m.i.a.

so i was alerted to the fact that i have not updated this blog in a while...i wasnt really aware that anyone read it (except mom, mallory, mebbie and ellen...and i think benson checks to make sure i am not writing anything embarrassing). i have been out of town for the past 10 days and i am aware that some people stay connected through i phones and laptops etc. while they are away...but i readily admit that i am not one of those people. i dont even carry my cell phone when i am in waycross. i think that being at home makes me forget the outside world exists!

we had a wonderful thanksgiving in waycross. it was pretty low key which i really needed. it was so great to spend time with the rents and trey and mallory. although 7 dogs in the house was a little much. yes, you read that correctly. seven.

i am going to cut it short because unfortunately i have a stomach virus :(

34 weeks and counting...i need to start getting things in order!

thanksgiving day. i am thankful for my benson. i am also thankful i did not eat the entire red velvet cake by myself.

watch out. unstable hormonal rambo woman. trey thought this was hilarious. note the serious face.

betsy and betsy...the other betsy is due 3 weeks after me. i just had the best beef barbecue at fox brothers. i stuffed myself to an inappropriate amount of food. yes, i am enjoying my time as a non-vegetarian!

fall trips

30.5 weeks at Cashiers with Bens and his rents for his birthday. i had a 31 week appointment yesterday and i been gaining a little too much weight! 1.5 lbs. a week instead of just .5-1. trying to slow down but i kept telling myself that i was on that crazy sugar diet and then out of town for 2 weekends (and therefore eating like i am a human garbage disposal) but either way i need to slow down. i find myself cooking and baking a lot more with me staying home...

benson's 30th birthday!! cant believe i am married to a man in his 30's! i am such a lucky gal...he is just as wonderful as he was the day we met, august, 21 2001. it is so funny to think that our next anniversary will be 10 years. we have really grown up together...i cant even imagine what i would be like without the influence we have had on each other over the past 9 years. (i definitely would have much worse taste in music!) happy birthday to my best friend and the greatest person i know!

austin, tx with the incomparable shannon. once again, she rolled out the red carpet and treated us to such a great time. this was the last plane trip i will probably take for years! my hands and feet definitely were swollen when i got off the plane...and i am sure that once the babe is here i wont be able to travel until i am finished breastfeeding, or at least close to it!

it was halloween while we were in austin but of course we didnt come with costumes. so creative shan suggested we go old school (as in 3rd grade thanksgiving play) and make indian costumes out of paper bags. what a fun night!

so yes, we sort of match! we froze out butts off that night eating at a wonderful french restaurant, justine's. they were so crowded we had to eat outside and it was in the 30's or 40's. the food was excellent though and benson discovered his new favorite drink, le enfante terrible. it had vodka, st germain, cranberry and lime juice. if you havent tried st germain before, you definitely should!

times, they are a changin'

sorry for waiting a whole week to update, especially with so much changin' going on! i believe the last few times i blogged i mentioned getting the nursery ready, failing my gestational diabetes test and the distress of starting to eat meat again. so lots of changes!

to start with the simplest; the nursery is the same as when my parents left, just cluttered with our normal, daily refuse. please, please comment with some ideas to decorate the walls!

i woke up to good news this morning...i passed the three hour diabetes test!!! yay! i guess not having a sweet tooth made it a bit more difficult. it was soooo hard to eat all of those sweets everyday. i had constant headaches and felt so lethargic. i felt chained to the house because i had to eat these large portions so often that it was hard to leave for more than an hour. the test itself was not fun...unless sitting on an uncomfortable floor for 3 1/2 hours and getting your arms poked over and over is your idea of fun! after the first blood draw on both arms the nurses had trouble getting blood from my poor, poked veins. so they had to stick me over and over, moving the needles around underneath my skin....grrrr..... p.s. the reason i was sitting on the floor was that the waiting room where they wanted me to sit at the lab corp was uncomfortable and also very busy with all these guys coming in for their court-mandated drug tests and paternity tests. not a fun environment. so they had an empty office and let me spread out and rest in peace.

so for the eating meat thing....the first few days were a little hard. the meat tasted strongly of...well...meat! but i have to admit, after a week back on meat, that i have been missing it! i fully intend on going back to being a vegetarian (although i might have to eat meat while breastfeeding....more on that later) but i am going to take full advantage of all the things i have been missing...yesterday, i thought i might die of happiness while eating a double cheeseburger. seriously, die!!!! please give me a swift kick in the future if you ever overhear me talking about how a veggie burger is not that different. i was deluded, please forgive me. so for now, i am planning all of the dinners i have been denying myself for years. hot wings, here i come!

29 weeks. buddy is getting ready to be a good big brother! i thin k i am getting fat face. gross.

the dresser....lets not discuss how difficult it was to get in the house! buddy once again, doing his vanna white thing!

thanks mom and dad for such a beautiful baby bed. now i just have to decide how to decorate the room!