22 weeks 4 days

It was Thursday. I knew that all day. That is, until I got in the car with Jesse to head home. Then it was Friday. We stopped at McDonald's and I got my 4 nugs and small fries and Jesse got two grilled chicken snack wraps with no sauce. I snuggled on the couch, ate my food, then got some celery and cream cheese for an additional snack... At 5:11 I realized I needed to be at a 5:00 appointment because it was Thursday. I hustled, got there, and then apologized profusely to my doctor.

Friday - I did some home improvement projects! First, I taped up the phrases and made sure that they were level. Then I peeled off the backing and pressed the phrase to the wall and very slowly removed the top sheet. Last, viola! it's done. 

Plus the company gave us a free phrase for spending over $35!

We also did some shopping at Pier 1 and got some festive place mats for the dining room table and some flowers for our standing container in the office. We also picked up a few gifts along the way :) Our in-laws came over to look in amazement at my growing belly and have some tasty pizza and Anna's homemade dressing recipe. For the first time in a while I had some pretty yucky back pains so I made it through dinner and then changed into PJ's and propped myself up on the couch. 

Saturday we went in to Boston and walked around Newbury street, got Pink Berry, checked out Quincy Market, and meandered through the common. We found GREAT parking for only $11 which was pretty amazing! We got to see the marching of Occupy Boston. On the way home we stopped at Kohls to pick up a few things and were able to take two people off of our Christmas shopping list and start making purchases for another three people. Not too shabby. For dinner we went to the 99 where I had to send back my steak because it was undercooked and felt the need to explain by saying "I'm sorry, I'm pregnant, I can't eat it when it's still that red and juicy". One of these days I'm going to actually see the lugey that hocked onto my meal after I've sent it back. 

This morning Jesse found an advertisement for Sears which states that appliances are 45% off! So I believe we will be ordering our new washer and dryer today...the good news is that we can get a better model than I had originally thought we could! A Kenmore 3.6 cubic feet washing and 7.0 cubic feet dryer. 

Next stop - Laura's house for a jewelry party. I may be able to find some gifts there - but if not I may stop at the Vera Bradley outlet and pick myself up a new bag...I haven't gotten a new one in well over and year and there's just so many pretty patterns! Plus, I can get a slightly bigger one in anticipation of all the extra items I will have to carry around as a super mom!

Tonight - another tracing of the bump to be posted tomorrow!