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Music, Clothes & Daddy

Music Preferences!!

Last night Matias put on some DMB & Best of What’s Around came on and AS SOON AS Dave sang “hey my friend…” this little Firedancer started jumping around!! HE LOVED IT!! Oh and let’s not forget that when I was choking back tears listening to that song as mentioned in a previous entry, I was listening with my headphones so Bebe couldn’t hear it…

He really does seem to be enjoying DMB music & he liked the Jason Mraz I had on for him the other morning. This weekend I wasn’t home much so there wasn’t much time for music therapy on our quiet weekend mornings but next weekend should be easier for me to get back into the swing of things.

I’m really making an effort not to force feed him DMB [right yet]. Granted I do play Some Devil [but you have to introduce perfection to them right away] but I don’t think I have put on a show or a studio CD beside D&T Live at Luther College…it’s been ALL Matias for choosing the DMB rotation. Thankfully, it hasn’t been that hard of a decision for him!

Bebe also likes old Mayer [back when he was boyfriend material] &, of course, Jack Johnson. Along with all my 80s music that gets played in the car on the ipod…

And I have censored what bebe can listen to – at least to a certain degree. He hasn’t heard Halloween or anything by Prince, nothing too scary or menacing or dirty. You know cause of his virgin ears and all. HA!

Onto another favorite baby topic of mine:

CLOTHES. Thankfully with Spring on the horizon there seems to be a LOT more Unisex clothing to choose from!! YAY!! I wiped GAP out of their cute new onesies and was very pleased with my choices there. I feel confident that our bebe will neither be naked nor dressed all in white for the first while!! Cause, really, folks, I have bigger things to worry about!

And another favorite topic:

WATCHING MATIAS FEEL THE BEBE KICK. This morning the entire family awoke at 5AM. No one feel back asleep – including the bebe. So instead of just lying there, doing nothing, I asked Matias if he wanted to feel the bebe zooming around. He would jump up each time the bebe kicked at him and just smile. It was so cute to watch his expression as we both felt our bebe moving around. It was so nice in that pre-dawn light to lie there and just be together. It’s a moment I’ll always remember. He would tap on my belly and I SWEAR TO GOD this kid would tap back, RIGHT AFTER Matias did it, and in the exact same spot. It was too precious.

Rambling Friday

Wow, I’m in a mood today. I think it’s stemming from this sinus pressure headache that came on while I was on the bus this morning. It’s somewhat gone now, but I can still feel it lingering, you know?

Also, kind of running out of clothes again – the maternity clothes have been great BUT I’m somewhat in-between seasons right now & I didn’t want to spend a LOT of money on winter clothes nor do I want to go and buy MORE winter clothes in the 4th week of March. BUT I also cannot really start buying a bunch of spring/summer clothes that I cannot wear right now. And I seemed to have ended up with a lot of yellow maternity clothes…maybe I unconsciously bought myself a bunch of yellow clothes in my quest for unisex newborn clothing?!!?!? But it’s somewhat annoying to wear yellow 3 times a week, now I know it’s not the same top but I’m getting sick of it.

See? Told you. Not a good mood today. I think the weather is getting to me. It’s still in the 30s when I get up and head out in the morning…I believe they even uttered the words “snow flurries” on the radio this morning & usually my little heart would all twitter-patter over this but for the love of all that is good, IT IS THE 4TH WEEK IN MARCH!

Plus, I’m not paying an arm & a leg for maternity clothes. I just discovered that H&M sells maternity clothes and that we have one in Potomac Mills – we have to go over there anyway for the Carter’s outlet & IKEA (who can go there and not stop by?) – so now I just have to find the weekend day to do it! I think next Saturday sounds good to me…we also have our Birthing Center Tour next Sunday…

But this weekend is All About Jen! (yes, this is different than other weekends.)

Tomorrow I have a scrapbook event – Memoranza – from 9am-3pm – in the past I would have signed up for the 9-10pm slot but I really do not think I can do something for that long at the moment! So this should be LOADS of fun!! Then Sunday I have a Southern Living Party at Kym’s house – more fun!! I think we are meeting up with Isabel this weekend too, just waiting to hear from her…

I just cannot get over how much people will pay for maternity clothes.

On a lighter note:
Monkey was in Crouching Monkey, Hidden Bebe position this morning.

You know you're Hormonal when...

