Not your average day

So tonight was a very special night, a night unlike any other. Tonight was the very last night that I was ever pregnant. So that I did not become completely depressed and dwell on this, I decided to try and make it memorable and fun. So here is what we did on Monday, October 25, 2010:

We had a pizza party.

We spent some time with our current baby, reassuring him that he would always be our baby.

We watched the NY Giants beat the Cowboys on Monday Night Football.

We did our civic duty and voted.

And then went to bed at a reasonable hour. Yeah we're party animals.
See you in the morning...

I'm thinking..... pink.

So today I decided to enjoy the festivities of breast cancer awareness week. Since, I'm 39 weeks pregnant and didn't have much else to do. It was fun driving through town and seeing everything in pink and also the crazy people who really dress out there for the event.

So I decided to check out Chop Chix Hair Salon as they were having a BC special for the day. They were doing rockstar toes and wackadoo haircuts for $10- it was a steal! As I walked in I was bombarded by fun music, pink feather boas, all the cupcakes you could eat, and some crazy ladies dressed in Halloween-typed pink costumes. It was a madhouse...but a fun one. As I sat there, I was introduced to a campaign called "Save the Ta-tas". So many tatooos and keychains and t-shirts displaying that message proudly. At first it took me a-back, but then I really thought it was fun.

Talking to my hairstylist, she told me they had several different kinds of t-shirts with sayings on them. She told me about the one men prefer to wear "Save a life, grope your wife". I thought that was clever. Then she told me about a breast cancer survivor who was walking around with a t-shirt that said, "Heck yes they're fake, the real ones tried to kill me". I loved it!

After my exciting pink adventure, we went down to the Sundial bridge to see it lit up in all it's glory. It truly is a sight and all of Redding is there so you bump into so many people you know. It really is beautiful.

Toilet Humor

This has been sitting in our bathroom now for 2 months. Everytime I go to put it away it just cracks me up and I can't help but leave it there.

Ironically it's the only Pooh Elijah has ever left in our bathroom.

A Sister Wives Tale

So I've started watching the new TLC show Sister Wives. It's about a mormon-based family living the "principle" lifestyle of polygamy. The show, much like HBO's drama "Big Love" focuses on Kody and his three wives: Meri, Janelle, and Christine. And once again, TLC has managed to keep me watching because, well, I can't seem to look away.

When you first look at this so-called family you think "how can they really be okay with this lifestyle?". They talk about how great life is, how they all work together so well and how they couldn't imagine life without each other. Ofcourse, that was the first episode.

As the plot thickens, Kody takes on a new girlfriend and potential 4th wife, Robyn, who is not only much younger, but also incredibly gorgeous. Suddenly, the great lifestyle and wonderful picture of happiness that they painted becomes an angry, cry-fest. Each woman confesses their issues with not only the new relationship their husband is taking on, but with polygamy as a whole. Meri, the 1st wife, even goes as far as to say she's considered leaving but couldn't take her daughter away. A-ha! So maybe these women DO have feelings and emotions afterall.

What I find so fascinating as that most of the time when they confess their jealousy or their concern over bringing a 4th wife into things their husband seems shocked, like he has never heard this from them before. How interesting that it takes a camera-crew and a long couch for them to air their grievances to their husband. And how interesting that all it takes is a pretty girl to walk by and suddenly he's "found a testimony" to marry her. What this testimony really sounds like is an excuse to bring a new, beautiful, young woman into a stale 20 year marriage. What woman wouldn't be upset? They're clearly being replaced.

So while most people are disgusted by this show, and revolted that it can even be on television, I am still glued to the TV screen like an on-looker watching a tragic fire. I just can't help but watch that house burn down. I guess polygamy ain't all it's cracked up to be? Thanks TLC.