Belly Button

As Dr. Rhodes was measuring my 27th week baby bump yesterday, 

I glanced down to notice that my belly button had officially given up.

What once used to be a cute, little pothole in the small dirt road that was my body

Has officially been filled in and paved over and expanded to a 6-lane highway.

27th Week Update: Mini Madzar & I are still doing great.

I passed my gestational diabetes test.

Babe passed her usual heartbeat and growth tests.

There was a bit of a bump in that 6-lane highway 

When my blood pressure was elevated during a recent reading.

No worries though.

My amazing husband and Little Madzar's wonderful father

Has begun monitoring it with our very own blood pressure cuff.

Dr. Joe to the rescue.

The rug is neatly laid down in the nursery.

I may or may not vacuum it every day.

The walls are painted.

We went with a Benjamin Moore color called Weimaraner.

(No relation to Walter, the Weimaraner who lives next door.)

Our accent colors will be turquoise and yellow.

More to come on that later.

This weekend we start to  move in the furniture.

Stay tuned.

The Blooming Bush

My Nana shared this story with me and my girlfriends last weekend.  

I cried.  

I hope it does the same for you.

"Your Aunt Caroline gave me a blue hydrangea bush several years ago.  I planted it out back by the steps and have eagerly watched it for three or fours years waiting for it to bloom.  It grew and flourished green in color but never a blue blossom to be seen.  I restlessly told Ray, 'When that blue hydrangea bush blooms, I'm throwing a party!'  So on the day of your sonogram I looked out our back window and the hydrangea bush caught my eye.  It had finally bloomed!  I was thrilled.  But to my surprise there was not a blue hydrangea bloom on the bush.  It was a beautiful PINK one.  I took a picture, clipped the bloom off to put it in a vase, and called two couples over to have a dinner party!"

I'm pretty sure Mini Madzar & God had a hand in that blossoming hydrangea bush.  

How perfect.