33 weeks, 1 day

Well, here's this week's belly pic (from a few minutes ago). I was taking pics with the self-timer in the nursery, and hoping to be done before Ken came out of the bathroom across the hall. No such luck, so the goofy look on my face is because he's suddenly standing in the doorway asking what the heck I'm doing in this weird pose by the wall in the baby room. I had to wait for the thing to go off before I could break pose and answer him. Hehehe...

Things are going well. I'm starting to get uncomfortable now. The heat outside is intolerable, even if it's only 85. I can't eat much or breathe deeply because baby is hogging all the abdominal space. But hey, I'll take it all ... only 5-7 more weeks to go!

Ken's got most of the painting done in the nursery, so that's a huge step in the right direction. As soon as it's finished, which will probably be tomorrow, we can get in touch with the furniture store and get on with crib delivery (or pick-up). Once the crib's set up, we can put the bedding set in it, which will really make the whole thing seem real.

Our first (of two) showers is next Sunday (Aug. 5). The church is throwing that one. Fun! Then my work is doing one Aug. 23. More fun! Then begins the task of buying everything we need and didn't get as gifts (less fun). Speaking of which, I think I'm going to go track the delivery of our rocker/gilder... Can't wait for that to arrive!

In other news, my mom and aunt arrived safely last week after their cross-country trek, and mom is settling nicely into her house here (though she's getting anxious to get air-conditioning installed). She got a nice welcome-to-California gift in the form of a rear-ending two days after arriving, though. Fortunately, she had the ball hitch on her Sequoia, so the other vehicle had more damage. Merilyn left Thursday, and is sorely missed already.

We're making good progress on getting our own place furnished the way we want it, but because we have everything pulled out of the spare room for painting, I've not bothered with taking pictures yet. Perhaps by the end of the week we'll be able to share some of that with you.

32 weeks, 3 days

I've been negligent about posting lately because things have been so busy around here with my mom just moving into town. Great stuff! Anyway, I thought I better get a new picture taken since I totally missed last week, and there's seems to be a significant change from two weeks ago. Sorry for the goofy look on my face. With a pony-tail in my hair, I can't look straight at the camera or I look like the chics from that old "Addicted to Love" video. Anywho, here we are at 32 weeks and 3 days. Hard to believe time is going by so fast! We only have 6-8 weeks left. Can I file an extension?

Ken's at a Rush concert tonight. He texted me at intermission and said it was a great concert. I'm sure he'll be wiped out and sleep in tomorrow!

3D Ultrasound #2 - 07/08/07

Here's a link to the album on PictureTrail, and here's a flick of the pics...

Cool Slideshows!

My firsts...

1 . Who was your first prom date? James Senechal. I liked him, but he liked my friend. Too bad! He was the best hugger I ever knew.

2. Who was your first roommate? Tamara Ras (college, freshman year).

3. First favorite band? Alabama

4. What was your first job? Waitressing at a big steak house in Destin, Fla., called Cowboys.

5. What was your first car? 1977 Honda CVCC.

6. Who was the first person you talked to on 360 today? I don't talk to people on 360.

7. Who is the first person you thought of this morning? Ken, of course!

8. Who was your first grade teacher? Mrs. Mulligan. I remember her name, but nothing else.

9. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? No clue. It was before I can remember anything.

10. When you sneaked out of your house for the first time, who was it with? I never had to sneak out.

11. Who was your first best friend and are you still friends with them? Jennifer, since my age 5 birthday party, and yes, we're still best friends! I think we need to do something extreme to celebrate 30 years of best friendship...

12. Where was your first sleep over? No idea.

13. Who was the first person you talked to this morning? Ken. After him, a different Ken.

14. Whose wedding were you in the first time? Don't remember... Rob and Angi?

16. What was the first concert you ever went to? Bon Jovi and Skid Row, I think.

17. First really bad accident or illness? None I can think of.

18. First foreign country you went to? Either Mexico or Germany. Not sure which was first.

19. First crush? Andre Bulot. I crushed on him from second grade until we graduated high school. Not sure why, because he was never especially nice to me (he wasn't not nice, but we weren't close friends). I just thought he was really special, and loved the combination of ice blue eyes and dark hair with olive skin.

20. First TRUE love? I have no idea how to qualify that. There were quite a few guys that I truly loved, but none of them ever loved me back. So I guess Ken would be my first!

21. First state you moved to? After growing up in Florida, I moved to Tennessee for college. Then Michigan for grad school. Then California!

22. What was the first state you lived in? Maryland (for a very brief time after being born).

23. Who was the first person to break your heart? There have been too many to remember (most didn't mean to and certainly didn't do anything wrong, but my heart was broken by their lack of interest in me!).

24. Who will be the first to repost this? Probably no one. But that's OK. It's all about me! Hehehe...

4th of July

To celebrate the 4th, we joined some of our crew at a local park for a picnic (see Michele, below). Unfortunately, it's pretty hot today, but we found some shade under a tree to grill burgers and relax a while. Now it might be nap time...