UPDATES:
(PICTURE TIME!!)

CORNEAS:
(My corneas have been retaining water (see last post) but it's only temporary.)

Please note the completely normal size of my ankle. Now I've always been under the impression that pregnants get swollen ankles when they retain water, NOT bloated corneas, but whatev. Since I left some folks concerned with my last blog post, I thought I'd let you all know that no, I won't have permanent vision problems. My corneas will go back to their normal fluid capacity once Nino is born. In the meantime, I'll be half -blind and unable to drive at night. It won't be worth getting glasses since I only have a few weeks to go.


HOME IS WHERE THE FART IS....ERR WHERE THE HEART IS:
(Just to give you a glimpse into our little world...)
You probably think that I stacked all of this crap on this dresser for the sake of the picture don't you? Well actually this is Franny's heap o' stuff. We haven't quite moved in completely since Fran's still been making renovations on the place. He also likes to have a little section of space that drives me crazy everyday so this mound has not yet dissipated. Note the 7 pairs of protective glasses as well as the many hats stacked up adjacent to them including a Fedora that belonged to Fran's pops (pictured in tiny photog on right.) The larger photograph of the hot pin-upy looking chick? That's Fran's mom, who thinks that "making love" can cure any ale pregnancy-related or otherwise. Seriously. Fran will tell her I'm nauseous and gassy and she'll say "you need to make love." Kay. And yep, you're right, that is a cooler propping up a Wham! record, for which I have no explanation.

Like I said, still not quite organized. I'm thinking this will be one of those mounds that won't go away until we move and then it will become a mound in the new place for years to come. It's a comforting mound.

Here is our super messy living room. I wasn't interested in cleaning it up before photographing. I figured that since I've talked about my vag so much in this blog, that I really didn't need to hide the fact that I'm a total slob. That is our new Love Sac Sactional couch. We're still waiting for the custom cover which should arrive in 7-10 business years.

When I found out I was pregnant I bought some plants to ensure that I could actually keep another living thing alive. Only one died! The rest are pictured here.

Our new kitchen table! For the first half of my pregnancy we ate dinner crammed next to each other on a recliner...good memories. Now, since I can manage to take up an entire couch and not feel I have enough space, I'm glad to have a table.

ME!

(After popular demand....pictures of me in my pregger suit with 5 weeks left to go!)

Firstly, this is the advent calendar that I devoured in its entirety one lazy November morn.

Me being a posey little pregger... like I do...

Me being fierce! If America's Next Top Model ever starts a pregger edition, this will be my tryout picture.

NINO!

(Thanks to all of the lovely ladies who attended my very fabulous baby shower in October, we've actually gotten everything we need for Nino's arrival (so far as we know) other than bottles!)(Somehow baby bottles have been the most perplexing purchase I've ever made in my entire life.)

Other than the hand-me-down books from my childhood, this is Nino's first book. "Forever Young" by Bob Dylan pictured with our still unframed, unhung poster of Bob himself. It's one of the better books I've ever read.

The main message of the book and one of the most important lessons our little one will ever learn.

Nino's first fridge art.

Nino's college fund. Actually Fran's whiskey bottle dime collection. He marvels at how perfectly the dimes fit into the spout of this whiskey bottle. What a total weirdo. :)

Nino's bum cream (it's creamy ya'll!)

Nino's little teeny sock next to his dad's giant man sock. (Displayed here on the Boppy!)

"What to Expect" being the book on this bedside table, is not the only indicator that a pregnant lives here. Note the Kleenex (hormones), the tube of belly rub (stretch mark prevention) and the box of pregnancy yoga cards (which I'll never ever use).

Closet full of more Nino stuff and camp gear.

We purchased this Cadillac of humidifiers for when Nino comes to town and gets real boogery. I drew a little face on him like I do.

Angry humidifier hates getting his picture taken. Oh and those are my prenatal supplements on the right there.

Nino's bed and travel system. You might have the impression that we're totally lax and lazy for not having set up Nino's bed and travel system yet. Well we are. Get over it.

Nino's bath and grooming supplies. He gets a whole bathroom cabinet to himself because he has way cuter stuff than Fran and I.

Nino land. We won't be moving into a bigger place until after Nino is born, so this is pretty much the nursery sans bed (lazy member?). You are looking at about 27 blankets, 3 of which were handmade by grandma's and aunties, a Boppy, toys, onesies, teeny socks, hats and other supplies.

So that is that.