Oh don't worry about them bones, you just make yourself comfortable little guy...

I know I complain a lot about being pregnant. It is really quite silly because I asked for this and I (along with my husband's sperm) made this happen on purpose. So it is kind of like those people who complain about being so rich they don't know what to do with their money. I'm a super brat, I know it.

It wasn't until Sunday that I really realized how lucky I am. This whole pregnancy has been very odd for me. I have seen so many women close to me be pregnant. My sister Shay has been pregnant right in front of my face. The part that is odd for me is the actual connection to a foreign object inside my body. I know it is part of me but it honestly doesn't feel like it is. I often feel like I am a house for an unknown parasite. I haven't ever felt connected to what was inside of me. The entire process won't make sense to me until I can see it come out of my own vaj. Even then I'm not sure how much I will get it. Yes, I know this all sounds kind of heartless and uneducated. Clearly this is a human being inside of me and it is obviously my own, it is just so hard to grasp the concept of another human, that will be so different then anyone else out there, is growing inside my body.

Saturday night Vernon and I went to his sister's wedding. We had lots of fun hanging out with close friends and dancing. I did SO MUCH DANCING! The past 7 months of exercising I should have been doing was all summed up in one night of dancing. I should add that I looked pretty cute in my heels and moo moo. It is so hard looking cute when you are 40lbs overweight... I can't wait to get back to my normal weight...

anyways, we did lots of dancing. At about 9pm I leaned over to Vernon while we were sitting and said "Wade has hiccups!". Vernon tried to feel them but of course he couldn't because they are very light. We partied, partied, partied then finally got home around midnight. I fell asleep pretty fast and slept very well through the night. I only got up about 2 times which isn't that much for me. I woke up pretty early in the morning and realized "No one was bugging me all night" Normally Wade is pretty active. He is always moving and it seems like he never takes a break. Often in the night I get woken up by big jumps, jabs, and swirls. (He still thinks he is the size of a 15 week old fetus) That night I only woke up because I was hot. That's it. Not because baby was moving, not because he was jumping on my bladder, not because he was kicking my ribs....

I started to panic. I didn't want to tell Vernon right away because I wasn't sure if it was that big of a deal yet. But I started thinking about it and realized that I hadn't felt him since he had those hiccups. So I grabbed a glass of orange juice and sat on the couch to wait for him to move. I felt one swirl 45 mins later and that was it. We went over to his Mother's house for breakfast and still nothing. Noon rolled around and Vernon said he thought he felt something while he had his hands on my belly. But I didn't feel it... Vernon went and golfed with the guys and I went home to rest. Nothing was really happening besides my food moving around which is clearly different then a baby kicking. Vernon got home around 5pm and I had only felt 2 kicks since noon (even those were unidentifiable). I was still scared to go into the hospital so we decided to get some food. While we were eating I felt another big kick. We got home and I was laying on the couch when a couple hours later he started practicing his karate moves like usual.

What a relief! I never realized how alive and human he really is until the possibility of him not being alive was present.

I know in my heart that if something was wrong I would have known. It might seem silly but I really think he was just taking it easy for a day to show me how much I really needed him.

So in honor of my last 2 months and so far a healthy baby here is my 7 month photo...

Feel honored you get to see this, not many get to see my ridiculously huge body these days.

Things are happening!

Alright, it has been a while so here is what has been going on! I'll be brief and insert funny jokes where appropriate...

My new favorite thing ever is to watch Phi dance. Come on isn't this picture pretty great?

Vernon found ear wax candles so we tried those out on him. It was a very weird experiment. I didn't take pictures of what you find in there afterward but it is all of the earwax that was in his ear so you can imagine how gross that is...

I got even more fat then I already was. Oh and I found out that Honey Bunches of Oats Raisin Medley is probably the best cereal out there. Yeah I said it.... best cereal.
I got to hang out with Phi for a weekend while baby Frejya was exiting Jillian. She has such a dancing impulse. Anytime she hears music she has to drop everything to bust a move.

I know you're there you don't always have to tell me!!!!!!

Finally we felt the baby kick! It was taking forever!!! I think it was about 22 weeks when Vernon and I felt a big jump.

but now.....

