Sad, Insulting, or Hilarious? You decide...

This is the perfect post to follow the last that included my belly picture.


Ok so my MIL (mother-in-law) and I headed out for lunch with my SIL (sister-in-law...got it now?) and we had a great time at Panera. Then my MIL and I headed out for a super, awesome, fun afternoon shopping.


After finishing up at Babies R Us (BIG SMILES from me!) we headed off to Macy's so I could spend some Motherhood Maternity gift cards my MIL had given me apon arriving in Virginia. They have a section in the Macy's out here. The sales lady was amazingly attentive and I had the entire "secret" maternity dressing room to myself. One of the best shopping experiences ever! The saleslady kept encouraging me to go a size up from what I was grabbing because I still had several months to go. I was slightly upset because I think I'm huge already and can't imagine myself bigger - though I know it's inevitable and I should really get over it. So, anyway, after realizing I do in fact need the larger size and being there for about 30 minutes, the saleslady asks me this:


"Are you sure you aren't having twins?"


I burst out laughing. What else could I do? She persisted with the question asking if we'd had an ultrasound yet to be sure. She honestly found me too big for the number of weeks that I am. She was nice about it and I didn't take it insultingly (is that a word?) but I've been chewing on it and chewing on it...


am I really that big all of a sudden???

As requested...

I've had a few requests to put up "belly shots" and I have to admit, I hadn't taken any specific ones until the other night. So I thought I'd put this up now since I'm not sure how much blogging is going to happen while I'm in VA (we leave tomorrow!!!)

So here you go:

Feb. 18, 2009: 18 weeks

It was only fitting...

...that D and I should have a memorable Anniversary.

The day, itself was pretty normal and nothing out of the ordinary happened. D went off to work, I slept in, then went over to my neighbor's to visit for a bit, came home and ate lunch and then settled into my project of making D a super awesome Anniversary card. (He is not a fan of commercial cards, he'd rather make one or buy a blank one and write his own sentiments. After the sweet card I received on Valentine's Day, I decided to put a little more creativity into his Anniversary card.)

It took me 2.5 hours and I was almost finished when he got home. This made me a little sad since I had to ruin the total surprise so he wouldn't try to enter the room I was working in. But it was still worth it when I gave him the card and he was impressed with how much effort I put in to it. :-)

Now I thought we had decided on Sushi for dinner. I was wrong. He wanted Mexican food. Neither of us wanted to spend a lot of money. Fine. So we try to call up our favorite Mexican place (since we tried to go there on V-day and they were randomly closed) found the number had been disconnected. I search online and discover they have been shut down: because of health code violations. We're both saddned and a little grossed out.

I hand the task of finding a restaurant over to D and go get ready. He finds this restaurant called Savory down in Encinitas. Neither sushi or Mexican, so totally fair. Great, we head out. We couldn't find it at first but decide that we'll try a place called Firefly that we passed if we can't find Savory, since it looked like a nice, well populated establishment. Turns out Savory is in the same shopping center. So we go to Savory since that was the "original" plan.

Savory: casual dining and fare (that's what their sign says.)

Savory: expensive, small portions and .... AWFUL!!

D had some mac-n-cheese dish that had no taste. They somehow managed to screw up one of the easiest dishes ever. You couldn't even taste the pasta!! I had duck leg with some sausage and lentils...D said, "Fast food, Chineese duck tastes better than this duck!"

We had a good laugh, because honestly, what else could you do? Say you don't like your meal and have to deal with the manager and possibly chef coming out to see what they can do to make your meal better? There wasn't anything else on the menu that we could translate (I believe it was all in French) and/or that we wanted. So instead I lied and said everything was "good" when the waitress asked.

We leave and immediately start laughing at the bust that our Anniversary dinner was. D mentions what we can pick up for dessert. I ask if we can stop by In-And-Out so I can get a burger and fries. Having tasted the duck, he agrees that I'm probably pretty hungry. He got some fried ice cream flavored ice cream from the store for himself. We were both pretty tired from the day, so much so that this is what our 3 Year Anniversary picture will forever be:

:-)

Next time, we'll try Firefly. Their sign said "Grill and wine bar" - that can't ever be bad, right?

Oh the food!

I can't seem to crave healthy things...I wonder if, in the history of woman, has any pregnant woman ever craved something that was actually healthy for her body??

First it was these:

Last night it was this:

D refused to take me to KFC or Popeyes or let me fry the "healthy" skinless, boneless chicken breasts I had in the fridge. So I made a healthy meal of baked chicken and lots of veggies. And I was bitter. I wanted fried chicken.

