On Friday while running errands on my "lunch break" I saw a sign for fresh seafood on a huge truck parked at a local market in the town where I work so I decided to stop. Not only did they have SO MANY options (lobsters, clams, oysters, mussels, whole fish, etc, etc) it was all fresh and very reasonably priced. SO, I bought two lobsters and some little neck clams for dinner. Let me tell you, dinner was phenomenal BUT, I don't think I have the heart to cook live lobsters. I made the hubby do the deed, as it were, but I still felt really bad about it, especially when he said that one of them put up a major fight.

It was truly delicious but it may be a while before we cook lobsters at home again...

This weekend we got together with our bro/sis-in-law and nephew and had our Christmas dinner and gift exchange since they will be leaving to spend the holidays with the SIL's family out of town. It was so nice. We got to spend time with the little munchkin and enjoy each other's company in a relaxed setting.

On Sunday I went to the Redskins vs. Eagles game. It was cold and windy but we managed to stay warm and oddly, the Redskins won! It was a Christmas Miracle!!

Okay, pardon my language, but being busy and pregnant is a fucking pain! I got to work this morning at a few minuted until 11am! HA HA! I woke up early to make my cookie batters because I have had no time to bake so I decided the only way to get through this is to make the batter ahead of time so that I can just sit down and bake. I made my batter for lime melt-aways, Chewy peanut butter cookies, soft lemon cookies, snicker doodles, and I made brownies that will get iced tonight.

I feel very good about my progress but this little project put me so far behind that it was almost impossible to get into work today! I finally got here and I am exhausted. It is probably a combo of doing too much this weekend and then getting up early today but the holidays will be over soon...halleluya!

Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great day and has all of their holiday shopping done. I am going to make a hair appointment for tomorrow. I need some pampering!

Last night the hubby made us the BEST dinner. It was quite gourmet if you ask me!! He made rib eye sandwiches on foccacia rolls with an arugula mayonnaise and a Gruyere bechamel sauce...yes, fancy pants was in the house! He also made this awesome, light cole slaw. YUM! Of course I took a picture before we devoured it all...

I am so thankful that my husband wanted to try out this recipe because I have been feeling like this baby has been kicking my ass lately. I know it's dumb to feel this way, but I feel like such a lazy ass hole some days. I have all these plans of things I want to do, things that need to be done around the house, errands I want to run, and what do I do? I get some comfy sweats on and I sit my fat uterus, I mean, ass, on the couch and feel like I can't move. That is until my move consists of going from the couch to my bed. I know it's natural and it's understandable being preggers and all but I am just not used to sitting around constantly. I start to feel bad about myself. I am used to being so busy I can't see straight so this is quite a change.

I have been getting the majority of my Christmas shopping done on-line and in stores during my lunch breaks during the day. I think if I didn't do it this way I might not be getting anything done. So, that's one positive.

This morning our little Princess Lucy was being so cute, as usual. She was just sitting in Daddy's chair looking at the Christmas tree. I'm going to assume she likes it. Either that or she's plotting how to destroy it once we leave for work. Either way she looked damn cute so of course, being the proud mama that I am, I took pictures. ENJOY!

So...the holiday season is upon us again and I am trying my hardest to keep a positive attitude. I am almost 100% done shopping so that is a bonus. I think I have one or two things left to get and then I'm done. Yipeeee!!

I have been sneaking out of work for my lunch breaks and getting some shopping done so it has been even less painful than usual. My serious problem when shopping is seeing something that I want, need, whatever, and buying it while out buying for other people. So far while shopping for others I've managed to buy myself two new rings (they were only $4 a piece so don't judge just yet), a set of holiday guest towels, a new tablecloth, and a few holiday goodies (WHAT? the baby's hungry!) Mmmmm toffee...Anyway, I figure look, I'm not going to ask for these things that I see for Christmas at this point because well, it's just too late and if I want it, I might as well just buy it for myself, right? And even if I ask for it, it's not like I'm 8 and Santa will bring it to me. It's unfortunate being an adult some times. Basically, if I want it I need to just buy it or covet it in the store until it goes on sale and I can afford to buy it...

The hubby has agreed that we don't have to go to some of our normal Christmas Day stops this year and that makes me very, very happy. On top of being tired and grumpy, I just don't think that last stop will add anything to the day. So, it should be a great Christmas.

My wonderful hubby got our whole house decorated with Christmas lights on Sunday, possibly the coldest, windiest day on earth, and it looks awesome! All the lights are hung and working and it looks so festive. Another plus of being pregnant, no one makes you help put Christmas lights up, or anything else you really don't want to do for that matter. But, I have a sneaking suspicion that the hubby secretly likes to do it. He should, I would be proud of how nice our house looks if I were him.

Anyway, back to writing out Christmas cards, er, ummm, work...

Okay, so we went to the doc's today and had another sonogram and all I can say is WOW! I can't believe that our little blob actually looks like a baby now! Apparently it's only about 7 inches long but it has hands and legs and it was SUCKING IT'S THUMB! It's like I have a little alien in me, but it's very cool! Here are some pic's:

To answer some of the comments...Don't anyone ever apologize for using foul language. I have to admit that one of my biggest fears is that my child will come out and it's first words will be a four letter one, mainly one starting with an "F". Let's just say mama has a potty mouth and I don't see it getting any better. I mean hey, I can't drink, I can't smoke, I can't take medicine when I'm sick for Christ's sake, so, I'll eat and curse. No harm, no foul, I hope.

I can't believe I kept this news in so long either. It was very hard but thankfully I've been very busy at work and have been traveling so that kept me off the blogisphere and didn't allow me to slip. Plus, you just don't want to jinx it you know? They say it's safer to share after 3 months so I figured I'd follow the rules just this once.

I do love how "chick" said she should have guessed by the lack of drinking going on in my life. Well, no kidding, and how dare you, what are you trying to say, that I'm an alcoholic? Okay, so I drink a lot. It's been strange, but oddly not difficult. Often when the hubby is drinking an ice cold beer I just HAVE to have some, so, I take a sip and I feel better. I did make him buy me some non-alcoholic beer but eh, just isn't the same. Once in a while it's okay but I'd rather eat a banana split than drink beer with no alcohol in it, ya know?

So that's that. We're heading to NYCEEE tomorrow to shop and act like tourists. Gotta do it once in a while and we haven't been up to visit friends in some time so tomorrow is the day. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Cold Hands is the big WEENER!

Lucy's gonna be a big sister. In about 6 months or so! Here's a shot of Peanut from about a month or so ago. We go for another sonogram this Thursday so maybe I'll have another grainy picture of fuzz to show you soon. For now, here is our "baby"...weird! We're gonna have a baby!!

I was very nauseous for the first couple of months but never really got sick so I have to say that I am very grateful for that. I'm starting to feel a lot better every day and my stomach is expanding at an alarming rate! Just wait til I take a picture of that and post it! YIKES~

Anyway, I'll try to keep it to a minimum with baby talk and pregnancy crap but that's what's going on...Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. You'll all be glad to know that it came close but there were no homicides committed on our family Thanksgiving trip last week! Progress...it's happening everywhere!!