Duckie Pants

Gift from friends tonight.

It just got more real.

Our Cheap Valentine's Day

When Kevin and I were first dating in 2006, he sent me a beautiful bouquet of a dozen long stem red roses. They were wonderful and I loved having them on my desk. The next year we were married and agreed it wasn't worth the money. I think it was then we decided we would just do cards for birthday's, Valentine's, and anniversaries. Neither of us are gift's people. I'm a terrible gift giver. Kevin and I would much prefer to go places and do things together (as you can tel by our many travels.)

But when this February rolled around we had a series of text messages that went a little like this;
Kevin: Did you get me a card yet?
Bekah: Nope. You?
Kevin: Nope. Wanna skip it?
Bekah: Sure. How about you buy me McDonald's breakfast instead? I'll order off the dollar menu.

And that's just what we did. We go to the early service at church and are out of the parking lot by 9:45. We ran through the drive through and I got my Sausage McMuffin and fruit parfait and was good for the morning. We headed over to the antique and second hand stores and did some browsing. I got a couple of pairs of maternity jeans (that will end up as capris because they are too short for my long legs) and Kevin got some shirts.

We headed to Target and the mall but didn't really find much so Kevin treated me to a Thrifty's ice cream cone. Mmmm, butter pecan.

Maybe not the most calorie friendly date, but possibly the cheapest date we have been on.

Button, Button, Who's got the Button?

I went to bed at 8:00 last night so I woke up this morning feeling rested and ready for the day. I showered, got ready, took care of the dogs, and even sat down to have a bowl of cereal. I was on time and everything was going well. I got in the car and POP, the button of my pants came off. I felt like I was in one of those Subway commercials. I lifted my shirt to survey the damage. Sure enough, the button was long gone. I got out of the car and stood up to determine if I could make the day without a button, but my zipper began to fall down. I sighed, closed the garage door and headed back upstairs for a new outfit. The top I had on only went with black pants. My only pair of black pants. I changed and headed into work . . . a little later than I had anticipated. I will probably end up in leggings tomorrow; much to Kevin's hatred of them.

My friends have been teasing me for using a hair rubber band to expand the waist of my pants, but it had been working well previously. That is until you put too much resistance against the button. A couple of friends suggested the Bella Band so I will probably pick one up this weekend. As well as some new work clothes. Unfortunately I need professional and casual clothes. And I don't want to have to buy a new set of clothes in my third trimester.

So Kevin has promised to take me shopping this weekend. I've been able to snag a couple of deals on ebay, and we will probably hit a couple of consignment shops as well. Hopefully I can replace the black pants with the missing button.

New Math

Based upon my measurement from multiple doctors, I am due August 26th. So every other calendar in the world has me starting my 13th week on Thursday the 11th. However, Kaiser has me starting my 12th week on Thursday. So I pulled out a calendar and calculated it by hand. If I am due on August 26th, that means I would begin my 41st week on the 26th. That translates to starting my 13th week on Thursday. I am very confused.

US National Game

Kevin took me to my first pro-soccer game last month. We went to see a US National Game and I cannot believe how many Honduran fans were in Southern California! Kevin plays Fantasy Football with defender Jimmy Conrad and his mother, Pam. Pam organized the whole thing. There were probably 40 of us sitting together to cheer Jimmy on. Unfortunately, he was ejected in the 17th minute. We all stood there with jaws open in shock. It was awful. The US team lost 3-1 but we had a wonderful time!

It was really cold!

Brandon and his cousin, Analee

Ally, Brian, and Liz