Baby Shower

I had my baby shower last week and it was lovely!

The evening before and on my way there, I was a complete and total mess.  All sorts of crying.  I think I was just in shock that not only do I actually get to have this life experience, but it's going to be at a house and not a hospital room like a normal pregnancy.

Once we got there, it took me a minute to pull myself together and things went great from there.  K came with me.  Yeah, I know, a man at the shower!  How scandalous!  But I'm really uncomfortable in public settings, especially the thought of being the center of attention, and it was a 45 minute drive.  We're very aware that I can go into labor at any minute by this point so we're doing a bit of a co-dependent thing and just sticking near each other.  So he was there to help with presents and to take a little of the pressure off me to be charming.  We gave him the title of "food fetcher" so I could just keep myself in the comfy chair.

My aunt hosted a really good gathering for me.  I'm not a game person so the games were kept to a minimum.  We played the guess how many M&M's in the bottle game and I won!  Only off by 2!  Not bad for a chick who failed algebra the first time around eh?

Everyone had a lovely lunch and I got to chat with a couple of cousins that I don't get updated on very often.  The weather could not have been more beautiful and my aunts house has a yard that's like on the edge of a cliff over the water.  Just one of those incredible views.  Sorry, no picture of that.

Then we went inside and opened presents.  Ok, K opened the presents.  I had a baby wedged in my pelvis so I couldn't really sit up and had to do the half lounge in the chair where you look like you're about to slip to the floor or something.

I'm very grateful for the generosity of my family.  I got a mix of cute and practical stuff, from a breast milk storage kit, 6 months of cloth diapering service (!), to matching outfits and a bouncy chair.  Since I won't buy matching outfits myself, I'll show you what matching outfits I do have now, courtesy of my cousins of cuteness.

Hard to see but those are jeans with those little tops. 

And while my in-laws couldn't be there (they will be visiting in July) they sent us the Cadillac of double strollers.

After all the gifts, there was cake, more chatting, and then the afternoon drew to a close.  It was a great afternoon, I didn't feel awkward like I had feared, and I managed not to cry in front of everybody.  Win!

Again, I'm very grateful to come from a family that has both the means and inclination to give so generously.  I realize how very lucky I am and if it was something I could spread around to everyone, I certainly would.  I'm very fortunate to have a village who wish to help me with this adventure in so many ways.

The conversations you usually don't see

Hi everyone!  I'm having an entertaining day.

Why, you ask?  Because I somehow pissed someone off on an internet forum and they've gone to great lengths to make sure I know that they think I'm a twat.  I would have preferred "twatwaffle" as it has just that little bit extra ooomph to it, but not everyone can be as poetic as I am.

Now, usually, when I get a comment that's particularly rude, I just delete it so the rest of you don't have to read  crap.  However, this is at least the second and potentially the third time that this individual has gone to great lengths to ensure that I'm aware of my own twattiness.

A few months back, she found me via my business facebook page to tell me that there were people talking shit about me on a new forum that was created and I should see what they were saying.  What really confused me was that the path of finding my business facebook page must have taken a whole lot of clicks, and there were several means of contacting me prior to finding that page.  So I really have to admire her effort on that one.  She went above and beyond.  Then there was someone who identified themselves as being from that forum, who left some comments on this blog and we bantered back and forth a bit until I was pretty sure she had bored herself and then I just deleted the whole thing.  I'm not sure if the second person is the same person, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was.  And now, some lovely emails came my way this morning with the subject line of the name of that forum.  It is the same person as the first incident, and might be the same as the second.  So this is either the second or the third time she has devoted her time to finding me, and publicly hating me.

Since I think she's going to keep bothering me until the whole world knows that I'm a twat, I will go ahead and publish her brilliant observations here for all the world to see.  99% of the time I'm pretty darned mature, but I only have a few weeks left in which I can sink to a lower level before I'm a role model, so just this one time, I'm going to indulge.

