Six

10... 9... 8... 7... 6...

Assuming Baby R2 makes his arrival around his due date, we've got 6 weeks to go! My sisters and I were all born at least a week after our due dates, so I've been sort of assuming that R2 will make a late arrival as well. But despite being thrice told she'd be having a boy(ultrasounds were not standard at that time), my mom has only birthed girls, so who knows? Does gender have anything to do with whether or not a baby arrives near his/her due date?

Latest pregnancy updates:
*This boy is getting heavy!
*My Korean friend showed me some prenatal yoga stretches & breathing that are supposed to help with labor & delivery.
*I've been having some crazy-go-nuts dreams...

Recently I dreamed that most of my friends and people at my church were zombies. They ate Chase and I knew my only hope for survival was to pretend that I, too, was a zombie. The few survivors who were with me told me that it would never work, but it did. Dreaming about monsters and such isn't that unusual for me pregnant or not, but this next dream is... I dreamed that I was a master yodeler.

Speaking of singing (I guess yodeling is a type or singing... or something), I'm surprised at the lack of Michael Jackson songs that have been done on American Idol this season. During 80s week, no MJ songs; and last night was a great opportunity with doing songs from their birth years, but only one guy did one... and it was the Chris Cornell version of Billie Jean (boo!). If I were a contestant on American Idol (which I would/could never be) I would totally do Thriller. Like most people my age, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson as a child... see?


I wonder if there are any bands or artists R2 will be interested in. I'm trying to make him like The Smashing Pumpkins (pre-breakup). Chase got R2 & me this awesome CD for Christmas:

It's lullaby versions of Smashing Pumpkins songs. There are lullaby versions of other bands, too.

Oh, and for those of you wanting to see a belly picture from the side, Chase put up our Easter picture on his blog.

Zombie Apocalypse

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It's Not Every Day...

It's not every day that my sisters get a guitar-playing pirate cheetah from the Build-a-Bear Workshop for my son...


It's not every day that the three of us are even in the same state...

But apparently, if Cassie is listening to something, like her nephew in my womb, you can hear what she hears through her head... anytime.

Yup, had a baby shower last weekend with my family and a few friends.

All Baby

10... 9... 8...


Yup, eight weeks left and this is what it looks like when R2 is still. Yes, that's a picture taken with Photo Booth on the MacBook. No, I did not use any of the effects. That's all baby.

Be Thankful or ELSE!

Is it just me or does it look like Jesus is about to snap this guy's neck?

We get a catalogs in the church office for ordering junk, er, items to enhance the ministries of the church. Occasionally these catalogs will have helpful items, but usually it's junk the church or kids' parents will throw away after vacation Bible school.

This book came from the Church Edition of SmileMakers. I'm only guessing the lesson to be learned in this book is that if you're not appreciative of what Jesus did for you, He will snap your neck.

I'm sure this book has a better, truer lesson for kids, or you could always just stick to the original.

Normal Side of Normal

With nine weeks to go, Baby R2 has graduated from the small side of normal to the normal side of normal. According to the doctor he is exactly in the 50th percentile for his age/size; you can't get any more normal than that!

Now here's what you really want to see, more ultrasound pictures:

This is his face- it looks like he's laying on his left side facing you.

Another face shot... Maybe we should start calling him Jack Skellington instead of R2D2...

And here we have the profile of our son's head.

We did get a confirmation picture of his manliness, but for modesty's sake, I don't feel it's appropriate to share that one with the interweb.

Happy Casimir Pulaski Day!

Happy Casimir Pulaski Day! What? You've never heard of it? Well, that's not surprising if you're not from Illinois. My friend Wikipedia can tell you more about it.

Pulaski was Polish and Illinois has quite the Polish population, so Chase and I celebrated Casimir Pulaski Day by going to the student center for lunch where they were serving Polish food. Mmmmm... pierogies!

That Crazy Jon Arbuckle

Chase found this hilarious web site yesterday called Garfield Minus Garfield. Here's a sample:

Basically, it's the Garfield comics with Garfield and everything he says taken out making Jon look crazy and depressed. Enjoy!