Dianthe’s Blog

Spike and i are fine and he is still safely tucked away in my belly - but i have never been so scared in my life!!!

i woke up Christmas morning about 9am and didn’t feel Spike move - that’s kind of unusual because i always feel some movement in the morning - plus he moved Christmas Eve for about 3-4 hours non stop - i went to the bathroom, nothing - so i ate some candy and laid back down, nothing -i drank some orange juice and laid down, nothing - i ate a piece of chocolate, nothing - then i drank some Dr Pepper and laid down, still nothing - by this time it was close to 10am and i still didn’t feel anything - Kelley was awake by this time, so we laid in the bed for a few minutes and i still wasn’t really feeling anything - i felt some slight movement but by then i was freaked out and i couldn’t tell if it was real movement or not - plus it had already been an hour since i started counting and i had only counted 2, maybe 3 movements - i laid there a few more minutes and then i started to cry - at that point, Kelley said “let’s go” - i didn’t even bother with calling my OB - we just headed straight to the closest hospital (about 3 minutes away) - we went to the ER and they immediately took us to L&D and they hooked me up to the monitor - i still couldn’t feel Spike move but the heartbeat was strong so i was okay with that - they left me on the monitor for a while and then the nurse came back and said that i was having contractions every 4 minutes even though i couldn’t feel them - she took a swab for pre-term labor (which came back negative) and after some water, apple juice and me peeing, the contractions stopped - my cervix is still completely closed so they sent me home and decided that Spike was just having a slow day - i guess all of the excitement of Christmas wore him out and he was just being lazy like his mom - even still, he scared the crap out of me!  i told my mom that this is probably just the beginning of the many times this kid will scare me half to death - and hopefully this is the worst thing that will ever happen!  aside from that, i think that Spike is so comfy cozy in here, he’s going to go full term - and at the moment, i’m good with that - i’m still relatively comfortable so i’m thinking January 31st would be a great time for Spike to enter the world! 

another funny story (at least funny to me) - so of course after the big scare, i called friends and family to give them the update - the funniest is when i called my Step-Dad - he’s one of those men that is completely freaked out by anything “female”, so of course i take great pleasure in sending him over the edge - he was okay with the story until i mentioned the word cervix - he immediately yelled “AAAAAAHHHHH - I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR CERVIX!!” this of course sent me into a great fit of laughter!!    i can’t wait to give him all the gory details of the acutal birth - maybe i’ll record it on mp3 so i can really freak him out!

the floors are almost done!  all that’s left is the trim and that should be done today - you know what that means - it means we can finally bring in the furniture - and even though i have to spend the whole day tomorrow cleaning the dust out of my house, i will have my house back!!!  YAY!!!!

Kevin Michael is SUCH a cutie - he performed on the show today and i totally puffy heart him - it’s a little known fact that i rarely come out of my room to meet celebrities - while i love celebrity gossip, i don’t care at all about meeting them - but he is so freaking cute - he’s got this wild curly hair that you just want to run your fingers through - and normally i hate guys with hair - but he is just so sweet and yummy - plus he told me that my haircut is SHARP!!  i LOVE him!!!

the big Christmas party is tonight and i have nothing to wear - i’m getting my hair cut today and then i am off to the mall to find something that a pregnant girl can wear - the one thing i’ve really been looking foris on of those babydoll type dresses - i’ve seen a ton of them online but i can’t find anything in the stores - and truly, i hate to shop for clothes online anyway because they never fit me like they do the model - i guess i could always fall back on cute jeans and a top, but i’m really over that too - besides, if i find a dress i can wear my PG Spanx and maybe i’ll look a little less large than i currently do

Kellie Rasberry gives the absolute best presents ever!! she’s one of those people who really and truly gets genuine joy by giving gifts - and she always gets it right on - she gave me this awesome gold purse from Bebe - it’s really a big purse (which i LOVE) but you can use it as a diaper bag because it has tons of pockets - once again, she hit it right on the nose! PAYTON (that was from Al’s son Payton - he’s totally a cutie too and had his feelings hurt because i didn’t mention his name in my blog - so he typed it himself)

and i am officially on vacation!!!   i am looking forward to every minute of it - hopefully i’ll be able to finish up nursery and get the house completely settled - then the real countdown for Spike’s arrival will begin - i promise that i’ll post more than once - i’m sure there will be plenty to talk about - because whose life is filled with more chaos than mine??

