Twenty Eight Weeks

Little man, we've only got about twelve weeks to go. That is really blowing my mind. I remember when I first found out I was pregnant, how long it felt to get through the first twelve weeks. But I have a feeling now, they are going to fly right by.

With the excitement of last weekend bringing your second cousin A a bit early, getting ready for your arrival has become our top priority. This weekend had been saved on the calendar for awhile as painting weekend. With the deck/shed project, and getting your room ready, we've taken on a lot of home improvement projects this summer. And with you in my belly, I haven't been a huge help to your Daddy. So, two months ago, when he saw that a few of his coworkers had offered up a day of handyman labor as part of a charity raffle at his company, he was determined to win. He stuffed that box with about $40 worth of tickets, which turned out to be about 24 entries. There were only 3 other tickets in there when he entered. Daddy doesn't mess around. Anyway, the first two helpers were scheduled to come paint, and also to work a bit on the shed under the deck. We were thrilled to have the extra help!

It took all week to prepare the room. Clearing it out, taping, spackling, sanding, demolishing the old shelf and hanging rod in the closet to we can put in a new more practical and flexible system. And it turned into a family affair. Friday night, Uncle J and Gramma G were over to help with the final prep, so that when our helpers arrived on Saturday morning, all we had to do was paint! I think you wanted to be a part of all the excitement, because you seem to be having a dance party in my belly these days. It's one of the coolest feelings in the world.

Luigi, cauliflower and Chinese cabbage seem to be the vegetables of the week. I don't do much with cauliflower, but Daddy's side of the family always makes a smashed cauliflower dish for holiday dinners which is sort of like mashed potatoes. We'll see if you like it. I like the potatoes much better myself.

All right, I realize I am totally lame, two weeks without photos, and this time I can't even say that week 28 is on the camera. I need to sneak it in tonight amongst a ton of other things. But I'm forming a "Belly Shots - Behind the Scenes" post to make up for it. I promise! Not to mention a post on a week in the life of a pregnant-infertile-diabetic-anemic with sub-clinical hypothyroidism who is in physical therapy for her rotator impingement and her chondomalacia patella (achy knees). And if one more person tells me that the business is good practice for life as a parent, I'm going to smack them!