Girl Talk

Had another non-baby doctor's appointment today with the dermatologist. Just my yearly checkup to look at all my plethora of moles. Other than some on my stomach stretching with the bulge in my belly, they all looked fine. Since my appointment was first thing this morning, I was already out and about early and motivated to get some things done. I went everywhere looking for invitations for my cousin Brandy's lingerie party I'm throwing her to no avail. I was hoping to get the invitations in the mail before Christmas since the party was in mid January, but at this rate I don't know where I'm going to find any suitable ones to mail. So I went back home to meet with Dawn who was coming over. I think she was ready to get out of the house after her surgery so she decided to come see me. It was great visiting with her, as always. We extended our visit at On The Border for lunch. We talked about her frustrations over her surgeries and my mounting anxieties over my pregnancy. I showed her the dress I am supposed to wear to my cousin Brandy's wedding which is less than 3 months after my due date. Dawn just started laughing when she saw it. Yeah Brandy was definitely not thinking about me when she chose a short skin tight dress for her bridesmaids to wear. I am beyond myself as to how I'm going to fit into that thing. Every week I gain more weight. I know I've just now started being able to go back to Zumba but so far it isn't helping with the weight gain. I know I'm supposed to gain weight while I'm pregnant, I'm just trying to keep it to a manageable amount. Especially since I was already heavier when I got pregnant this time than I was with the last pregnancy. I had still about 7-10 pounds to lose from the first pregnancy when I got pregnant again. I guess 3 months of not being pregnant and going to Zumba for an hour twice a day just wasn't enough to lose all the weight. Perhaps another month and I would have, but I got pregnant and I was working 60+ hours a week so exercising was hard and limited. When Dawn and I got back to my house from lunch she mentioned her neighbor could embroider Nolan's stocking for us. I gladly sent it with her and also sent her with Nolan's weight pillow to see if her neighbor could add our last name to it as well. Dawn was very excited over the cheese ball I made for her and proclaimed she was not sharing any of it with her husband Eric. I know better though. She will eventually cave and let him have some.

I heard that Homeland's cast were nominated for SAG nominations as well as Claire Danes and Damian Lewis being nominated for personal ones. I can't say I'm surprised that the award nominations keep coming in for our show, especially in the writing and acting department. So I texted Claire and Morgan to congratulate them. They both texted back asking me how I was doing and how the baby was. Claire admitted she was feeling rather huge and ready to have her baby. With only about 10 days to go until her due date I'm sure she is anxious. She also reiterated again that she was looking forward to our little guys meeting next season. I certainly hope they are able to!

Shea came over after she got off work to keep me company. She knew Marshall was gone now and that I was probably spending too much time alone. We chatted, she vented about her girlfriend's kids while she drank wine, and I caught her up to date on all the family drama going around. It was nice to have someone other than Marshall to talk to about everything. An impartial party if you will. Not that my husband doesn't always take my side, but sometimes it is nice to just vent to your girlfriends. Shea caught up on X Factor from last week then we watched tonights episode. I can't believe the season is almost over! What on earth are we going to do until American Idol starts in January?