Floppy Uterus

So the midwife helped me feel the head and the butt of the new baby today at my appt. That made it all seem really - real. Not that I've like, managed to ignore the fact that I'm preggers. When I asked why it seemed like this baby was moving around WAY MORE than my other two.. the response...Well, this is your third baby and your other two have been quite large, so your uterus allows alot more movement this time around.

Great...thanks to my floppy uterus the baby can do cartwheels in utero.

But I remind myself that elephants gestate for 22 months...so it would really suck to be a pregnant elephant, literally. I mean...think of the feet on those things, even if they're a 'baby' those feet do not look comfortable.

Wow...I'm a Big Girl.

So I've got to confess...sometimes I don't feel like I'm an adult. Sometimes I feel like I'm still a college-kid, new to the world and just testing out my "real world legs". Which is pretty pathetic because I'm well past my college days, and graduate school days and well into motherhood and wife-hood. But still...I find myself still passing major milestones and this year, this Christmas...I will wake up in my own house, with MY own little family, and celebrate the big day. What traditions we establish, what kind of breakfast we eat, how the day shapes out is essentially all within my own control. Its very exciting...and kind of scary. The easy way out is of course to do nothing...it will unfold as fate decides. But I could also "mess with it" I could ring jingle bells at 2 am until the kids wake up and then say "oh, you just missed Santa!". We could open a present up tonight...we could save them all until tomorrow. We could eat only red and green foods for breakfast. I could make pot roast every year, starting tomorrow. We could bake cookies. Every year on Christmas Day we could bake Jesus a birthday cake. I could make the kids take a bath on Christmas morning and not let them open presents until after we read "A Christmas Carol" or pertinent bible passages or all the words in the dictionary that begin with the letter C. I could not put out any presents and put a pile of coal under the tree AND then say "Oh, that Santa is such a jokester...check the bathtub, kids." T-Dad and I could get drunk on egg nog and peppermint schnapps hot cocoa...giggling and laughing while the kids wondered why we were so happy. We could stay inside all day. We could go for a Christmas Walk. We could wear pajamas all day. We could have pizza or fish sticks. Hmmm...so many choices, guess I better decide soon.

Getting the S*** kicked out of me

A little pregnant bitchiness...

So...the little girl inside of my belly has been practicing for the 2020 Olympics like crazy for the last 8 weeks and my husband has never once voluntarily requested to "feel the baby kick". WTF.

I hate all the "dad tips" in those pregnancy books and all the "helpful fathers to be" in movies who dote on their pregnant wives and girlfriends. Does anyone actually experience that in real life? Are there really men out there who are actually "into" the whole pregnancy thing? I'm sure T-Dad is just being a "boy" but hell...would it kill him to acknowledge the life growing inside of my over-inflated gut.

Meme: Random Questions Linked with Christmas Songs

So Quigs tagged me for a meme. And honestly I need to make the last post disappear to the archives of my blog...nothing I need to be revisiting anytime soon. I don't have an iPod, or any kind of song-playing device I use regularly...so I got creative and went to Pandora...at first I used the word "Christmas" and the first 6 songs that came up...then I switched to the "Rockin' Holiday" station and these are the next 24 songs that came up. :) It turned out pretty well.

1. Put your iPod or whatever music player you have on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 5 friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got this from. Let them know they've been tagged.


IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
White Christmas by Bing Crosby (usually, I shorten it and say..."BING!")

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Caroling, Caroling by Nat King Cole (That's me, always caroling.)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays by Perry Como (a homey feeling is always a good thing.)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams (isn't EVERY DAY the most wonderful time of the year. :)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Winter Wonderland by Frank Sinatra (Always walking in a winter wonderland...)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Its Beginning to Look A lot Like Christmas by Perry Como

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
The Christmas Song by Hootie and the Blowfish (honestly, I love Hootie.)

WHAT IS 2+2?
Please Come Home for Christmas by Jon Bon Jovi

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Christmas, Baby Please Come Home by U2

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Thank God Its Christmas by Queen (Quigs = Queen)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Ringo Starr (quite appropriate actually.)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Jingle Bells by Lisa Loeb (T-Dad will be happy to know that.)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Little Drummer Boy by The Dandy Warhols (they were expecting a boy when I was born.)

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
My Only Wish This Year by Britney Spears (Hmm...weird.)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Everything Is Gonna Be Cool This Christmas by The Eels (not a bad choice, I'd say.)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Thurl Ravenscroft

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Little Drummer Boy by Bob Seeger and the Silver Bullet Band (hmm...i've always wanted to be a drummer...or a boy?)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Away in a Manger by Relient K

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Now by Bebo Norman

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Sleigh Ride by Debbie Gibson (uh...remind me never to go for a sleigh ride.)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Christmas Love by Billy Idol (I swear I didn't do it.)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Hanson (I mean yeah...its Hanson!)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
The Christmas Song by The Raveonettes (it is kind of a sad song..? but no actually tears came out.)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Little Drummer Boy by Jars of Clay (okay, I'm noticing a pattern here...what is it with this song?)

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Christmas Don't Be Late by Powder

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Relient K

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Jingle Bell Rock by Amy Grant (Hmm...when I was a junior high basketball cheerleader we did a "routine" to this song (not sung my Amy Grant, though) and wore hats, scarves and gloves with our little cheerleader uniforms...it was so cute, I wouldn't change a thing.)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Christmas by Blues Traveler (it is kind of painful.)

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Christmas Song by Greener

5 People I Tag:
T-Dad
Quigs

Bad Stories

Why am I obsessed about reading new stories about terrible crimes? Everyday I troll my favorite new sources for more...I'm starting to wonder about my inner spirit. Obviously, I am not cultivating peace and harmony in my soul. Instead I'm adding gasoline to a fire inside of me that is already full of "pissed off-ness" and resentment for the way life is.

Don't click below unless your ready for more heartache...

Shackled teenager in CA
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/04/shackled.teen.trio/index.html

Murderer with underwear fetish
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/02/cold.case.arrest/index.html

8 year boy killed father and another man
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/24/boy.charged.mother/index.html

Papa Pilgrim, a sadistic simple man
http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200812/robert-allen-hale-papa-pilgrim-1.html

Not terrible, just so odd...Jail inmates climb the walls for sex
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1117082jail1.html