...you find yourself seriously choking back tears and thus saving yourself from choking on your sammich while listening to Red Rocks Best of What's Around on your and chair dancing away at work...

Hey la.

6 Month update!!

“Your tiny diver has a few new moves, thanks to her buoyancy in amniotic fluid. She can turn, spin, somersault, and jackknife. Her motions are becoming more forceful and coordinated”

You don’t say? Driving back to VA this weekend, I SWEAR I felt this bebe do a flip off my bladder into my pool of my cervix. I believe also that this little bebe is using Morse code to communicate the MORE CHOCOLATE distress call. I think last night I started to feel the beginnings of pummeling my back – now I KNOW gas doesn’t feel like that, so I’m pretty sure that’s what it was but since it was my first time, the jury is still out!

“At just over a pound and almost a foot long, your baby is long and lean. And your uterus is growing along with him - it's now about the size of a soccer ball [emphasis mine].”

Daddy was thrilled with the “size of a soccer ball” comment – Mammacita on the other hand, woke up wondering if they meant “if he’s all curled up in fetal position is that the size of a soccer ball” OR “holy f*cking sh*t a SOCCER BALL?!?!?!?!?, how am I going to get a SOCCER BALL out of ME?!?!?! Seriously, I woke up about 3 times last night thinking this over. I will have to make a 110% conscious effort to not think about this too much or I will be screaming for drugs. Not the visualization I’m sure the Lamaze instructor has in mind…

Speaking of Lamaze instructor! She did call me back last week sometime & let me know that she teaches at the PW Hospital but isn’t the instructor for our class in June – she was going to check to see who our instructor who and if she was a certified Lamaze instructor. In the meantime, she was going to send me a ‘magazine’ that they basically use as their “textbook” so that I could go over it and familiarize myself with the practices. She also wanted me to have a “discussion” with my OB the next time I’m in – to gauge his reaction to no drugs and how he feels about Lamaze in the delivery room.

Then she emailed me this week:

As per our phone conversation, I have placed in today's mail the Lamaze parent magazine for you to read prior to attending class. Interestingly enough, after we spoke I received a call asking if I could teach the very class you and your husband have signed up for. Is that weird or what!!!!
We will discuss/practice comfort measures to manage mother's response to labor pain which include relaxation, breathing, use of heat- cold, position changes, visualization, massage and medications.
See you on June 4th!

YAY!!! Of course, I totally take this as a good sign.

THEN!

I just sent in my registration form for PRENATAL YOGA!! Matias is treating me!! He thinks he might even sit in on a few classes so we can practice it together!! YAY!!

THEN!!

A few months ago, Matias asked if I wanted to go on vacation before the bebe came…like any NORMAL human being, I said, yes please!

SO!!

We just booked our trip yesterday to go to CA and crash my parents Spring Break trip with the Other Grandkids in Tahoe and then drive up the coast and hit up Seattle!!! YIPPPEEE!!!!

NINE DAYS OFF FROM WORK!! ON VACATION!!

I haven’t been to CA since 97 – haven’t even seen my brother’s house. Ever. Last time I was in CA was for (come on, you can guess this one…) was for a DMB show. I’m going to show Matias around San Jose – kind of an Old Stomping Ground Tour!! I wont be able to partake in any of the winter activities in Tahoe but I can still have fun!! YOU BETCHA!! And we have a hot tub!! And Matias can go skiing. I WILL miss skating though. Wonder if I can toboggan? HA. Kidding. Or am I? I’ll just take pictures of everyone else doing everything else and pout and possibly whine.

I wonder if TOGOs is still open?? Who thinks I get tragically lost in San Jose when I’m driving us around?

TWO WORDS, PEOPLE: In n’ Out.

So, I’m mildly excited about this trip. In the pregnancy circles it’s called a Babymoon – works for me!

I have no idea what to pack though (yes, I am already thinking about this) since I barely have a wardrobe to begin with. And with Tahoe being still in Winter Phase, I think I can pull that off but I HOPEFULLY wont be needing sweaters in Seattle or Oregon…

AND I will only be missing one YOGA class while on our Babymoon which I can make up!! No harm, no foul!

