semi-retirement flowers from the hubby
date night at blue koi. he was way more excited than he looks=)
the bump at 35 wks. the dress, though super cute, doesn't really show it off
here's little bit of a baby update for you:
cravings:
-watermelon. cold, with fresh squeezed lime and fresh cracked sea salt. exactly like that. i ate an entire watermelon by myself last week. no joke. i don't think there are any health benefits to watermelon, but it can't be bad for you, right?
-snow-cones. a cajun cone from abilene, texas. when i was a little girl in abilene, two of my friends' parents owned a snow cone shop. we'd go a few times during the week each summer. all of our friends would be there. to a 7 year old, it was heaven on earth. what i wouldn't do for one of those now in the village. (maybe come out of retirement and open one?! annalee let me know if they are looking to franchise...)
-fruit in general. i bought a groupon for door to door organics last week and a box of fresh, local, organic produce was delivered to my door today for only $17 today. yum-o. this is seriously one of the best deals i have ever gotten: avacados, mangos, peaches, pears, strawberries, oranges, grapefruits all for $17. i can't wait to enjoy all of them. and my watermelon.
dreams:
okay these have gotten just down-right weird. i've had weird dreams all of pregnancy, but the past few weeks they have really stepped it up a notch.
i dreamed our neighbor's dale & buffy had a pet lion that would sneak into our backyard...
i dreamed we moved to san francisco to train for a marathon just to be ready for the hills...
i dreamed i was going to give birth in a "shared" room (shaped like an octagon)- shared with kiddos from my school that is...
i dreamed campbell had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. if you've seen us you know that's not likely....
this is my favorite:
i dreamed i got pulled over for driving 135 miles per hour. without a shirt on. don't know why i didn't have my top covered - i had just been at the truck stop buying new clothes. the officer threatened to call my husband to tell on me and i begged him not to. i was afraid i'd get in trouble...(?!?)
Mat is definitely entertained when i tell him what my dreams are each morning.
emotions:
oh boy. the tears. the attitude. i never know which its going to be or what i might say to someone. (brooke - please tell adam i really am sorry for snapping at him on saturday) am i going to cry or snap back at you? not quite sure. mat has told me that i cry every time a bird flies over our house. he's not too far off...pretty much everything will bring me to tears right now. even a green day song ....
oh right, the baby:
we had our weekly bio-physical today. little lady was squirming all over the place. the tech kept commenting on how good her breathing motion is. she seriously has dance parties like they are going out of style. she got another 8 / 8. they are watching her amniotic fluid closely as it is on the low end of normal. normal is 6-20 and she is 9. so no biggie, just something to pay attention to. as of last week, she weighed 3lb 11oz. i am really hoping that has increased as that is a tad small. we'll have another growth scan in a few weeks and they will measure my belly again tomorrow to see if it's grown at all. oh! and she is still head down - apparently my headstands worked.
so that's about it. rest, rest, rest. eat, eat, eat.
really? looking for a babysitter? UM HELLLLLOOOOOOOOOOO........ yeah, i'm going to be beggin for time with that precious one!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's about time we got a new belly pic! You look beautiful. Oh and about the pregnancy dreams...I won't even tell you some of mine. At least not on the blog...because they are definitely weird and very inappropriate. What is up with the weird pregnancy dreams?!?! That is literally how I knew I was pregnant with Cohen. Because the weird dreams started up again.
ReplyDeleteyea for early retirement! it's the best. granted i only had one day before i went into labor, but i still loved it. don't be mad, but i'm going to be eating cajun cones next week!! every day. i'm all about the franchise. our children need to grow up there like we did. i'll talk to lynn luttrell about it next week. eat up mama!
ReplyDelete1. We'll need to set up a sitting "swap" with each other once a month, since we're also w/out family!
ReplyDelete2. Now I'm craving snow cones, but snow cones in KC suck. Boo.
3. Watermelon isn't going to put any meat on your bones, my dear. I suggest you start eating at Stroud's every other day:)
i can't wait for my groupon box of goodies to arrive either!
ReplyDeleteand yes, that top is super cute.
can't stop laughing at your ideas for your newly retired self! so spot on for the typical retiree.
ReplyDeletebut as for you i can tell you are filling your retired moments just perfectly!
i so wish there was a cajun cones in kc and houston. abilene is just too far from all of us! kristin and i will make sure and eat one every single day next week and wish you were there with us!
I miss cajun cones, too! Oh, to be back in college again!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Retirement!!!!! It'll be FANTASTIC! Get those pedicures (I got one today and LOOOOOOOVED it!!!), treat yourself to some good times and good laughs, and most importantly, keep resting.
In a month, I plan to take full advantage of the resting... even if I only plan to retire for a year!
I'll be making a short and sweet blog post soon... keep your eyes peeled!
so don't be too worried of C is born with dark, even jet black hair. when Henry was born he had a ton of almost black hair, which shocked me because T and I were both total towheads as kiddos. anyway, H shed that black baby hair and now has his own head of white blonde hair. looking at his newborn and early baby pics is so weird b/c of the dark head of hair. it will be funny though if that dream comes true and she's born with dark hair and then your dream about her having blond curly hair and you feeding her cereal is also true...but hopefully she won;t be dressed too dorkily :)
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