As requested- pictures (maternity)

These are some of the maternity pictures that our wonderful (and talented) friend Joanna took! We loved taking them (right before xmas) and it was FREEZING outside, but with all my extra blood I was warm for the most part, haha.

Also, I've had one person tell me they tried to post a comment but it wouldn't let them. I'll check my settings, but let me know if the same happens for you!

End of an Era

So omg- I'm sitting here... AFTER ordering diapers (when I thought the craziness would be over) and now I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to ORGANIZE my stash that's on the way. I'm watching this video when it hits me.... NO ONE CARES ABOUT THIS STUFF BUT MOMS. I mean, 5 years ago if I'd had a friend that wanted to explain wool soakers to me I would have politely listened while thinking we had nothing in common and she was crazy. Now I'm turning into that crazy person (I think they're called a MOM) who can talk for hours about cloth diapers.... literally... not to mention, breastmilk, clothes, strollers, and all things babies. And while I know that's why they say that when you become a parent your entire circle of friends' changes, it's also very scary. All I can think it that what does that woman's husband think when he walks in the door every evening after work? His wife is stressed, (imagining me here), lucky to be dressed in clothes other than pajamas, with a day full of housework and kids... food, laundry... apparently organizing lots of cloth diapers... and I have flashbacks to when MY dad would come home and Aubrey and I were running around screaming and playing, toys everywhere, Stephanie crying, mom cooking and doing laundry....
And then I picture Justin coming home to that. What happened to the sexy clothes... glass of wine waiting, movie-watching, "normal" wife he used to have? And mixed in with that all is a healthy dose of fear... that THAT'S the real reason men leave... to go back to that "normal" place. Holy crap I think it's time for a glass of wine myself. Hah. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UigrHfTXQGg

Moving Right Along

So, maybe I should get more involved in this... seeing as how I'm much more housebound than I originally was, and from what I hear, that will get worse, haha. I hear a LOT of things will get worse... my discomfort, my big belly, my lack of sleep... it's beginning to irritate me. I think, just to go with my contrary self, I'll start telling people how much BETTER my belly feels stretched like this, and how much I LOVE still being awake at 6 am to wake up my husband for work, and how my lack of ability to get comfortable just means I get more exercise, haha. Last night I was dreaming that justin was squeezing my belly, just like he does when he's trying to find the head/ butt of Kyra... and I woke up with her turned sideways in my UPPER abdomen with something (the head?) poking out of my side, literally, and touching my ribs. It was slightly uncomfortable and wonderful!!! We played pattycake for a while. Maybe I'll be able to sleep through early contractions after all, haha. Have a TON to do today, and it's rainy (my favorite type of day) and I SO wish I could stay here. I desperately need a new camera to actually take pictures of me, my belly, and our life in general. Sigh. It's bottom of the list. Cloth diapers come first.

Fun in the Sun

Yesterday Jen, Steph, AJ and I went to a water park. It was a great day weather-wise. Not to hot and just enough cloud cover to make standing in line bearable. Jen and I had never been to a water park together. AJ had called me up and asked if Jen and I wanted to go to Six Flags or Hurricane Harbor. I know, like some of you, how much Jen hates rollercoasters, so I chose the water park. In my mind water rides are nothing like rollercoasters. In Jen's mind there are pretty damn close.

So we set out late afternoon all lathered in sunscreen to our very first ride. The higher and higher we climbed, the less and less Jen spoke. Until I heard her mumbling to herself, "Why am I here? I hate this. I'm going on this and that's it." I then proceeded to rub her shoulders like I do when she is feeling a bit tense. It was then I noticed that Jen was starting to cry. I told her it would be okay, as we sat into our two-seater tube.

She was behind me so I could not see her face. But accounts from Stephanie say that as soon as we started down. Jen reached out for the sides to slow us down. As soon as we were engulfed in the darkness of the "Black Hole", name of ride, Jen began the loudest, gut-wrenching scream I have ever heard. Steph reports that everyong at the top of the ride turned to look down the hole from which it came from, with startled looks on their faces. After the loooong scream, Jen apparently held her breath. This was followed by a large gasp for air that sounded as if she was hyper-ventilating. I turned around to tell her it was okay. She then yelled "I'm okay, this is actualy fun." Just before the second drop. Which propelled her into another blood curdling scream.

When we got down Jen was shaking uncontolably from the adrenilin rush she gave herself. :P She did not make it on the next ride with us. She had to take a break. The good thing was that we had gone on the "scariest" ride in the park, so everything from there was a breeze. We all ended up having a blast, and minus my hearing loss from the first ride it was another fun adventure.

As directed...

So Justin and I are starting our first blog! My mom kept talking about all the things we should be letting people know as we travel down the adventurous road of our first pregnancy together, with the end result being a journal of the next 9 (7 left, really) months of pregnancy for our child to re-read! As we haven't done a blog before we are learning many new things- like html and templates... grrrr!

So, today I am officially 8 weeks pregnant! And we were starving, so we went out for Thai food- YUM!!!! I MUST learn how to make that sweet mango rice! Ok, so now I'm hungry again, so I'm going to go find a snack, and then maybe a movie tonight- also tired, haha!

And at Summer's (quite expert) direction, I will work on acquiring lots of pictures to post!

Love to everyone!
Jennifer (aka- Dragontongue) and Justin (aka- (he forgot his dragon nickname and is playing warcraft, so currently it is "he-who-is-not-to-be-disturbed-during-this-dungeon)...lol).