this is what’s known as a “throwback” - back when i was in junior high, this was the phrase that was yelled any time someone got caught doing something they weren’t supposed to be doing - and it was exactly what i thought when Kelley took the marinara sauce out of the refrigerator and looked at the bowl in a weird way because it was covered with foil instead of a lid - as soon as he saw me looking at him, he tried to recover but i had already “kold kabusted” him - “yes dear, the reason there is foil instead of an actual lid is because SOMEONE ruined the lid” - “uh, oh, uh - no - i didn’t ruin the lid - i was trying to keep the microwave clean” - “uh huh, then what did you do with the microwave cover” (that i pulled out of the microwave to show to him) - at that point, he knew there was nothing he could do but laugh - and because i had worked through my anger with image visualization, i was able to laugh too - and then do you know that this man had the nerve to try and change the subject - oh no, dude - you’ll listen to me complain for hours if i choose to!!  but i let him off after about 2 more minutes of kind hearted ribbing - he’s lucky he’s cute!

PSA: Sonic Holiday Mint Shakes are fivine - i had a craving for ice cream last night so i sent Kelley off to Sonic to get me that shake from the commercial - OMG - quite possibly the best shake i’ve ever had - it’s a mint flavored shake with chunks of peppermint and white chocolate mixed in - it rivals the chocolate chocolate chip shake from Steak and Shake - it’s a good thing i didn’t experience it earlier - i probably would have eaten one every single day - and THAT can’t be good for Spike!

speaking of Spike, the name debate continues … so thanks to Jules who suggested Kennedy Jane, i now love Jane as a middle name - i’m a little unsure about Kennedy Jane because i think Kennedy has too many syllables but we also like the name Sydney - Kelley really likes Sydney and i love Sydney Jane - then Kelley suggests the name Michael for a girl - funny, i like it for a girl but not for a boy - Kelley loved the actress Michael Learned growing up and i think the actress Michael Michelle is one of the most gorgeous people on the earth - and i really like the name Michael Jane - the only problem is Kelley doesn’t like the name Jane - he thinks it sounds like the Wild Wild West - but it means “God’s gracious gift” and my dad has an aunt named Jane who is way cool!  so even though Kelley has officially nixed Jane, i’m thinking the chick who pushes out the 8 pound baby gets final say - especially if it’s a middle name, right?

another day, another dental appointment - can you say sore gums?  if i could mainline Oragel onto my gums, i would - this time the novocaine (minus the epineprhine) was awesome - no pain at all - and my mouth was numb for about 5 hours - but today, my gums are pretty sore - i know part of it is due to my being pregnant, so i’m not too concerned - but it definitely is causing me to eat less - it hurts to brush and floss my teeth - ouch - so the obvious solution - more shakes from Sonic!!!

it may very well have saved my husband’s life last night

let me start by saying, i love kitchen stuff - i mean really, really love it - pots, pans, nixing bowls, spatulas - LOVE IT!! anyway, i have a set of nested round glass bowls from Crate and Barrel that we received as a wedding gift - they have plastic lids, so i use them for leftovers etc, in the fridge - a few months after the wedding, Kelley ruined one of the lids by putting the bowl in the microwave with the lid on - the lid became completely warped and had to be thrown away - i told him then that you don’t stick things in the microwave with lids on them - especially since we have one of those microwave covers that you stick over the plate to prevent splatters - anyway, i bought another set of glass bowls and all was right with the world - last night, i walked into the kitchen to find yet another warped plastic lid in the sink - IN THE SAME DAMN SIZE HE RUINED BEFORE!!! i know that
i’m pregnant and irrational but i seriously wanted to stick his head in the microwave and see if it would come out warped - and to make it worse, Crate and Barrel doesn’t sell replacement lids - so now i have 2 sets of bowls and no lid for the size i use the most - and now i’ll probably end up buying a 3rd set - i could have gone into crazy, irrational pregnant woman mode and screamed at my husband for this minor infraction, but instead i just imagined Kelley’s warped head in the microwave - twisted? yes - but if it saved his life, then i’m okay with it!

