Goofy Sleeper

Owen is such a wacky sleeper... I really need to take more pix of him sleeping sometimes. I've taken a few over the years and I've set up a new flickr folder called "My Goofy Sleeper" to start collecting pix that make me laugh. Here's the newest taken a couple of days ago... no, he didn't fall down the stairs... he's just napping!

To Buy

I have always been a list maker and a calendar tracker... I live by my planner and learned about Healthpod Baby at Moms to Be... and More in Toronto a couple of weeks ago. I've read really good reviews about it so it is officially on my To Buy list.

Watching

Still chugging along... we're 33 weeks along today so hanging on... I've been extremely tired lately (actually, always for the last 8 months) due to the ever continuing low iron. Ugh. We got Season 1 of Mad Men last week but I've been too tired to watch it very much so I'm working through it and have no opinion of it just yet as I've only watched episode #1... working on episode #2 tonight.

The Beginning

I have finally found what I've been searching for! A delicious new read that is historical and long enough so that I won't finish it in a week. I have started The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory. My plan is to read her series in this order:

The Constant Princess
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Boleyn Inheritance
The Queen's Fool
The Virgin's Lover

So far so good!

31 & Easter

Easter weekend and today I turn 31... it is very uneventful relative to last year's birthday - phewf, glad to not have to go through that again this year. In celebration, some Easter pix my mom scanned from Easter 1987.

Watching Emma ... The Movie

It just happened to be on tv when I turned it on tonight and I hate to report that the movie, Emma, is as boring as the book. Yawn...

Mad World

Love love loved Adam Lambert's version of Mad World on American Idol last night - so glad he didn't ruin the song like so many of them like to do - he's almost too good for the show really.

Trying To Read Emma

I've been struggling with this book for a while... it is my first crack at reading a Jane Austen book and after reading the awesome Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Emma is a little... well, boring. I'm trying to stick with it though and there are some cute parts but it just isn't grabbing me. Perhaps I started with the wrong Jane Austen book?

At Least It Has Stopped Snowing

That's about all I can say about today.... snow in April - sheesh.... Plus I'm feeling flu-ish. Fortunately, Owen is happy hibernating with me today in bed.

Milestone

Today we reach 30 weeks pregnant... last April during this time, I was so worried of the number 30 (turned 30 yrs old) and this April I'm so happy to see that number at last. Months ago, 30 weeks was a milestone I really didn't think we'd make it to so it has been a good day however, we still have a ways to go and I'm hoping we keep going and going and get as close to the full term 40 weeks as we can. *Fingers crossed*

Last ultrasound a week ago, we learned that our little one was breech... this explained *so* much to me. Originally I was feeling a lot of dancing around my belly button and then all of a sudden my bladder was constantly being used as a punching bag so I was confused as to how a little head/hands could be doing that damage? So the "breech" thing explained a lot. It was feet on my bladder! In the last week though, our little one has been flipping around like mad so it's tricky keeping track of the position. I will feel comfortable and non-breech for a night and then the next day, ow bladder kicks and nothing above the belly button. So it's confusing keeping track.... tends to always come back to breech positioning lately though so we'll see what happens. My mom had a breech baby and the OB said it could potentially mean I will have one too. (Not sure if that is accurate or not but that's what he said!)

Busier - Lately, things have felt busier as we make decisions on things: cord blood banking, crib, glider, stroller, etc. etc. etc. It seems like the list goes on and on and on! Constant research and constant decisions. Its getting a little overwhelming at times with the whole house renovation as well and then Owen got sick the other day and I was up all night with him worried he was going to die like Marley in the movie Marley & Me. Beware when you watch this movie - it will make you smother your dog with love and be a little overprotective. Owen threw up and recovered quite quickly though - phewf! (Owen has digestive problems in general so it is a constant issue for him.)

Apparently in your third trimester you're supposed to feel like crap and really tired but honestly, I've been feeling better lately because I had so many complications in the first 2 trimesters. We'll see how things continue though!

Finished, Started & Currently Working On

I've recently finished up....

Book: A Great & Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. This is the 1st book of her trilogy set and I really enjoyed it but it was shorter than I thought it was going to be. Good read though! (I actually heard of this book from Girl From Florida a while back... you can read her review here.)

Flick: Marley & Me. Saddest movie ending EVER. Phewf! Great flick though. I actually bought the book about a year ago and lost it during the move... it is all packed away in my stuff somewhere.

Flick: Twilight. I enjoyed this flick - entertaining enough yet it somehow made me miss Keifer in The Lost Boys. Twilight was just a little blah at times... aka. boring... but overall, it was pretty entertaining. I think I would have enjoyed it 10x more back when I was a teenager.


Flick: Slumdog Millionaire. A+... very cool flick as it was not only a cool plot but very visually appealing with good music.

Flick: Changeling. This flick kept me wondering the whole time - awesome story.

Flick: Miracle at St. Anna. Loved this story! It was long so I think I actually took a break during it but I thought it was a great flick for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Recent flicks that made me go.. eck:
1. Rachel Getting Married
2. Australia
3. Baby Mama
4. Pineapple Express
5. The Happening
6. Milk
7. Nick & Norah's Infinet Playlist
8. The Rocker

Just Started: The book, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer:

Currently Working On: The latest April 2009 issue of Canadian House & Home:

Owen's ... Err, My New Boots

Come rain or shine, Owen needs to go out for his walks. At home in the country, I have my trusty green rubber boots that are about 20 years old from when I was a kid - yes they still fit and are wonderful! However, when we're in Toronto, I got nothin'! So today, that changes with some stylin' new rubber boots that match Owen.

And here are my trusty old green boots that will be staying in the country for our country walks. My mom thinks they're about 20 years old so that would mean that I got them when I was 10 which makes sense... she says I *really* wanted them badly but I honestly don't really remember but they are pretty snazzy so it would only make sense. ;)