happy halloween

I've noticed, as you may have, that i go through phases with this blogging business of being diligent for a time, then ignoring it for a while. Really, i never ignore it.
Sometimes, i'm crabby and pregnant, and dont have very many happy tidbits to give you all.
Other times, i'm just fresh out of wit (this stuff doesn't grow on trees, you know).
And still other times, i dont want to be the typical pregnant lady that has NOTHING to talk about other than being "in waiting". the truth is, i DONT really have anything else to talk about, as this can be a bit consuming and i'm stuck in the house all day. and sometimes i even want a new subject....
So, i'll do what i usually do when its been a while since i last updated "whitney and brooks news", and give you some recent updates, thoughts, and musings, in no particular order or organized fashion.

*HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! For the holiday, im an overtired lady with a misplaced and grotesquely large goiter. Brooks is an equally overtired but ridiculously caring daddy-to-be. Chester is too cool for halloween and wants his damn lap back.

*at our 36 week appointment, BGG had dropped-- very exciting and painful-- i have the back of an 80 year old. but... PROGRESS!!

*at the 37 wk appt, our funny little athlete had "un"dropped. i didn't know this could even happen. We were proud of her agility and individualism but felt a bit like we were "headed" in the wrong direction. Brooks had a little talk with bgg and gave the "bell" a persuasively downward massage and what do you know,

*by the 38 week appt (which was wed), bgg had "re"dropped. what a good girl. Also at this appt, the doc thought it wise to have a weight estimate done. i think it wise too....i used to think when the baby was born, chester would literally be the "big brother". Now i'm not so sure. I look wrong, and i can literally FEEL baby girl running out of room in there. the kicks have gone from field goal attempts, to ballet, to minor adjustments. Hearbeat sounds great though and we got praise for a happy home from the OB.
So we're going to get an ultrasound on monday, and i'll report in with a weight when we know. The doctor wants to know the weight to discuss delivery options (she is that vague). I inferred from her that she thinks were dealing with a pretty large girl here and might want to go the surgical route. i guess the bigger the baby, the higher risk of birth related injury for her, and i think she's taking into account my pelvis. As this would normally make me uneasy and i may even put up a good fight about it, i've reached the point where all i want is to get her here safely and healthy (and hopefully sooner rather than later). I am willing to do as told, mostly, and am just focusing on the outcome.

*right before this 38th wk appt, brooks and i sat in the car in the doctor's office parking lot and listened to the end of the world series. Go phillies! that was exciting. Brooks and i were talking about how we hoped they'd give that "flyin' hawaiian" a parade when he came home. We should've known: they are making an official shane victorino DAY here in hawaii, with of course a parade. Its like i was telling my mom: On our news, the sports segment talks about Shane Victorino and high school football before turning it back over to the hard news: the debate over whether or not to build a public train and the cause of death of the beached whale on the north shore of oahu, both stories are going on about a month.

* we got a new camera! A normal-people kind! digital, point-and-shoot, and about the size of a deck of cards. I kept imagining lugging around one of our big heavy cameras, having to lock it up or carry it everywhere, etc. It has video too... and being so far away from you all, we're going to need something convenient with which to share baby girl's first photos. Now i offically can't think of ANYTHING else we need to do in preparation of bgg's arrival. i've taken some pictures with it and will prove that soon, cause as of now, i haven't figured out the wires and connections yet. This will probably take 30 seconds, i know, but i just plain haven't felt like it yet.

* new craving: raisons. I can't get enough. I use the word craving casually here. i dont think i've actually had any real cravings being preggo. more like inclinations. so the run down, by trimester i would say,
1st any cold fruit thing, like yogart, juice, or smoothies
2nd ice cream and broccoli
3rd coffee and raisons
never a pickle or weird cereal thing like i'd heard about. And in general, i'll eat anything, especially tums.

* Brooks just called with a real "aloha friday" (its friday you see, and he got out of work early and is on his way home, in other words, pau hana... or "done with work"). YAY!

* murrey and the carseat have moved to the CAR!

* I will admit i'm a little sad we didn't have a halloween baby (yes, there are still about 9 hours left in the day, but i think she's settled in for now) but who's to say we can't celebrate halloween in our household a little differently. we have enough candy to last a couple more weeks (if i stash some somewhere Brooks can't find it that is) and babies look cute in costumes any time of year.

*the celtics won their season opener the other day. that was cool, and the ring and banner ceremony were fun to watch. they are currently beating chicago in the 2nd in the other room (the TV i mean). Im using basketball this year to prevent my annual seasonal depression: the baseball OFF season. =) Plus something tells me that soon i will be consumed by something else all together and won't really even notice, until april of course =) when i get to bust out the 3-6 month redsox onesies.