HE NEVER STOPS MOVING!!!! Ugh sometimes it drives me crazy. At first it was cute but now it is allllllll the time he is moving. I'm not even that big yet... I can't even imagine what it will be like when I am 8-9 months preggerz.

We aren't talking about little jabs and pokes here and there. My entire belly moves sometimes back and forth. And sometimes he does those shooting stars exercise. You know where you squat down and when you come up you jump and reach your arms in the air. So I feel a huge poke on both sides of my stomach. Oh sometimes he jumps on my g-spot. Now that is just awkward...

On another note...

We have received a couple of gifts for the baby so far and they have all been amazing. So far my top favorites are...

I understand most of you won't find this as amazing as I do but trust me, it is amazing. My cousin Rachel was able to find a present that includes both dinosaurs and math. I love it so much and I hope he never grows out of it.

Another amazing present...

Yes, I can now make my own baby food with ease. Come time for our little one to get the eff away from my nips we will now be able to make some baby food with our baby bullet. Oh and in case you were wondering the smiley faces in the picture are actually on the cannisters.... yeah awesome I know.

Soon I will post a picture of my growing belly..... soon....

There sure are a lot of sticks, hair, and gum around my house...

Let the nesting begin...

Let me tell you about my nesting. It is pretty pathetic. I've read lots of articles about women in their 2nd trimester and they talk about this energy that you have which makes you want to get things done. I don't have the energy, but I do want to get things done. Since I don't have any energy things don't get done in a timely fashion which leave lots of unfinished projects. Oh and I have to take 20 min breaks often. So cleaning the bathroom really turns into an hour... 10 mins of cleaning= 15 mins of resting... you get the point. Don't forget about snacktime either!

I have a couple problems with nesting though.... it isn't going quite as smooth as I would have hoped.

1. I don't have anywhere to put all of the baby crap. It is consuming my tiny apartment.

2. No one really tells you exactly what you need, so I'm not sure if I am over buying or under buying.

Yes that is a solid 4' x 4' wall of diapers. (Size N = 312 Size 1 = 362 Size 1-2 = 552 Wipes = over 1,000) That is a total of...... 1,226 diapers to cover my monster's butt! (oh and by the way I've spent around $200 on that wall there... goooooooo coupons!)

3. Now this is the biggest one... everything has to be kept in its box and not put together because it will have to be packed up and moved 2 weeks before the baby is born... yeah tell me about it

So our lease for our apartment is up on June 25th. This monster is going to be (hopefully) sliding out around July 15th.... That doesn't leave much time for things to be moved across town, unpacked, and set up. Not to mention I am really ridiculous when it comes to organizing and my husband can never do an adequate job. (Don't worry he knows this and he knows I love him anyways)

I have so much that I want to do! I want to put together the crib and changer we bought!

But I can't. Because if I do it will just take up space and act as a giant shopping cart holding diapers and other baby gear. I also want to set up the bassinet, organize his clothes, put his diapers away, put together his shoe holder, and set up my "feeding cupboard in the kitchen". But I can't.... I have to wait until I am just about ready to pop to unpack and put everything together. Another problem is that I have all of this stuff in boxes sitting at my house. Boxes take up space too. So everything has to be stored at the Phantom office.

Moving will be such a nightmare. In order to make it a little bit easier I will be starting the packing process on May 1st. That is soon.

Let us just hope that the baby doesn't come before we move or while we are moving. Give us at least 1 week after baby. Just one week and things can be semi put together.

I am worried things won't get done! Nothing will be put together! If it takes me a silly 20 mins to unload the dishwasher it will probably take me an entire DAY to put together a crib.

Any suggestions? I need help to find more energy and I need to figure out what to do. Do you have any idea how hard it is for me to just sit and twiddle my thumbs?!?!?!

Nerd's Can Have Birthdays too....

My husband turned 29!!! He is getting soo old.... I found out that when you are an adult you can make your birthday last as long as you want. I personally like an entire week. Not a whole week of celebration, but certain activities that can be a part of celebrating my life. Usually a massage, a mani-pedi, and lots of shopping all spread out over a week is a good way for me to celebrate.

