36 weeks

Here's the bump:

pretty baby

If I had lots of money, I would buy these for Miss Margot to wear to church when she comes.

all from Gap

i can't wait to not be pregnant

So I can wear these:

4 weeks to go!!

I am scheduled to get induced in one month!! I am so ready!

Why on earth are the smallest size of candy bars called "fun size"? When it comes to candy, isn't smaller always less fun?

It's probably to trick kids into not being mad at their parents for buying them the mini candy instead of the king size. Rude.

cast off!!

Today we went to the doctor to get Portia's cast removed! Yay!

I was a little nervous for the actual removal of said cast, since Portia is so little and has been a bit frightened during these doctor's visits. Did you know that to get a cast off, they break out a saw? Yeah, an actual saw. The kind that could take your whole arm off. It's a little terrifying. After they got the cast off, they had to take more X-rays, and pregnant mommy can't be in the room for that of course. But Portia was brave and didn't cry! I was so proud of her!

She is all healed and good as new! And now we can get back to our normal lives of swimming and taking long bubble baths full of toys!

music that everyone should appreciate (in no particular order)

1. Queen.

Let's start with Freddie. He was a genius. He was a born performer, a gifted songwriter (he wrote Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, and We Are the Champions, to name a few), and had a 4-octave range. 4 octaves. He could sing bass AND soprano. That's incredible.

Then add in Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor, and you get one of the greatest bands ever. Not only were these guys very talented musicians, but they also sang. All of them. Even Roger, the drummer, and it is really hard to sing harmonies while drumming. And Queen's harmonies were perfection.

I could literally go on for hours about Queen, but my fingers would start to cramp up.

I got chills watching that.

2. Fun.

Nate Ruess (formerly of the Format), Andrew Dost, and Jack Antonoff. I love these guys, particularly Nate. I listened to the Format, and loved every minute of their 2 albums. When they split, I thought I would cry. Then I heard that Nate formed Fun, and my heart sang.

They are unique. No one sounds like Fun.

Their music speaks to me. Nate, you speak to me.

3. Michael Jackson

Do I really need to explain why The Prince of Pop is in this post? Since his death, Michael has had tribute of every kind payed to him, as it should be. Maybe he was a bit of a weird dude, but man, was he talented! Michael didn't live his music, he was his music.

4. Boston

Boston is one of the most underrated bands ever. These guys were awesome! They were smart. I mean, really smart. Did you know that Tom Scholz went to MIT? He got a Master's in Mechanical Engineering. That's pretty smart.

Here's the thing about Boston. Every note, every guitar riff, every wail was engineered. They planned everything out, and yet their music still sounds genuine .

Plus, they have a seriously unique sound.

5. Beatles

I know we've talked about the Beatles before. This is another band I could go on for hours about. There's a reason that everyone lists the Beatles as one of their influences. Because they literally changed music as we know it today. We now have entire genres of music that might not exist if the Beatles didn't exist.

The Beatles are the fathers of modern music, in my opinion. And my opinion is right.

pregnancy dreams

Last night I had a pretty crazy dream. I dreamed that I went in to my doctor's appointment, and was showing signs of labor already (I still have 2 months left)! My doc put me on complete bed-rest, which totally freaked me out because Brandon was about to go on tour. That's right, on tour.

You see, Brandon was famous. I mean, really famous. People stopped him in the street for autographs, we were trailed by paparazzi, and the tour had been sold out for months. I started to panic. How on earth was I going to raise a 2 year-old on complete bed-rest when my husband was off traveling the country to appease his screaming fans? Really. There were screaming fans. Lots of them.

Why, you ask? Was Brandon a musician? A comedian? What was he doing that made people pay big bucks to see him? Well, let me tell you. He was the voice of Kipper on the kid's show Kipper the Dog.

My panic started to subside as I started to really think about what was going on around me. Things weren't quite adding up. First of all, doing the voice of Kipper made him that famous? Really? A toddler cartoon? ooooook. Secondly, Brandon's British accent is terrible. How did he pull that one off? And then I realized that we weren't monetarily well-off in this dream. I guess being the voice behind a world-famous talking dog gets you thousands of crazed fans, but no money. Clearly, fame isn't everything.

i just gained 70 lbs...

in one piece of cake.

I made this.

Yeah.

(in case you didn't read it properly, yes it has 11 Milky Way bars in it.)

poor baby

Portia had a rough day.

Last night, she fell off a backyard play-set and started favoring her left arm. She wouldn't move it on her own, and cried whenever we touched it. We went to the ER this morning, and sure enough, it's broken. Its a very small crack in the bone that connects her elbow to shoulder, just above the elbow.

She was very brave and only cried in the ER. The rest of the day, she tried very hard to be big and tough, and I'm so proud of her!

She got a little pink cast that comes off in 3 weeks, and now that the arm is stabilized, I don't think she is any pain at all!

What a good girl!