Pregnancy Perk

I've finally come to appreciate a perk of pregnancy...

Longer stronger nails! For 26 years I have been cursed with weak, brittle, peeling, ridged nails that are constantly breaking and chipping. I've even been painting them. When you have strong non-peeling nails, apparently the paint stays on better and longer.

It's one thing that makes me feel good and a little "pretty" even when I can't see my feet or fit into my shoes & clothes. I'm pretty sure Tanner thinks I'm crazy for enjoying this, as he said, he's always had strong nails and never thought twice about it.

Update: We have a doctor appointment today at 4. We hope to ask a lot of questions regarding the ultrasound (last one and next one), when our next ultrasound will be, my heart rate and activity issues. Although I know I haven't gained too much weight, I feel like I've gained a ton already. Nothing fits anymore, not even my stretchy cotton comfy pants, my shoes and some maternity shirts are getting a little short in the belly. We even had to buy a stand-in wedding ring yesterday for me to wear, because mine is getting stuck on my hand. I will wear it the rest of my pregnancy, then never wear it again. Although I need to probably start wearing it, I just can't let go of mine.

I obviously stopped giving weekly updates on the pregnancy. There for a while, I just felt like nothing major was happening, nothing worth sharing. I will try to do a better job of posting again. Our goal is at least 2 times a week.

Our baby is now the size of an eggplant:

And the winner is...

For over a week now, our evenings have been consumed with the World Series. Each year I make a special evening of the CMA (Country Music Awards) complete with ballots and an array of appetizers. Because the World Series is an equally big event in our house, I had to go all out. It was slightly more difficult since it is spanned over several days, and it's unknown how many games/days there will actually be.

So we created a menu consisting of one appetizer for each game. This is what we had...

Game 1- Bruschetta
It turned out to be super easy and very tasty. I'm sure I'm make it again.
Game 2- Arby's

I ended up having severe wrist and elbow pain this day and wasn't able to make anything, but who can complain about Arby's?!

Game 3- Fruit Pizza- Yum!

Game 4- Crab Canapes

This is a recipe that my mom has made for Christmas Eve. They are extremely rich with cheese and real butter (two favorites in our house), but wow are they delicious!!

Game 5- Taco Dip

This one ended up being supper. It's basically cream cheese spread on a dish, layered with taco meat, taco sauce, shredded cheese, lettuce and tomatoes, and eaten cold with tortilla chips.

Game 6- Rotel dip, an old standby

The series ended with the Yankee's as the winning team and Crab Canapes as the winning dish.

We also tried keeping score of odd statistics. We guessed the number of everything from strike-outs in the seventh inning to number of players hit by a pitch over the corse of each game. It was fun to beat Tanner for each game (except 1).