I think my cat is bigger than you.

I was going to upload pictures today, but apparently I was really smart and left the camera cable at the office.  Oops.

So my other plans for the day now include:

• Looking at “coming-home” outfits for the baby
• Going through some of the things in the nursery closet so we can clear it out and get ready for painting the room.
• Go to the fabric store and find simple, non-ugly patterns and fabric for maternity sundresses.  I am dying in the heat already.
• Maybe look at baby slings/wraps … so tell me your opinions on baby wraps/slings, please!
• Laundry
• the Wal-Marts (sigh)

And then a nap.

2008-05-06 Baby M 7

Originally uploaded by dormousie

It’s been a crazy-busy week and I”m really, really tired, so I’ll probably keep this short.

We had another ultrasound yesterday to make sure that Bunny is still growing at the proper rate. Apparently the steroids I’ve been on for my asthma can either inhibit growth or cause the baby to grow too much. The latter happens because steroids mess with your blood sugar levels and give you what seems like gestational diabetes, so the baby can get big that way.

Bunny is just peachy keen, though, and looks to weight about 1 pound, 9 ounces. The tech says that Bunny’s feet are long and skinny right now - 4.68 cm, almost two inches. We’ll have to see if the baby has the same monkey toes that Jeannie (my sister) and I have.

Bunny’s also in breech position right now, and the booger had hands AND feet up by the face yesterday. So even if we had wanted to see if Bunny is a boy or girl, we wouldn’t have been able to! Sneaky baby.

The sweetest thing yesterday was the yawn (caught in this picture) during the ultrasound. As the tech was looking around for something, Bunny yawned, closed the mouth, and then kind of settled back in to a comfy position. It was really cute, I have to say.

I’m doing all right breathing-wise, which is nice! They’re trying to wean me off of the steroids and use other meds to control the allergies and the acid reflux, my two main triggers (apparently) for asthma.

I haven’t had the truly bizarre or scary pregnancy dreams yet. Last night I did dream that I felt Bunny move all around (could have been really happening, for all I know), and one of Bunny’s little hands kept brushing the top of my stomach. So I reached down and held Bunny’s hand somehow. No hands poking through anything, just holding onto little fingers. Baby dreams are strange!

And now … to bed. It doesn’t seem like there’s enough time for anything lately!

PS - Thanks to everyone for the question meme! It was great entertainment while I was in the hospital.

From Kathy:

1. What do you think of pregnancy, so far? It’s harder than I thought it would be! Even discounting the asthma fun I’ve had, just dealing with the fatigue and numerous body changes is a lot harder — physically and mentally — than I expected. It’s great, though, and I’m glad I get to experience it.
2. When did you last write someone a letter? A real, handwritten letter? Hmmm. A couple of months ago, I think, when I sent a certain Miss J a note and some paraphernalia from work. On Hello Kitty stationery, of course.
3. Salsa or queso and why? Salsa! I love good queso, but I simply can’t get enough of GOOD salsa. My favorite salsa usually has a good mix of cilantro, chipotle peppers, tomato, garlic, onion, and citrus juice. Oh, I love salsa.
4. What did you do to treat yourself well this week? I took a nap and let myself just chill out at night. And I had a medium dip cone from Dairy Queen!
5. What’s your favorite thing about Will? His brain.  We process things so differently but end up thinking alike on most topics.  It makes things really interesting and entertaining.
6. How would you like to see the election turn out? I honestly don’t know.  I dislike Hillary Clinton on a visceral level that makes no sense.  I don’t like any of the candidates that much, and I can’t decide who I’d actually like as my “boss” for the next four years.  The whole “working for the government” thing makes me view the election slightly differently.
7. Who would you most like to take out to dinner? My online and faraway friends!  I want us to have a huge dinner party together.

Now from Adelle! I love these things.

