About a week ago I emailed Taylor with a revelation: a major concert was coming to Houston and the tickets were going on sale for a date that was past our due date, which meant our due date is rapidly approaching. Now I wasn't at the panic stage, that will be reserved for when I see our due date on a milk carton. It did, however, reinforce how much we still have left to do in these last four months until Baby Boy Akin arrives.
Luckily, we've made some great progress to date. Our office/Taylor's "man room" has now been transformed into our office/guest bedroom. We have the bedding for the nursery and we've started the registry process. Mom, grandma and Tantee are coming next weekend and we're going crib shopping. The baby's name is 95% decided upon. Plants are in the ground for the season (not exactly baby-related, but we do want a cute yard for him to come home to).
Despite progress, it always seems like there's more to do. Luckily, we have handy-dandy to do lists to rely upon, which is especially helpful when my pregnancy brain kicks in and Taylor tries to negotiate with our baby to leave his mom's brain alone.
Four more months equates to 120 days. Or 17 more weekends. I guess the good news is if we don't get it all done, this baby is still coming, ready or not.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Cravings
I considered naming this post "Pancakes R Us," as pancakes have now become a regular staple around the Akin household. This is despite me being able to count on one hand (and probably with one finger) the amount of times we've eaten pancakes in the last 5 years.
Around week 9, I saw a commercial for either IHOP or Denny's and I was immediately memorized. So, I asked Taylor if we could go eat there and get some pancakes. Probably thinking I would forget about it, he said "sure honey" and went on to his next task. Well, due to travel and our busy schedules, several weeks passed without a visit to eat pancakes.
Not one to forget a promise, one Saturday morning after a trip to the gym, I told Taylor now was the perfect time to go and get pancakes. Luckily, he indulged me and off to IHOP we went. Little did we know that it really WAS the perfect time to get pancakes, as they were running an "All You Can Eat" pancakes promotion. However, during my first trip to IHOP in perhaps my entire life, I was a little embarrassed to ask for a second plate of pancakes.
The next weekend the weather was nice enough for Taylor to run and for me to walk outside, so on the way home from Terry Hershey Park I asked Taylor if he'd be up for IHOP again. I think he was beginning to get worried...you see, I am the type of person who never tires from a certain type of food. I probably single-handedly hold the record for consecutively eating the most Healthy Choice Supreme Pizza frozen meals, as I would seriously eat them every single day for lunch, week-in and week-out. (Until my pregnancy, that is, which is a different post topic.)
So, again he indulged me, and off to IHOP we went. This time, since I was a seasoned IHOP pro, I wasn't scared to ask for the second plate of pancakes, although I could only eat one.
I quickly realized my pancake obsession could quickly get expensive, so we've resorted to making pancakes at home every Sunday morning. I don't know if this tradition will last beyond pregnancy, but I have to say every Saturday night I go to bed looking forward to my pancakes the next morning.
Around week 9, I saw a commercial for either IHOP or Denny's and I was immediately memorized. So, I asked Taylor if we could go eat there and get some pancakes. Probably thinking I would forget about it, he said "sure honey" and went on to his next task. Well, due to travel and our busy schedules, several weeks passed without a visit to eat pancakes.
Not one to forget a promise, one Saturday morning after a trip to the gym, I told Taylor now was the perfect time to go and get pancakes. Luckily, he indulged me and off to IHOP we went. Little did we know that it really WAS the perfect time to get pancakes, as they were running an "All You Can Eat" pancakes promotion. However, during my first trip to IHOP in perhaps my entire life, I was a little embarrassed to ask for a second plate of pancakes.
The next weekend the weather was nice enough for Taylor to run and for me to walk outside, so on the way home from Terry Hershey Park I asked Taylor if he'd be up for IHOP again. I think he was beginning to get worried...you see, I am the type of person who never tires from a certain type of food. I probably single-handedly hold the record for consecutively eating the most Healthy Choice Supreme Pizza frozen meals, as I would seriously eat them every single day for lunch, week-in and week-out. (Until my pregnancy, that is, which is a different post topic.)
So, again he indulged me, and off to IHOP we went. This time, since I was a seasoned IHOP pro, I wasn't scared to ask for the second plate of pancakes, although I could only eat one.
I quickly realized my pancake obsession could quickly get expensive, so we've resorted to making pancakes at home every Sunday morning. I don't know if this tradition will last beyond pregnancy, but I have to say every Saturday night I go to bed looking forward to my pancakes the next morning.
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