Week 31 Update

I have been away for a while and wish I had something super exciting to report. It was Tim’s birthday last Friday but he was working midnights. I spent the evening watching funny movies and relaxing with Princess. On Saturday I went to Walmart to not only pick up his gift, but to get some gift for my secret stork. I joined this thing where it’s like a secret Santa but for expecting first time moms. You get a little list of things to buy that will help the mom and ship it out. Then you get a package from your own secret stork. The mom I had is expecting a baby of the opposite gender so it was really fun to check out all the goods! I also baked a cake. I had the grandest of intentions but the cake turned out so so.

On Sunday we went to the farmer’s market – which is one of our favorite pastimes. We stocked up on all the goods for a gourmet dinner, chatted with a local farmer and went home. While Tim spent the afternoon playing video games (his present) I whipped up a gourmet dinner! It was really good if I do say so myself and I learnt a valuable lesson about diffusing garlic in olive oil. The lesson is this: Just Do It! Mmmmm….

The baby and I are doing great. Some things are now official:

· I am as big as a house
· I waddle
· When I see someone else, I try to act like I was not just waddling
· Clothes that were HUGE are now tight
· My stomach bounces around all over the place with kicks and elbows
· I am getting really excited to meet our baby
· I am getting really scared to be a mommy
· The countdown is on until I am done work (currently at 57 days)

Other than that, life is pretty mundane. The baby’s room is mostly complete – but now I don’t have a camera to show pictures! It looks great. Tim got a whole bunch of gumption and painted the living area “Cotton” which is a white. We have become slightly obsessed with the colour white and I envision this obsession only getting worse with time. Every design I come up with is centered around white. We have a few other little house projects to do, but overall everything is coming along nicely.

Until next time,
Candee