image visualization moment #2 - so last night after the plastic lid meltdown (no pun intended), i decided to go to bed early - my insomnia has kicked back in and i made it through the day yesterday without a nap, so about 9:30 i was getting pretty sleepy - so i decided to head to bed early - i had just turned off the lights and was about to shut down my computer when Kelley comes in the bedroom - he turns on the light, goes into the bathroom, comes out of the bathroom and leaves the room without turning off the light - um, hello - was that light on when you came in here? so he turns off the light and leaves - so i had just snuggled down in the bed and turned the tv on Sex & the City so i could fall asleep - i had just closed my eyes when Kelley walks into the room, throws his computer on the bed and turns on the light - i tried really hard to fight through and get to sleep, but i had missed my sleep window and was wide awake - and Kelley, well he just gets in the bed and continues to work for another hour - then he had the nerve to ask me what was wrong - are you serious? i am minutes away from getting to sleep at a decent hour and you decide to make today the first time in the 18 months we’ve been married to work from bed??? oh how i wanted to inflict bodily harm on him - especially since i didn’t get to sleep for another 2 1/2 hours - but once again, instead of turning into crazy PG woman, i decided to visualize smashing his computer into tiny pieces and laughing hysterically like those maniacal crazies in the movies - again, probably not the best way to handle the situation, but it did prevent me from screaming at Kelley which is what i really felt like doing - i think part of the reason God gives you a large belly when you’re pregnant is so that you can’t lunge at your husband at the speed of light

so needless to say, i am EXHAUSTED today and i have to go back to the dentist - here’s the problem, i would be perfectly content to fall asleep in the dentists chair while they work but they typically need you alert for that type of thing - while i’m pretty adept at sleeping with my mouth wide open, somehow i don’t think that’s enough - and to be honest, i’m not sure how much napping i could get done anyway - the contractor started on the floor yesterday and so far, so good - but i had no idea that installing floors would leave a film throughout the house - i am SO calling a maid service when they’re done - there is a film of light dust covering everything in my kitchen - all i can say is that i am able to access wireless internet and Tivo in my bedroom - i am crossing my fingers that he’ll be done by the end of the week - i need my house back! and hopefully tomorrow, i’ll be less grumpy!!

well maybe not my whole life - and maybe not quite a lie, per se - but i have spent my entire life thinking that i was born weighing 7 pounds and 12 ounces and 21 inches long - so first, here’s some back story - Friday i had my 33 week appointment - everything is good and i told my OB that the sonographer and chiropractor (btw, my chiropractor specializes in working with pregnant women and is also a licensed doula) both estimated Spike to be about 5 pounds - my OB said that was a little big for where i am right now but that she wasn’t concerned and that we would do another ultrasound the 1st week of January - so, when i tell mom that Kelley and i had a bet going about the over/under on Spike being an 8 pounder, she says Spike could very easily weigh 8 pounds because that’s what i weighed - 8 pounds and a 1/2 ounce - WHAT?? i have been telling people as long as i can remember that i weighed 7 lb 12 oz - apparently my sister was somewhere close to 7 lb 12 oz (mom can’t remember Butch or Stacie’s exact birth stats because OBVIOUSLY i’m the most important child) and i was the 8 pounder - i’m shocked - i can’t believe i’ve been duped - duped and having an 8 pound child … on the upside - Kelley and i have finalized the bet and if Spike is over 8 pounds, i get diamond earrings!!! WOO HOO - so i’m totally hoping for an 8 pound 1/2 oz baby!

