Miss New Belly

I can't fit in my desk anymore. I have to push my chair back so far (to make room for da belly) that I can't reach my keyboard. Yesterday I made a deposit at the bank. When I walked up to the counter my belly hit it and kinda pushed me backwards. Obviously my brain is stubborn and wants my body to assume the same distance to things as I would pre-buddha belly.

Stroller X

My parents bought us the silver/gray/green stroller/car seat combo that I picked out in our registry. It arrived today. The UPS guy was halfway up my office stairs before I realized what he had, and ran out to ask him to bring it back down and put it in the back of my truck (err, Mike's truck). It cost me a few free Whopper cards because he was being a little baby about it, but he did it, as well as relay all kinds of 'advice' on baby products and such. Hhhh look buddy, just heave the thing in and go please! If I'd have known I was going to have to go through such an ordeal to get him to put it in the truck, I'd have just left it upstairs and brought Mike's hand truck with me tomorrow and did it myself.

Yeah, something else to put together. Well how hard could it be I think to myself, its just a stroller and car seat. How many parts could there be? That was before I opened the box.

So I finally got it together. My finners are still sore from trying to get one of the wheel assembly things secured. Then I hear cats yelling outside so I made Kitty X come in, so as to not accidentally get involved, and therefore injured. Of course he's interested in the new items right away. I thought he was gonna wanna go inside the infant car seat part, but he could have cared less about it. He took a quick peek, batted at a tie on it, and left it to check out the stroller instead. It has a hanging canvas bag type thing on its underneath for parental storage. Well after he sniffs the wheels (as all cats must) even tho it hasn't strolled anywhere yet, he jumps right into the 'cargo' area and makes himself comfy. This cat thinks every baby item I bring home is for him! I figure since its not a place where the actual baby is going to go, its not too dangerous, and I grab Mike's phone to take this pic before he looses interest. Click it to make it bigger, it's cute.

Poor cat is in for a real shock when he realizes all the stuff that's sized seemingly just for him is really for someone else, kicking him out of the baby of the family position. I think he'll be alright. He'll probably welcome having a new person to speak to, since he loves to talk so much.

Smell-o-Vision

Why must I have super-smell senses? I dislike it. It doesn't even qualify as a super power. There is no super hero that's one cool power is the ability to smell better than the average population. There is no Smellowoman, no Smelloman.

Another question - why does my person have the ability to detect scents in a stronger than normal fashion, but refuses to do so except during this period that I'm making a person? And why isn't there some sort of sensory-dulling hormone that one acquires only while their child is experiencing their teens?

I hope this super-sense goes away immediately after delivery, because from my experience over the last 7 months there are more things in this world that smell bad, than smell good. I'm sick of it. Right now my boss-man/father is at his desk eating some sort of a sandwich with red onions on it. If you are also pregnant, I need say nothing more and you are probably already ill. For unpregnant people, let me just tell you, red onions are probably the single most offensive odor in existence. Its no wonder they make people cry when slicing. The fact that fiery odor lingers in the air long after the offending meal has been finished just makes this food straight EVIL.

May Dr Visit

I just left my OB visit for May. I took my nephew Nik with me (who just turned 8 last week) so he could hear her heartbeat, and just so he'd feel a little closer to his new cousin. I kept yawning while we were waiting for the Doc and Nik asked why I was so tired all the time now. I said "Well it's hard work growing a baby", so he responded wryly "Good Point.".

This time I saw the nurse practitioner. When she came in I introduced Nik to her, and he greeted her with "Hola!". She responded with a full sentence in Spanish, to which Nik embarrassingly replied "Uh, I only know a couple words.".

Not a very eventful checkup otherwise. I gained just 3 pounds and my blood pressure was great. They have no advise for my achy feet and puffy ankles once again. I have to come back in 3 weeks this time for my next checkup. Mike will be on vacation then so he'll go with me to that one.

Afterwards we went across the street to Healthy Beginnings to register Mike and I for the infant safety and childbirth prep classes. Nik asked what we were doing there, and after I explained it to him he looked at me puzzled and said in his little robot voice "Uhh, aren't you already a mother?". I just laughed and said "Yeah, but I didn't get those kids til after they were born.". He accepted my answer but still looked at me like I was being silly for taking the classes, and walked over to sit in the waiting area - next to the large selection of nursing bras :)