Nearly 8 months.

I'm huge.

Green Thumb?

This photo was taken last April when I was motivated to plant flowers along the back side of our cute little house.

Bryan and I bought a variety of impatiens and they ended up looking great. It was difficult to keep them alive over the past few months; I'm not ashamed to admit that I do not have a green thumb and I don't strive to acquire one. Bryan ended up doing most of the work - watering and pruning - and at one point, our flowers were at least 2 feet tall, I swear to god.

Although Bryan might disagree, I did my fair share of watering these flowers because I did want to see them thrive. So it is with great sadness that I must report that all the flowers are dead. I'm not bothering to post an "after" photo because the space is just a pile of dirt now. We're pretty sure the culprit was a deadly combination of over-pruning during the cold spell that recently hit Orlando. The important thing to note, though, is that it was not my fault. I will take the blame for the near-dead Easter lily in our family room...

It's Florida, but it's still cold

A couple pictures from our house this morning. In Orlando. Florida. Where it is supposed to be warm. We had one of the coldest nights in over five years last night. We had to cover our shrubs, use the heat all night, and yes, that is frost in both of the pictures. Had some on the grass too, but it didn't show up too well in the photos.

But don't worry too much about us. The temps should be back into the mid 70s by the weekend...

The Ford Focus does not like being covered in frost

Even a nice covering of frost on the grill cover

New Poll! When Will The Baby Be Born?

I have posted a new poll in the sidebar. Take your guess at when the baby will be born! If you want to make a guess at a specific date and time leave a comment and you can point back at your prognosticating skills after the baby is born.

Be forewarned...anyone predicting that the baby will be born over a week past the due date will not be on Bridget's good side...

Good Grief

ABA Journal: Law School, Debt, and Divorce


Luckily, only one person in my marriage has law school debt.

Mmm...Peanut Butter

At the start of my pregnancy, I received a long list from my doctor of all the foods I was now banned from enjoying. The expected items were on there - sushi, caffeine, alcohol - but some unexpected items were also on there, including a major shocker: deli meat. Supposedly, deli meat can easily be contaminated with listeria, which can 'cross the placenta' to Baby Labutta and do a whole lot of damage.

I've spoken to a lot of other pregnant and formerly-pregnant women and not all of them have been banned from enjoying deli meat. Initially, I ignored the ban and continued to make turkey and swiss sandwiches for lunch . However, two things happened that officially ended my turkey days. First, I mentioned to my doctor that I was still eating deli meat, and she gave me a look as if I had just said I was eating razor blades for lunch. Not good. Second, during my vacation in Canada, the country just happened to have a massive outbreak of listeriosis, and a widespread recall of a major label's brand of deli meat was conducted. Really not good.

Not to worry; I found a great alternative in peanut butter and jelly. I would estimate that I have a PB&J sandwich for lunch at least 4 times a week. Jif and Smuckers...yum. Unfortunately, I'm now reading about a massive recall of peanut butter products in the U.S. due to salmonella contamination. I've heard that salmonella is also bad for an unborn child, so I've been frantically reading every article on the topic to make sure my Jif is safe. So far, it appears so and I hope it continues to be so. I've already lost my turkey, and I don't know what I'll do if I lose my peanut butter, too.

The Baby's Nursery - A Video Tour

In our previous post we gave you a slideshow of the new baby's nursery as it all came together. Well, for Christmas I received a new camcorder and so we thought we'd take you on a video tour of the new nursery.

I apologize for the quality of the embedded video. Click this link here, YouTube High Quality) to go to YouTube and watch a better, yet still far from perfect version of the video. The camcorder shoots video in full HD (1920x1080) but not even the software that came with the camera does a good job of converting the video into a format that is easily uploaded to YouTube and one that looks good once it is uploaded. Once I invest in some better software the videos should start looking much better. In the meantime, enjoy!