Yesterday, your Uncle Zach and I went to the Pottery Place and did some painting. We had fun. I can see lots of cute baby stuff if my first project turns out well. Of course, it would be helpful to know your name and all but.... Your Uncle Zach also took my 20 week photo. Zach's mom, Leisa, said I wasn't even showing yet. OY. I hope people think I am showing. Otherwise, they are just going to think I have a belly like your Grampa Keith's :)
Today, I took the pooches to the dog park with Debbie, Morgan and their dog Bailey. Yeah, our lazy mutts looked around and stayed by my feet most of the time. I knew it was going to go down that way but it was fun. It was gorgeous outside, tons of cute dogs running around and time to chat with Debbie. I am not giving up on our lazy butt pooches though. I would take them again - they are currently so exhausted they are knocked out like me on Ambien!! Your dad has decided that I need to be treated like a princess so he has assumed all responsibility for the house. You know those pains last week? He took them pretty seriously. I came home to almost all the dishes being done, the laundry room cleaned, laundry all caught up and the basement picked up. Man, I could get used to this treatment :)
Your dad and I had dinner at the casino - the first time you and I have been in a smoking environment. Hope you weren't high from the 2nd hand smoke! We got there at 4:15 and they didn't open until 4:30. Of course, we had to gamble some of your college savings away. Your dad lost $20 in 10 minutes. I broke even. After dinner, I didn't feel like walking all the way to the cashier to cash out my chips so i put it on the craps table. Turned $15 into $40 so at least your dad got his losses back. You better start thinking of jobs that hire 5 year old or you will never get to college. haha.
We watched a video tonight - it was the one telling us how to wrap you up and shut you up. It was pretty informative. I am reading the matching book but the video was nice to actually see the technique to wrap you in saran wrap :) I think your dad was kind of impressed but he will forget all of it when it comes time to put it to use so we will have to request it from Blockbuster again.
You have been relatively quiet today. Yesterday, we had a starbucks chocolatey chip frappucino and you liked that - you were moving up a storm. I normally feel you first thing when I wake up then a little bit during the day and right when I go to bed. I felt you a bit on the way to the dog park. You were sitting REALLY low. When we did your baby education tonight, you were up higher and were moving right where the machine was. I think you were just so excited that we moved from program 1 to program 2.
Oh, your mom is so old that I forgot the biggest news first - YOU ARE HALF WAY DONE COOKING! I guess I casually mentioned my 20 week photo but didn't discuss the importance of the event. We are half way to meeting you. Technically, since I would like the 2009 tax write off, you are over 1/2 done cooking now. haha. One more month and I think your dad will completely relax and start to dream of mini-Chiefs jerseys, Husker onesies and lots of boy stuff that their dads buy them. Me? I am still a little flipped out by the video where the mom's were saying their babies only stayed asleep for 1 hour at a time. Ummmm....that won't work for us kiddo. Hopefully, your baby education and the techniques on the video will alleviate that problem. One mom was so excited because her baby went from 1 hour to 3 hours. Yeah, here is the deal Ezekiel, we need 8-10 hours of sleep at a time. 12 is even better. Less than 8 and I think I could turn into one of those species that eats their young...Not to scare you or anything but this is something we better start negotiating now.