Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination. It is going to be an interesting couple of days news-wise. I’ll take an extra-long nap today so I can stay awake for The Daily Show. Because you know Jon Stewart is wetting himself over this one.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.nominations/index.html

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Just back from my week 34 Dr. visit. You don’t want to know what the scale said. Let’s just say I have reached the weight that shall not be named and leave it at that.

My blood pressure was high at 170/76. After a few minutes laying (lying?) on my side it went down to 136/60. The NP’s instructions are to spend “as much time as possible” laying down on my left side. Not just sitting, but actually laying down. I’m so lucky to not be working, and to not have another child to care for during the day. I don’t know what I would do.

Every day is a rollercoaster of emotions around here. Poor BC is feeling the stress of working all day and then coming home to unfinished laundry and an empty refrigerator. I sent him to the grocery store at 7:15 this morning to get bread and apples to make lunches for the boys. And now I have to tell him that my NP says I HAVE to do LESS around here. It doesn’t help that every little thing feels like such a big deal to me and there is bursting into tears at the slightest disagreement.

Don’t tell, but I am going to get up and go to Starbuck’s and get a Mocha Frappuccino. I promise to come straight home and lie down, mmkay?

Added: I know I said Starbucks but I went to Panera instead because their “I C Mocha” is almost as good plus there’s the Cinnamon Crunch bagel with the Hazelnut cream cheese. And I got to hear a sandwich guy call someone’s name for their order and when they didn’t answer he said “Bueller? Bueller?” which totally cracked me up.

My darling husband was very understanding about the whole laying down thing, he said he will “stop pouting like a 4 year old” and talk to the boys about dividing up the housework. And find me a milk crate to put my laptop on so I can continue to blog from a prone position. Heh.

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I almost dropped a TV on my head today. Well, it wasn’t so much dropping as causing the TV to slide off the stand and make contact with my head.

If you’d be so kind as to scroll down to my entry from Friday, Oct. 14, you’ll see me standing in front of the living room TV. See the cabinet it sits on? That’s where we keep extra DVDS and ancient videos we’ll probably never watch. I opened the cabinet to look for my “Firefly” Box set, and decided I needed to sit down on the floor. Because just bending down is kinda hard when your belly is the size of a large watermelon.

I opened the cabinet door, and began lowering myself to the floor. See where this is going? The sheer force of my weight combined with the fact that TVs are heavier in the front caused the whole thing to begin sliding forward. I narrowly missed being beaned with the clock, the speaker slid over my head, and it ended with me on the floor with the TV resting on my shoulder and head. My first thought? “You dumbass, that was really stupid. You could have been hurt!”

The “Firefly” Box set was not in the cabinet.

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Since Belinda asked so nicely, here’s some more of my favorite pictures of the boys. I’m pulling them from our digital camera archives, unfortunately when Nathan was two months old the camera broke so there is a gap of almost 8 months. I have pictures taken with a film camera but no scanner. Anyway, here’s what I’ve found so far.

This was my birth announcement for Nathan. I got the idea from a magazine, probably Parenting or Parents. We color-copied the picture onto photo paper and mailed it in regular business-size envelopes. This was before most people in my family had email, it seems so archaic to do it that way now!

There are probably way too many pictures of me smooching my babies, this is Nathan again.

Ryan’s first Thanksgiving, he is 7 weeks old. I don’t remember what happened but he started laughing, fortunately someone on the other side of the table had a camera handy.

Somehow Ryan got the pacifier clip wrapped around his leg, but he was determined to get it in his mouth anyway.

Nathan looks so teeny in the double stroller. I couldn’t use it for very long because Ryan got too big for the front opening.

What’s amazing about this one is the absence of red-eye, you can actually see his blue eyes.

And finally, the three guys I love most in the world. I am luckier than I can ever put in words.

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I got to thinking about the boys’ first Halloween.

Ryan was born October 2nd, so this was his first Halloween costume. The hat had a little green stem on the top. His nickname has been Pumpkin ever since.

Nathan was 10 months old for his first Halloween. I remember thinking he would never keep this hood on, but much to my surprise he did. It was made of a very soft brushed fleece and kept him nice and cozy in the stroller.

This is Ryan’s “Rugrats Halloween” costume, it is supposed to be Tommy dressed as Reptar. There was a mask that was too hot and a row of foam scales running from the top of the head down to the tail. He wore this costume every day for a month after Halloween. The deal with the carrot is this: Downtown East Lansing had a weekday afternoon where participating businesses gave out candy to trick-or-treaters, the kids made out like bandits. It was also the day of the farmer’s market, which was still running so it must have been warm that year. Anyway, despite a huge shopping bag stuffed with candy, Ryan saw this huge carrot and just had to have it. The seller washed it off with bottled water and Ryan proceeded to gnaw on it like Bugs Bunny. How do you say no to a 3 year old who wants a delicious fresh carrot instead of mini Snickers and Blow Pops?

P.S. Pictures of the nursery are coming, I promise!

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