Breakfast On Pluto

Today I am 26 weeks, 2 days. I think either my stomach shrinks and grows daily, or the camera adds weight and girth, or no one around me is aware of how large I am! Most of the time, people can barely tell I'm pregnant, or say how small I am for how far along I am. I have begun to think so too! But when we finally took a belly picture, both Rob and I were astonished and a little freaked out over how large that bump suddenly seemed. We are under a hundred days (God willing!) until Baby Girl Holthouse is here and I have my body all to myself again! If she goes a day over her due date I'm thinking about charging rent. ;-)

We got to have Ken around last week, it was good seeing him briefly and we got 3 dinners out in a row- THANK YOU!!! Its fun to be spoiled, I guess thats what happens when you live close enough to relatives! Maybe we better start thinking about a move...

The weather has been gorgeous down here finally. We waved goodbye to our 40/50 degree weather and the last week has been in the high 70s and sunny! We peaked at 81 yesterday and I thought about taking a trip to the beach, but Rob and I were enjoying our time relaxing at home. We did finally go out to our anniversary dinner at the Melting Pot, and had some awesome food (well, I love it. Rob just likes it.). We even got a card signed by all the servers which I think we left on the table.

More and more baby items are finding their way into our household. We are at a standstill right now, trying to decide whether or not Batman should give up his room for baby, whether we want to put her at the other end of the house, whether we ought to have the guest room combine with the baby room, etc. We still have some time but I'm getting anxious to start setting stuff up, especially since we have some heavy duty furniture now. We got our king sized bed home, and splurged for some nice sheets for it, and now its hard to get out of bed in the morning because we have soooooo much space! This means we have a guest bed finally!

I head out early tomorrow for NH and my baby shower, and the beginning of my third trimester will start on Saturday. Hopefully my energy will stay up for awhile longer!

How is it already the middle of February?

Our last few weeks in bullet points:

• We have been sick, sick, sick together, with horrendous colds that take away sleep and make you cough till you vomit.
• Baby is 25 weeks old today and continually grows and moves. She's about a pound and a half, and judging by her activity, is either planning on breaking out soon or is quickly taking after Rob with his fighting prowess. Their favorite game involved Rob putting his hand on my stomach and her kicking him, and then he moves and she kicks him again.
  
• I've been doing some extra work for a company that has been helping out with the doctor bills. Its wonderful to finally be able to contribute again, although its leaving me exhausted at the end of the day.
• I've got my baby shower in NH at the end of the month, and I wish I could take Rob so he could visit with my family a little more. We haven't really seen them since our wedding. I'm hoping my flight experience is better this time around than it was at Christmas.
• We had our 2 year anniversary. Its been incredibly amazing to see how fast time has gone, and at the same time, to realize its only been 2 years together. I feel like a lot has happened! 3 years ago right now, we were in the first and last "big" fight we ever had, and we had only known each other for two months. Little did I know 3 years ago that in just a few more months we'd fall in love and decide to live the rest of our lives together.
• Feel free to ignore the last bullet, that was fairly mushy. My emotions are on overdrive :-)
• Rob has taken great delight in the fact I finally acknowledge my cravings. Nothing too weird yet, but I have started craving sweets and especially chocolate. Normally I can't stand too much of that stuff and I'm more of a salty girl. Luckily he's lovely and will go get me things when I decide I can't wait any longer for a batch of cookies or a box of chocolates.
  
• Our car is dying, and we need to decide whether to spend our $ on getting it fixed (an engine/transmission thing) or just scrap it as a trade in and get a new car that, if nothing else, will be reliable for a few years. We are lucky the car lasted us as long as it did! I have such bad luck with vehicles.
  
• We got offered a free king sized mattress, which we jumped at, and now we just have to figure out how to transport it the 60 miles to our house. Soon I won't be pushing Rob out of bed and we'll have a real guest bed too. So, come on out and visit!