86'n It

**I know this isn't supposed to be a kid blog, but I'm going to start a new thing called "The Franca-pedia Files". Franca has been at a really funny age for a while now where she explains things in the most hilarious ways. She is her own Wikipedia. They are just too good to not share, so I will!**

Marc: "Franca, do you have The Beat?"
Franca: "I no like to eat beets. They make me sick."

**TF-pF's are inspired by So Wonderful, So Marvelous's our Finnisms. Check them out!**


More renovation related info tomorrow!

While I'm still feeling like crap, I am feeling a little more confident in my ridiculous baby bump. Last time I got a nice hard little bump around week 12.

This time around, my stomach muscles simply gave up around week 6. Add to that massive constipation problems (thanks Zofran!) and you get a very early, grotesquely squishy baby bump. Up until recently I just tried to hide it, but now that it is getting harder and turning into a legit baby bump, I'm rocking it!

NOW, NURSERY PLANS: We are using the sewing/guest bedroom for the nursery. It currently has my crazy paint scheme. We wanted to do something more moody and dark, but just could not nail down a color.

So I came up with the idea of getting/making a large piece of art and pulling a color from that.  I happened upon on of my favorite photos of all time. Marc took this on Broadway in NYC one very magical, snowy night:


We are going to have it printed on canvas 24x36" and pick a moody wall paint color from it. (Note: color will not be a primary red, white or blue, don't worry!)

Cool, right?

Well, I have unfortunately NOT been feeling any better, therefore zero progress was made on the room clearing. My day is pretty much zombie mode until 4pm when I collapse into a heap on the couch. I can usually sit on the back porch at dinner time for about 10 minutes until I'm forced to return to the couch.


So it makes sense that Marc came home last week with this lounge chair for the back porch. Now I can rest back there while they eat dinner! Quality family time I tell you.

The funniest thing is that I saw a five piece set (4 chairs & a table) of this exact chair (but in black) months ago at an antique shop and loved it. Sadly, it was SUPER overpriced, so I never even mentioned it to Marc. Imagine my surprise when he came home with one of the same chairs and in an awesome RED!

Here are some of the post embarrassing photos I've ever posted on this blog.
Seriously. Worse than dead cats. Worse than those pics of me with dirt highlighting my boobs. Worse than the Devo outfit.

Two sad facts:

1. We rented a storage unit while owning a 2,400sf house.

1. Our storage unit is air conditioned. Our house is not.

I have the room about halfway cleared. If I feel any better this week I'll finish it. Wish me luck! I need it.

1) Place your only bathroom up a flight of stairs.
2) Provide daily care for 2 small girls who have made an olympic event out of slow motion stair accencion.
3) Have said girls going #2 in little potties in your downstairs hallway.
4) Get pregnant.
5) Then so sick you dry heave for 20 minutes at each attempt to empty said potties.
6) Have your husband come home twice a day to empty said potties before he can eat lunch or dinner.

And there you have it, your bathroom project is expedited!

Simple as that.

Ok, to be honest, getting pregnant in order to get a bathroom might be a little extreme, but that's how I roll. We have a huge list of things to do pre-baby, but the bathroom is the one most effected by my pregnancy.

Photo of my uterus on the internet. Oh joy!

If I can't stand emptying potties now, walking up a flight of stairs every 30 minutes to empty a pregnancy bladder is about to get really old.

Despite the fact that I have had absolutely crippling 'morning' sickness (thanks for nothing Zofran), all 3 of us are beyond excited to ringing in the upcoming new year by welcoming a new family member.

Now that I'm **this** close to my second trimester, it's time for me to try to power through this constant nausea and exhaustion and get started on this bathroom!

First step, oddly enough, involves cleaning the basement so we can move the junk out of the future bathroom/guest room and get started.

Horribly embarrassing photos of our junk rooms to follow this week.

Baby #2 details:
Due January 7th.
Yes, we will be finding out what we are having, hopefully at the end of August.
Nope, this is it kid-wise. I can't handle being pregnant again. Ugh.
Yes, Franca knows. She's super excited. She saw the ultrasound and said "He's swimming!"