He loves it.

Here I am at 28 Weeks!

And yes, we do torture our dogs by

making them wear cute sweaters.

He's happy on the inside.

Our Christmas.

We had a fabulous Christmas this year.

We got to spend the day with both of our families.

We are so lucky that they both live here.

We started out at Ben's families house,

and here are some pics.

This picture cracks me up because it was not meant to be taken like this.

Ben's brother was taking it to check the lighting

and here is what we looked like.

So typical. haha.

Ok, here is our cute one.

Here is Rick (Ben's twin...in case you couldn't tell)

and his girlfriend Lesla. She is also expecting :)

They are going to have a baby girl in May.

Yay for babies!

This one of Ben's younger brothers Eric and his girlfriend Priscilla.

Don't they look great together?

And here are Ben's parents. Ben's Dad is wearing his new jersey.

Love them. :)

After that we went to my families house

....and we didn't really take any pictures.

But here is the one picture I got of me and Roxanne.

We has a great time at my families though.

My Grandparents are in town. It's always nice to see them.

Ben and I also got a camcorder for Christmas.

We decided we needed one now that we were going to have a little boy :)

Speaking of which-- I am ready to have my kid already.

This is starting to drag out.

I still have until MARCH. That seems like forever away.

Everyone says, "Oh it will go by so fast." Well. It's not.

So please don't comment that to me. haha.

I'm just ready already. I feel him all moving around

and look at his little boy clothes, and I want to hold him.

Also, I don't want to work full time anymore.

It's hard being huge and working 12 hour night shifts nursing.

Life is better with doggies.

Charlie likes to hold my yarn while I knit a

baby blanket for little boy :)

Seriously. Cutest dog ever.

(I think this post made me seem like an

80 year old in more than one way....)

26 Weeks

As if I wasn't big enough,

I decided to wear a huge pattern across my belly. Haha.

And yes. I do make grunting noises

whenever I stand up or roll over.

My New Boyfriend Finnaeus.

He smells absolutely delightful. He has a fabulous head of hair. He's great at cuddling. He has a cute tush, AND I'm pretty sure he's in love with me! It is my new boyfriend Finnaeus! I'm a lucky girl, huh? Just look at this hunk of man!

My friend Allison had her baby about 3 weeks ago and is in town to visit, so naturally I had to see this little man! He is wonderful. It makes me anxious to hold my own little boy. There is nothing better than that baby smell! However, there was one moment where he started getting fussy and I was like "Uhhh...I dont know what to do." So I just gave him back to Allison. After that I was nervous, but she assured me when I have my little guy I will know what he needs. Great time to panic about having a baby huh? haha.

I look like a natural huh? haha.

He was happy I was holding him.

"You're picky about everything!"

This is the statement my friend made to me the other day, and while pondering over it I have realized that she is right. She actually said it in a joking way, but when she said it I started trying to disprove her statement....I came up with zero evidence to argue with. When I told Ben she said this he just laughed and said, "Umm, I'm pretty sure I've been trying to tell you this for as long as I've known you. I can't believe she says it once and now you understand." Sadly, I understand now. I realized I am picky about food, music, clothes, colors, books, etc. and the list goes on. IT'S TRUE! I'm not proud of this fact. I wish it was easier for me to eat and read, but that is just the way I am. Well, the point of writing about this problem I have, is that it is now spilling over to baby stuff.

This issue came up the other day while talking with Ben's Mom. She was asking me if I had found material to make the baby a blanket. I told her I went to both fabric stores and found nothing. "Nothing? They have tons of cute baby fabric!" Was her reply. I however, did not think this was true. I went home empty handed. Then I was showing her the shirts and blanket I bought for him, and she said "Natalie, don't buy too much because you are going to get a TON of clothes at the baby shower." "Well, I want him to wear what I like." was my response. Now don't get me wrong, having a baby shower will be great, and I know I will get a lot of good stuff. I just think I might as well dress my kid the way I like!

A few days later I was with my Mom and she pulled out some fabric she wanted to use to make me burp pads. The fabric had monkeys all over it. (now be aware that she didn't go out and buy the fabric for me. She had it already.) I don't like monkeys. I think they are creepy and not cute at all. I politely told her no thanks on that fabric. She did have other fabric that I liked though. (Am I sounding like a brat?) (I hope not.) I'm just wondering if I am the only picky person out there. I doubt I am, however, sometimes it feels like I am. I just really don't like monkeys. There also seems to be a lot of monkey stuff in the stores right now. When I went to find fabric there were tons of monkey fabrics and hardly any cute green or brown stuff. I feel like baby stuff is either baby blue or pink. Does it make my picky to want green, brown, or elephant?

Here is the bedding I want to get our little boy:

Cute huh? Maybe I'm not picky. I'm just particular....

I am also very particular about baby names. I had lists of names before we even talked about getting pregnant. I do have the perfect name though! Maybe I'll blog about it once it gets closer.