Between the all night trips to the bathroom and Carlysle and Mushy’s snoring contests (don’t let Mushy’s demure demeanor deceive you, he is a rather formidable foe when it comes to these contests), I actually do sleep a little bit. Lately, that sleep is filled with wild and crazy dreams and I have no idea where they’re coming from. I’ve never had dreams before – well, let me rephrase that, apparently everyone has dreams; you just don’t remember them sometimes. Now, my dreams are as vivid as Lady GaGa’s wardrobe. I won’t go into detail (because you would think I was wacko) but I will share with you parts of one of my recent favorites. So … from what I remember it goes something like this: Heidi Klum and I were on a yacht cruising around the Mediterranean (I was in A Pea in the Pod earlier that day looking at stuff from her new maternity line, I think that’s the connection.) and we were total BFFs. That is, until I walked in on her laughing hysterically while going through my suitcase and stuffing my wardrobe into a big black Hefty trashbag while she was telling me how pitiful it was! She was definitely not as nice as she usually is on Project Runway. It reminded me of a time in college when my roommate Megan and I decided to have a garage sale and called our friend Lauren Stover to come help us. She helped a little but mostly just laughed at all of our stuff we were selling; and she especially had a good time with Megan’s cat shirts, wigs and rollerblades : ) But yes, my dreams have been WILD to say the least. Not necessarily bad, just crazy and very memorable.
This weekend my family and I went to San Antonio to celebrate my Grandparent’s 55th wedding anniversary. 55 YEARS!!! Fifty-five is the emerald anniversary so we decorated my Aunt’s house with green tissue paper flowers, garland and gifts with green wrapping paper. We also enjoyed green beverages such as fresh limeade and margaritas (virgin for me!). It was so much fun, the whole family was there and we bar-b-q’d a big brisket, made potato salad, beans, creamed corn, you name it. And of course, my little belly got lots of rubs and love from all of my Aunts. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful and loving family!
Carlysle has been hard at work in the nursery retexturing the walls. Our house was built in the 70’s so it has this super awesome wall texture that I fondly refer to as wall acne : ) It’s also known as popcorn texture and it is AWFUL! So we’ve decided to slowly retexture the entire house starting in the baby’s room. It’s almost finished and it looks AWESOME. It has kind of an antique Italian rough finish to it, I just love it but it is very time consuming and when Carlysle starts the sanding part I can’t help because billions of tiny white little dust particles fly everywhere and I doubt that’s good for a baby’s developing lungs. I have so many ideas for how I want to paint the nursery, I can’t wait to see the finished product!
Hmmm let’s see, what else went on these past two weeks? Oh, yes, Obamacare passed! I cannot tell you how excited I am that we’ll get to pay for other people’s health insurance! Maybe we should pay for their mortgages too … oh wait, we’re already doing that. Our nation is 12.6 TRILLION dollars in debt, the economy is in the tank, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are bankrupt so let’s throw in another government subsidized program! What a great idea! Hopefully this is just the beginning of the fight, 38 out of the 50 states (or 52 states if you ask Obama) are considering legal action against the bill. I just can’t wait to see what doctor’s office’s waiting rooms are going to look like in 2014…. My guess is they’ll be similar to the way emergency waiting rooms look like now. Maybe we’ll try and have all of our babies before then so I don’t have to stand in line for a bed when I’m 9 centimeters dilated.
Weekly Womb Workings:
Baby’s adding fat stores that will keep him warm and cozy after he's born; his weight will increase approximately six times over the next four weeks. Good to know I’m not the only one tipping the scale. He’s also hard at work honing his sucking and swallowing reflexes—all the better for eating that 2 AM (and 5 AM, and 8 AM ...) meal in a few months! The finger- and toenails are beginning to grow from their nail beds, which would explain why he'll need them trimmed almost as soon as he's born!
Baby weighs nearly 5 ounces and is a little over 5 inches long—about the size of a baked potato (load on the butter and sour cream, please). This week is also the beginning of ossification. And while that sounds like some long and involved paperwork we’ll have to fill out, it's really a fancy medical term for the hardening of the baby's miniature bones. And that's a good thing. The baby's nerves are making more and more complex connections. His sense of smell, taste, sight and hearing are all developing. A substance called myelin, which makes nerve connections travel faster, is now coating your baby's nerves.
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Yay a baked potato!! I love him so much more now!
ReplyDeleteHaha, that was the most fun I ever had at a garage sale, megan did have terrible cat shirts, haha. lets do that again! is that the same one where you drove around a walmart parking lot advertising for us? ahhahahaha