i love raspberries

Baby is now a raspberry! That is beyond bizarre to me because it's definitely not a microscopic tiny little thing anymore... it's a tangible size that's moving around despite the fact that I can't feel it yet. In week eight, "your baby is growing like mad, putting on about a millimeter every day and continuing to straighten out in the trunk. Though you can't feel it yet, baby is moving those little arms, legs and (now only slightly) webbed fingers and toes like crazy." How adorable is that. I like this better than the blueberry because (sorry, Steve) I don't like blueberrys but raspberries are delicious.

Our Valentine's Day present to ourselves - our new bedroom furniture - is finally purchased and in our room. Last night was the first night of heavenly sleep in our king sized bed - the first time I've slept in a king without being on vacation (way better at home). We've put off painting for now simply because we have no time this weekend and I'm exhausted... it's a daunting task. Our bedroom is huge and there's a lot of wall space to be painted - I considered for a second just painting an accent wall and calling it a day, but that's not how I imagined it... and I don't want to settle since we're obviously stuck in northern Virginia until the market picks up. We'll be sleeping in this room for awhile, unfortunately. On the bright side, we get to have our first baby at a hospital near our parents, my grandparents and extended family and all of our friends... so it's not all bad. :) Now that our room is (for the most part) finished, we can look forward to getting the nursery ready in the next few months.

Tomorrow we're going to dinner at my parents house to make the big decision: summer vacation 2008. Everyone is compiling their own lists and we're going to compare and settle on our top three so my mom can book everything. We've put a ban on the UK as well as any country using the Euro because my mom just spend $1.60 per Euro in Ireland last week... and it's painful. My list consists of the usual suspects - Thailand, Alaska, road trip across the northern US (which I know tops my dad's as well), Costa Rica (monkeys!), Puerto Vallarta or Cabo. I'll be a little larger than I currently am but I'll enjoy the trip just the same.

On the previous topic of organic fruit, do you know how much organic green seedless grapes cost??? Lets just say, I spent $2.49 a pound on the regular variety (aka chemically soaked) and the organic grapes were almost double. So, I just scrubbed them really well.