Second Ultrasound (coming soon)

Anna had another ultrasound yesterday, but we didn't get a disk with the pictures on it. We were given some printed-out pictures, but I haven't had a chance to scan them and upload them, but I will try to in the next day or so. In the meantime, I thought I would share a picture of Anna practicing using a baby gift. Needless to say, the subject who she chose to practice with was not too happy, and I had to come to the rescue before Anna had her face scratched off.

Is this real life?

This video is pretty funny. I've got to admit that the kid's reaction to pain killers is reminiscent of a few nights in Tiger Town Tavern. It also reminds me of a certain funny, attractive, amazing lady on her 21st birthday...cough...Anna.

Rocky's Growing Up

And now back to the cats... I discovered Rocky enjoying some "private time" recently, although it was in our living room, so he wasn't quite as discreet as I would have hoped.


There is a slight chance that these pictures were set up by someone other than Rocky. You can't blame me...I have to bring the cats back down from the mile-high pedestal that Anna puts them on so their heads don't get too big.

So I'm pretty sure I witnessed a drug deal today

I'm going to stray from Anna's format of cat-related posts and blog about various topics. To start, as the title states, I'm pretty sure I watched a drug deal "go down" today.

I was pumping gas near my office at one of the gas stations that has a detached bathroom building. I saw a rough-looking guy come out of the convenience store part of the gas station with a bathroom key attached to a foot-long stick. For the sake of this blog, we'll call the guy Ricky. So Ricky was on his cell phone and looking around, which seemed harmless enough. Then, rather than go into the bathroom, he got back in his car. This seemed odd, so I decided to watch him while my car finished filling up. About a minute later, a lowrider pick-up truck with extremely tinted windows pulled up and parked next to Ricky's car.

(On a side note, I remember asking my parents to get my car windows tinted when I was in high school and they responded with, "Absolutely not. Only drug dealers have tinted windows." This was while we were riding in my mom's minivan with tinted windows, by the way. On another side note, they also though that only drug dealers had beepers, so I wasn't allowed to have one of those, either.)

A skinny, strung-out-looking girl then got out of the pick-up and got into Ricky's car. Again, this seemed kind of weird, especially since the driver of the truck didn't get out. A minute later, the girl got out of Ricky's car and back into the truck, while Ricky got out of his car and went to the bathroom. My car finished filling up while Ricky was shooting/snorting/smoking in the bathroom, and while I considered sticking around to confirm with Ricky that I did, indeed, witness my first drug deal, I thought better of it and went on my way. Must have been a drug deal, right? I think so. I guess my parents were right about tinted windows. I didn't see a beeper on any of the parties involved, so the jury's still out on that one.

It's a GIRL!

Anna has been a little preoccupied lately with developing our child in her body, working 10-12 hours per day, and being unbelieveably infatuated with our three cats. As such, I may make an attempt at blogging from time to time. As my first attempt, I am taking the opportunity to announce to the "blogosphere" that Anna and I are expecting a girl! Anna had an ultrasound on Monday, and some of the pictures of our daughter follow. Enjoy!

And for those who enjoy the "So, do you think she'll look like the mailman?" jokes, the ultrasound showed that our daughter has long arms and legs, as well as big lips. Know who else has those traits? That's right...me...her father.

New Favorite Site - MamaBargains.com

A friend from work introduced me to this site and in the past 24 hours I have checked it at least 10 times. I ordered a cute belly band from it yesterday for cheap and I hope I can find some other things on there too. Basically, the site has 1 "deal" at a time on it and the item changes several times a day. It's a simple operation from someone's home and they gets great deals from 50%-80% off original prices from all different vendors and is able to sell them online to us. Check it out and check back often to see if there is every anything on there you just have to have. Ok, maybe something you just want. Happy shopping!

Tagged!

Ok, finally decided to post something else again if only to stop the harrassment. At least I know I was missed :-) I think I've done one of these before, but they are quirky and fun so here I go again. Thanks for Alex for tagging me in her blog!

7 Random/Weird Facts about Anna

1. I'm pregnant! This is isn't necessarily random or weird, but I had to announce it somehow and #1 just seemed fitting.

2. I almost always sneeze 8 times when I sneeze. This started when I was in college and would leave Tiger Town Tavern. The smoke would make me sneeze every time I left a bar and it would always be 8 times. It still happens today and I have no idea why!

3. I love my cats more than I love most people I know. Sorry, it's true. Of course there are some exceptions so don't be offended (I'm sure you're one of them...) Anyways, I never even had a cat before 2005 but I love my 3 to death. And please no one say that I will stop loving them after our baby is born. They may not get as much attention, but I will still love them to death. Seriously, don't tell me that.

4. The real fruit smoothies at Sonic are my new indulgence. They are heaven in a non-recyclable styrofoam cup!

5. Speaking of styrofoam cups, I get secretly irate when people don't recycle. There is NO reason not to. LOVE the Earth :-)

6. My husband suggests that one of my 7 random/weird facts is "That I have a ridiculously good looking husband." Yep, he's pretty rando/weird.

7. Discovering my love of Sunkist/Diet Sunkist was wonderful this year. Finding out that it has caffeine and I'm not allowed to have it (semi-not allowed) is a bummer :-( I miss it . . .