The Thursday before Halloween, Brian and I invited his parents over to carve pumpkins. We spent $48 on the three orange gourds from some local pumpkin patch when I could have gotten a deal at Safeway for buy one get on free at the low price of $5 each. Whatever. Anyways....We carved a small hole in the bottom of my in-laws pumpkin and inserted a small plastic baby into the hole. You'd think it would be easy to do that, but it wasn't. After using an arsenal of tools including pumpkin carving knives, utility hooks, corncob holders in the shape of corn, toothpicks, and a coat hanger, we managed to detach the strings inside of the pumpkin that were clinging to the plug we were trying to carve out. We were victorious in our efforts. After inserting the baby, we plugged the pumpkin back up again. When the in-laws came over, they worked as a team to remove the seeds from the pumpkin and they ended up pulling out the baby. My mother-in-law just laughed thinking we were being pranksters, but my father-in-law looked at the baby and then us and asked "Are you pregnant?" We just smiled. Chris dropped her carving tool and started screaming and then there were hugs all around. We went out to Red Lobster to celebrate. I had the overcooked lobster.
We carved a pumpkin for my parents that night that said "Grandpa and Grandma". When we went over to my parents house the day after halloween, we set it up in their office and lit it up. We guided them into the office with their eyes closed, and once they were in front of the pumpkin we told them told them to open their eyes. They were both shocked. Me dad just pointed his fingers at us and exclaimed "You and YOU!!!! Really?!?!" Once again, hugs all around.
I told my Mom on Halloween. I asked her if she wanted a trick or a treat? She responded "I'd much prefer a trick". I said "Humor me and say treat". I thrust the ultrasound in her face. I've never seen a mouth drop open as far as hers did. She started jumping up and down and running around the backyard screaming "My daughter is pregnant! My daughter is pregnant!" Good times.
Brian's family still won't find out until after Thanksgiving at our family reunion.
What else is new? I caught a cold at a family function and have been managing to breathe with only one working nostril. I quickly learned that sleep doesn't bring relief. I wake up with a sore throat from breathing through my mouth at night. I think I'm starting to get better.
I finally went grocery shopping last week. I had "morning" sickness so bad that I had to postpone my shopping trip for a couple of days. I would lie cuddled up on the couch thinking about all the fabulous foods that could help bring me some relief, but of course we didn't have any of them. When I finally made it to the store, I was greeted by a massive display of asparagus at some new low price. The smell immediately caused me to start heaving. I ran though the produce section with my head in a bag while trying to navigate my shopping cart. It's not easy I tell ya.
On a final note, it's official. My boobs, once one of my best assets, are no longer symmetrical. The right one is noticeably larger than the left and the increased weight of it has caused it to point in a direction it never has before. Up looked so much better than down. I guess this is the first sacrifice of motherhood. I will now be one of those people I always laughed at who had hard nipples pointing in two different directions. Is it karma that I'm going to be pregnant during the coldest time of the year? Probably.
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