New Biggest Loser Show!

So I'm thinking about putting together a new biggest loser show! All they have to do is come by the house each weekend...and PUSH MOW OUR YARD! So yes, I mowed our yard on Friday...and if nothing else...I'll be losing weight in no time! 3 hours and the gas bar tied down to the mower later, the yard looks nice and...mowed? Minus the dandelions and the damn moles, it looks pretty good. I went ahead and fertilized 1 side lot and the back yard hoping that the back will start growing in the dead spots. Tomorrow night, the front and the other side lot get fertilized and dandelion killed! p.s. Thanks Jim for the mower, it worked well.

BAD! Look at that thing! And a quote from Meet The Robinsons...I have big arms and small eyes! UGLY!









From looking at the hideous picture above, we're having some mole issues. Although it makes us feel like real home owners (having to fight with moles), it's getting irritating! Stomp on the holes...next morning, welcome back moles. So we go to our new 2nd home, Lowe's, and start looking at things to kill them and of course, we pick the only one thing probably that's not legal to use in Indiana (or California). There was one lady who used to buy Mole Smoke bombs, I liked that idea...smoke em out! We think we have a fix, but now we just have to buy them, fake worms with lots of killing stuff in them. EAT EM UP MOLES!!!! EAT EM UP!

So enough about those ugly things and onto beautiful things like my wife and baby. Heather is doing pretty good, swelling up pretty easy these days, but doing good. She's been doing a great job at putting her feet up and taking it easy when she needs to, so that's a plus. Of course, I'm still getting on her every once in awhile to get her feet up, but she's doing good. We've had a couple...Holy S$&^ moments on realizing how little time we have till the baby's getting here, but we're SO excited and we can't wait either. Keep on marinating in there baby, it's not time yet!

We want to send a thank you to everyone who's either given us baby stuff or is planning on giving us stuff, that's a huge help! Our registries are complete at Target and Babies R Us...Hint Hint :) And after you look...you'll understand...Yes the baby needs that 46" TV...trust me, I know what's best for our son :).

That's about it for now...lunch is over and back to work. More to come later!

MEGA baby

So, there I am, in all my belly-liciousness...sorry for the incredibly exciting background--but that's what happens when you use a self-timer camera at work (actually this was done prior to the start of my official work day, for those who may be wondering exactly how me doing belly shots is related to kindergarten readiness.)

If you look closely at my Daily Tasks board behind me, you'll see that Monday was a sick day. Nothing serious, just feeling the effects of our MEGA baby. Why so MEGA? Well, I don't know and I won't claim responsibility for his love of ice cream and McDonald's lately, but I do know this- we're growing, and we're doing it fast!

According to my last check-in with the doctor, my recent dizzy spells could be due to 2 things...1. Work stress. That, I think I can manage better. 2. someone, not to point any fingers, grew 3 centimeters in one week. Let's discuss the latter point, because it is without a doubt the more fascinating of the two.

"Average" growth at this stage would be maybe 1 (one, uno, singular) centimeter. Our Stuffy? Why stop there...keep on growing, he says...3 centimeters in one week evidently sounded a lot more fun. As does finding various veins, etc. to plop down on to make Mom dizzy. So, according to the doc, my anemia is making a lot more sense and my feeling pretty cruddy throughout the day because I'm not getting anything but "scraps" from what Mr. Mega Pants in there is leaving me. I think that just means I need to eat more cheeseburgers...those are chock full of nutrients, right? ...hey- no comments on wondering why or how he could possibly be getting this big...I've only gained 12 pounds since October, thank you very much!

Granted, my pants no longer fit, but that's a different story. I'm not kidding, but I spent the entire afternoon at work yesterday with my pants completely unbuttoned and unzipped --they didn't even budge off my hips (and yes, I was wearing two long shirts to cover my secret). Right now, my favorite maternity pants are tight sitting under all that belly, so that when I stand up, I have a little bit of "trucker belly" until I make the necessary adjustments. I'm still mad I can't find any proper panel pants yet...but then again, I'm unwilling to pay full price for them, so that could be an issue, yes?

Enough about me and my beach ball....let's talk about the house! The house!! The house has hot water, a fully encased hallway ceiling and lots of love. Aside from the occasional tease of the garage door (which has a mind of its own) we are settling in quite well. We hosted our first real get-together on Easter with some friends, yard games and ice cream sundaes. We have lots of yard to use, so it was great to see it in action. This weekend, however, we are taking advantage of probably one of the last weekends we have to do.....NOTHING! It's been declared a Girton film fest weekend, which means sleeping in, watching movies (or Law & Order marathons on tv) and pajama pants as long as we want. Hooray!

We figured that the rest of our weekends from here out will likely be spent on more projects and getting the nursery ready, so why not veg for a while-- it's been a few hectic weekends lately and we're ready for some quiet time.

Sorry we haven't blogged in so long, but hey--houses don't get unpacked by themselves, you know! Forgive the lack of belly shots, I didn't even realize it had been that long! wow!

Happy Thursday, everyone!

Ode to Hot Water

Oh, hot water, how we miss you.
Did we take you for granted? Yes, it's true.
With pits so stinky from work and from play
all we want now is a shower at the end of our day.
But No! We can not, the water heater is kaput.
We just sit here waiting to hear the UPS man afoot.
Hot water, hot water, we do miss you so.
According to our sources, only one more day to go!


It's that bad that I'm writing poetry about missing hot water. Seriously. Word via UPS Tracking says tomorrow delivery of the golden gas valve...here's hoping. We're officially at one week today without the steamy goodness of the left side of the faucets.

On a whole different topic, and likely worthy of another poem, but I won't because it'll just embarrass him... The last post by Brad included his shout out to me. Don't let the boy fool you - HE'S been the wonderful one! How lucky am I that I have a husband that takes such wonderful care of me? He always has, but he's gone into hyperdrive since finding out we're expecting. Honestly, I can count on one hand the number of times I've done the dishes or laundry since November. He's actually more in-tune with my stress and activity levels than I am...always making sure I'm not over doing it, giving me water to drink and reminding me to let things go. Every expecting mom should have a man so wonderful by her side during this roller coaster!! The best part of it all? He does all that great care-giving while making me smile and laugh. I love him and am so proud of him...I'm proud to be his wife and am so excited to see him be the amazing dad I know he'll be.

Stuffy is growing--by looking at my belly, I'd guess that I was growing a literal butter ball in there! We need to pick up the picture taking again soon, we've fallen off the wagon with the house and all the "pride of home ownership moments". We'll do our best to show off the boy in the belly as soon as possible- Doc says he's looking and sounding great as of Monday. I'm feeling MUCH better than last week and am quickly outgrowing pants these days...eek!

Go have a great day and don't take your hot water for granted! :)