happy father's day...

...to my dad, your dad, dads-to-be! Steve spent some of Father’s Day helping his dad work on his car… we also went out to breakfast with his family. I got to talk to my dad this morning (all the way in Kuwait!) to wish him a happy Father’s Day, as well. I'm not sure if they celebrate Father's Day in the Middle East - he couldn't say for sure but he had forgotten it was today so it must not be all over the place like it is here. There are Father's Day sales everywhere! This is also the last year Steve will ever have where he’s only celebrating his own father… next year we’ll be celebrating him, too!

The baby is growing like crazy and I'm six months pregnant now. It was pretty scary when we realized she would be here in three short months. We haven't even ordered her bedroom furniture yet! Need to get on that. The baby is "sporting a fresh pink glow, thanks to tiny new capillaries … She’s the size of an eggplant! Let your spouse put an ear to your belly -- he might be able to pick up baby's heartbeat (no stethoscope required). Baby's also soaking up your antibodies, getting the immune system ready for life outside the womb. Eyes are forming, and baby will soon perfect the blink -- perfect for batting those freshly grown lashes." Mmmm, I do love eggplant! Especially when it’s tempura-style at a Japanese restaurant or grilled in my pasta. Ryan is all over my belly now – even though she prefers my right side. If I lay down she goes all over the place from left to right and sometimes just underneath my bellybutton. If I push in around my belly button I can actually FEEL her underneath my fingertips moving around… it’s pretty crazy. I haven’t taken a new belly photo since I was about 18-20 weeks so once I stop peeling (gross) I’ll put one up here because I'm so much bigger than I was.

P.S. Not sure if I mentioned that I had put in for a promotion at work, but I did. And I got it. I am so excited to be on a new team that I can’t even explain it. It makes my summer. My last few months of pregnancy will be a little less stressful on my new team and I get the promotion increase and my annual raise just in time for my maternity leave. Score! :)