I meant to post our ultrasound pictures last night but I think I got distracted by doing 2 loads of laundry and putting two more away…so I promise to do that this evening! And I think I’ll take a 6 month picture soon too…

Still think it's cute?!?! Goop and all :) 

Moving forward

I just booked our Birthing Center Tour & Childbirth Preparation Classes (weekend crash course)!! I emailed the local Lamaze instructor yesterday but haven’t heard back – might put in an actual phone call to her but it’s not REALLY easy to talk on the phone at work, you know?

I’m going shopping for cradle sheet fabric with my mom this weekend – YAY!! I like fabric stores, I just don’t like actually making anything myself with fabric! I also want to look and see what they might have for crib bedding – I think we’ve decided to have my mom make the bumpers, crib skirt and just buy “generic” sheets (those are a little harder to make!) – so we have to start looking for fabrics for a boy OR a girl (or do we? I like messing with my mom)…

There’s also some store in Cary that is having a 70% baby sale – so we’ll hit that up!

I’ve picked a couple of dates for Baby Shower in NC – May 13th (Mother’s Day weekend NOT day) is the best one for us but I don’t know if that is going to work!

Also have to get on that baby registry – I think we’ll just do Baby Depot & Amazon.com – that way I can add things from various vendors with the best prices available, hopefully. I know some people like to buy online and others really like to go to the store so I’ll try one online based and one ACTUAL store and see how that goes!

I just discovered that the crib bedding that I want to model our nursery after has fabric for sale by the yard. Very expensive yards, I might add. BUT still there’s hope we can find someone who can special order it for cheaper, possibly!! YAY!! I was hoping to be able to match is closely but now we might just be able to make it ourselves!! Of course this all depends on what’s cheaper, buying it or making it. The sheets are a little more expensive than Pottery Barn and I haven’t found much on Ebay…so it might be worth it depending on how much yardage this stuff takes…

So Grandma just confirmed that it IS very expensive yardage…what to do, what to do…

Out like a Leo, in like a Crab

So…we are no longer expecting a LEO baby…

As a Water sign, the Cancer baby is likely to be more emotional than most. In a word: tears! This baby will probably cry a fair bit, so holding and touching are of paramount importance -- really anything to achieve comfort. Along these lines, this is a baby who needs to feel secure and will easily pick up any bad vibes in the household. Therefore, arguing in the presence of this child should be kept to a minimum. Family is very important to the Cancer baby, as is nurturing. As Cancer is the sign of the Mother, the elements of nurturing, family and mood swings (think sensitivity and emotions) are highlighted. Also, because Cancer is the sign of Memory, the Cancer baby will retain memories from the past, both good and bad. This is a child who could get lost in the supermarket for two minutes and forever remember it as a sign of rejection from the mother! For this reason and others, this tot needs to be made to feel secure, especially within the family unit (family will always be more important to the Cancer baby than friends). The somewhat reticent Cancer baby will nonetheless surprise Mom and Dad by being fussy about food, so be sure to please that palate! To sum up, the Cancer baby is familial, must feel protected, and with any kind of luck, will learn to swim like a fish!

Matias really wanted a LEO baby but the 11th is a Water Sign – which he is also – so that should help ease the ‘disappointment’ a little, no? It’s funny he’s disappointed over the astrological sign of his baby (on many levels) but thankfully doesn’t care if it’s a boy or a girl (although I know he daydreams about a little girl)…weirdo.

This sign doesn’t sound too far from a Taurus either though so seems like a pretty good combination of mommy and daddy…

So we are having a Crabby McCrab and not a ROARING LEO!

Still damn ruby though.

Music Log Updated

So we’ve been using our Wombsong to play music directly for the bebe instead of “through” me – you’re only “allowed” to have two 10 minute sessions a day so we must choose our track listing very wisely.

The first time, Matias just put on random World Music and I was mildly excited about that – I’m never very excited about music without lyrics or music I don’t know inside and out. But, it wasn’t me listening so…I was really neither here nor there about it…

But last night, Matias picked his track listing a little more carefully – and the bebe was introduced to Mr. Jack Johnson and his Curious George soundtrack. Folks, we’ve gone all PBS on him already!! He had the Number 3 song on repeat. This kid is going to come out yelling at us for not recycling his diapers. HA!

We still have yet to pick a Go Night Night song but Matias is suddenly all for that – it was funny our conversation yesterday about it but it wouldn’t translate well to words since there was “acting” involved. But I can tell you it went a little something like this:

Chosen Go Night Night song is playing & bebe just starts snoring.

