My baby has been on another fantastic road trip. We FINALLY saw Cape Cod in the summer and it was beautiful. The lilacs were in bloom everywhere and I saw white, light purple and very deep purple lilacs. They are definitely my favorite flower. I missed the lilac bloom in my backyard, while we were staying at my mothers, so I have been in lilac withdrawal. I immediately cut a bunch from Lloyd’s house and kept them in my hotel room.

We got to spend time with Rob’s Mom, which is awesome. Rob always talks about how much he loves my mom and I feel the same way about Ann. I always wish we could spend more time with her.
The point of the trip was to pick up Rob’s Father’s things and boy we got some awesome stuff. We got a 8mm camera that belonged to his grandfather, along with great WWII war propaganda movies and a slew of home movies, old pictures and actual receipts from the 20’s. Lloyd and his mother were pack rats but some of that stuff is extremely interesting.

Funny how things happen. Work called and wanted me to scale down my hours for the next month so I am working 10 hours a week. How awesome is that?! I love going to the gym every day and now that the weather has started to get warm, and I bought a bikini, I am ready for the pools to open.

So far I have gained 15lbs and the Dr said to expect to gain 30lbs. It seems like a ton of weight. I can't imagine doubling my weight. The belly has been growing like crazy, it finally beat out my chest in the great zeppelin race.

I feel him rolling around in there, he really likes the left side of my belly and every time I feel a roll, it's there. I suppose as he gets stronger the kicks will begin and I hope that happens soon.

2 weeks till the Florida vacation and 5 weeks until the Hamptons vacation. I can't WAIT!

I was looking at other blogs and mine is just too much text so here are some pictures.
It's the Dog Of A Thousand Faces doing his impression of a circus dog and me in my circus clown outfit.

When I left General Physics, I was a bit panicked about not working so I grabbed up the first contract that came my way. It's a great contract, working from home doing technical recruiting for about 20 hours a week and the pay is big.

But, I am realizing that work is severely cutting into my busy schedule. I wake up about 10 am and have a nice breakfast, then watch the news or read it on line for an hour. I get to the gym at 11 ish and spend 1 1/2 hours there or so and then it's time for a biiiiig lunch. By the time lunch is done, it's nap time.

After nap time, it's walk the dog time and think about dinner time. Next think you know Rob is home. So you see, work is interfering. I just don't have 20 hours a week for work.

I got the contract through a good friend and don't want to let him down but I think I am going to have to look at an end date since I have a trip to Florida and a trip to the Hamptons coming up. Oh yeah, and the pools open up in June. Where will I find the time to swim in the pool. It's my natural habitat since I am looking more and more like a walrus with each day that passes.

Everybody will be happy to know I have not killed my brother.... yet. He and my mother have a relationship I will never understand. Last night at 10:30 I hear mom saying "I'll cook you a hamburger" and then she cooked him a hamburger. I was considering yelling out "He's 19, he can cook his own hamburger!" . Instead I had insomnia.

On a happier note, I feel the boy move daily. It's not a flutter or a quickening whatever that is. I feel movement and weight shifts. It's so comforting and fun to feel him and I wish Rob could feel it somehow.

Poor Rob, it's always crunch time at work but it's super crunch time now. The flooring guys screwed up the baseboards so Rob is doing it himself but there is a lot of drywalling that needs to be done and all of it needs to happen before the painters come on Friday. Needless to say he is a stress ball and he goes from work to home to work on the house. I am kind of lonely and Rob is uber stressed. I will be so happy when things are normal and quiet back in our own house.