week 32....is it possible to grow out of maternity clothes?

yup it got bigger. sometimes i wake up and wonder if it will ever stop.
i had a dream the other night that i literally became a blimp and was flying over cleveland. all is good....the weather is picking up which is good because i have well not me my belly has grown out of two pairs of maternity pants and two shirts. i am down to a few t-shirts and one sweater which i have not taken off since december (except to wash it of course but when that happens i walk around the house lost and confused.) this week has been good nothing new...except of course the fact that i can't get out of aaron's car with out a fork lift, bending over is now impossible (thank goodness for slip on shoes). we are making progress in the house slow but we actually have managed to confuse the cat by moving furniture.
aaron put the crib together this past weekend! yup we have a crib!
and he did it without swearing! assembling anything especially in our house requires more than patience it requires valium.
we also have the dresser/changing table moved into the nursery, aside from the hole in wall that is in the process of being patched, the scaffold, and power tools it is starting to look like a nursery,
the ceiling has been sanded and painted a little darker blue and is now ready for stars, clouds and a big yellow sun!
what now....almost time to start the mural...maybe this weekend we will paint our big birch tree, leaves, and birds. at this point we have detail and finish work which of course is the best part of doing anything, though i personally really enjoy the tearing things down [phase of home improvement.
the bookshelves are underway. all the shelves are in on one side aaron and paul are going to start working on the side of the bookshelf this weekend and maybe by next week....maybe....we can start to paint them.
its actually happening....in two months aaron and i will be looked at as dad and mom through little eyes, and we might have use of three rooms in the house!
i think that is about it for the week.....
we leave you with a picture of aaron taping my belly button....still has not popped i don't think it will but aaron is determined to hook it up to the vacuum cleaner and getting it to pop. there is never a boring moment at our house.
PS....shower time is approaching: below is a flyer for the shower click on it to get the big version .....please come, please help us celebrate. lets have a big party on the 19th! the only thing we ask is you let us know if you are coming remember everyone is invited women, men, children, and small animals. so if you are coming please e-mail baby@bristolarts.com and let us know how many so we can be sure to have enough grub.

week 31.....and what a week

this has been an exciting week. i will do my best to tell the whole story and nothing but the story.....before i do though lets get a few things out of the way
after a snowy easter we have finally reached 50 degrees the snow has melted leaving little daffodils flopped over but we made it above 30 so that's progress
the house is still standing and everyone has been busy trying to get things in order. the computer did move out of the nursery so the nursery is cleared and ready for the ceiling to be sanded which means we are one step closer to painting the mural on the walls and the ceiling.....remember the ceiling is going to have little gold and silver stars everywhere behind clouds and the sun!
what kid wouldn't have fun staring at the ceiling for the first nine months with all that.....we might move into the nursery and give her our room who knows.....
the bookshelf is moving forward. there are actual shelves in the bookshelf!
this weekend is of course is the same a little bit more of a little bit. progress is in the air!
now that the formalities are done with lets get down to the nitty gritty on why this week was a monster week.
tuesday afternoon bec was happily working at work playing with images etc when she decided to go get some water, well that was just the beginning something happened on the way to get water and bec almost passed out in the very very busy museum cafe....trying not to make a spectacle of herself she grabbed a chair, a co-worker and started crying...what else can a pregnant girl do she almost fell tummy and all.....after gaining some composure she was escorted back to her office where she sat hoping the spins would go away, no luck. with a desperate call to the husband she decided to go home. husband being the good responsible man that he is took me to the hospital were my doctor had left instructions on how to deal with me.
i got hooked up to all the monitors (and this little baby girl does not like monitors she found each little hockey puck that was attached to my belly and kicked at them) after about an hour a doctor came in to test my blood sugar and pressure all of which were perfect and asked if i could feel the contractions......well no i couldn't.
after about another hour of watching the monitors kick every five minutes (which i guess where my contractions) the doctor tested me to see if i was at risk for going into labor in the next two weeks, and to find out if i was dilated and going into labor that minute....thank goodness this test came back negative and it is still just aaron, frankie, me and little pod growing happily in her home.
though this was a very scary moment for ALL of us but all is good and i have the green light to go back to work, drive my car, and even work on the house (which no one thinks is a good idea but i really don't like sitting i am not a good sitter.)
so keep your fingers crossed that we still have two more months.....until than we will continue our plan to work on the house smell the snow, and relax when breathing.
thank you everyone for your support during this week. until next week.......
we leave you with a picture of her in her first little outfit!

merry x-mas...oh i mean easter

happy easter from snowy snowy cleveland

need i say more.....

this is me, aaron, shoveling snow for what i hope is the last time this spring. i tried to ignore it, the way you would an onery child, but cleveland demanded my attention. (we couldn't back out of the drive.)