Mommy's Day

So, Daddy P insisted we celebrate Mother's Day since Cletus couldn't do it on his/her own yet. He made me chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast (yum!), and had a whole day planned for us. I messed up the plan by getting the worst neckache ever which has prevented me from moving around or turning my head. I have spent some time today however moaning woefully, lying on the floor, and whining. Since I wasn't exactly in any condition to be fun, we settled on getting frozen custard and going to a movie.

Here is the segue into a movie review...

Ironman is the most over-rated, uninteresting action movie I have ever seen (ok, recently). I attribute the stellar ratings to a total lack of movies for the past year, so everyone was just plum excited to see something on screen. Daddy P described it best when he said as we exited, "It was as if it was written by a 13 year old boy." This refers to both the total lack of interesting and thoughtful scripting, as well as the extreme womanizing. I am a woman who likes a good action flick. I can even suffer through the need to make men look strong by having them save and/or have sex with the women in the movie. So, although the use of women in the movie had me raise an eyebrow, I was still open. But really? Could there have been ONE interesting plot aspect? I'm just asking for one. Really...

Movie review over...

So, although I smell like Icy Hot and blew $7.50 on a crappy movie, I am still enjoying my mommy's day. First of all, I'm going to be a mommy. Having the world's best baby visit us for over a week only made me even more excited to be pregnant. I don't know how in the world I'm going to manage to wait until October for this little thing to finish gestating... But I am totally convinced that Daddy P's BFF and his amazing wife have all the secrets to baby rearing and they are officially on notice that they are in my speed dial.

Boston

So, we've been to Boston a few times this year to visit Daddy P's brother, but this was the first time since I was 10 that we did sightseeing. It was really fun! We walked the freedom trail one day, ate some good good seafood, went to a Red Sox game... very fun. The Red Sox game was an experience. You know those stereotypical thick Boston accents? Think of a male's version that is thick and guttural, and then imagine it coming out of the mouth of a 15 year old peanut vendor in the stands. It was wild. I couldn't get over it. So, we watched a few innings from our old wooden seats while eating clam chowder. Then, about the same time that my feet became numb from the cold, we left.



The freedom trail was really neat. Daddy P bought a little tour book from the visitor's center and read to us along the way to keep us educated. We even caught a re-enactment out at Bunker Hill. We also climbed all 290 something stairs; something that would have been easy five months ago, but suddenly had me stopping ever 30 stairs to breathe. Cletus is really not a big help in the stair climbing department.

Mystic

Last Saturday we drove to the coast and explored a bit. You know how I love festivals and darned if there wasn't a May Day festival. I tried to convince Daddy P that a May Day festival is a very European event, involving a May pole and polka-like dancing, but he was set on his belief that it is a Latin America based holiday. I kept whispering "Cinco de Mayo" but he didn't get it.

While in Mystic, we did eat at... of course... Mystic Pizza! And learned not to bathe in the river....



And, our Connecticut experience of festivals is consistently bad... but we still have fun...!

tea anyone?

so we're in boston and i'm posting from my phone so forgive the grammer and curt style. we've had a great time exploring the town with some bestest friends and their little one. we walked the whole freaking freedom trail today. whew. I know can show you where at least seven bathrooms are in boston...

I am learning from the momma on the trip all her sacred new baby knowledge, including that lameze is both a farce and just a plain waste of time. I am hoping our childbirth classes will be a little better but am not optimistic. she did advise a breastfeeding class which I think I will see if I can sign up for...

all for now...!

All Clear

We saw a very competent MD yesterday (friendly, nice; she began by EXPLAINING what it meant to have a tilted uterus and what the implications are, which is a great start). All is fine. Tilted back where it should be. (Yay, exercises! Thank you, Grandma, for the tips!!) Strong heartbeat coming through now that that baby's back where he/she should be. Cletusella has moved her digs and is loving them.

We're off to Mystic today with the friends and baby to celebrate May Day (people do that here! May pole and all!).