Christmas Wish list part 2.

Michael decided he wants a book that chronicles the history of Nebraska football that should be coming out soon, as this is the last year for them to be in the league. I have no idea what the book is called, but he requested it today.

I also know we're looking at camcorders, and he's favoring something simple for now, like the FlipHD that you can get at Sam's or Best Buy. Since he's not really tech savvy, I think it's a great idea.

I think I'll add that I'd love a case for my ipod touch. Something cute.

That's the wish list for now. Stay tuned.

Omaha Photoshoot

So when we went to Omaha, Nebraska, in October we did a photoshoot with Lara Hanlon who is a local photographer there in town, and we got a few of the previews back now! :) Enjoy! We'll have the full sized versions soon.

Carpal Tunnel. More fun than it sounds.

So we went to the doctor on Wednesday and learned a whole lot about breastfeeding. Michael said he hasn't seen that many boobs in a video since college.

When we got to the appointment, I was pulling down my tights when my thumb started to hurt.

"Ouch!"

The midwife: "What's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing. My thumbs have been hurting for a couple of weeks for some reason."

"... Yeah. That's carpal tunnel. Very common during pregnancy."

"What? Seriously?"

"You should wear wrist braces when you sleep. It should go away after you have the baby. Eat less salt. Buy wrist braces."

"... oh. Okay."

So, adding to my list of super non-sexy things I'm donning during the first year of marriage in the bedroom: body pillow (my boyfriend), the wedge pillow (my girlfriend), my beer gut (the smaller Zaller), and my carpal tunnel wrist braces.

How in the heck is all this stuff related to pregnancy? Carpal tunnel? Come on.

CLEANING!!!

by Shannon

Today is the house cleaning day.

I kind of feel like every day is the house cleaning day, only little bits at a time. Unfortunately, it's easy to fall way behind, since I'm pretty sure we make more mess than the bits that we clean. Happily, we're good with deadlines, and Betty is coming into town on Wednesday (also her birthday) and it seemed like a good time to get everything done at once.

Also, I cooked brownies last night. That is another example of messiness vs cleanliness. I did not need to make brownies, but felt like doing so, and then was too tired to do the dishes. They're done today, but I could have done them last night and saved myself the trouble. :/

Christmas is coming up. Of course, since we live in Savannah, it's about 70 degrees. We've already bought 3 different scents of Yankee candles to celebrate the holiday spirit (on the Bed Bath and Beyond arsenal of gift cards we have from the wedding! Woo hoo!), and Mike busted out the peppermint schnapps for hot chocolate.

Doctors appointment on Wednesday (before Betty gets here). I'm pretty sure they'll tell me I'm pregnant.

Kid's a-growing.

by Shannon

Week 29 of the smaller Zaller. It's been kicking me in the side. It doesn't hurt (yet), but it kind of tickles. And when it gets down into my hips it feels really squirmy and like there's a snake under my skin, which is sort of gross.

Why didn't anyone tell me that a baby can kick you in the butt? Literally. I'm pretty sure I've gotten jabbed right in the brown eye once or twice. And your rib cage gets much bigger, even before a baby is up in there. I can only assume it's from the organs that are being pushed up. I'm going to have to start a list of things people should have told me about pregnancy. Did you know that the umbilical cord is what turns into your intestines? Yeah, it basically gets sucked into your stomach through your belly button.

When Mike and I went in for our first ultrasound, we had only just barely become aware that it is NOT on your stomach. Oh no. They put it right up into your business time. And they roll a condom onto the thing they put in there, which made me laugh and secretly think, "Too late for that!"

My bellybutton does not look right anymore. It doesn't feel good and it looks all wrong. I give it another week and a half before it goes flat. :/ Mike agrees with me. He tries to help my discomfort by holding up my stomach sometimes when I'm laying down. It surprisingly helps.

That's all the baby stuff I can muster out today. Oliver is sleeping in the windowsill (the only one with light streaming through it) as it's the only highlight of his day. No pun intended. Also I'm trying to reorganize my photog business, and expand a little. We'll see how 2011 takes us.