Not much news

So there's cat pictures...

Moby, a.k.a. "Click-Click"



and Trouble



So I'm missing a picture of Jack because when I took these pictures last April he wouldn't sit still for a picture (high strung cat). Projac, whose happily living on Prozac will soon have his picture posted.

Nothing new on the baby front - I'll be 27 weeks prego on Friday with the large gestational diabetes test / blood work which I'm just dreading.

So for now, it's just work work work. Luckily, I'm downtown Chicago enjoying a great atmosphere.

Converting the Yarn Room into the Baby's Room...The Before Pictures

When Karen came from Houston in May, she was a savior; we managed over the course of a few days to pack up the entire chaotic yarn room into bags and containers.

She was a great sport in motivating, strength in moving containers as well as strength in decision making of "do you really need to keep the yarn you've had for 6 years and have forgotten about?"

Karen went home with three suitcases full of yarn and started projects from the yarn room. It felt great to destash, organize and pack up. The pending baby room hasn't been touched since Karen left and most likely won't until the end of September but it's a great feeling to know that at least the hard part has been done.

Before pictures (and this was 4+ hours into the process of organizing):

Meet our Tax Break

We're Team Green (not finding out gender).

Here's a picture from our ultrasound today:

Everything went better than I could have expected at the ultrasound - it was a great experience.

Cat on Prozac

Jack's been given a lifeline...

Our very high energy, high attention cat who has been having "behavioral issues" (aka peeing on my hardwood floors) was put on prozac today.

We were at our wit's end in trying different ideas to break his bad behavior and quite quickly our cat has calmed way down. We're not sure if this will solve the urinating issue but so far so good.

The vet gave us a few good ideas and hopefully those mixed with prozac give us the cat and solution we're looking for.

In other cat news - all the cats were diagnosed as fat and gaining weight - moby only by .2 lbs, jack by a lb but trouble by 3.5 lbs who now tips the scales at 19.6 lbs. At least Trouble didn't bite or scratch anyone today which is numerous steps up from the last visit to the vet where it took myself, two assistants and vet to complete his checkup and we all walked away bleeding in some fashion.

In baby news - Alex and I were playing Rock Band this afternoon and our kid who loves music, decided it was time to wake up and dance - which felt more like he/she was stuck in my ribs and trying to come out through my ribs - instant tears in my eyes it was so painful. Kid just loves Rock Band like his/her dad. I went to give Alex a hug and his head was at my rib cage level - he got swiftly kicked a few times by kid and started laughing.

We were told this is the time to start interacting with the kid - music, stories, talking, etc - we figured Rock Band is about as close as we'll get to following this advice. Kid apparently likes music like his/her parents.

Alex's 8 hour afghan

There's a slight disagreement about who I made the 8 hour afghan for - Trouble thinks it's his blanket and lays on it all day and night. The cat leaves the blanket for food, water, trips to the litter box and cuddle time with Alex. Other than that, you will find the cat on the afghan. I've even folded the afghan up and laid it on top of the couch to wake up in the morning to the blanket on the couch with Trouble cuddled up in it.


Glad the blanket is appreciated. Trouble posing as best he can:

Trouble lifting his head slightly as he hears Alex come home and tries to protect "his" blanket: