False advertising

I was at the store last week using my weekly super saver and Ice Cream was on sale. SO I decided that chocolate chip cookie dough sounded good.



Doesn't it look yummy. The box says 'Loaded with STUFF!' How could I not pick this one?

You can imagine my disappointment when I got home and opened it up to find this.




Where is the 'stuff' ? Yeah, scroll back up and look - The pictures shows loads of brown cookie dough goodness. It is totally missing from this container. So one of two things happened....They used the wrong box when filling this container and put chocolate chip in, or the weigh scale got clogged and was not dropping the correct amount of cookie dough into the ice cream mixture. Either way...I was glad I had left over Magic Shell so that I could still be excited about my ice cream.

Growing

I was skyping with my new web camera today and stood up to show my family in Texas my belly. They all gasped and said that I needed to post a different belly shot. Apparently the one in the grey and white shirt by the tree does not show how big my belly is. (Although it is a very stylish shirt Jennifer!!!)


So...here are some shots to catch you up on my waist line. I think I left off here...

32 weeks


I did not do a very good job of taking one every week, but you get the idea

35 weeks (Measuring my belly at a shower)


And gasp...I can't believe I am going to post this one but here it goes....
37 weeks


This one was shot tonight..
39 weeks


It's hard to believe that in a week our family will be three!!!

5 - S my house

So...I am still here...prego....and waiting. I figured I should blog some stuff while I have the time so here are a few random pictures that I found on the camera as I was cleaning it out.

At work, (before I left) they were working on organizing and cleaning up the entire plant. It's called 5-S for 5 different words that start with the letter S. The first is Sort, then Set in place....etc. I won't bore you with the details. The main idea is everything has a place, and everything in it's place. It is something that will take months to complete at the plant, so I know that they have been working on it since I left.
Well, last week Bob comes home and he has two strips of sticker in his hand one Blue and one Pink. He doesn't say anything about them, just says hi and goes to change his clothes before dinner. (the same way he always does). I think it's odd, but don't think about it again until I go to get ready for bed. I find this on our bathroom counter.



Apparently I have a habit of using Bob's brush. This would not be so bad, except I shed, a lot! A few years ago, I remember him complaining because the girls at work pulled one of my hairs out of the back of his hair. Well apparently I started doing it again, and he decided to color code them for me so I would not accidentally use his.

I'll be keeping a closer eye on what he is bringing home from work. If I start seeing a shadow board in the kitchen with all the spatulas and outlines on the floor where all the furniture goes I'll start to worry.

Yikes!!

So....I was looking on my brothers blog and he has this count down. Today it said:

'Only 20 more days until I become an Uncle'

Holy cow!! That means we're almost in the teens for delivery day...yikes

I'd like to appoligize in advance to the nurses and Dr. if I go into labor on Christmas...I know that the hospital is the last place they want to be on Christmas.

On the other hand....If I go in on December 31st....lets shoot for that new year baby. I could get a lot of cool things, but I am not going to be on TV or the Newspaper in a hospital gown! They'll get a picture of proud Dad and Son.

Thanksgiving Recap - Boccie Ball

I am still not used to the warmer weather here during Thanksgiving and Christmas. But we took advantage of it to enjoy the outdoor game of Boccie Ball.

We played in our yard one evening

Nice Shot Dan...


Please don't hit the fence mom....



This round ended with Bob blindly throwing the Jack over our closed fence and the rest of us heaving the balls over the fence to see who could get closest without really seeing. (Can you tell Bob was involved with those rules?)

We also went to a local park to play. It was warmer than it looked. My sister is from Texas and has thinner blood than those of us in Georgia....

Two engineers and a CPA try to figure out the score on this round.


And the rest of my pictures won't upload...so that's all for now.

Thanksgiving - potpourri

Here are some of the last random pictures from our Thanksgiving fun.

The view out our front door on Thanksgiving day


My mother helping to cook...which I think she spent 40% of her time doing, and another 30% of time washing dishes. (Thanks Mom!!!)


Two brothers putting up a new kitchen light


Two prego sister-in-laws hanging out in the kitchen


Two brothers 'charging' up our new glow worm


Overall we had a great time and appreciate everyone making the long drive and dealing with flight delays to spend some time with us.

Thanksgiving Recap - Settlers

We played quite a few games during the week. The brotherly competition was there and the rest of us were dragged in to play along.

By far the most popular game was Settlers of Catan.

Meghan got some really good cards on that trade!


Joe and Bob were at war so they built robots to shoot each other. Joe started it...


Big brother Bob built a bigger robot and shot back...


Joe came back with his 'nuclear bomb'...war was over


(Those of you who have played Settlers of Catan know that building things with blocks has nothing to do with the actual game, just boys being boys)

Here are a few of the challenging boards that Bob and Joe built...

Joe went for the windmill approch, making road building a bit difficlut in the middle.


Bob put in an island (And we created some rules on how to build a bridge)