Man-happiness

This past weekend, David convinced me that it was VITAL for us to go to the K-State Mizzou basketball game.

I conceded, mostly because I've been craving some Buzzard's pizza, and a trip to Kansas almost certainly guarantees that.

Notice that both of us are smiling.

It was before K-State stomped Mizzou.

Go Cats!

Moving on... on the way out of Manhattan, David and I stopped at Call Hall for ice cream.

Seriously, that's the world's best ice cream.  They milk the cows and make the ice cream on site.

Heaven!

When we got back to the parents, we went out for ribs with Kyle, Cher, and Grant....

and then on the way home I got to meet my new nephew, Kevin!

I think I'm in love.

Here's Kevin with his proud father.

He's currently the largest puppy in the litter, prompting the family that bred him to nickname him Vito.

I freaked Cher out by telling her that Maggie was also the largest of the litter :)

The next morning, David and I headed back to St. Louis, but got to stop at his grandparents and go out to lunch with them.

All-around, a good weekend.

In other news, Saturday marked the 20-week mark of my pregnancy.

Half way done!!!!

In honor of this, I conned Mom into taking belly shots.

Shirt down...

Shirt up!

And, for comparison, here's the 8-week belly.

Oh 8 week belly, I miss you .

You were kind of cute.

This week, the Cactus is the size of a cantelope...

Yep, that is inside of me.

Terrifying.

David's Shame

It was overwhelming.

but he finished it.

I thought I would share...mostly so you could share in my horror.

Nursery... Update!

After finding out that our little sprout is a BOY, 

I felt like it was time to go fabric shopping.

Plus, I had a coupon.  I love it when the stars align.

I only ended up buying one piece, but here are my colors.

Yeah, the lighting stinks... I should probably learn more about photography before the tinkler arrives.

These colors aren't "true" but you get the gist.

Here's my inspiration piece... photographed at home.

Here's a website shot.

Reality is somewhere in between.

I love the blues, greens, and yellows, but I'm not 100% I'll actually use THIS fabric in the nursery, because the backdrop is off-white.

I have a weird thing about off-white and white together. 

It bothers me.

Don't worry-- I only bought a fat quarter of the fabric.  So I'm just out a buck.

Here's the fabric I plan on using for the bed skirt.  

It actually matches the greens and blues (seriously, both) incredibly well.

It was amazing.  And cheap.

The orange fabric is actually a wet bag that 

I plan on using to store the dirty diapers. 

It'll probably be inside of something, but I like it.

Unless I can find some super-cheap yellow fabric, 

I might just buy some sheets. 

 I was on the look-out for fabric, but nothing was catching my eye.  

I don't want to do much pattern, since the bed skirt will be pretty busy.

Next step... CURTAINS!

Or...CHANGING PAD COVER!

The world is my oyster.

Oh and the idea of calling the baby Justin Bieber REALLY freaks David out for some reason.  

He's suggesting Cactus or Tex.

I bargained and the baby will still be called Baby Bieber...

 when David's out of ear shot.

President's Day Weekend

I had a glorious weekend!  I didn't have work on Monday and we didn't have any formal plans all weekend--which was amazing.  I feel like we've been over-scheduling ourselves lately, and it was nice to go with the flow.

Friday, David and I went out to dinner with his friend Bob.  We went to Syberg's, which remains one of my favorite restaurants in our area.  

Chicken Wings!!!

Saturday, I got some things done around the house, ran some errands, and then met up with my buddy Jess for a run.  We ran from her house...along a route that I used to use a ton when I lived in that neighborhood--it was awesome to run around Francis Park again.  Then we got pedicures.  I SO needed a pedicure.  My hooves are slightly less unattractive now :)  

David and I had a nice dinner at a new place--Pizzeria Tivoli.  I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it, because most new places we've tried have been NASTY.  Yay for a new restaurant!

Sunday I went to church and then met up with Erin and Khadra for lunch.

I love these girls.  

They were my first non-school friends when I moved to St. Louis--they both worked at the Institute, where my first practicum placement was.

Erin got engaged the night before, so it was great timing--

we got to see her beautiful ring!

After lunch and a bit of digestion, I went on a run.  It was a STUNNING day outside, and I ended up running  8 MILES, my longest run in a LONG time. 

It was super slow, but I was so proud of myself.

Of course, David freaked out when I told him how long my run was...

but I felt good. So David can be quiet :)

Yesterday, I got up and ran some errands...one of which was to The Purple Cow, a kids/consignment store. 

I found a HAUL of clothes--three shirts, two pairs of shorts, and a pair of capris for right around $40.

I was thrilled--and I've decided that Baby Brady is totally wearing used clothing for his entire childhood. 

Yay for clothes!

Last night, David's intramural basketball team played their second game of the season...and the little guy was kicking up a storm.  I'm not sure if he was happy to be at a basketball game (with all the noise) and thrilled about the smoothie I was enjoying.  I think we're going to going to go with he was proud of his dad for hitting all those threes :)  At any rate, I'm excited that I can feel the little guy!

Also... I've been getting TONS of suggestions for a baby nickname.  

Thank you!

Of the suggestions, one was Justin Bieber.

Totally made me laugh out loud!

Nicknames

Since we know Baby Brady is a boy, I think it's time the little guy got a nickname.

David's taken to referring to him as Sherwood.  No sir.  Mostly because David wants to name him Sherwood and I DO NOT want that to happy.  I'm worried that if I give an inch and refer to him as Sherwood now, it's going to blow up in my face.

We haven't decided on the actual name yet... but we'll probably keep that a secret until he's born, just because I wouldn't deal with critiques very well.  I'm a little too hormonal/emotional to hear what people think of the names I like :)

So... what should we call the little guy before he arrives?  Give me your suggestions!

It's A....

BOY!

Yeah, we're so excited that I made David go buy a cake with me to take to work.

I haven't eaten it yet, but it was a fun way to tell people the second I walked in the door.

And I put it on the table outside of my office, so everyone gets to see it.

So yeah, no secrets here :)

Eh, I'm bad with secrets.  The only way the WHOLE WORLD wasn't going to find out the gender was if David and I never found out.

My friend Martha made this for the announcement... 

Cute, huh?  It matches the babyshower invites she made....yay!

Cloth Diapers

First of all, don't forget to bet on the gender of Baby Brady!!!

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I've been kicking around the ideas of cloth diapers since before I got knocked up...and the more I read, the more I'm sold on it.

The main reason: I'm incredibly cheap.

Other reasons: good for the environment, less wasteful, cute, I don't mind laundry...

Plus, poo goes down the drain, not in the garbage.  Even in the garage, poo smells when stored for a week.

And, I'm REALLY cheap.

Luckily, my friend Martha's sister has done cloth diapering in the past and was kind enough to send me some to inspect.

Yep, I got a package of used diapers...and I was thrilled!

I even took a picture of them next to the Valentine's flowers.

After looking at them, I think I picked a winner... I really like the Bum Genious 4.0.

It'll accommodate babies 7-35 pounds (so we might need to use disposables with a newborn) and has a velcro closure, which seems a lot easier than snaps.

I got even more excited when I realized that I could REGISTER for them at Babies R Us!  

How great is that?

I also found a spot where you can rent new born sizes of diapers for the first two months...

Is this worth it?

It might be cheaper to regular diaper for that short period of time.

Now, I just need to convince David that this is a good plan.