The Dollar Tree is my hero! (35 weeks lego my prego!)

I had to go to Oasis (international food store) last night to chase down some spicy curry paste (since Kroger bites!) and naan for my chicken curry. The Dollar Tree happens to be next door, and I deigned to go in and check out the can openers. And guess what? That cheap ass can opener GLIDES around the can. I could have saved close to $50 and a lot of hassle by getting that one first! Darn. Oh well, at least I'm now in the know!

So today is Jeff's day off... Take a wild guess of where he is?! I'm going to burn the building down! Ugh. He'll be home soon though :)
Last night we went to see "Gran Turino", it was excellent. That's one of the best movies I've seen in awhile--Clint Eastwood is my hero! (sorry dollar tree!) I highly recommend seeing it!
And our chicken curry dinner was damn tasty! Bri kept saying the house smelled like curry--well now it has good reason! Friday several of us are going to see "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Lyric--and then on to Sharkey's to visit Jeff :) Hopefully I'll get to finish up Cade's room this weekend as well.
Anyway, I think I'm hitting some world records with my blogging! Time to go do something useful!

Belated Congrats to Nickie & Gene!

I'm still playing catch up!
Nickie & Gene got engaged last month, congratulations you two! It's about damn time! (just kidding, just kidding!) Nickie is designing her own ring--from the drawing it looks pretty awesome. I'll try to get a picture of the final bling. She has temporary bling right now, with the diamond that will be in the final. Confused? Haha. Another awesome wedding to attend, yay!

Jeff has the day off tomorrow! Yay! I think we're going to do a little chillaxin, and possibly hit Barnes & Noble. Maybe a little Bed, Bath & Beyond if there's time.
Today I'm planning to go in search of a can opener that works--damn my life is exciting! I've been through three of them--that all sucked. So, if you happen to be in the market--DO NOT buy Kitchen Aid, Michael Graves or OXO. Hopefully TJ Maxx will have something different.
I'm also going to file taxes today, and I'm hoping for a big fat return! Cross your fingers!
(P.S.--there are 2 more recent posts if you scroll down, three posts in three days--it's a blogtastic miracle!)

Cade's Baby Shower--Compliments of Nickie (and Gene too ;)

As you can see, Nickie went all out for the baby shower. Even though I'd never been to one before now (don't laugh!), I'm going to have to say, best baby shower ever--hands down! We had blood orange mimosas, punch with bourbon & vodka, goat cheese stuffed figs with prosciutto, several types of paninis, tasty cheese tarts, an array of olives (even though Nickie hates them!), fantastic chocolate cake, the list goes on! Needless to say--we were all stuffed. Nickie told us we weren't allowed to leave until the alcohol was gone--I think we (they!) came pretty close ;)
We ended up staying for quite awhile--and even made it to round two on the food!
We played a couple of fun games too--one of them involving everyone getting cute little blue clothespins. If you said "baby", the person who caught you got to take one of your clothespins. So we were all trying to trick each other into saying the magic word. Mom was probably the worst (sorry Mom!) since she had to keep explaining to all of us about the baby stuff--haha. We also played a baby gift bingo game. Which probably helped entertain people while I SLOWLY opened my gifts ;) I can't help it--I like to prolong the suspense! Jenni, Nichole, Mom, Bri & I ended up staying until around 10pm--longest baby shower in history! I think we can blame the Wii Fit, check out the pic below of my mom:
We had a damn good time :)
I want to thank Nickie (& Gene!) for throwing me such a great baby shower! I can't even imagine how much time went into planning, decorating and creating all of those tasty masterpieces!
Also thanks to my mom and sister for flying in, and Jenni for driving up from Charlotte--even while mid-move :) I'm glad you guys were here!

Yes, I suck! I am a rotten, lazy blogger!

Okay people, I have TONS to catch up on! Somehow, I've managed to stay pretty busy even with school out and no work! So, first things first:
We're up to 34 weeks! Cade (aka M&M ;), is about 4.75 pounds. His central nervous system and lungs are finishing development. He's mostly adding baby fat--which I'm feeling every time I try to get up! But I just started getting uncomfortable recently--so i can't complain too much--it's been a pretty smooth ride :) He's pretty active, and constantly kicking and moving. He's also gets the hiccups quite often--which Jeff & I get a real kick out of. It's really cool to be able to know what's going on in there!
Last Wednesday, we FINALLY cleaned out the baby's room. Jeff hauled two loads of junk to the Goodwill! And we painted Cade's room "Palm Leaf", which is a very spirited green as you can see in the picture.
Yesterday, Bri & I got the nursery set up. We put the crib together, which I'm very impressed with. It's completely hardwood--looks fantastic and was so easy to assemble!
I'm a walking Da Vinci cribs ad! I also love the bedding set, it's so cute! I think the baby will appreciate the animals and the bright green :) We didn't get his dresser/changer set up since it got damaged during shipping--so I'll be assembling that next week. But we did get a few things on the wall and the valance hung. Bri did all the hard labor and reprimanded me every time I attempted to lift something. Haha, anyway, there are more pictures posted on Bri's SmugMug: http://www.floridaiveys.smugmug.com/gallery/7193029_ZD9sW#461891916_KtqB7