Sunday, August 21, 2011

twenty seven

Yesterday I turned 27 and it was a FANTASTIC birthday. Some of the highlights were shopping (didn't get anything... I can't buy normal clothes and I feel like buying maternity is a waste of money... but it was still fun to get out and not be packing), eating out, visiting our house, and going to see the play Jersey Boys (soooo entertaining and fun!! Ryan and I were surprised that we new all of the songs!). We are having rainbow chip cake and cake batter ice cream (both favorites) tonight instead of on my actual birthday because we just didn't have time yesterday and my pregnancy taste buds couldn't take that sweetness yesterday. I got some fun gifts too... the book 'The Help,' along with a popcorn maker-just in time for carmel popcorn at the holidays, and a small chocolate fountain for some entertaining in our new home!

Anyway, thank you to all of my friends and family for all of the texts, calls, emails, cards, FB messages, etc. And to Ryan for making me feel so special on my day. I felt so loved!
I've also realized that I need to suck up the fact that wearing non-maternity shirts at week 28 is actually much less flattering than wearing maternity clothes. Maybe I should have bought a few things while shopping yesterday. :)
Don't judge the mess in the background... we're cleaning out and packing. Also, Ryan keeps forgetting I turned 27 and he tried making a 26 out of candles on accident before the 27 :)
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

It's not a cocoa krispy

I just looked up one of those counter-things today and discovered that I have 99 days until I'm due. Out of the triple digits! That seems like 3 years away right now, but really it's just over 3 months and with the way time is flying these days it might feel like 3 weeks.

Anyway, I had a little while where I didn't significantly grow each week, so picture taking was pointless. But, I have most definitely "popped" in the last few weeks and feel like I'm getting bigger everyday. So here's 26 weeks...
I know, it's extremely blurry. And I'm not lying that I get bigger all the time- in fact, I think I am a bit bigger than when I took this picture a day ago. Oh, and please ignore the huge pile of clothes on the floor. Okay, I cannot take a picture of myself. I get more of the wall than the mirror, I can't keep it steady, etc. Not sure what my problem is... Anyway, here's a few tidbits to date:
  • I think more significant than my belly in the above picture is the fact that my hair is so long! This is not a good thing though since the last time scissors/color have touched my locks was January 28th. My hair is a disaster. Moving on...
  • Ryan and I both thought that at this point it was pretty clear to everyone in the ward that I was pregnant, but we found out tonight that some people in the ward have been trying to hint around and ask questions to get us to confirm this fact and apparently we have not picked up on it very well. We thought everyone knew, but apparently my primary kids have not spread the word like I hoped they would.
  • Story: I have a very deep belly button normally, and when I was a little girl and would look at my belly button, I always saw a little brown seed-shaped thing in there. I specifically remember always thinking I had a cocoa krispy stuck way deep in there and no matter how hard I tried to get it out, it was stuck for good in there. So recently, my belly button has become less and less deep and that brown spot has been getting bigger and I finally figured out that it is a mole! It was so folded in down there, that it never looked like one! Now I can sleep at night.
  • Our house is done in one week from today and we close/move in two weeks. We can't wait!
  • Ryan said something last Saturday that I was certainly not expecting to hear him say: "I want vegetables for dinner. Just vegetables." So we went by a little farmer's market that he passes on his way to work and bought a bunch of vegetables for dinner... zucchini and onions, corn on the cob, tomatoes, plums etc. and we ate veggies for dinner. It was SO good! Of course the only picture I got was Ryan cooking zucchini right before he slices his tomato. Better than nothing though, right?
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