See, so much funnier when you see me do it in person. I promise.

So tonight…I’m not sure what we will choose for him…I’m REALLY trying NOT to push DMB on him [I mean Matias in this case] (I know, doesn’t sound like it should be a hard sell but…) but I really want to put Some Devil on for the bebe!!! And yes, I could do it alone but Matias likes to watch the belly jump and likes to know when he’s kicking around and to what songs so I’m not going to get all sneaky on him about this…I’ve got plenty of other things to be sneaky about! HA! Just kidding. Or am I?

Oh the bebe also likes Ani. Or at least likes me singing and chair dancing along to her.

My, how Time flies…

Believe it or not but we are already in our 23rd WEEK!!

Where did the past two weeks go?!!? Turns out my abnormally large belly is due to be birthed July 11th and NOT July 25th!!

TWO WEEKS EARLIER!!

I WILL BE 6 MONTHS (ALREADY) NEXT WEEK!! Just last week I was 5 MONTHS!!

YIKES!! I changed my due date on my little weekly update emails and they informed me that I only have 17 weeks left in my pregnancy!! DOUBLE YIKES!!

And how do I know there has been a change??

CAUSE WE MET OUR LITTLE BEBE YESTERDAY VIA ULTRASOUND!!!

More on that coming up…

Mother Ducker.

When my mom and sister were here last weekend they brought us quite a few bebe goodies!! We got stocked up on all things Duckie!! I got a bunch of layette outfits and blankies – which are just adorable.

Thing is – anything in “Neutral” is ALL ducks, ALL the time. We went shopping also and I couldn’t find a single thing in “Neutral” that was cute enough to buy. I ended up getting one outfit from Janie & Jack that is for a boy but it’s green and has grasshoppers on it so it’s not TOO BOY. And it says Love Bug, so who could resist that. And I got a bib and blankie from Gymboree that is boy also, but it’s neutral “enough” to pass. It’s really aggravating that I cannot find anything decent. Almost everything is DUCKS. And Grandma wiped them all out, I think!! They are so cute though!! We had them take them back home since we will be moving in May and really don’t have the room to store any extra goodies at the moment…hence the reason I’ve somewhat forgotten to written about the adorable stash of newborn clothes we just got!!

Most unisex sections are really boring or just have like two choices but I did just look at Target and they have PLENTY for us to choose from – THANK YOU! So although we wont be registering them (damn them and their horrible registries!!) we will be maxing out our charge cards, I’m sure!

Why is it so hard to make unisex clothes for newborns? If little boys OR little girls can wear them people who know what they are having would buy them also, right??

And why are all kitty things pink and doggie things blue?!?! WE ARE NOT DOG PEOPLE, PEOPLE.

Matias says I’m making this more complicated than it is & I probably am BUT it’s really aggravating to go shopping and either already own everything (thanks Grandma!!) or not even have any options, beyond Ducks that is. And his, typical male, response is “just get white onesies and that’s all we need”. I try not to argue but, please, we know that’s not going to happen. I just don’t want him OR her to be naked cause I couldn’t find cute clothes. Ok, yeah after writing that last sentence I do feel I’m making this a little more than it really is.

I suppose it’s just hard not knowing and not being able to Plan – it’s not the hardest thing in the world but it sure is tough when you come across smocked dresses or little overalls and you just have to wait LONGER.

And there’s TONS of monkey stuff out there but, seriously, we need to be careful about buying monkey stuff since we have a cat named monkey and all…and some of it is just ugly. HEH. And I honestly don’t know how unisex monkey stuff is…the few pieces I have ARE light yellow and light brown not bright colors so I am fine with that…

So, THANKS GRANDMA & AUNTIE LEANNE!! We love the goodies you bought us!!

Alrighty, folks, dont say I didnt warn you...here's 5 Month Bebe Belly 

Music Log for Saturday Morning

(so far...)

Some Devil - Dave Matthews
Waiting for my Rocket to Come - Jason Mraz
Inside Wants Out - John Mayer
Number 1 Hits - Elvis

:)

Also need this :) 

I NEED THIS!!!! 

Grandma bought this for us - isnt it just perfect? I have it sitting next to my lamp on my desk and I just love looking at it when I'm on the computer! Thanks Grandma!! 