apparently i’m not the only one with PG brain - Kelley and i went to dinner Saturday night and Kelley decides that we should start talking baby names - now if you’ll recall, we had several of these conversations early on but had to stop before i talking about names because i wanted to beat him senseless - there were very few names that we could agree on and the names that Kelley had initially suggested (that i had finally gotten used to), he had removed from his list - so we tabled name talk - until Saturday night - so the names that have been at the top of my list for girls are Kennedy Renee and Lila Grace - and for a boy, i like Jackson Emmanuel - (fyi, Emmanuel means God Is With Us) - we both like Jackson and we also agreed on Jacob and Nicolas - now, my thing for boys is that i have to have at least one biblical names - i love biblical names for boys and as my mom says, “it’s because they need them” - anyway, i have been carrying a complete list in my calendar of both my names and Kelley’s names, so i give him the list to overlook at dinner - Kelley busts out with “you sure do have a lot of biblical names on the list - what did you do, go through the entire Bible?” are you kidding me? where have you been for the last 9 months - this is how i know that my husband frequently ignores me! ugh - anyway, Kelley says we made progress but i’m not so sure - Kelley likes Jacob Jackson but i think Jackson is a first name - and i’m really set on Emmanuel as a middle name - and Kelley nixed Renee because he says it’s not original, enough (huh??) - but i don’t like Kennedy Grace and i don’t have another middle name for Kennedy - Sophia and Isabella are pretty much off the table since they’ve moved up in the top names for 2007 - so basically, we still have no names!

random - but last night Kelley and i are in bed watching tv and Kelley turns on HBO - it’s the end of the movie “Deck the Halls” with Dannyu DeVito and Kristen Chenowith and i impress him (not really_ with my random knowledge about Kristen - she was in Wicked, blah-blah, really great voice, blah-blah - clearly he’s paying NO attention to me because he hits the “guide” button to see what’s coming on next - the next show is “Atlantic City Hookers - It Ain’t E-Z Being a Ho” -this is how you know Kelley and i were meant to be together - we must have read the title at EXACTLY the same time because we both busted into laughter at EXACTLY the same time - and then we both said that we needed to watch this show - it was one of those HBO documentaries and was really quite sad, but the title screamed HI-larious!

you know you’re a wild party couple when after you go to dinner - you skip the real movie and come home and watch a rental on your laptop!! how lame are we? i’m anticipating watching a lot of movies on my laptop in the near future - thanks to the writer’s strike, i’ve watched almost everything on my Tivo and my insomnia has kicked back in - guesses on when Spike is coming? my guess is January 15th!

even if he is going to be huge! the sonographer and my chiropractor both estimated Spike’s current weight at about 5 pounds - holy crap! that’s a big baby - and i still have 7 weeks to go - Kelley thinks Spike will arrive under 8 pounds and i think he’ll be over - we haven’t decided what to bet yet, but whatever it is, i’ll bail on it if i lose - cause that’s how i roll! so we went for the 4D sonogram - Spike wasn’t all that cooperative - he was being a little camera shy (he gets that from his dad!) - his hands were in front of his face a lot and still working with that Scarlett O’Hara pose - but after a little maneuvering, we were finally able to get some shots of his face - he has fat cheeks and a big round face - he also has chubby little fingers - he’s such a cutie - i’m starting to get excited about meeting Spike in person!! and of course, true to form - after being ornery when we needed him to cooperate and take pictures - Spike went into movement overdrive for the rest of the day - it’s such a weird feeling and he is moving like crazy - the chiropractor said that he’s still in position and moving further and further down every week - she said he’s got his feet up under my ribs but i guess i’ve been lucky because i haven’t really felt that - anyway, we were able to get some decent pictures - the black and white ones were a little more clear but i’ll have to scan those - in the meantime, here’s a couple of the “color” ones

Kelley is done with school for the semester and i have my husband back!! at least for a few weeks anyway - Kelley put a lot of time and effort into this class and he was studying every single night - so now we’ll actually get to spend some time together plus we’ll be on vacation for Christmas, so that’ll be nice!! and now that he no longer needs the tv stand/desk, i can get back to sewing!!

the flooring was finally delivered yesterday and the contractor starts putting it down tomorrow - YAY!!!  i have no idea how long it will take him to install it - especially since the new stuff is engineered and has to be glued down - the Home Depot stuff was just the click kind so i think this installation will be a little more involved - but that’s okay because as soon as the floor is done, the furniture is ready to be moved in - i can’t tell you how excited i am about it - yesterday i even went and sat in the garage on one of the dining room chairs - clearly i’m getting impatient!  oh well, just a few more days!

