Updates, schmupdates and some pretty big news

There really is no excuse for not updating your blog in this long. I know that. For anyone still reading, I humbly apologize. What have I been up to you might be wondering???

First of all, it is November 26th. I did start this post on the 14th, and then. . .well. . .

In no particular order. . .Izzy lost her claws and her womanhood and has been recovering. Lily is busy taking care of her. She came back from the vet much cuddlier and sweeter. Go figure.


I took a two week cake decorating class. It was fun, but exhausting. There is a lot of prep work I wasn't thinking about when I signed up. I came to one conclusion after the class. I found one more thing that I am not good at. I really want to be a crafty person. I do. But one craft at a time I'm starting to realize that I am not cut out to craft. Martha Stewart has nothing to worry about. I can't sew. I can't crochet. I can't knit. I am not a great scrabooker without a lot of help. I can't paint (other than walls) and I'm never going to make my own holiday decorations. Here are my attempts at cake decorating. . .

I spend a lot of time on the couch. Specifically in this corner of the couch with my trusty heating pad. My chiropractor has figured out that I have a rib that is popping in and out of alignment. I wake up feeling fine each morning, but by the time I get home from school, I am in pain and mainly hang out on the couch. Which sometimes leads to napping. I feel lazy, but it's all that I can do. I'm really hoping that this starts to get better, and isn't something that will only get better when the babies get here!

I found this adorable steal at a consignment shop. It's hard to find places to wear it around here in winter, but I couldn't turn it down.

And speaking of the belly, I keep getting bigger (14 weeks)
And bigger (15 weeks)

And bigger (16 weeks - please don't mind the underwear. I woke up this morning and said to Andy, Holy Crap, I look pregnant when I'm naked now! I didn't realize until this week that I didn't take another picture during week 16. Oops!)

And bigger (17 weeks)

At our 16 week ultrasound we had some big news. They are pretty sure that we have a boy and a girl in here! I was getting pretty sure it was going to be two boys, so the idea of a little girl is really fun. I'm not a very girly person, but I am so excited about pink these days!

I'll try to keep the updates coming in a more timely fashion. If nothing else, I want this record of this time!

We have our cribs picked out, we are registered, we have decided to give cloth diapering a go, and I'm officially feeling like I'm out of the puking zone. It has been a couple of weeks, and I think I'm safe. Saying that out loud (well, to cyberspace) seems like a really bad idea, but we'll see.

How are all of you?