Dear Spikey Little Bastards,

To the kidney stones which have invaded my husband’s body-GET OUT! I know you like your cozy little home in there but you’re causing him great pain and costing us money! To the one particular beast who has taken 2 weeks to get out and still hasn’t left yet-this is your eviction notice! We are sick of sleepless nights due to excruciating pain that is so bad that 4 oxycodone won’t even touch. We are tired of going to the hospital and doctors for them to just basically say wait another week and see if it passes. We’re not thrilled with the possibility that the doctor will have to go in and retrieve you because you’re a stubborn little jerk! And more over, Matt is sick of peeing in a funnel every time in hopes that you’ve decided to relinquish your position in his kidney, just to be disappointed every time.

Now Kidney Stones, I can’t guarantee that you will be treated very well when you come out as you’re current living conditions but rest assured, as soon as one of you comes out, the remaining 7 of your friends will too be evicted in one way or another. So in other words, why delay the inevitable?

Sincerely,
The Wife of the man whom you’re inflicting great pain.

We didn't start the fire...

So we woke up at 2:00 this morning to see our neighbor's garage completely up in flames! Don't have any details yet. Luckily it wasn't our direct neighbor, it was across a little grassy area from our place. It destroyed their garage, probably parts of their house, their BIG truck(maybe a F250 extend cab) and parts of their attached neighbor's garage. It was NUTS! Thankfully from what I can tell everyone got out safe but there's lots of damage.

I can't figure out how to get the video to turn right side up but this video was shot from my bedroom window with my phone.

This is a picture I took(again from my bedroom window with my phone) of the garage after the fire fighters had put out all the flames.

And a little bit better view of the damage once it became light outside.

Beginning the 3rd Trimester and GINORMOUS!

I'm officially in the 3rd Trimester! 27 weeks, still measuring at least a week ahead. I'm feeling so much bigger than I look in this picture!

Matt told me last night "Wow Babe, your belly is getting BIG!" It's a good thing I'm not one of those overly sensitive girls huh?!

Also, I've been having fun with all the pictures I've taken over the past 10 weeks. Watch me grow!

Physical Therapy = HEAVEN!

Last week I mentioned to my OB that my back was killing me and she referred me to a physical therapist that specialized in maternity back pain. I think I’m in love with my therapist! Today was my first appointment and even though I’m admittedly quite sore, I already feel so much more loose and I can tell a few weeks of this is going to do so much good! And with all the loosening, hopefully it’ll help my hips spread out and this baby will just waltz right out!

Even better, the physical therapist gave me a maternity back/belly support belt and my insurance paid for it! HOORAY! I’ve died and gone to heaven!

Announcing the Long Awaited Arrival of Sir Stretch Mark!

There are always so many women who are horrified or disgusted by their stretch marks. I on the other hand feel like they’re a pregnancy rite of passage, kind of like a medal of honor. For most people they’re inevitable, so we’ve just got to get over it!

But, with that said, my beef is with the location of my new friends. My belly is still in pristine condition, aside from its size and linea negra(that funky dark pregnant belly line), it looks the same as it did 6 months ago. So where has Sir Stretch Mark decided to take up residence? On my hips and thighs! What the...? Last time I checked I wasn’t growing a baby in my thighs! I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised, I already had a few there from my teenage years when my ghetto booty came out of nowhere but still! LOL! I guess I’ll never understand the wonders of pregnancy!

Sorry if this was too much info, I really have wanted to document all my random thoughts through the pregnancy so there you have it!

Don't Piss off the Pregnant Chick!

Today I had a hormone induced pregnant rage moment!

I stopped by the gas station on my way home from work today. There was a woman in one of those boxy Scions behind me and she followed me into the gas station. There was one free pump left and I had to go around the back side of the pumps because of where my gas tank is. Scion chick sees this, sees the only available pump and speeds up so she can beat me to the pump. By the time I get there she'd just pulled in front of the pump. I kind of put my hands up and give her a "What the hell?" look. She shrugs her shoulders at me and gives me a "You snooze you lose" look. Then the rage kicks in, I flip her off, honk at her and obviously mouth the word "B!tch!"

Oops, I think I offended her! LOL!

Halloween!

I know it's a little early for this but I think I just figured out mine and Matt's costumes for Halloween this year! I'm going to be Juno and Matt's going to be Bleeker! He's going to grow out his hair so he's got a nice curly frow going by then and it'll be perfect! We just won't make him wear shorts that are quite as short-lets face it, NO one wants to see that!

The Nursery!!!!!

The nursery isn't completely finished yet, there's just a little stenciling to do but I just couldn't wait any longer to post all of the progress I've made!

Hendrix! "We" haven't officially decided on the name yet but I decided to jump the gun anyway and put it on the wall! Luckily Matt's happy with it!

Crib, guitar quilt, Hendrix and wall saying

"Hendrix" I covered wooden letters in the guitar fabric and painted brown and white stripes on them to mimic the stripes on the wall.

Matt is a HUGE Smashing Pumpkins fan and this is a quote from one of their songs. When the stenciling is done it'll say:
"Goodnight, to every little hour that you sleep tite
May it hold you through the winter of a long night
Goodnight, may your dreams be so happy and your
Head lite with the wishes of a sandman and a night light "

The quilt! The lime green corner that is turned over is what the blanket originally looked like-it was my blanket when I was a baby. I stitched the guitar fabric to it and tied the quilt with the ribbon that I used on mine and Matt's wedding invitations. The lime green doesn't match perfectly but I figured the sentiment and history was more important than matching!

The glider chair with the quilt that my grandmother made and the guitar fabric photo collage

25 Weeks and Nursery Progress

Alright, here's yet another baby bump picture! Are you sick of seeing pictures of me yet??? Alos in the background you can see some of the nursery progress. I'm so close to being done and I'll post more pictures when it's finally complete!

I Work with a Bunch of Weirdos!

I've posted a couple times about the strange things that happen at work.

Here's the latest gem...So most of the people I work with are 50+ year old men. At my desk on my computer I've got the ultrasound picture that's at the top of my blog set as my wallpaper. This guy whom I've NEVER even talked to comes up to me and says "So you've brought in baby pictures" I was really confused and had no clue what he was talking about because I didn't realize he was looking at my computer. So I kind of said "Huh?" and he just kind of repeated himself. Finally I figured out what he was referring to and I said "Oh, yeah, it's one of my ultrasound pictures." And his response was "I liked it better back in the day when there was a little mystery." And walked away. No congratulations, nothing pleasant, no introduction of who the crap he is, just thought I needed to know it was better when there was some mystery!

UG! Where do these people come from?