1. What do you think of soap operas? I think the daytime soap operas are just a little too campy and weird for me. And 20+ years of one show seems strange. I think most of the dramas on tv at night are really soap operas with better budgets, though, so I must like some of them!
2. When did you last eat chocolate? 20 minutes ago when I had some Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies. mmmmmm.
3. Boy or girl and why? Ha! Of course I will love and have fun with either, but I would really like a little girl. I feel like I understand them better! Plus there’s all the cute shoes to buy.
4. What did you last watch on TV? The tail end of a documentary about Navy officers on an aircraft carrier. Will was flipping channels and there’s really nothing good on network tv during a Saturday afternoon.
5. What’s your favorite Snoop lyric? From “Hennessey and Buddah”:
   Put ya cups on the table and your hands in the air
   And touch your brim to the side, that’s only if you a player
   And all the ladies in this motherf****r acting up
   Don’t hurt nobody when you back it up
   Cuz we came here to have a good time
   Me and my n****s in the sunshine (sunshine)
6. How would you like to go on a trip with me? I would LOVE it. I was whining saying something the other day about how long it’s been since our last cruise and how I really wish we had the money and time to do that again. I have so much fun traveling with you!
7. Who would you most like to (ha…. I cannot fill this in)? Will.

From Lady Dreama:

1. What do you think of cream soda? I actually really like cream soda, but it always ends up being too sweet for me.  Do you have any recommendations?
2. When did you last dance? I probably danced around the living room or somewhere in the house a week or two ago.  It’s a little strange to dance now with the changed center of gravity.  :)  I’d really like to get back to the ballroom lessons with Will.  We both really enjoyed it, and now we watch Dancing with the Stars and want to go back.
3. ER or Grey’s Anatomy and why? Grey’s Anatomy because at least the same stories have different characters.  Most of the people I care about on ER left a long time ago, and I don’t actually LIKE anyone still on the show.
4. What did you buy last for the Bunny-Mouse? A push, lift, and pull book called My Pets.  I loved it, but then realized it was about a brown dog named Bonnie.  Oops.  Whatever!  I think I’ll go buy going-home outfits (one boy, one girl just to be safe?) next.
5. What’s your favorite thing to do when you and Will are just hanging out? We like to watch tv shows on DVD and have our own running commentary about what’s actually happening.  I also like just sitting on the couch with him after a dinner at home, idly surfing the web and snarking at tv or what we find online.  We’re the dorks sitting on the same piece of furniture, IMing links to each other.
6. How would you decorate your house if money were no object? A cross between beach house and eclectic travel and book museum, I think.  I don’t like big heavy things without a lot of light and air to balance them, so I’d probably need help choosing how to make it happen.  I’ve already ended up painting the house in water colors, though, so I guess I have a start!
7. Who would you most like to project out into deep, dark outer outer space on a probe made by your employers ? Oooh … so many choices!  How about U.S. petroleum and car corporation executives?

From Shmuel, the Neil Diamond detractor:

1. What do you think of Jell-O? A better art form than dessert.
2. When did you last have pizza? Several weeks ago.  The cheese and tomato combination appears to bother my stomach these days, which makes me sad.
3. Beer or pretzels, and why? Beer, for no other reason than I can’t have it right now and I want it.  I got my fill of pretzels during my morning sickness period, and I don’t want any yet unless they’re the soft, salty kind instead of the hard, crunchy kind.
4. What did you last bake? Does a brisket count?  How about pre-made cookie dough from the grocery store?
5. What’s your favorite board game? Trivial Pursuit!  It’s the only one I own, too.  I love the use of my useless knowledge.  I hate the way they’ve written the questions, though.  They’re forced into this artificial syntax that obscures the actual questions.
6. How would you rule the world, given the chance? Benevolently, with a cabinet of trusted advisors, and with a tiara.
7. Who would you most like to send to finishing school? Most major league sports players.  And Rosie O’Donnell.  I dislike her more because of the arrogance and “LOOK AT ME NOW!!” attitude than anything else.

One more from Dreama in the queue … I think I’ll save that for after a nap.  Anyone else want to play?

