Kung Fu and Yard Work

Boy, are you are a movin' and a shakin' now!  Saturday night we went with family to see Kung Fu Panda 2 and I treated myself to a Dr. Pepper at the theater.   Either it was this new thing called caffeine or you were trying out your own kung fu moves, but you were hoppin' around that night.  Your dad and I were awe-stricken as we felt you move and could see with our eyes my belly changing into weird shapes before our eyes. 

Then Sunday we went to Home Depot and bought some decorative brick to outline the flower beds around the trees in the front yard.  I liked the effect so much that we went back and got more to outline future flower beds along the whole front side of the trailer. (It was either that or pay for new skirting and I think having hedges around instead would be more appealing and less expensive in the long run).  Later that evening you had your first Cheesecake Factory experience.  (We were getting a late start treating your grandmothers to a mother's day dinner).  Either the food was a bit more exotic than we're used to or the cheesecake was too rich but my stomach was rolling a bit when we went to bed. 

Monday was Memorial Day, but that didn't mean sleeping in for us.  Your dad had to get out to his dad's house early to get your grandpa's cars inspected and all the other miscellaneous things he has always has lined up for your father.  You and I didn't sleep in either.  I got out there with the shovel and started breaking up the ground for the flowerbeds in the front.  Then I picked up your Grandma Barb and we went to the Houston Garden Center and I bought 15 Indian Hawthorne shrubs.  We came back to the house and she helped me some more with the the yard until I said we needed to call it quits for the day.  It was just getting too hot.  Your grandmother threatened several times to spank me if I didn't stop working so hard  ;-)    Anyway, I guess it's my way of nesting, but the yard is going to look so much better when it's all said and done.  I'm hoping it all gets done in time for my 30th birthday party.  Anyway, the rest of the day was spent resting; I really did wear myself out. 

Tomorrow is the BIG day when we find out if you are a boy or a girl; and it makes me take a step back to wonder why it's so important/interesting to people (myself included).   One friend stated that she felt pregnancy is all the more special when you can start calling your baby by name, which of course you can't unless you are picking a gender-neutral name like Kelly.  Others in the past have stated that the gender of the child can influence the dynamics in the house (especially that the addition of a girl to a house of boys gives it an extra, special dimension).   I find it all very intriguing and exciting.  For me, I think the best part will be getting another look at you for the first time in about two months.  I know you have grown so much because I have felt such a huge difference since your last ultrasound with you moving around and all. 

Included are some pics I took this morning of the house and your older siblings (aka, our furbabies).

Love you baby!

~Mama