Our Next Steps

I mailed in our Pre-registration for the hospital this week!! We have to register at 20 weeks so that they have, I can only imagine, all of our insurance information before we check in for the Big Date!! YAY!! Oh and by the way Mom, you’re our emergency contact – forgot to tell you…

Then I printed out all the schedules for Birthing Center Tours (free!) and Childbirth Classes ($135) & all the other sundry classes they offer. We decided to do the Speed Childbirth Classes (9-4:30 for two Saturdays) instead of the 5 week long weekDAY classes that would just kill us – we are NO good at after school activities since neither of us gets home until 6:45 if are modes of transportation are running on time, that is. I consulted a fellow co-worker about the additional classes – breastfeeding and childcare – and she let me know that the Lactation Consultant they send in after the birth is the best thing going & your contact with a consultant AFTER you get home and see where any and all problems might lie. There’s no reason to go learn about breastfeeding when you don’t even have anything latching onto you at the moment, right? Plus, that was another $45. And they cover all the Childcare issues in the Childbirth class so we should be set there also. Saving another $35 or something like that. We found a Lamaze instructor in our area-ish (not Manassas but Centreville, which is right down the road) so we will be calling/contacting her shortly to see what’s up with that. Since we want to go the Natural Route, we feel we should get as involved in the learning of that Route before just showing up and saying “no drugs, please & shouldn’t I have something to Focus on?” I’m nervous about how much these Lamaze Classes might cost though & Matias doesn’t think he can learn what he needs to know from a book – which you know was my first suggestion. HA.

When I reminded Matias that I mailed in the pre-registration form he got all excited and I asked him what that was all about – he said “I’m really excited to go on the tour and take the classes together and get moving on this thing” to which I smiled & kissed him, gratefully. I was nervous that he would fight me on the “classes” thing since he’s the oldest of 11 he’s changed his fair share of diapers and then some and bathed and burped and fed and…you get the picture…so I was nervous that he would declare himself Expert and refuse to participate – you know how men can be. Thankfully, this hasn’t happened. I did tell him one time that I haven’t had much experience with babies (really only my niece and nephew and we didn’t even live in the same state for most of that time and there’s one memorable diaper changing incident that still scars me…) and that I, being a Active Learner, need to actually get in there and get my hands dirty, so to speak, to make myself feel more prepared and ready. Plus, tons of reading. Read then do…tis how I learn. And make lists. Plus, and this is the Big Reason, I wanted to make sure we were both doing the same thing and not bringing in lessons learned from past experiences that might be “wrong” and then end up arguing over those points while our child lies on the changing table flinging poo everywhere while we discuss the proper front-to-back or back-to-front style of wiping. I would like to be on the same page with him on this and thankfully, I think we will be. And everyone has heard that the first child is the one who gets the binky boiled clean after touching a dirty surface for a mili-second and that the following children just get the dirt blown off before returning it to their screaming maw – can you just imagine what happens at child number 11? So not only has he agreed to the classes he’s EXCITED ABOUT THEM!! YAY DADDY!!! Elevates some stress for me, considerably.

The Bebe has definitely been moving around more as of lately. He is waking up earlier – sometimes even before I’m out of bed! Usually he was getting active while I was on the bus – sometimes two hours after I’ve already been awake (you really don’t want to know how long my commute is…) and then normally after I’ve eaten snacks or meals. Now, he’s up way before that and pushing off his pond walls and, as I imagine, breaststroking his way to the other side to do a flip turn and head back. He’s our little swimmer, this one! Which just makes me ache for the day I can get him in the pool with me!!! I didn’t spend 6 summers teaching swim lessons for nothing, people!! I thought I felt a kick this morning that Daddy would have been able to feel but since we were sleeping I wasn’t on the ball enough to grab his hand and see if it would happen again.

