The girls at work call her Fiona the fetus

I don't have much to Blog about right now, no deep intellectual thoughts that need to enter blog world, so I thought I would just update you on my pregnancy!
I have officially gone crazy and can no longer remember how many weeks along I am, the weeks are running together.

My umbilicus (I hate that word, its my belly button for all of you non medical people) has officially started to pop out which I hate. I have a problem with being able to see pregnant peoples belly buttons through their shirts. The midwife at work was teasing me that I needed to go buy some band aids or see if they have bellybutton pasties :o) However one very nice lady suggested that it popping out is better than the alternative... I couldn't believe that she meant caving in... her reply was the only way it wouldn't pop out would be if you weren't pregnant! Good point! I love being put in my place when I am being stupid and superficial.

I had my very first belly rubbing by a stranger in public, it didn't bother me. However she was someones grandma at the Hospital the other day and there is just something sweet about a little old Lady's hands that is just OK. I told the girls at work that the first time a 30 year old man on an elevator tries to touch me I just might take his arm off :o)

I think I felt hiccups for the first time last night! It was great! It was a more distinct and sharper movement and pretty rhythmic, so I started thinking about what it sounds like on the Fetal Heart Monitor at work when babies get hiccups and it seemed to fit the description... then I apologised to my daughter because she was obviously feeling just like I was (gross) at 3 am after eating Mexican Fajita Salad at 9:00 the night before and going straight to bed...ugh!!

Help!! I have to register!

So last week my husband, home at a decent hour, was finishing the dinner that I was home to prepare for him (apply gasp here)!!!! I had done no less than 9 loads of laundry, cleaned the whole house which included vacuuming (second gasp placed here would not offend me) went to the grocery store AND paulas for produce, came home and made dinner of Chicken and Dumplins and raspberry crisp (no gasping cooking is what I was put on earth to do) I was soooooo exhausted and my back and feet were killing me because with the exception of the grocery store, I had not worn shoes all day long and I believe that is a mistake now that I am 16 lbs heavier and have a (attractive although they say natural) pregnancy curve to my spine . Back to the issue at hand the man asked me if I wanted to go to Babies R Us and REGISTER!!! I could have kissed him (but I didn't feel like moving). Here is the problem... we wandered around Babies R US (I have never been in that place before) with our mouths hung open saying "how on EARTH do you decide" & "do babies REALLY need all of this stuff". I had no idea you had to register for things like onesies, I thought people know I am having a baby, they will just purchase onesies for me... evidently this was incorrect thinking. So here is my plight (i think that is the right word), what is the #1 thing you are SO GLAD you had in the first 6 months of new baby? What can you not live without, what do you wish you had now and didn't register for? What is that one really annoying baby item that was so bad you had to break down and get a different one because it just simply was impractical? HELP!! I am desperate, registering is the chance of a lifetime and I am blowing it!!

This is a wall that is in our back yard that all I can think of is growing Ivy over. However I have heard some bad things about Ivy and that it ruins the wall it climbs on, I dont like the wall, but I think it is probably the foundation of my neighbors garage.

Professionals needed here

So there are a few areas of my house that I can't stand looking at or am simply stumped with how to decorate. I consider myself a fairly good interior decorator, however when it comes to these few spots I need help! I thought that maybe I could get some thoughts from my friends on what I should do. This first one is my side board/buffett in the dining room. I can't stand the mish mosh of things on top of it. I have a small collection of Jadite (like the pie plate) and a few pieces of depression glass (like the glasses) however I dont think I like them together, I would like to separate them maybe??

The latest picture of my growing abdomen... and yes my belly button is starting to take on a new shape... flat

Fathers Day

We had a very nice Fathers Day, Joe's dad was in town and he joined us for church. Then we went and celebrated with George for lunch, and after that it was off to my parents to have dinner with Dad. Dad cooked his own fathers day dinner which he was looking forward to doing all week long... the man grilled 5 racks of ribs!!!! He loves his grill :o) I did not get Joe anything for fathers day this year as he will have many more to come however his mother did get him this lovely little gift... it might be a discipline rod crafted after the same one his mother used on him...

Reading Material

I am reading 2 books right now, one is called Birth and it's about the evolution of the birth process over the years. It is very interesting, however it starts off with how the female pelvis has changed since we used to be walking on all 4's and the pelvis had to (terribly) become more narrow to accomodate standing upright. It also mentioned something about how the human brain has grown over millions and millions of years to accomodate things like writing on cave walls with berry juice to "creating religion" ...yes thats right folks I guess it was us as large brained children who created religion. However she is very accurate as far as I can tell in the labor and delivery department and I am enjoying reading about the change in medicine over the years.
I am also reading Julie Andrews memoir Home, the early years, also a good read however depressing because she led a very surprisingly sad childhood.