D then wondered what was in the house that could be dessert. We don't really have many snacky things (for good reason) but I suddenly got the urge to make some good ol' Jello brand pudding and some regular Rasberry flavored Jello. This was fine, however neither would be ready for at least an hour or for the Jello, overnight. D suggested going to Chili's to get dessert. I suddenly found my way out of the pajamas I'd been in ALL day.

We arrive at Chili's and grab a table in the bar area (you get served quicker there, if you didn't know). Waiter arrives and I order water and their new Chocolate chip version of this:

But I can't stop looking at these:

So I sweetly suggest to D that we share the Lava Cake (yes, I was going to eat it all by myself) and get some Burger Bites as well. PLEEAASSEE!!! I got the look of complete disbelief but the okay to order them. Our waiter returns and after a little confusion on the order in which to bring the Burger Bites and Lava Cake, he goes to put in our food order.

This would have been the end of it, but no. The Burger Bites came and I ate one and then realized if I ate my second I would be a little more full than I wanted to be to enjoy my portion of the Lava Cake to the fullest. So I again, sweetly, look at D and offer him a third Burger Bite. Again the look of disbelief. I explain my dilema and stress how delicious that one Burger Bite was...he's going to be a great parent because I got the age old "Take one bite of the your second one and then I'll eat it." So I did and the Lava Cake came and I was in heaven. 0:-)

Now I could end my junk food confessional here but I think I should finish off with today...

After enjoying a bowl of Jello vanilla pudding for breakfast and thinking that nothing tasted better for breakfast, my friend and neighbor called me to see if I'd like a fresh blueberry muffin. How could I turn her down? Then I scooted over to another friend's house to watch her little girl for a bit.

While babysitting I decided that I wanted steak for dinner. Steak and potatoes. Not so bad. We needed the steak so I head off to the grocery store and on the way I knew I'd be passing Popeyes. I promised myself I'd fight all temptation and not stop. I did well on the way to the grocery store. I ended up spending a lot more than I planned but I was hungry and that's what happens. On the way home from the grocery store I started to get very, very hungry and what I wanted was that fried chicken I didn't get last night. With no one to stop me, I drove into the drive thru and ordered. I couldn't even wait to get home. Literally. The smell was too much and I dug right in. I stopped long enough to drive through the gate so the guards didn't think I was a complete pig (I'm sure they've seen worse) but made it 6 ft and I was eating up fries and the biscuit. It was delicious, I don't care what anyone else thinks.

My plan was to destroy the evidence and the trash aided in the fact that it was full and needed to go out anyway. I, however, continued drinking my Sprite knowing I had a couple more hours before D came home. I forgot about that Sprite in the clearly labeled Popeyes cup when I decided to be social with my neighbors and D came home before I was back home. It took less than a minute of being in the house together for him to say something about me getting my fried chicken after all.

He just doesn't understand.

It's a ...

Ok so I know it's hard to tell and it took the technician a few minutes to get D and I to see what she wanted us to see... even looking at the images now and the video we got of our whole session we're still straining our eyes to see the little "p"! But she was 90% sure and there were a couple images throughout the whole session that were pretty telling enough to convince D and I that we are in fact having a BOY!!

I think this was one of the most convincing ones for me because I see the umbilical cord and then this little thing in between his legs...

I loved this image because he just looks so comfy trying to curl up. I have to admit I ate a fair amount of chocolate before going and the technician was really poking my belly to get him to cooperate and move into a position that allowed us to see between his legs - the "money shot" as she called it. I felt mildly guilty that I was probably disturbing sleep time for him and maybe all the kicking we saw was from an annoyed little guy! (Which would be pretty on par with being the mixture of D and I and how we both react when our precious sleep is disturbed!!)

It truly was one of the most amazing experiences and worth every penny. I discovered that all the little feelings I've been having are in fact baby movements since during the session he was kicking like crazy and I could feel little flutters that matched what we were seeing on the screen. At one point D even turned and said "Can't you feel all that??" And it felt wonderful to be able to say - "I can!"

I know we have another 3D ultrasound planned for a couple weeks while we're back in VA and by then Baby T will look less skeletal so it'll be more fun to share with family and friends; but I'm really glad that D and I were able to find out the sex and have this moment to ourselves.

We were getting into the car leaving Wal-Mart after stopping on the way home to pick something up and he looked at me and said "I don't think I've ever loved you more than I do right now...gees I'm getting teary!" and then he laughed at himself.

:-) I can't think of a day that I was ever happier than I am tonight.