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It's a BOY!

Trip to Cabo San Lucas!

Last week we were in Cabo San Lucas where I took some self portraits. I was seventeen weeks pregnant in this photo, which was taken at dawn in case you're wondering about the weird lighting!

Cabo was great. We only managed to get away from our resort one day, opting to lounge around the pool drinking cocktails instead! Well, in my case they were virgin cocktails, but they were just as festive as the real thing I assure you!

Our trip included a couples massage, lots of teevee watching, card playing, eating, lounging by the pool in the late afternoon sunshine, watching gray whales mate just off the beach, and having sex. The only irritations we experienced were the trip from the airport to the hotel, the hotel pushing a suspicious breakfast on us as soon as we checked in (I assumed they were trying to sell us a time share), doing it again after breakfast one day, and the airport on the way back. We bought a couple hot dogs there and Mr. Spouse got really sick from his, but I made the cook cook mine until it was black.

Other than that, I took some self portraits that aren't too bad for a first attempt, and we just relaxed for a week. Oh! And I gained five pounds! WHEE!

Since we got home I've has three photoshoots and I swear I look a lot further along than I did a week ago!!

The ouch.

We're taking a trip to Cabo San Lucas soon and I have this horrible pain in my side. It feels like I have a rib out of place but I've been to the chiropractor a few times about it already and it hasn't helped. The longer I sit the worse it feels!

And with this in mind, the thought of a four hour plane trip is daunting, to say the least. Fortunately I will be taking my new best friend along, here's a picture:

I can no longer sit on the couch for more than an hour.

I finally managed to put on some weight! I have no idea how much I've gained since I've never been a big fan of stepping on the scale. I remember in mid November, a few days before finding out I was pregnant I went shopping and was rather astounded that I was such a bigger size than I remembered, and I stepped on the scale that night. Then over the next two months I lost some weight, and now I'm finally sure I've put on weight. I've never been as heavy as I am right now!

In fact, I remember as a child my mom flipping out about being fat and I told her that no one is fat until they're over one hundred and fifty pounds, which is exactly where I am right now. I remember being surprised when my mom wasn't comforted by my sage words, however. Sad. I think I was about seven years old. My failure at comforting my mom forever engraved that interaction on my mind and one fifty has been my "DO NOT CROSS" line ever since.

I hope I'm never that neurotic about my weight.

Anyway, I have a pain in my ribcage that makes it painful for me to slouch at all, so sitting in a car for nine hours today, combined with watching teevee for another three on the super uncomfortable laZ boy couch we have just about killed me dead today. I finally had to move to the bean bag and it was much more comfortable. I don't think I'm going to try sitting on the couch for prolonged periods again. I figure I'll be huge and suffering from unwanted aches and pains soon enough, thanks!

We went to a kinky party last night and ran into some folks I haven't seen in a while. I wore some tight shiny black pants I made for my business a while ago, and my "husband beater" tank top with no bra. I felt sexy and round in all the right places! I didn't actually beat anyone, however, we had to get up early this morning so we could look at property on the coast. Not a promising trip but we had fun looking around. I like small towns.

I don't think I've stressed enough that I feel SUPER SEXY being pregnant. It helps that my husband actually has to wipe the drool off his chin when I'm getting ready for bed at night, and he's constantly telling me that he has never seen more fantastic boobs than mine, ever! I just want to get it on all the time these days! Sometimes I just sit and stare at myself in the mirror, admiring my changing body. I look damn good, disappearing waistline and all!

This pregnancy is good for me!

Shower!

Today I spent the afternoon hanging out with my sister-in-law and nephew. We went to Babies-R-Us and she gave me the grand tour of stuff she found useful, and helped me figure out some good stuff to look for in a stroller. I got to handle the travel system I really liked, only to find out that the car seat that goes with it, while cute, its seventeen pounds as opposed to the seven or eight pounds that most other car seats are. I think I may go ahead and get the stroller that goes with it because it comes in orange polka dots and it's super light. I don't want to waste a lot of energy heaving heavy strollers out of my trunk, thx.

Could you imagine a seventeen pound car seat? It holds babies up to thirty pounds! Um, no thanks!

So when I told my mom that I was pregnant, oh so many months ago, she said she hasn't been to a shower in a really long time and it was really too bad that she wouldn't be here when I have mine. Well I've been thinking about it a lot, and while my sister-in law and I were having lunch she offered to throw me a shower and I got all excited because we can have a really early one so my mom can come! I'm so excited!

Problem is, she'll be here end of March. That's awfully soon, and that means I have to come up with the list of folks to invite. I hate doing stuff like this, I always worry I'll forget something! It also means I can't put off registering any longer. I want to register on Amazon.com but I find the UI so confusing there that I just hate shopping there! I suppose I'll get over it.

Of course my other friend has offered to throw me another shower in May, so that should be super great as well. My cup runneth over! I'm so lucky!