baby mine

Well, it's been a busy past few weeks... after a kajillion hours of contractions and hard labor, an attempted vaginal delivery and subsequent c-section, we welcomed a new addition to our family on July 12. He was 8 lbs., 15.5 oz. I think we'll keep him. ;-)

So at this time, the blog is on hold... the new guy in my life is very high-maintenence right now.

Bye for now! kg

more randomness

1) I just finished watching The 40-Year-Old Virgin on cable for the umpteenth time. This movie had every potential to be a crapfest, but it's actually good. Hubby and I went to see another Judd Apatow film, Knocked Up, a couple of weeks ago, and I have to say that Virgin was more entertaining.

2) Less than 2 weeks to my due date! It's exciting and scary. I'm exhausted all the time, and work is starting to stress me out a little - I don't want to leave things unfinished, but time is running out...

3) I'm really wanting sushi right now! I'd been avoiding even Philly and Cali Rolls since I got pregnant and only recently had some. What I'd do for some Philly Rolls right now! But I'm not willing to travel to the next city tonight just to get some. Man, I wish there was a good sushi place in town!

4) This blog is becoming less and less of the illustration blog that I had wanted it to be. And call me crazy, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the blog will be put on the back burner for a while.... Stay tuned, though - I hope to have more illos to post in the future.

lovely randomness

1) Only six more weeks until my due date! Yay! Baby's head is down (good), but he isn't quite facing my spine - yet. I'm getting nervous and excited...

2) I was pleased to see that I have sold five more aprons via my CafePress store! Thank you, Buyer - and I hope you enjoy. I'm not making any real money through this store, but it's so fun to see that someone is willing to pay for something that I have created! And it helps me to believe that maybe someday I will take selling my artwork a step further...

3) Aaahhhh... my favorite shows are all officially on hiatus, which means that I am no longer a slave to my television (for now). Sweet freedom...

Well, that's all for now. May you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. And let us remember those who have lost their lives serving this country.

random rant: because we all look alike

So today after work I went to my local Hallmark store to pick up some graduation cards (and also found something that I thought my mom would really like for part of her Mother's Day gift). The woman who rang up my purchases used to work at the same supermarket that I did (I worked in the Deli, she in the Bakery) for years. In fact, we discussed this coincidence a while back while I was shopping there. Today, we made some small talk about my purchases, my pregnancy, etc. As I was leaving, I tossed her a "See you later!"

Her reply: "Yeah - in church!"

OK. We do not attend church together. But I'm guessing... that maybe she goes to church with some other pregnant Asian woman? Or maybe because she sees me so infrequently she couldn't remember where she knew me from, so that was her guess. I should probably give her the benefit of the doubt, but it's just that people are always mistaking me for "that other Asian girl." I smiled and left without bothering to correct her.

And I've seen a few other Asian women in town (there are not many around here). One I know personally and have been mistaken for, despite the fact that we look NOTHING alike. I don't look like ANY of them. (Or do I?)

A few months ago a man at my company mistook me for a 22-year-old Vietnamese woman who works in the same building. I didn't know him, yet when he would see me he would pat me on the back and ask me how I was doing. It was not until the third time he approached me and called me by her name that I finally realized what the sitch was. Actually, I knew what the sitch was; I just was wondering who he was mistaking me for. (Though being 35, it didn't hurt my ego that he mistook me for a 22-year-old!)

It's like an episode on The Office where Michael Scott starts dating a Benihana waitress and invites her to a party. She brings a friend, and it totally throws him for a loop. He ends up drawing on her arm with a marker (without her knowing it) so he can tell the two apart.

Perhaps I should get something tatooed on my forehead.

random rant: PA woman loses degree over MySpace photo

This story frustrated me greatly. Granted, people need to realize that there are certain risks to sharing personal information on the 'Net. But the photo in question (seen here at TheSmokingGun.com), in my opinion, does not warrant the "punishment" that Stacy Snyder received from Millersville University.

I think Ms. Snyder should also sue Conestoga Valley High School (where she did her student teaching), as they were the ones who complained to the university about the photo.

stubborn baby

Well, today was our second try at the 3D / 4D ultrasound - when we went in Tuesday, he wasn't really moving, and though he was turned up in a decent position, his arm was in front of his face the whole time. So they scheduled us for a re-do. Today, our little limber one was not only face-down, but he was also curled up in a ball and had his feet in front of his face (a future yogi?). The cool thing was that we did get to see a 2D scan of him hiccupping and yawning - it was so amazing. The tech has insisted that there is potential to get some really great shots, so we will try yet again next Tuesday and call it a day if he still is not cooperating by then.

Here is the best scan from today's session, a profile shot (facing left). You can see his eyelid, bridge of his nose, cheek and chin, but the thing that kind of looks like a fist in front of his face is actually his foot:

Of course, as I write this post, the baby is moving around like crazy now. *Sigh* I guess he's just camera-shy...

Oh, I forgot to mention that I have finally donated my hair to Locks of Love. Though I wasn't attached to my hair (which had gotten down to my mid-back), I was concerned about having enough to prevent me from looking like GI Jane after they lopped off the required 10 inches. For those who are considering donating your hair, you might check with your local Ulta salon to see if they participate. The one I went to will take care of sending the hair off for you, and I was pleased with how my hair turned out. (And the cut was free!)

happy monday

Hope everyone had a great Easter! Wow, the weather has really been cold for several days now. Today it got up to about 54 degrees, which is uncommon for Oklahoma this time of year (although strange weather is not uncommon - we've been known to have heavy snow in March). We even had a little snow last week. Which is really crappy since the week before it was 80+ degrees, and I was wearing my favorite Spring maternity top, cropped jeans and flip-flops.

I have a 3D ultrasound tomorrow, which I will post the pic of. I will be 28 weeks along tomorrow. We're really excited! (I'm not, however, excited about having to drink 32 ounces of fluid and hold it for a few hours until after the u/s is over. But it will be worth it.)

By the way, Alice the cat is much better these days! Happy and healthy and eating and "going." She has had to make a couple of adjustments to her lifestyle: 1) She doesn't get to lounge around in the middle bathroom anymore. She used to love to lie on the countertop in between the two sinks and occasionally drink the water we would leave dripping in one of the sinks. But she just can't jump high enough to get up there anymore. At first we felt sorry for her and would put her up there ourselves. But now that we've broken her of the habit, our bathroom stays much tidier and we don't have to leave the sink running; 2) She doesn't have to jump up on the kitchen counter (which, by the way, is nowhere near where we prepare our food) to eat (because she can't). We now leave her feeder on the floor, which we were initially hesitant to do because we were afraid our dog would eat it. But thankfully, he doesn't seem interested in it. Ah, pets. They pretty much have run the house. But we love 'em.

That's it for now. Have a good rest-of-the-week!