This Week...

-This week I got new glasses. They're slowly growing on me. I like them because they're Burgundy. AND I only paid 20$ for them.

-This week I realized I have a love/hate relationship with my braces. The love part: they fix my grill. The hate part: while getting a pedicure recently, I was asked what hospital I was having my baby, to which I replied, "Hopefully at home!" which opened up a whole can of let-me- tell-you-everything-I-know-about-birth-because-obviously-everyone-&-their-mom-is-dying-to-know-about-the-world-health organizations-suggestion-for-induction-of-labor ON YO' ASS! Note to Chelsea, no one cares! I know. So the whole time I'm staring back at this girl who was sitting next to me, asking me various questions about birth, with this blank stare on her face that I couldn't quite figure out. When I got in the car to drive home, I check my teeth and find half of my salad all caught up in my braces. THAT'S what she was staring at! My nastiness! Awesome.

Why does this picture make me want to go, "Yeeeahhh!" In my lil' Jon voice?

-This week Dustin suggested that if the baby is born with blue skin, we could name it Grover! Really Dustin? Grover? Clearly he is not taking this baby naming business very seriously. Grover... Pfft. He predicts we won't have a name until the baby is a week old. Sadly, he's probably right.
-This week a complete stranger came up to me at the store and excitedly hugged me like I was her best friend and rubbed my belly really hard and fast squealing with excitement and congratulating me, saying, "You are so beautiful! God, you are just so beautiful." I should have been totally freaked out but walked away feeling so happy. I was having a pretty shit-tastic day and she put a smile on my face.
-This week, during a commercial break while watching Tosh.0, and as I got up to scrounge for something sweet and fattening to snack on, I did the booty dance in front of the hubby, you know, the one that guarantees a good time & without even flinching he goes, "Um, babe, you're real cute shakin' your ass and all, but really? You're getting big now. It's just not doin' it for me....I love you, but no." To which I keep shakin my junk all the way to the freezer and play it off like I wasn't trying to be sexy for him anyway! Whatever. I'm cute, even if I'm big and round!
-This week I watched this incredible water-birth video. I bet you can't make it through the whole thing without blubbering like a baby. This was one of my favorites thus far.
-This week at the cleaners, an older, wrinkly Lithuanian lady with a thick accent noticed my belly and without hesitation said, "You're having a boy. Come back in a few weeks and let me know if I was right. I usually am." Just like that. She predicted the sex. So matter of fact. At first, I was kind of pissed at her because why'd she have to go and ruin the surprise. But then as I walked to my car, It hit me. MAYBE it is a boy! I rubbed my belly and smiled.
-This week I ate a turkey burger with jalapenos, BBQ sauce and pickles. It was an out of body experience. I knew those japs were on their way back up but I forced them down and went on wit' my bidness.
-This week as I layed in my dark living room (practicing fake contractions and deep breathing. Don't make fun!) listening to my birth meditation cd, Dustin layed down on the ground next to me whispering sweet encouraging things into my ear. I melted. I can't believe we'll be celebrating 5 years of marriage this week. Yikes! I love that man.
-This week, Conrad felt the baby kicking and shouted, "Baby danced! Baby danced Momma!" OMG, I want to squish his face off.

{Preview of our maternity session with my sweet friend Bobbie. More to come.}

Conrad hasn't stopped saying, "Ride in boat Mommy! We ride in boat!!!" I think that red canoe really had quite a impression on him. Sweet boy. My favorite thing about this photo is Conrad's little toe head peeking out of the boat. He's got such a serious look on his face.