully they can get together and strike a deal. (We love Eric's car, but since we both have 2-door Hondas and mine is worth nothing because it's a Salvage Title, and since we don't really need two cars and would eventually like to get one that's more baby friendly, and since we're still paying student loans, it's just time for it to go while we can still get money out of it. Plus, with everyone freaking out about gas prices, it seems like a good time to sell a car that gets crazy-good gas mileage.) Cross your fingers for a quick sale at our asking price! (A girl already came and drove it last night. She's thinking about it.) 
• I just found out Jennie will be in Utah next week, and I'll get to see her!
• And though this was last night, that's still technically before noon today - we go to see a great lecture by the guys from Radiolab at the Utah Natural History Museum last night, and it was completely delightful. I seriously could not be more pleased. Especially since the show they're hosting tonight in Salt Lake was $35 per ticket, and the lecture we saw last night was FREE! (I cannot express to you just how much I love Radiolab. If you haven't started downloading their podcasts, you should, right now. I love it so much that if I were having a boy I would consider naming him Jad.) 
• Baby girl finally started kicking in a place that feels more like she's getting into that head down position she's supposed to be in for birthing purposes. I realize she's still got plenty of time to do backflips before then, but it was still kind of comforting. (Also, whoever came up with the phrase "decreased fetal movement" should be shot. Every time I feel her a little less than usual I start freaking out and wondering how decreased the movement has to be before I should actually worry. Sigh.)

So now I'm off to clean the hedgehog cage and see what new wonders await me as the day progresses! (I can tell you one thing - it will certainly involve some hedgehog poop!)