So I had to laugh at the picture Andrea posted of us from Halloween from 3 years ago. We were living in Las Vegas, and everyone there thought we were LDS members. No joke, we were asked weekly if we were Mormon missionaries. When we would tell them no, they would just say that we struck them as being so "innocent." It was kind of annoying at the time, but looking back it was probably a good thing to be perceived as innocent in "sin city." Right? So for Halloween we went to a party, and we ended up winning the costume contest that night. Everyone there already thought we were Mormon's so when they figured out that we were not, the joke was on them.
I am incredibly jealous that I will not be in on the fun visiting the Rantz family, but unfortunately a road trip for us would take a little longer than a couple of hours to make it up to the Pacific Northwest. I am thinking it would take us 4 days...Don't have any fun with out me!
Well, today I am officially 20 weeks-half way there. I feel like I have been pregnant forever. It is not as if I am uncomfortable or anything, but when thinking back about when we found out in November-that seems like a lifetime ago! So the baby is the size of cantaloupe, and I am finding that I don't enjoy the produce section at the store anymore. Looking at a cantaloupe makes me cringe. The baby is beyond the size of anything that doesn't make me say "ouch!" I know that I am certainly not the first woman to go through this, and I am sure I will work this out one way or another-but ignorance is bliss sometimes!!!
So I am about to confess something that will make me an even bigger nerd than I already am...tomorrow is the big garden show here in FW, and I can hardly wait. I feel like it is Christmas Eve. I am meeting my dad there in the morning, and we can geek out about all the seminars and plant things they will have there. I am most excited about the rose seminar. I planted 4 new rose bushes (two of which are yellow in honor of my state), and I can't wait for growing season to officially begin. I am making Rob "scalp" the yard this weekend. Poor guy. He puts up with my yard/flower obsession, and even more so now because I can't lift half of the things I used to be able to. Scalping is an incredibly dirty and time consuming job, but it makes for a beautiful green lawn all summer long. Yeah!!!! Warm weather is around the corner.
By the way Andrea, I am perusing my pictures to find a great one to share...I don't know what it will be, but it will be a good one!
5 comments:
Congrats on being over halfway there! Yes, ignorance IS bliss. If I could just offer some unsolicited advice...epidural! I was one out of thousands that couldn't get one because of a back injury/bad back.:( I'm sure you're bombarded with advice and I always got kinda annoyed by how much I received. So there, I'll be annoying!
And with your obvious green thumb, I couldn't help but to think that NV really wouldn't fit you. That's right, you probably already knew that since you moved away! :)
20 weeks has certainly FLOWN by! WOW!!
I'm glad you laughed at your Mormon tribute, I counldn't resist, it's just too funny! I'm ready for retaliation...and I know how competitive you are!!
I'm jealous of your garden party you get to go to - we'd for sure go to something like that if we could too! I'm excited to hear how your rose bushes grow - roses really don't grow around these parts!
AND...most of all...YOU will be MISSED next week! I'll be sure to call and fill you in on the lack of fun we are having ;o)
I'm still SUPER excited for my first trip to Texas!! It's not too far away!!
YEAH! BABY IS HALF BAKED!!! We need to see a new belly pic :)
I'm just going to say it-- the gardening show sounds like torture!! I would rather clean toilets! Well, maybe not that drastic, but I don't have a green thumb, and I don't have a yard. Have fun with your dad, and tell him hello for me!
We will miss you next week, and we will think of you while we are NOT having any fun :)
Don't worry about the fruit comparisons of the baby's size-- that epidural will be bliss! I've heard that pushing baby out feels like a burning... down there... and I'd rather just not think about it either!
I am feeling bad for saying that the Garden Show sounds like torture :( I am sorry.
I hope that you had a ton of fun, and I think it is adorable that you like gardening :)
Annie...toilets over gardening?
A little drastic, I agree.
I've heard about the burn too - Allison, go with the epidural, it's my best advice!
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