Erin & Ryan and Getting Ready for Thanksgiving

What is my deal with Wednesday posts lately??

Anywho, I posted Erin and Ryan's wedding on the WLP blog so you should go check that out here!

There's a sad little girl there if ya go...

Hmm...that might not be too enticing, but she's still pretty cute with that pouty lip.

My little one finally stopped kicking for a few minutes. We've had a flurry of activity in the last couple of hours with him just really going at it. I'm surprised, given how busy I've been today. With his due date quickly approaching, I've filled my schedule to the brim with tying up loose ends. I got up early this morning and did some Christmas shopping - Christmas shopping for a baby! Ok, I shopped for other people too, but that paled in comparison to picking out my son's first Christmas gifts :) I can tell what kind of parent I'll be already...I spent so much time in the book aisle agonizing over the ones that were traditional and classic versus new and creative versus the ones that teach versus...well, you get it. There were tough decisions involved. In the end there was real strategy used (rather than the fall back of rock, paper, scissors that was starting to seem appealing)...I got them all. Ok, so that's not a strategy - sue me.

On my most recent doctor's appointment (2 days ago), there was finally some activity! And the doctor has now said we're looking more toward December 6th rather than the 12th. Yikes, this lady just casually shaved almost a week off of my "deadline"! What is she thinking?! It's ok, I know he won't let anyone plan his arrival anyway. And we'll be THRILLED when he gets here!

Happy Turkey Day, people!

Things You Didn't Know

There are a lot of things other people don't know about your life and your household. First thing you probably didn't know? Yesterday was my dad's birthday. I love you, Dad!

Second thing you didn't know? I have a cute cat (evidence below)...


Just kidding. The issue is not whether the cat is cute. What you didn't know is this obese cat (she's about 30% over her suggested weight no matter what we try) is sitting on top of a cat house with a GIANT tear in the roof. Yeah, any minute now her big, furry butt is just going to fall right through this thing. AND I WILL LAUGH because she keeps getting up there knowing there's a hole in it.


Something else you may not know? There's a baby's car seat in the back of my car. Just sitting there..staring at me. I have a ton of baby stuff in my house, but this really hit me.
Check out two of the onesies my mom and I made for my little boy!




Congratulations to my friend Alicia for FINALLY having her baby :) Welcome, Amarissa!

Mister Alex

Alex is the son of my very good friend, and he is just adorable! One day he will be a great playmate for my baby boy. I know little Anthony will need someone to run around with because he is HYPER. I was getting pretty frazzled last night with the insane amount (and intensity) of kicks he was able to deliver.

We had our first weekly doctor's appointment where there was a physical progress check (this was Monday). This little guy isn't going anywhere anytime soon. So many people (evil, old biddies) have been telling me for the last two months that I'm huge and surely won't make it very far into my pregnancy before he decides to make an appearance. Well look out because this baby is stayin put, ha! I will carry this huge baby as long as he wants me to.

Ok, ahem, I was talking about Alex. Here he is!

















I think this was right before a sneeze :)

The Monkey Suit

Last night we were grocery shopping, and some guy in a turban came up to me and kissed his thumb and held it up near my belly and said "Lucky baby". Why thank you, sir :) I'll take all my luck and blessings where I can get em!

And this lucky baby may have saved me from getting T-Boned by an idiot in a green BMW this morning. You could have fit a sheet of paper between our cars and that's about it. He wasn't even looking, just came flying right off the highway and started changing lanes without regard for anyone else. I could have gone into labor in traffic because I was in pain and really upset. This guy works in my building. I can tell by his sticker. He better hope we don't meet again.

But I digress...

Let's look at cute pictures of my nephew at his first birthday party on Halloween. The monkey baby.

Today and Riddick

I'm sitting here looking through some photos taken recently of my friend and her family. We took photos when her boy was little, when he was one year old, and somehow when he turned two we realized that we were leaving gaps. So we got together for one last shoot before I took maternity leave.

Problem: Riddick skipped his nap that day and decided to fall asleep in the car on the way to the shoot.



What else am I doing? Let's see:
1) Fighting the worst indigestion known to man
2) Yelling at my cats to stop fighting because it's too close for comfort with my hard drive nearby.
3) Kicking myself for watching Steel Magnolias alone. That's right, somewhere in my fuzzy, pregnant mind I thought it would be nice to watch a chick flick while I edit...but I KNOW this movie makes me cry. Everytime. And it's 20 years old. I've shed a lot of tears for you, Julia Roberts!

On to cuter things once Riddick woke up...



The first part where I cry (the little boy running out to his grandma after his mom died) is over. Phew, I made it. Oh dear, next sad part is coming. Gotta go.

Marissa and Michael ~ Engaged

Yesterday I posted some photos of Marissa and Michael's engagement session on the WLP site - go look!

Click here for Marissa and Michael

I love when I go to the WLP blog and see mine and Anthony's wedding photo in the top banner. The first two times (yes, there have been many!) that I checked out my maternity pics on the site, my wedding photo was at the top! Beautiful.