chunky monkey!!!

he's 6lbs and 11oz. now!!! ohmigod!!
he's gained over a pound in two weeks!! i am going to have the world's biggest baby!!!
the doctor seemed to think i will be having him within the next couple of weeks... i mean of course my due date hasn't officially changed but she seemd to think along the same lines as i do that i won't make until the end of march... maybe mid march...maybe st. patrick's day.... who is starting a baby pool?? hehe
we still need a a name...poor child will be nameless... hopefully we can get that figured out soon or at least have a handful of names that we can pick from... and look at him and say he looks like a ...... whatever...
baby seems to be okay though...fat and happy.... hopefully he stays that way...
doctor seemed to think i am doing everything right and that he'll be just fine and all seems well... she also said that say i do go longer than two or three more weeks and he's getting into the 10 pound range they will probably give me a c-section... i would really prefer that not to happen but is it does then ok... just want him to be safe and me to be okay....
okay now for serious stuff... when i have the baby i do not want flowers- i want marshmallow peeps, and chocolate and real cocacola...preferably cherry coke or dr. pepper... not DIET!! i hate diet... but i have had to settle for the occasional diet with the stupid diabetes...blech... the splenda isn't too bad but still not as good as sugar!! that's so sad but i think i will have to stock up for when i get done with being preggers and off course i won't overdue it since i will be nursing but you know i can have an extra cookie or some hot chocolate or some spaghetti and not be paranoid i am hurting the little guy....stupid diabetes...
it surely makes me want to really get healthy when i am done though... as much as i say i want crappy junk food... i want to be around and healthy for my child a lot more... plus it just sucks to be so fat... blah... it will be good to kind of be more aware of what i am eating afterward and maybe that will help with losing the baby weight a bit quicker... we'll see.... maybe he really will be the freakin 60 pound baby like jenny mcarthy jokes about on the weight watchers commercial... he's working on it...but between eric and i it wouldn't surprise me he'll be a good eater... hehe... eric the buffet champ and me with chef... hehe...

speaking of chefdom... i just got anthony bourdain's new book and a book called heat that's upposed to be good.,... dunno when i'll have time to actually read them... but it will be fun... when i do....also i got all inspired to make baklava... you should come and have some this weekend....i figured that's when i'd make it as i certainly can't eat very much...maybe a bite i can have but not really much more than that but it's been awhile since i have actually made that... i am wondering if i can maybe get some cake business going on the side while doing the baby thing this summer.... maybe i won't have time...i dunno but i hate being financially worried...so a bit of extra income always makes me feel better... plus having cake around the house can't be too bad hehe.... baby weight coming off?? hehe

we had a mardi gras party for my students at school today.... they had fun... didn't understand a bit of why we were having king cake that mom sent up...or why they were wqearing beads and what the heck the deal with purple green and gold was but it fun... we made feather masks and jester hats and ate kind cake and threw beads around a bit... but not too much... i don't think they understood it at all.... but it was fun... they all thought the idea of a baby hidden in a cake was really cool and they all liked the cake.... even my pickiest eater asked for another slice!!! can't beat a cinnamon roll basically!! they had a lot of fun..... and it was nice to share that with them...made me even a bit homesick for new orleans.... but then i think of the hassle and stuff and go...eh.... visiting is nice.... hehe

so many loose ends to tie up at school and with my last online class... almost done with things but still have paperwork stuff to finish up...meetings that need to be held and all that... and gotta get sub. stuff together so the person who comes in after me is able to get stuff done with my kids.... sheesh....
then there's researching moving if that's what eric wants to do... but that is going to be his job mainly.... to do intesive research on possible places to go and jobs and schools and such.... we'll see... i have looked into seattle a bit and into northern arizona-flagstaff area... both have good ed. psych. programs i could go into and have environmental type stuff for eric.... cost of living not too terribly bad comparatively.... we'll see...much more looking it needs to be done....
anyway... i need to go to bed... eric comes home from vegas tomorrow!! yay!! makes me relax a bit knowing he'll be home tomorrow in case i need him... plus i gets lonely a bit hehe....