what do i know anyway?

okay, so really i was 28 weeks along in that last post. i fixed the picture, but i'm not going to rewrite all the things that are happening with baby till. i can only add that his brain is developing billions of neurons & it's pretty clear that it's costing me some of my critical thinking skills (like, you know, counting).  anyway, here is a picture of the real 29 weeks. 

people, i want you to pause for a moment. 29 is close, very close, to 30. indeed, it is ONE away. in this case, one week or 7 days (see how i'm working on my counting skills?). and once i get to 30 weeks, i'm only 10 weeks away from The Big Event. 10 weeks is about 2.5 months. does anyone feel like it's a good idea for me to be someone's mother is 2.5 months?! i'm yet to be convinced, especially because i have about 10% of Baby Things up and running. in case you're wondering, that's not a lot of things. however, lady skelnik will be here in a few weeks & i plan on utilizing her non-pregnant body to do all my baby preparation bidding. that makes me feel better.


p.s. it's come to my attention that these webcam pictures are on the other side of awful. it's also come to my attention that michael lost our camera on the wildfire & it's either burned and/or flooded. so grainy webcam pictures is all we've got going for a while. don't fret my sweets, i plan on having a new camera in less than 10 weeks (ohmygod, i cannot be a mom and not even have a camera!!)

p.p.s. i am going to admit this on the internet, but any form of shaming me or "i told you, ha ha" will have it deleted FOREVER {kristina}. so. last night. i went out for drinks with some girlie friends. it was rainy. my back was sore. and. i.......i wore my leggings as pants.

may god have mercy on my soul

 

breaking news!

i can still paint my own toenails! as the days pass and my stomach gets exponentially larger and more difficult to maneuver around i figured painted toenails had to be one of the first things to go. but not so! all it required were these simple steps:
1. empty bladder
2. sit in a very un-ladylike position
3. hold arm in a slightly odd position & paint slowly.

these are the little things that make my day. do you feel sorry for me yet? well, maybe you will when you see how large my belly is in this week's update-->

 what's going on in there? hopefully, the little guy is about 2.5-3 lbs now. that is a very little portion of the [redacted number of pounds] i've gained so far. as you can see, the rest of that weight is in my boobs, arms, and cheeks. i say "hopefully" because midwife jana measured my belly at my latest appointment & it's measuring at about 31 weeks. don't be such a fat-ass baby!

what's going on out here? well, i'm officially in my 3rd trimester and have accomplished little-to-nothing in regards to preparing for a baby outside of my body. i have created an extensive excel spreadsheet detailing the items we still need to purchase for this dude, including several options for each item. also, i have spent about 3 hours total boxing up things in the office-soon-to-be-guest room. p.s. that is not enough time to pack all the shizz in that room. i'm hopeful that when michael gets home next week he'll move all of the things for me, so we can get down to some serious baby room creating business. (and by "hopeful" i mean i hope i'll have enough sadism to force him into manual labor after 2 weeks of 16 hour days/sleeping on the ground/eating meals out of a bag.)


finally, i take small comfort in the fact that, when photographed from the front, this dress makes me look semi-unpregnant.

p.s. i took my glucose test today where they screen for gestational diabetes by having you drink this sugar drink and then draw your blood after an hour. what does it say about me that i didn't mind drinking it At All and it mostly tasted like flat orange fanta? i think it says i eat too much sugar and ima fail that test.

bad blogger

Yep, missing out on 3+ weeks of pregnancy updates makes a bad mommy blogger indeed. well, it's a good thing i'm not a mommy blogger then, right? anywho, here are some things:

thing a: know that i fully intended to take a week 25 & 26 picture. but week 25 came around and i looked at my belly and said "you look the same". and then i took a nap. week 26 came around and i had a camera in my grasp, but we got busy celebrating a wedding. i do have a week 27 picture. you may say "hurray! i love watching molly's body distort!" sorry to disappoint, but the belly isn't very visible due to the fact that i cropped my girlfriends out of a baby shower picture [see thing b] and it's not really belly-specific. and here's the final word on your weird obsession with my body -- i am again without a camera/photographer [see thing c], so pictures rely on my ability to hook up the skype camera to the computer and snap them of myself (from a distance. using magic.) so, go ahead and calculate those odds.

thing b: i got to have a vacation! it was my only summer vacation this year (no betty or coronado, although without the wine would it really have been a vacation at all?) I joined michael in flagstaff for some quality yarborough/lemoyne time & a wedding. it was Very Much Fun. then michael came home to take care of the pup and i hung around Hotel de Wiedel for a week. you guys, that's a great hotel - fully stocked maxi-fridge, big screen tv, wifi, pool, and amazing staff. you've got to stay there if you get a chance. also, my mom & sister threw me a sah-weet baby shower. see photographic evidence below

i fully expect my mom to download the pictures she took of all the wonderful gifts baby fenner & i received. (editors note: that is a joke and it's funny because i'm not sure when was the last time my mom transferred pictures from a camera to a computer. love you mom!)