For your viewing pleasure, here are Heather's observations on the subject of my twattiness.

Heather Perrone heatherperrone@yahoo.com
to me

youre a twat. really theres not much more to say. cant stand your self righteous posts. twat.

Alex Remon	10:32 AM (2 hours ago)
to Heather

Why did you bother to find my email address just to tell me that?  Wouldn't it have easier to either message me there, or to reply to some twatty comment I made so everyone could marvel in your brilliant observation? 

Heather Perrone heatherperrone@yahoo.com	10:33 AM (2 hours ago)
to me

nah. no point bringing drama to the board just b/c i despise your post and ignorance. cow.

Alex Remon	10:35 AM (2 hours ago)
to Heather

It's called an ignore button.  You've disliked me for months, so much that you made sure to contact me to tell me there was some forum out there hating on me.  You are giving a person you hate waaaaaaay too much of your attention and time.

Heather Perrone heatherperrone@yahoo.com	10:36 AM (2 hours ago)
to me

yahh sure have. and the number of ppl that hate u in that group grows daily. ur a fat fucking twat. c ya.

Alex Remon	10:37 AM (2 hours ago)
to Heather

Oh you got me!  Ouch!  Oh no, people don't like me!  However shall I recover?


*Note*  At this point I started a thread on the forum we originated from to announce that I am, indeed, a twat.  I shortly received this last email (for now at least).

Heather Perrone heatherperrone@yahoo.com	11:05 AM (2 hours ago)
to me

u poor attention seeking fat cow. u feel like such a lonely twat u post on bbc to have rainbows blown up ur ass. sad. sad fucking cow twat. put more energy into exercising u fat cow.

So there you have it folks!  According the most brilliant and delightful Heather, definitive proof that I am a twat!  I hope your lives are all improved now that we've cleared that up.

PS - damnit, the formatting on this is wonky and I can't seem to fix it.  Bitch broke my blog!  Oh well, wonkiness is worth it.

30 week twin belly pic

You know the drill, the 10 week pic to start compared to the 30 week pic taken today!

10 weeks

30 weeks

And what the hell, how about a picture of me wearing real clothes too.

It's my birthday!

I'm 37 today and very grateful that my little girls are still inside and not yet outside to celebrate it with me.  But there have already been a couple of dance parties in there today.  K is working a wonky schedule this week so we're having our Anniversary/Birthdays celebration on Saturday which is actually his birthday.

Had some uncomfortable, slightly scary days this week.  I had some cramping going on, especially after I ate. No pattern though so I was pretty sure it wasn't premature labor.  But I called the doctors office once it had lasted 24 hours and while they were also pretty sure it wasn't premature labor, the nurse didn't like that I had to pause the conversation to breathe through a pain going through me.  So they had me come in for a quick cervix check.

Fortunately, my cervix hasn't shortened at all in the last 4 weeks.  Still around 2.5 or so and holding strong!  Heart rates are good, everything is just going good.  I'm just experiencing some pain because I'm really pregnant.

Today I'm testing a theory.  The cramps seem to be the strongest immediately after I eat.  Especially my first meal of the day.  I think, I'm not sure, but I think the common denominator is milk.  So I'm trying to limit my milk intake today to see if the cramps subside or if they appear directly after drinking milk.  Limiting my milk intake is really hard because it's been my diet staple this whole pregnancy.  And a morning meal without milk, just, how?  Cereal goes with milk!  Breakfast foods with soft flavors all go with milk!  And I hate eating in the morning anyway so I've been surviving by drinking an instant breakfast drink, and that's milk!  And lattes!  Argh!!!!!!

My baby shower is on Sunday and I'm actually somewhat convinced I'm going to still be pregnant for that!  We have a scheduled C-section date, June 22.  Will I make it to that appointment?  I dunno, but it's nice having a definite end date for the pregnancy.

Squeeeee!!!!!  I'm gonna have babies!!!!!