From Erin:

1. What do you think of Perez Hilton? I love it when other people share his posts on Google Reader. That way I can get a little bit of a fix. If I read him all the time I start to feel like a snotty, mean person! Such a guilty pleasure, though.
2. When did you last cry? Oh lord. If not yesterday, then the day before. I’ve been a fountain lately.
3. McDreamy or McSteamy and why? Ha! McSteamy. McDreamy gets on my nerves and doesn’t have a wicked enough sense of humor for me. Plus, people have started telling me that Eric Dane looks like Will. Yum.
4. What did you last buy online? A maternity bathing suit so I can hit the pool sooner rather than later! If not the pool, I might just go sit under the sprinkler.
5. What’s your favorite restaurant in France? Colorado en Egletons. (That’s Will’s parents’ place, and they serve full meals.) Other than that, this little pizzeria called La Comedia in the Rue Mouffetard area. Will and his friend used to go there anytime Will was in Paris, and Will started taking me there the day we got engaged.
6. How would you feel if you were having triplets? As a friend of mine says, “Do you get the ‘Oh Hell No!’ network?” I would be so completely freaked out. I’m sure I’d be excited once they got here, but it’d be nine-ish months of apprehension.
7. Who would you most like to have read you a bedtime story? James Earl Jones. He really does have the best voice ever. Or Laura Bush, because I know she’d make all the characters have voices and act it out.

From Megan:

1. What do you think of brussels sprouts? I have never tried them, but I’ve only smelled them as a nasty thing.
2. When did you last eat ice cream? Oh wow.  I can’t remember.  A few weeks ago I was at the grocery store and decided I had to have Nestle Drumsticks.  I think I ate the last one two weeks ago, and I haven’t had ice cream since.  That’s sad.
3. Almond Joy or Mounds and why? Almond Joy!  I loooove Almonds.
4. What did you want to be when you grew up? All kinds of things.  In semi-chronological order, a waitress, a teacher, a ballerina, a flight attendant, a ballerina, a veterinarian, a nurse, a doctor, a doctor, a doctor, then I had no idea once I actually got into upper high school.
5. What’s your favorite type of yarn? I love the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock yarn.  Sock knitting is almost too time-consuming for me, but I just love that yarn!
6. How would you describe your walk at this stage of pregnancy? Struggling to avoid the waddle. :)  I feel like I shouldn’t have it at six months, but there’s this spot in my sacrum that refuses to stay in place and forces me into a duck gait.
7. Who would you most like to punch in the face if you knew there wouldn’t be consequences? Most of the former management I worked with at my old company.  Great company overall, but that sector just kills me.

Next?

I am bored because I am in the hospital again for asthma. Baby Bunny is just fine and dandy; I’m just getting extra steroids to make sure that my good ol’ lungs will behave. As my brother told me, “You’ve got two noses and four lungs to breathe with now — what’s your problem?” Ah, family love.

So I stole this from a friend:

If you would be so kind, ask me the seven questions below. Just copy and paste them into a comment, replace the blanks with anything you want–personal, silly, surreal (e.g. 3. Donkeys or sandcastles and why?), or deep — and I’ll answer honestly as I can! Then post this in your own journal [if you want] and see what kind of things people want to ask you!

1. What do you think of _____________ ?

2. When did you last ____________?

3. __________ or ___________ and why?

4. What did you ______________?

5. What’s your favorite ______________?

6. How would you ______________?

7. Who would you most like to ________ ?

PS - Don’t forget to vote in the Baby Bunny-Mouse pool!

Shelf full of Bonnie

Originally uploaded by dormousie

This is the baker’s rack in our entryway. It sits right under key rack, and is really handy for storing things.

We have the top shelf with a little basket for sunglasses, stuff that needs to go out the door with us, Will’s wallet and our phones, a picture of me and Clive.

There’s the middle shelf with Josie’s frisbee that she never actually chases but likes to tug, her training lead, and her harness and leash. There’s also a hammer and tape measure, because I guess she likes construction.

Then … wait. I don’t remember filling that bottom shelf!