Photo Shoot

My Marine/Whales quilt and I had a photo shoot today.

This is the "front" of the quilt

And here's the back

By the time I finished the quilt last weekend, it was too dark to take photos.  But I believe the quilt truly deserved my camera's attention, especially since it has now to go through the trials of the first machine wash.  I hope it will retain its general appearance, but you never know.

It was really nice of Nick to hold up the quilt while I took the photos.  Apparently it is not cool to be seen in public standing with your arms fully extended, holding up a brightly colored blanket.

Since we are having an unbelievably warm winter, I agreed to shed my cozy coat and be photographed outside too.  And yes, that ever growing basketball in the front keeps me a lot warmer than I would be otherwise.

33 and a half weeks

I have now shifted from reading about pregnancy and baby development to reading about birth.  I am starting to feel like a ticking bomb...

Cinnamon Rolls for Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day!

Before being inverted

We are celebrating with some shapeless but yummy cinnamon rolls.

After being inverted

After being inverted and separated

While these buns are out of the oven, another bun has about 7 more weeks to go.

The New Fashion Trend: Desperation

Right now would be the perfect time for some maternity clothes, but you know I am stubborn.  And I love a challenge.  Between my general dislike of clothes shopping and my aversion to inefficiency of any kind, I just cannot bring myself to buy clothing that I would only need for 2 months.  Instead I pretend that I can be more creative and come up with other options.  I think to outsiders, my "creativity" looks more like desperation. 

32 weeks
Looking fashionable in one of my "t-shirt dresses"
that I wore a lot back in college

For example, a big t-shirt over one of my regular (now way too short) long sleeve shirts works well.  I do fear I am about to outgrow my medium size t-shirts.  I might have to raid Nick's t-shirt drawer.

Someone also gave me the idea of "t-shirt dresses".  So I dug up 2 dresses from our "to be donated" pile, and wore one of them to work--over one of my regular long sleeve shirts of course.  Fortunately, the dresses are so stretchy, that I might be able to wear them through the end of my pregnancy.  Unfortunately, they seem to emphasize the enormous size and disproportion of my body.