Vernon however likes to take an entire week off of work and party every single day. He played lots of golf, hung out with friends, played HOURS of video games, and slept in. Oh and it rained, which is Vernon's favorite.

Here are some pictures of the fun we did during his 29th year of life celebration!

We had a big dinner with friends, some not pictured. Oh and my brother Dax was there too! Don't mind me, I was just stuffing my face full of avocado egg rolls.

Notice how sharply he is dressed? We went and picked him out some suit pieces to wear for his birthday. He looked very very nice. I'd do him.... oh wait...

His friend Mitchell got him this funny book. It is called "A Caveman's Guide to Baby's First Year" I have been reading some of it and surprisingly it is very informative. Hopefully Vernon will read it too...

The birthday boy blowing out his candle......

Birthday boy and my brother Dax.

Birthday boy and one of his friends Jeff.

Not so bad of a party if you ask me....

I bought all of Vernon's presents on ebay this year. I actually saved a ton of money by doing so. One of the best things to get Vernon for his birthday is comic books. He is quite the nerd. He got embarrassed to take a picture with his comic books though. So this was all I got a picture of. I also got him this really cool watch he wanted.

I am really really bad at keeping secrets from him, especially when it comes to presents. He is just as bad. We had Christmas like 4 days early last year just because we wanted to see what our presents were. I got all of these in the mail on Friday and his birthday wasn't till Monday.... I don't know what I'm going to do when we have kids.....

So all in all Vernon had a pretty great birthday. On the actual day of his birthday I got him some cupcakes from The Cupcake Tree Bakery (they got shooken up in the car so there will be no picture...) He also got to go golfing.

Oh and did I mention he played HOURS of video games?

Hold me close now tiny Phi

I got to spend an evening with Phi while Dax and Jillian went to a movie. We had lots of fun. She is probably the funniest 2 year old I've ever met. Here are some pictures of our journey.

First we had some food. Luckily I have been storing up on children's dinosaur plates/cups/silverware since I've been able to ovulate. She enjoyed her meal on a very cute dino tray. While we were eating Grandma and Grandpa Shillig decided to skype with us! My parents dealing with technology is quite funny, then throw in a 2 year old and it is quite the circus. I got to show my mom my house and my growing belly while Phi got to see Grandma and Grandpa.

We then decided to walk down to the mall that is below my house. They have a really big koi pond there and I figured she would like seeing some fish. I didn't really realize though that a walk that takes me 5 minutes, takes 45 minutes with a two year old.

We had to take a couple of breaks.... it was a long walk.

It was also important that she sat on this bus stop seat. This is her saying "Take my picture at the bus!"

We finally got to the mall area and got distracted by the car/shopping carts. I made the mistake of letting her get in one...

I couldn't get her out. All she wanted to do was play in the car. She didn't want it to move, she just wanted to sit in it and play with the wheel. This is a picture of her saying "Take a picture of the car!" I was finally able to get her out of the darn car after 30 minutes of arguing.... Off to see the fish. I didn't get any pictures, I get nervous to take my camera out when I am near water. Plus those fish are really big, they would have eaten Phi if I wasn't watching...

On the way back through the mall to go home (keep in mind this is 2 hours after we left my house) Phi started noticing that most of the stores play music in them. Phi loves to dance. So we had to stop in every store that was playing music to dance. I almost asked the sales associates to turn off the music a couple of times...

This is Phi dancing in New York and Co. She is quite the dancer.

We didn't even make it back home before Dax and Jillian's movie was over. So they came and picked us up otherwise it would have taken us another 2 hours to get home. We had tons of fun though, we tried on shoes, danced, rode cars, threw pennies in fountains, talked to fish, played with knobs at Anthropologie, yelled at a fortune teller, and did some jumping...

Phi often talks about Vernon. It makes me so excited to have my own. I can't wait to spend 3 hours doing nothing with my own little boy.

Candy loves to be in my belly.

Did I ever mention how much my husband loves me?

A while ago we were watching tv and I saw a commercial for sweet tarts.

"Oh my gosh those looks sooooo good I need to eat them right now!!!!" - Kohl

Then as I am washing my hair in the shower...

"Open your mouth and close your eyes, I have something for you." - V

he is the best.