So it's been a while...

Not that my one reader doesn't already know what I've been up to, but anyway... ;)

Friends and family have, patiently, kept mostly quiet until we were ready to make it 'Facebook Official', as DH's teenage cousin would say. We're having a baby! We should have a new addition by early April.

I feel pretty good. I had some weird food aversions early on... I immediately had no interest in coffee or beer, both tasted 'off' to me. I also had an aversion to bread, which is really strange for me. I went to Target and the grocery store a couple of times in those first weeks and the deli section (bread and cheeses) made me want to gag... all I wanted was fruit, veggies and protein. I guess that's a good thing? :) I'm mostly over those issues now, but have tried to keep eating healthy and just get a good variety of 'whole' foods. In the last week or two I've started some hard-core nesting, cooking and fixing stuff up to freeze for once the baby is here and we're too tired or busy to make real food.

Since it seems 'bump' pictures are the thing to do, we have kept up with it to some extent... here are some highlights. :)

Way back at 15 weeks... at 27 weeks - the day of our only ultrasound (we didn't learn the gender)... this past Tuesday, 31 weeks, showing off the new hoodies we had printed for promoting our little side business...

Falling leaves make me smile

Some trees in my neighborhood are really letting loose and, for the past two days, the leaves are falling like giant orange/yellow snowflakes! No photos, sorry, although I did pick up a couple of pretty leaves on my lunch time walk with the bad dogs. I haven't decided what to do with them yet, but I laid them out on the top of the washing machine to keep the dogs from eating them.

I also picked up pine cones from my neighbor's yard, although I'm pretty sure they are going to end up in the grapevine wreath that lives on our front door. The spiderweb and tiny leaf (that blew into the web) need company for Thanksgiving!

Cute stuff for a good cause

Just a short message before we return you to our regularly scheduled... lack of posting. Ha, like anyone noticed.

My brother's good friends have set up a blog where they are selling handmade goodies to help raise the money to pay for their darling pup's knee surgery. I hate to think of animals needing surgeries like this because you know they hurt and can't tell you and don't really understand why. :(

Anyway, check out the knit goods and the super awesome coasters (8-bit Toad, anyone?)!