Update

Me, today, at 26 weeks.   ignore my face. 

This wrap skirt took about 3 hours to make and was really easy.  The pattern is from this book

This picture is dark, but you can see how it fits & the length

Current status of the cross-stitch... not even halfway done. (some of it is getting cut off here)

I have another ultrasound, a week from today.  I can hardly wait!  And we start our Bradley Childbirth class next Monday!  

My belly button is looking like a corn kernel in a shallow crater (I had an innie/outtie, so its basically disappearing).  And I get braxton-hicks contractions a lot if I: sit down for too long, stand up for too long,  don't drink enough water, or don't pee like every hour or 2.  

Yesterday, this conversation happened:  

       Michael:  how are you cleaning the bathtub?

        me:   uhh... I don't clean it.

      Michael:  ok, well, its gross now.

        me:  yeah, I used to clean it and it never got any better, so I stopped.  

        me:  how are you supposed to clean a bathtub?

      Michael:  with ajax or something.

So, that is pretty sad.  I do clean the bathrooms, I just hate cleaning the tub.  We have seperate bathrooms (kind of, I have my stuff in both though) so I never use that shower.  But, today I cleaned it, after I found some bathroom cleaner I didn't even know I had, and it looks 100% better.   And I made some liquid dish soap!  And found out there is a leak under our kitchen sink.

Sewing & Cross-Stitching

This is the first cross-stitch I've ever done.  Its a "Julia Ann Sampler".  A 13 year old girl made the pattern in 1819.  It's on 29 count linen & has this in the center & various trees & houses on the side.  I got the kit for $2 at a garage sale!  I've been working on it since the beginning of the month... the other day it took me 30 minutes just doing the cursive M & half the N.

I made this dress the past week. Its a nursing/maternity dress called "Catherine's Choice" from bakerlane.com.  The material is kind of an olive green floral velour-ish (ok, I don't know my fabrics too well) ... not cheetah print as it appears in this picture.  I've never made anything, except quilt blocks, without the help of my mom, so I was a little scared.  I only had one mishap and I fixed it, so I feel quite accomplished now.  It would have only taken 3 days to make, but I ran out of thread and I had to wait to go to fabric store.  

And, whilst at the fabric store, they had simplicity patterns for $1 each!  So I got some baby patterns, including that super cute one!

Yesterday, Michael and I went to Babies R Us to register and they were SO busy, they had a waiting list for registry scanners!  So we just looked around & made one online, but I don't know how easy people will be able to find the things that I registered for online in stores since not all stores have the same things.  Babies R Us online didn't even having diaper pins... I searched "diaper pins" and it says "did you mean diapers pink?".  So, in short, amazon registry is much more fun because amazon has everything!  Unfortunately, not everyone wants to order from amazon so I have to make a babies r us registry too.

We also found this in our cul de sac parking lot- thrown away by one of our neighbors, to be picked up by the trashman.  Our neighbors are always throwing usable things away, like our coffee table, for instance, was out in the parking lot to be thrown away & there was once a whole living room set out there (we just took a chair & ottoman from it though).  When the trash came that time, I caught a video of it chopping up the furniture... I wonder if I can find it.. it was crazy!