so last night after America’s Next Top Model (which was the lamest season EVA’), i hung around to watch crowned - this show is terrible but i fear that i have already been sucked in - first, i hope they’re giving Tyra a fat check - because it is a complete rip off of ANTM - with the panel of judges, the way they announce the challenges and who’s leaving - and Shanna Moakler sounds just like Tyra when she talks - you can tell she’s been coached - and very well i might add - i do like her though - but so far, that’s the only redeeming quality about this show - but the writers strike is causing chaos in my world, so trash tv it is!

when you have to climb in your car through the backseat … so yesterday our furniture was delivered - YAY!!!  but since the flooring won’t be installed for a few days, we decided to leave the furniture in the garage - and since we had to leave a pathway for the flooring to be delivered, the furniture is right next to Tahiti - now, if i was pre-PG size, i would’ve had no problem squeezing into the truck - but i  have a belly the size of a small country and no matter how hard i tried - i was not getting in through the driver’s door - so i had to use the back door on the driver’s side (there is NO room on the passenger side because we have a ton of stuff in the garage)  and then climb over the console to get into the front seat - like i don’t have enough problems getting around in my enlarged pregnant state!  one of my girlfriends thinks it would be hilarious if i had my own reality show - i don’t know about all that, but it sure would’ve been high comedy to have seen me crawling through the car at 5am!

it only took 24 hours of begging and pleading, but Spike finally shifted off my pelvis - yesterday, i spent the entire day hobbling around like a crazy person - i could barely walk - it was the first time i was TRULY uncomfortable - and i consider myself to be lucky because i’ve had a really easy pregnancy - but that was terrible - and then of course after i completely freaked myself out about Spike not moving enough, he went into overdrive - there was a knee or foot or something poking me on the side of my belly and last night when i tried to gently move him over, Spike kicked me! i;m not talking about a slight movement - i’m talking a full on “Mom, stop it - you’re pissing me off” kick - this child isn’t even here and i’ve completely lost control!  i can see now that the next 25 some odd years are going to be a battle of the wills!

today is 4D sono today and i am crossing my fingers we get good pictures - thanks to Kelley’s never ending schedule of conference calls, we’ve pushed it back to the very last minute - apparently  if you wait too long, the baby is too big and then there isn’t sufficient room to get a good shot - so i am hoping that the sono gods are on our side and we get a good shot - i promise to post a picture as soon as i figure out how to make it work!

that evil hormonal pregnant woman that i’ve heard so muich about - she’s here - and i think she’s here to stay - i can openly admit i’ve had a few hormonal surges throughout my pregnancy that have led to some near meltdowns - but even Kelley said that my overall attitude hasn’t changed at all - of course i’ve been a little crazy and moody, but not any more than my usual cheery self - but over the last couple of days, i can feel myself losing it more and more often - and there’s nothing i can do about it - i’ve of course become more and more bitchy but i’ve also become more emotional across the board - there have been actual sweet and sappy tears - all i know is everyone better look out - there’s no telling what kind of reaction you’re going to get from me - and chances are good that it will be the one that will end with someone getting punched in the face

it looks like there is light at the end of the tunnel after all - i am buying the flooring today and if they can deliver it tomorrow or Thursday, then installation will begin Thursday or Friday - the furniture is being delivered today and as soon as the floor is done, i’ll have an actual home again! YAY!!  i can’t begin to imagine how nice it will be to watch tv on an actual couch - i can’t remember how long it’s been since we sold everything but it seems like months - you can only be comfy in a glider for so long …

my sister comes home today - YAY!!!!  she’ll be good for some comedy relief - Evilina is nothing if not brutally honest - and i think i am one of the few people in my family that trult gets her dry sense of humor and sarcasm - i talked to her Thursday night after her last final and we chit chatted for a few - then she told me she had to go and not to call her because she was going to be relaxing - she told me if she needed to talk to me, she would call me or she would just see me on Tuesday - whateve - i didn’t think i needed her silly self anyway - but then Friday, i remembered something i needed to tell her so i called - when she answered the phone, the first thing out of her mouth was “i thought i told you not to call me 0 that i would call you” - she was totally serious but all i could do was laugh at her - like i was really going to not call her just because she said not to - she tickles me! 