the un-cropped photo of me & my lady-friends

the only decorations. honestly, do this streamer/balloon combo. sooo easy - see how proud ashley is of her work?! also, the food was amazing!

kristina ordered me up a rad cake. it had a little owl and a hidden TARDIS! plus it was super tasty! shout out to jen-jen for knowing how to cut that bad boy.

no games, but we did have a calendar for people to guess when the baby will come & write a card to baby fenner. plus a "create a onesie" station.

thing c: i came home, michael got called out to a fire, and our town started burning to the ground about 4 hours after he left. you may have seen information about the waldo canyon fire on the news (i'm not sure what's going on in other parts of the world. do you still get to watch 'so you think you can dance'? all i get is news anchors repeating the same 4 pieces of information every 12 hours). the fire did a mega-jump over a few ridges into an area where the homes back right up to open spaces. and, as it jumped, firefighters said "crap, we've got to drive over there!" but they can only drive on roads and fire gets to fly like a bird. and, as firefighters scrambled over to the area, the wind said "oh, ho ho! i'm going to blow like a megabeast and light this shit UP!" and it did. and then it burned everything it could, like wildfires do. the town said, "everyone in this area get the eff out of here!". i said "but, that is very close to MY house? do i need to get the eff out of here?" no one gave me a very definitive answer. so i cried and then ignored it and then packed up all our most valuable things and then worried and cried a little more and then sweated myself to sleep.
happily, yesterday was a better day for both myself and those who oppose wildfires burning down their town. and it seems as though today is as well. i'm still at home, but feeling more confident i can stay here (as long as it doesn't get too smokey or hot). 


thing d: baby fenner is good. moving around (although he's very stingy & didn't let many people feel him move. maybe the heat put him into a womb-coma) and starting to make my stomach make waves. i'm good - sleep & aches aren't awful. development-wise, things are more of the same. yay! we didn't miss much these past few weeks!

so. fun things have been happening. don't you all wish you could have adventures like me? 

the saddest thing (for today)

sorry about the no-post last weekend. michael & i had been putting off pretty much every errand/chore/task for about a month, so we had a lot to do. also, we forgot to take a picture. and then michael left for his backpacking bachelor party in az today, so i have no camera. you'll all just have to wait for more pictures of my ever expanding stomach. i know how you so dearly love it.

anyway, this is really about the saddest thing. and here is the saddest thing: michael left this morning for az, right? well, cooley and i proceeded to have a typical weekday, but around 4pm he gets pretty antsy. wandering, licking, wanting to play with weird toys. i say "do you miss michael?" his ears perk up and he runs to the window to see if michael is home. and then, he pretty much hangs out by the window for the next 5 hours. poor guy. i always tell michael that cooley loves him more, but he doesn't believe me. i better take some video this week of cooley's pitiful window watch, waiting for him to come home. 

 and, maybe, that's not the very *saddest* thing. but i'm pregnant and it makes me a little weepy. so it's the saddest thing for today. 

the two best friends that anyone could have

this is what cooley looks like when you get home.

when i was looking for a picture of cooley & michael, i found this one from christmas 2 years ago. ah! why do they get bigger than this?!

who else enjoyed the heck out of their long weekend?

does anyone else enjoy the word "largish" as much as i do?

 

what the hell is going on in there? baby is keenly aware of my movements (like, say, when i squish my belly with my hands or jiggle him around. it's like an amusement park ride, right?) and sounds. so, when we shout "STOP LICKING" at cooley-dog, baby hears and is becoming used to it. this is great news, because when we shout at cooley after baby is born, he won't be startled by it! yay!

 

what the hell is going on out here? i'm finding it seriously cumbersome to fill out all those categories, so i'm condensing. everything has been pretty mellow on my end. i bought some maternity leggings (holy crap they are so comfortable) and christa informed me that target has my favorite no-waist skirts for sale. sleeping isn't going too badly and eating is normal. i've started reading a book my midwife recommended about labor & birth, which is scary + helpful. also, michael was able to feel a couple little kicks today!

 

we had a HUGELY exciting memorial day weekend. amy & hilary came to visit on friday. we made homemade pizza and chatted and got bakery treats the next morning. i <3 michael's sisters. saturday night we went out to visit with michael's friends seth & camille who were in town for a wedding. we left the house at 9:30pm! and went to a bar! and didn't get home until 1am! (the last time i did all those things, i got pregnant!) sunday, john & christa & john's mom stopped by for a visit on their way back to boulder. it's been forever since we've seen john and christa, so i was very happy.

 

additionally, we planted some tomatoes, took a nice dog park walk, made cookies, and had some really awesome naps. i hope you all enjoyed your weekend as much as we did!