Holy Crapazoid!

Holy Crapper McStinker! I'm 36 weeks! 29 days til Bean arrives! Can you believe it?!? This last year has gone by SOOOOOOO slowly, but at the same time, has really flown by. In a couple weeks we're going to be parents! PARENTS?!?!? Are you kidding me?? It'll be awesome. However, I was thinking that since I'll be a mom, Christmas will be a little different this year. Usually, I get all goofy with the nieces and nephews and am pretty riotous, I must say. Especially with Taylor. We have this nerdy bond. But now, I'll have to be all serious and do mom things. Like sing opera. And read the dictionary. And ballroom dance. And make lace doilies. And knit foot sweaters. It might be weird. Taylor, if you're reading this, be prepared for serious Aunt Alyssa. No more of this "aunt lyss" stuff. It's not serious enough for a mom.







HA! I kid...can you tell I can't wait for Christmas? I'll have a baby, I'll get to show off my baby to the fam, PLUS I'll get to meet Sophie and Keaton...Oh it's gonna be good:)

Anyway, we had a great opportunity last week to take a trip to Virginia with the in-laws. They have a timeshare in Williamsburg and were kind enough to take us with them! We'd been there with them once before, but the last time we went it was an absolute torrential downpour and freezing cold for our entire stay, and we had packed pretty much like we were going to the beach. Not smart.

But this year, the weather was phenomenal! Sunny and warm, every day! We left early last Saturday morning and got back by evening on Wednesday. We did a lot of shopping and got much of our Christmas list checked off. Hooray! Plus, we got some stuff for Bean and a few things for ourselves as well! Shopping and eating were probably the two things we did the most...good vacation, right?!?! But, we did take one day to go down to Virginia Beach, and that was probably my favoritest. We basically walked up the boardwalk for about two miles, and then went down by the water and walked two miles back to where we started. The boardwalk was gorgeous, the beach was gorgeous and the water was gorgeous. The water was pretty cold at first, but after a few minutes it just felt really nice to walk along in it. It was just an absolutely beautiful day! There are some pics in the slideshow from that day! Oh, there's also a pic of Mike mini-golfing...he smoked us all! I came in dead last. And I couldn't pick my own ball out of the cup. It was pretty sad. Oh well:)

One last note on the trip: My husband loves Captain George's. If you're not familiar with it, it's an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet. I'm pretty sure that if my husband had to go back in time and marry somebody else, it would be Captain George. That does not speak anything to his orientation, just to his insatiable love of sea creatures, and the eating of sea creatures. We went to dinner there on the first night, and every night after that he'd suggest we go back again. Now, normally this wouldn't be a problem for me, expect that during this entire pregnancy, seafood has just been completely disgusting to me. So, I had some crab legs, and choked down a couple other seafoody delights that I would normally love, and that was that. THANK GOODNESS they sat us right next to the desert tables, because otherwise the smell in there alone would have driven me right out the door. Instead, I got to enjoy the smelly goodness of baked pastries. Yum.

Lastly, to explain the last couple of pictures I tacked on to the slide show below:
1) I have also had a strong aversion to Chinese food during this pregnancy, which drives Mike crazy because he was really hoping I'd just have ridiculous cravings for Chinese, because he does. SO - the other night I suggested to him that he could pick up some Chinese take out for dinner, because I just felt like eating cereal. Sounded good to him! As we were driving home, he says "Oh darn! I should have got chop sticks so I could eat with them! I'm so good at eating with chop sticks!"

Oh, don't worry honey, I said...I have chopsticks at home! I had a stash left over from when I was teaching...I used them for a fun activity when we talked about China. Anyway, I said he could use them! Then he started back tracking...hahaha...but I made him eat his whole meal with chop sticks anyway! He was actually pretty good, but the whole scene was just amusing to me:)

2) After Chinese, Mike decided to eat some Dots for dessert. And then he decided to joke about "sharing" one with Bean, and accidentally spit a half eaten dot onto my belly (my shirt was pulled up, because she was jazzercising, and we like to watch it)! GROSS! So he apologized, and then decided he'd just give Bean her own dot. And so he stuck it to my belly. And then she started pushing up on where he'd stuck it, like she was trying to get to it. It was rather amusing. So pardon my momentary lack of modesty in the belly shot...it was just tooo funny!