sunday....

so happy tomorrow is vaca day! we got a lot done this weekend. doug has been cooking all day - and we've frozen a ton of food for the day we bring home baby duker. doug is pooped.

i washed everything - and have my hospital bag almost packed. we picked up the car seat, its now in the car, not installed, but at least its in the car...

we also bought the car seat adaptor and a ton of other necessities for the king's arrival.i feel good about what we have now... everything else is cake!

my feet are like bricks of fluid. uuugh!

all we have left is the damn hanging of the artwork....which for some reason never gets checked off the list.

tomorrow we will have lunch at bubby's with our new friends we made in our childbirth classes last weekend. looking forward to it! :)

its been a while!

ugh, up too early for me today. cant sleep these days...so ive been out of bed since 5.45 am.

my friends at work had a shower for me last week - we had a picnic down by the water (in brooklyn) it was a perfect day. there was delish food (i didnt know my co-workers could cook that well!) and lots of desserts. we only could stay for an hour and a half, so it was sad....

they gave us tons of onesies (hope he stays 0-3 months for ever!), toys and stuffed animals and books. it was a fun time. its the first time ive opened lots of gifts in front of people since...maybe i was 12? but they made me do it!

i think someone took pictures, i will post them when i get them.

doug is vacuuming at 7am. 

we have a huge list of things to do today - mostly getting basics for this baby who is only 4 wks away. 

apparently im measuring BIG these days. we will take photos this weekend. i can barely move in bed. and i have to do a 3 point turn (aka K turn) to go from sleeping on left side to right. 

my feet are permanently swollen. but my blood pressure is good, so....no worries there.

ta ta for now.

happy mother's day

a card board bassinet.

birthday!

so, yesterday was my birthday. here is a picture from our celebration. that's right, i went to the gym and then celebrated with a cornona and a smoke!

okay, just kidding.

i felt like crap yesterday. my feet are swelling every day now. so i came home, ate vegetable sushi and had my feet up all night. what a fun birthday! waaaaaaaaaaaa.

happy sunday

hello everyone! ive been sleeping like crazy this weekend. after 1 and a half long long wks of prepping for a meeting with the president (of my company) on Wednesday, and a lot of unneeded stress, i think i clocked in 10 hrs friday and last night. aaaaaahhhhh. with wacky dreams to boot. but im not complaining.

last night doug and i went out to one of our favorite restaurants in the west village, Extra Virgin. its tasty and we haven't been there since last summer! hard to believe. it was nice to relax and eat and be in the city...dont know when we will have time to do that for a while.

this afternoon i am having a pregnancy massage at Bliss! i cant wait. i don't know how they accommodate my belly, but i would settle for a long foot/leg massage at this point. ouch my feet are killing me.

nothing else happening these days. going to the doc every week starting Friday 5/15. woo whoo.

hellooooooooooooooooooo

hello everyone!

so some folks have been asking where we are registered, so i thought i would post it here.... even though i do feel a little weird about it.

the website is to the right of this msg. its called myregistry.com. you just have to plug in doug's name or my name and there you go. thanks to everyone for asking what we need, looking at the site or even thinking about getting baby duke a gift. we are *trying* to be as minimal as possible - we live in a tiny apartment with no storage - so we are really looking for the essentials to help us prepare.

many thanks, and hope everyone is happy and healthy.

should i be afraid?

easter

looking large and in charge here. i have a serious issue smiling like a normal person.

jellybeans

i cant stop eating jelly beans. do i care? not really.

is anyone reading this? i think the answer is no.

that's cool. im considering this my baby journal (okay, im obviously not writing like i would privately in a journal, i will spare you that anguish!). some day, baby duke can read this, look at the pictures, make fun of me, not give a crap or think its cool. either way, here it is.

today, no seat on the subway...i think i need to start asking people to get up. ive lost all hope in these damn new jersey folks. i was almost in tears getting to manhattan. my legs feel like i just ran a marathon.

what gives.

Sunday

im 29 weeks pregnant. above is picture from last weekend.
i actually look more pregnant in normal clothes. for some reason, these belly shots dont tell the whole truth. which is odd because this is not a maternity tank top. im at the stage where people move out of my way when i walk down the street (finally!). i dont always get a seat on the subway, and man, lately i need it. my feet are killing me...


today is sunday and ive been relaxing all weekend. ive been having a few aches and pains for the past few days, and have been exhasted! i had all intentions of continuing the 'big clean' of baby's room, but im at the point that i need doug's man power. our closet is a disaster and the furniture needs to be re-arranged. on a positive side: all the papers are filed and ive used all office storage boxes as planned. we are getting there.





doug has been working all weekend. i saw him this morning for about 2 hrs. luckly, this weekend working thing is not typical and after today it should be over (at least for a few months)...so hopefully, we will make the room presentable before the baby arrives.

no news to report. baby still moves like crazy, especially after i eat. sometimes my entire body moves when he moves! i had no idea that babies moved this much. i like to just sit still and watch my belly shake. im not sure the novelty will ever wear off for me...

3rd trimester

duh, today starts the begining of the last trimester! now that is something to talk about.

BABY DUKER

may i please have your attention:

Duker is not the baby's name. 

Duker is a nickname that doug and i use for each other (too much information!), so we named the baby that too.

Sorry for any confusion. I'm sure we will receive many complaints (joke), but if you've already embroidered a pillow or blanket with DUKER, we will take it!

ha ha.

doug and julia, age of innocence (or not)

i came across our old college IDs - from 1993! 15 years ago. 

so im procrastinating alittle. i've been cleaning up, organizing the soon-to-be baby's room for about 3 hrs now. i seem to be very good at throwing crap in mysterious boxes/drawers and not opening them for years. ugh. but feeling good about the progress. this room has become the 'black hole' this past year. but glad i found these IDs! the baby will enjoy looking at them (and laughing) years from now. i know i always enjoy digging up old school pictures of my parents. :) 

dont really feel like ive made a dent in this room! this is definitely a 2 weekend job. doug is at the office and should be home around 4ish. he's going to move some furniture around and then...make himself a birthday dinner. sounds sad, right? like im a bad wife? well, he wants to do it! he ENJOYS cooking! fun for him is = choose recipie, make delicious meal, big old mess and relax. and i provide the dessert. oh speaking of that, better get on it quick! more procrastinating! yea!!!!

dont have any baby news to report, other than he is twirling all around these days and i seriously feel like im doing a load of laundry in my uterus. whoa. 

outfits

here is the outfit from cate and joe. top pic (er, its sideways, sorry!) is the entire ensamble - button-down shirt, sweater vest and pants for newborn. bottom is just the 'oxford' onesie. how funny is this!!!?!??! and thanks a million to bernadette for the hand made hat. wow! its so perfect. you must have used 2 size needles. its tiny! THANKS!

a visit to cate and joe's

here are some pictures of me (at 26wks = about 6months) from our visit to see cate and joe. doug and i ate and ate and ate and ate and ate....thanks to you both for having us and for making sure we didnt go hungry. it was great to visit!

doug sprained his ankle a week ago saturday. i will spare you the pictures. we went to the emergency room on saturday night, they said it wasnt broken. he was on crutches for a few days....today he went to a foot doctor. confrimed no break. he has a soft cast on it and a big bootie. he needs to return in one week. ive wrapped his foot with a scarf, because its cold. looks lovely. now he finally walks slower than i do! yah!