so i am now moving into that “uncomfortable” stage that all pregnant women reach - Spike is moving down further and further every day and today i can barely walk - it’s a good think i don’t have much to do today -  this baby is really hurting me - i tried to make a deal with him - that if he would just ease off of my pelvis til about noon, he could have full reign over my body the rest of the day - but clearly Spike wasn’t having that - this kid is going to come out of the womb with a mind of his own - i have no idea where he gets that from!  

ok - so here’s a question for all of you moms - i know that movement is supposed to slow down as you approach your due date but was it gradual for you or was it overnight - Spike has been such an active baby and then all of a sudden, he’s completely slowed down - i’m still getting well over 10 kicks per hour and i’m sure i’m just paranoid - but it’s just weird that he slowed down so much, so quickly - i figure that as long as i can still fell him, everything is good - we even had hiccups for the first time today - he’s still letting me know when i’m invading his personal space (he’s antisocial like his mom) - he’s just moving more slowly i guess - our 4D sono is tomorrow - we still won’t be finding out the sex, but hopefully we can get a good shot of his face!!!

can someone please explain to me why women who clearly have children think it’s okay to comment on other pregnant women - do they consider themselves entitled because they’ve been there, done that - or maybe it’s payback because someone said something rude and obnoxious to them while they were pregnant - or maybe they just have no recollection of how it feels to be big as a house - Saturday, i walked into Hobby Lobby (in sweats and flip flops) and a woman with 3 little ones behind her takes one look at me and says “wow - you’re really waddling - you must be ready to go any day now” - um, no -  i actually have 7 1/2 weeks til my due date and i would love for my child to stay in here until he’s ready to come out - do people really think that just because a person is pregnant you have the right to say whatever you want to them - ugh!!!  whatever the reason, the next time someone says something to me, i will respond with something equally rude and obnoxious - cause that’s where i am right now!

Kelley finally put the crib together but apparently we’re missing 2 pieces so we have to contact the manufacturer to get those pieces - and i still haven’t finished the baby bedding because Kelley used the only table we have in the house (which is really a tv stand) all weekend to study for his final this week - but our furniture is finally being delivered this week - initially we were going to leave it in the garage until we get the floor done but at this rate, we’ll never have flooring - the story is much too long and drawn out to go into - but suffice it to say that i am now at the point where i dread coming home - i would rather be anywhere than at my house - the entire house is in disarray and we have NO Christmas decorations up - because the floor isn’t done, we can’t put up the tree - and we’re pretty much the only house on the street without decorations because i haven’t unpacked anything yet - bah, humbug - i totally feel like Scrooge - and it is NOT good!

so Saturday night was the annual Cookie Exchange with the girls - is there anything more frustrating than not having anything in your closet that fits??  not that i needed to get all dressed up or anything - after all, it was just the girls - but i had already planned out what i was going to wear and when i got the outfit on, it didn’t look right - so i’ll just change, right?  yeah - cause that’s the way it works -  after 5 outfits and a few 4 letter words i was about 30 seconds away from tears … ugh!!!  i went 7 months without any outrageous pregnancy hormones, but they have now kicked into overdrive - and poor Kelley - he wasn’t even the target of the tirade but being the best husband in the world - he did what he couds to help - he even offered to take me shopping on Sunday - but since i knew i was being crazy and irrational, i declined and settled for him loading the truck with all the cookies i had baked - and while he did that, i managed to find something that only made me look like a starter home instead of a McMansion - crisis averted - at least for a few hours

how excited was i to find out that not only was last night the first episode of Snoop Dogg: Fatherhood - but that The Girls Next Door is back - WOO HOO!!!  Sunday night tv is alive and well - and does anyone remember when Jim Carrey was on In Living Color - am i the only one that thinks that Hugh Hefner looks like Fire Marshall Bill - OMG - i almost fell on the floor - all i could think was “Let me show you something!!!”  straight comedy!!