We went to the Tavern last night for dinner (don’t worry mom, no one was smoking around us at all!!) since Matias didn’t have any fish for dinner (good Catholic and all…) and it was so nice to see all of our Girls again – we honestly hadn’t been there, I think, since the end of January!! They all came over when I walked in (bus was also almost 40 minutes late!!) and oooh’ed and awe’ed over My Belly and just generally got excited. They were talking to us and asking questions about how we were doing and how excited and happy they are for us and just general giggle-ment – it’s nice to know we really aren’t just “customers” to them – they even remember our Anniversary! Our regular server (she actually switches stations with people so she can serve us!) was so cute – she commented on how my tastes buds haven’t changed that I was still ordering the same things! (Rueben with fries and a side of Blue Cheese!) and then brought me a double serving of a hot fudge brownie for dessert! She asked how far along we were now and was ASTOUNDED to learn it was 5 months already – she swore it felt like only two months!! And then said, well it’s no wonder you’re showing so much then!! I miss our Tavern though but I’m so glad they haven’t forgotten about us. They all came over and even said “please come back more often and don’t wait so long between visits”. Selfishly, I will MISS our St. Patrick’s Day celebrating there though. It wont be the same this year – no getting to the Tavern at NOON for GREEN BEER and about 540972 cigarettes. No singing along to the Irish band (the owners father is the lead singer) & calling my mom to tell her how much I miss her and how all the Irish-ness of the day makes me miss my childhood and Ireland and blahblahhormonalblah. And no more REALLY drunk pictures to laugh at the next day. *sigh* Maybe we can still go for dinner on Friday night before heading to NC the next day (Auntie’s 40^th Birthday!!) but it still wont be the same…

Plus, I’ve gotten them to start calling my Shirley Temple’s “Virgin Cosmos”. GIGGLE. And I get extra cherries. They like us, they really like us. I suppose this is our first taste of the transition from childless to child-ed; getting to see if our “friends” will still be there after we become Parents, you know? And yes, they still want us around!! I know this might sound silly to some who haven’t experienced the Tavern with us but these guys are fabulous. The night we got engaged we went straight there and celebrated, we get a booth anytime we want cause Matias likes to stretch out, they were fabulous for my Diva Dinner before the wedding, like I said, they remember our Anniversary and us coming in after our engagement…the list goes on…anyway enough about that.

I think it’s time for a little Introduction to Music 101 – just threw on Some Devil!! I’ve ranted numerous times about how I think this is just the BEST LULLABYE ALBUM EVER – now it’s my turn to put it to the test!! HEH. He’s kicking.

“before you came, you know I never cared, it's a just a game, I played, yeah oh up and away...”

Monthly doctor appointment – Week TWENTY!!

TWENTY?!?! How am I ½ way there ALREADY? I know the first 16 weeks were agonizing but it still doesn’t feel like I should be ½ way there already.

Maybe I should get a move on about getting some stuff together, no?

I went to the doctor yesterday for my monthly check-up and it happens also to be WEEK 20!!

Here’s a grocery list of things done/said at my appointment yesterday:

1) I gained some weight but now they want me to be sure not to gain as much again in one month
2) My blood pressure is really good & steady at 100/60
3) I’m carrying “low”
4) I still have an “abnormally large belly for this stage”
5) I confirmed there is only one heartbeat since he keeps mentioning this “abnormally large belly for this stage”
6) They had a problem finding the heartbeat because the bebe kept moving around too much and they couldn’t get a handle on him long enough to nabbed a heartbeat
7) They didn’t tell me that until they found it which nearly damn drove me into a panic for obvious reasons – they need to tell you why they cannot find the heartbeat a little bit sooner before making you assume the worse

We go next week for our ultrasound!!! Still wont be finding out the sex though! I’m very excited to finally meet & greet this little bebe swimming around inside of me. YAY!!!

And every since the doctors visit this little bebe has been moving around more than normal or maybe it’s just stronger than normal. I was telling Matias last night that it’s now more of an “hey, something’s kicking me from the inside” instead of “I don’t think that’s gas, I think that’s a baby in there” – very strange, indeed. I actually cant wait for papa to be able to see & feel our baby moving around AND I think it will be funny to show the cats (the Other Babies) my stomach when he is truly tumbling around in there with elbows and feet coming through and see if they “attack” my belly…giggle.

I LOVE my Cuddle Pillow. Although I’m sure I will be getting more “proper” use out of it in the coming months, right now, it’s so nice just to sleep with something up against my belly that isn’t Matias’ knee. It’s taking some getting used to when I roll over though – I haven’t quite mastered the act of bringing it with me when I roll. Monkey loves it. He sleeps on it when I am lounging on the couch & snuggles up to it at night in bed if he cannot get close to me for some reason. Mystic, as usual, can give two poops J

UPDATES:

Matias continues to talk into my belly button.

Bebe thoroughly enjoyed the Michael Buble concert on Friday night – he kicked it up during the good parts – smart bebe!!