Jessica Writes

Back to bouncing on my yoga ball.

Well 18 days before my due date and I have reached a new low. Now I am wearing Chris’ T-shirts and his boxers when I am at home. My underwear doesn’t really fit anymore -they cut my circulation off. And, to go with this new frat boy look I am sporting is our house — looks like someone had a rowdy keg party here and didn’t bother to clean up. Our house is a disaster!

Update: Made a Target run for some XL undies and an XL nightshirt. Think I will feel a lot better now. And, the TCBY run helped a little bit, too. Now, if I can just get this house de-nastified!

Last night, Chris and I went to the newborn care class. There we learned the basics of caring for a baby. We learned to swaddle, diaper, put a T-shirt on and off and suction goop out of their nose and mouth.

It was a little hard to get the T-shirt on and off without feeling like we were trying to rip the baby’s arms or head off, but we got it down pretty good. I was really impressed with Chris because once he had his turn, he decided to practice some more. It was very sweet that he wanted to get it right and he took it pretty seriously. Awww, a good dad he will be.

Now the “babies” we were practicing on were not so sweet. They all had freaky faces - one had tons of curly hair and earrings, others just looked very, very weird. Ick. I know Baby Ennis will have to be cuter than those dolls.

It was a little gross to hear about the clamping of the umbilical cord and the subsequent falling off in a week or so. What do you do with it when it falls off? Put it in a box? Eww, seriously, do you just toss it?

I have lots of important questions like that just brewing in this head of mine.

Target has had some great clearances lately. Check out the skirt I wore today that I got for a mere $6.50:

And here is a shirt I got for about $4. Quite the bargain, if I must say so myself!

I love me a good deal!

You know you are slipping when you miscalculate something by oh, say, 4,500! Don’t ask me how I am going to hold it together at work until SEPTEMBER.

((((smacks myself in the forehead))))

oww, that hurt!

I kind of feel like Fergie in the Black Eyed Peas these days. Her song, “My Humps,” is running through my head with a slight tweak. Yeah, “my lovely lady bump” is getting in the way! Seriously, it is kind of strange when your profile is wider than you are when standing head on.

I can’t tell you how many times I have turned to the side to get by a tight space and rammed into something. This seems to happen to me every time I go to the bathroom at work, I just automatically slide my way into the stalls and end up knocking the crap out of my belly.

Last night, Chris was brushing his teeth when I tried to slide by in our narrow master bath. He got a good knock in the back…sorry, babe!

Anyway, I hope I will get used to this thing soon, I feel like I am smuggling a basketball!

Someone asked what I’ve been wearing so here is what I am wearing today. I rip off my clothes in favor of yoga pants and a t-shirt the minute I walk in the door, so that is why you don’t see me “modeling” my outfit. Besides, getting in front of the camera is hard, as is looking in the mirror these days!

Silk top on clearance from Mimi Maternity:

Most comfortable pants ever from Liz Lange for Target (I also have them in black and brown):

Calvin Klein patent leather peep-toe wedges:

So what do you think? Do I still have it?

Me wearing this around for my recent diagnosis of “pelvic separation.”

I know belts are in but I don’t think this is really what the fashionistas are raving over.

Here’s me at 24 weeks, getting bigger by the minute!

We have been trying to talk to the baby as much as we can. He definitely responds when we call his name — he’ll give us a good kick consistently each time we try to get his attention. It’s pretty cute. We are now starting to see his kicks and not just feel them, which is quite fascinating!

He also likes music. Chris has been playing songs on his computer a lot to start his musical education early. He is determined that the baby will know more about music than I did (or do, according to Chris).

Background: My parents only listened to country music when I was a kid, and we only listened to the radio or music while we were in the car. It was a long time before I knew there was more to the music world that Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash, George Jones and the like. Chris thinks the 80s and early 90s were basically a black-out time for me music-wise. I can’ tell the difference between Guns and Roses, Poison, Def Leppard, Motely Crew and Bon Jovi. And he can’t believe I don’t like U2 or the Police (yes, we saw them in Amsterdam and that was pretty good, but it was only good because of the location.)

Anyway, back to the baby. We had another ultrasound today — I am 24 weeks along, and the baby looks so cute in his 4D picture, I wish I had something beside a print so I could post it. You can tell he’s really growing! Well, you can take one look at me and tell he’s really growing! But, if I hear ONE more “twins” comment or “you are do WHEN??” I am going to pitch the biggest fit you have ever seen!