Pre-nesting and feel-good pictures

Yay shopping! Anne and I went to Babies R Us and looked at all the possible baby things to buy in the world. My god, the consumerism is amazing. Some of the bedding sets and nursery furniture were a paycheck alone! We didn't actually buy anything, but it was good to wander the aisles and make sure I'm at least familiar with the kind of stuff we'll need. Plus, I learned how to attach a carseat base to the car and other such skills that you can't learn through reading (although yes, we will actually go to the fire department and have them double-check it for us). Yesterday I also stopped by Motherhood Maternity and used Gwen's gift to buy some new clothes - I had no idea it was possible to grow out of maternity clothes! Apparently the belly surpasses all size measurements.

I am pre-nesting in that I'm not so into organizing the baby room (or baby corner of our room), but I am trying to clean out clutter; little things like going through all my CDs and getting rid of most of them, since I only listen to MP3s or pandora.com. Jonathan and I are also finally getting around to the house projects that we've been ignoring since we've moved in. For example, today we had someone give us an estimate on how much it would cost to fix the porch, and to put in insulation in the basement ceiling so all the air and heat doesn't escape down there.

Work is going well, although I am SO tired all the time, I might not make it to my goal of working up til my due date. I've been eating lunch at my desk and then using my lunch hour to nap; it's really invigorating! Who knew that just standing up and making conversation could be so strenuous?

Belly pictures will follow shortly, but in the meantime, here are a few others:

Fruit tart 2.0

Simcha's heart condition hasn't stopped him from enjoying his favorite pasttime, leaping after the string.

Brotherly love (or gay love, we're still not sure).

And on the subject of pets, Jonathan and I send our warmest wishes to Holly and Dan. Giggles will be much missed.