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What to Expect email today:

Week 23: Beware of Botox

Thinking of stopping by your dermatologist's office for a fill (or a refill) of collagen, Restylane or Perlane? Here's a wrinkle in that plan. As with Botox, the safety of injectable line fillers during pregnancy hasn't been established yet.

People must be idiots. Each chapter mentions staying off the hooch and street drugs too. I don't get it.

This was after dinner last night. I must've gotten a good angle, because from my POV it looked more like a bowling ball.

When I have off from work, I don't normally sit in front of a computer all day hence the absence. In that time, I visited my family many times over, bought plenty of maternity gear (orange shirt pictured above) and made (and so far, have kept) my New Year's resolutions. This year I decided that Todd and I would have a joint resolution in preparation for Fancy pants. Every night we're eating at home (and when we're eating, period, for me) we're going to eat at the dinner table with no cell phones. It's been really nice. Usually, we plop down on the couch in front of the TV with whatever I whipped up and gorged quickly on our TV trays. Often, since we were already on the couch, the stove and sink stayed a mess from cooking and we were getting really lazy. Since the kitchen in on the way back to the living room, we almost HAVE TO swing by and tidy it up a bit. I don't like eye sores and since we pass by, it's not out of sight.

Also this week- grandmom had a few fainting spells. When my mom brought her to the hospital on Sunday, she was averaging only about 50 beats per minute (or BPM as we're educating our non-baby bearing friends.) Her ventricles and her atrium were not communicating and the ventricles were really slacking. It makes sense, honestly. She's 90. She's no spring chicken. So the docs at DCMH recommended a bi-ventricle pace maker and she's been up and running (her mouth) since it's installation on Monday at 1pm.

Remember that funny little story about grandmom "shoveling" her porch? She's a pistol.

Anything else to report? Hmmm...Fancy Pants is dancing up a storm. S/he chooses the hours between 9-11pm and 8-9am to be most active. Todd's gotten to feel a few kicks here and there so that's pretty neat. Oh yea, and I painted the room where the baby's going to sleep:

This is the room off of my bed room. I casually refer to it as the dressing room like I'm a high class, lady of leisure who has names for various rooms in her enormous house. One day...

Todd was going out to coach his 5th and 6th grade girls basketball team at St. Eugene's on Sunday and in the two hours he was away, I bought the paint, got back home and painted it all up. It's a small room- and only two walls really needed painting. I HIGHLY recommend buying a house with some external brick walls. Cuts painting time in a third.

I don't have much else to report. Too much time has elapsed and I'm starting to ramble.

Ahh yes- one last thing. Todd and I have decided while I'm planning Lauren't surprise baby shower that it's really too much running around for a fancy-schmancy party in a hall that costs too much.

So here it is (and expect Evites for this event unless you're over 50):

When: Sunday, March 28th, 1pm-7pm

Where: Casa Kurpel (Aston, PA)

What: Open House/Baby Shower/BBQ

Anything else: Registering at BabysRUs (we haven't done this yet)

Also, I'm happy to let people bring a plate of something if they like.