so Spike is moving down further and further every day - at some points, i can barely move - and i finally felt my very first Braxton Hicks contraction - i was at Walmart (as always) and i felt a cramping feeling across my entire belly - it only lasted about 20 seconds - and then it went away - i was just excited i actually could tell what it was - everyone keeps asking if i’m getting them and clearly i had no clue - 7 1/2 weeks out - holy crap - i’m having a baby!!!

that i will never feel rested again - i’ve had a great pregnancy but i’ve been completely exhausted almost the entire time - and now that we’re hitting the home stretch, it’s just 24  hours of sheer exhaustion - half the time i can’t even keep my eyes open - and Spike has the opposite problem - it seems like he’s moving all the time! my chiropractor said that Spike is in position and beginning to engage - right now, all of his limbs are still open and active so i’m feeling movement all over - but at the same time, i’m starting to feel a lot of pressure in my pelvis - there are times when i feel like this baby is going to fall right out of me - but Dr. Cindy says that’s good because i won’t have as far to push the baby out - sounds good to me!

so i’ve found a lot of cute clothes in the non maternity section and i thought i would be able to get away with regular sized tights - it never fails that when i buy tights, they are always too big - they’re always too long and i can always pull the top up to my neck - so i figure that instead of buying maternity tights (and paying another $5-8 more per pair), i’ll just buy a larger size - yeah, this would be the one time that the regular size doesn’t fit - instead, the waistband barely fits below my belly - and instead of resting comfortably, it’s cutting into what is presumable Spike’s head and he is NOT happy - gee, i wonder whose child this is - expressing his disapproval with a vengeance - i’m definitely in trouble!

so yesterday as i was perusing one of the many baby lists- you know the ones that are designed to make you feel like a super crappy parent if you don’t follow the crowd and include all the hot new trends in your birth/nursery/car seat, etc. - anyway, i came to the conclusion that i don’t have a baby book yet - the one i liked the most, you fill out all the pages online and then you print it and put it together kind of like a scrapbook - it seemed like a great idea until i realized i don’t have a way to put Spike’s footprints in the book - ugh - back to square one                                                                                                                 

i had every intention to head to Crate and Barrel today to pick up a few baking supplies - but all i can think of right now is my bed - hmm … maybe i’ll be motivated enough to head out this afternoon - yeah, right - i already know that if it doesn’t happen before i get home, it won’t happen at all - but at some point i’m going to have to get it together - i have a cookie exchange to go to tomorrow night - and not only have i not started making cookies - i can’t even decide what cookies to make - it’s so hard having a social life - 

ok - i really want Jennifer Love Hewitt to disappear back into B List celebrity world - i liked her on The Ghost Whisperer when it first came on, but now i couldn’t begin to tell you if or when it comes on - here’s my problem - no, she doesn’t look bad in that bikini - she just looks like a normal person - and that’s what she keeps trying to tell everyone - only she doesn’t really believe it - first, she’s not a size 2 - she might have been at some point but she’s not now - second, if she’s SO confident with her body, why does she feel the need to qualify the pictures by pointing out that she’s NOT fat but that she does wear the same size as a 12 year old - third, if you’re so “upset for all of the girls out there that are struggling with their body image”, then why don’t you quit whining about the pictures and say “snap away paparazzi - i’m normal sized and still hot” instead of moaning and groaning about being shot from a bad angle - and fourth, you’re a celebrity - the paparazzi is going to take pictures of you no matter what angle you’re at - we know it and so do you - which is why, instead of ignoring the pictures and waiting for Britney to get out of the car without panties again, you write about it on your blog and continue to make comments to the media about it and make sure that the story remains on every gossip page - WHY?  because at the end of the day, you’re still a celebrity and there is no bad publicity - right?  ugh, rant over 

i’m off to nap land - i hope to have nursery pictures this weekend - or at least a shot of my enormous (yet supa-fine) belly!!