More pregnancy news

No, I don't know the gender yet. Our ultrasound is in two weeks, all the grandparents are coming up to see, and we'll tell all you lovely people who are dying of curiosity so you can start buying appropriate presents for Parakeet.

It's been a growing couple of weeks. I don't know how much weight I've gained. My new best friends (and that's whoever says it) says I don't look like I've gained much weight because my face still looks thin. Maybe they aren't looking at my ass. But the belly is starting to pop out. I'm so excited about my belly.

And even better is dressing my belly.

Pants are still fitting. OK, some of them. Tops have been a bit of a problem. I'm long-waisted to begin with, so I have trouble finding tops long enough anyway. I spent a few hours Friday trying on everything I own and putting away what won't be needed for a while. My closet was pretty sparse after that. Lena and Katherine have been sweet to lend some maternity clothes. Most will fit in a few months, when I'm really big.

In the meantime, I went shopping! A few new shirts, mostly layering pieces, a black hoodie that just might look cute after pregnancy, and a button-up top from the consignment store that still had tags on it. Even more important, two luscious new bras to match my new boobs (AKA the rack I've always wanted) with some panties. As these boobs are not mine for keeps, I'm keeping myself in line not buying LOTS of bras. Who knows how long they'll last. The boobs, not the bras.

But the best part....I've starting feeling Parakeet move!

Oops! It's been awhile, lets start with Vegas

Top 10 highlights of Kevin's 30th Birthday in Las Vegas:

10. Touring the new Wynn Resorts and having a drink in front of the "Lake of Dreams." Wow.

9. The weather was sunny, bright, and a lush 35 degrees. Brrrr.

8. The Freemont Street Experience was cool, but that's all we liked about downtown. Yes, it's new and improved. If you don't gamble, there ain't much there to do. Especially when it's 35 degrees.

7. Kevin bought me two new tops (one is technically a dress, but I wore it with pants) from Express at Cesar Forum Shops! While my pants still fit (and that's changed in the two weeks since Vegas), I'm having a problem with tops.

6. All the cool free shows to see, even the cheesy fountain show at Cesar's Palace. We like cheesy in Las Vegas. We dug the singing godoliers at the Venetian, too.

5. Window shopping at Wynn, Bellagio, Cesar's Palace, and Mandalay Bay.

4. Tie: Great breakfasts at the Paris buffet and Bouchoun at Venezia, AND the Liberace Museum.

3. Kevin's birthday dinner at Emeril's New Orleans Fish House at MGM Grand.

2. LE FEMME at MGM Grand (for half price!)

1. BITE, the erotic rock-n-roll Vampire show, at our home casino, The Stratosphere. We had an absolute blast sitting with the Asian grandmas at our table.

Pretend it's Tuesday

It's my BIRTHDAY!!!

I'm 29! Oh my God, the last year in my twenties! I can still be cute, but no longer young and girlish (only if I try really hard and wear a bow in my hair, I guess).

In celebration of my birthday, I worked. And I was charge nurse. But I did bring doughnuts from Krispy Kreme for everybody. Many voiced surprise at my bringing my own celebration doughnuts. I said it makes up for all the times I didn't donate a dollar for some cake. This plan is much easier and I encourage everybody to give it a shot. You are very popular, and you get the goodies you want.

Party Party Party

Kevin and I both worked New Years Eve. But I got holiday pay! Neither one of us were looking to dance the night away. We were happy if we stayed awake until midnight.

We spend the evening with Steve and Katherine Schubert, at "The Gaming House." I mostly ate, gossiped, and sat on the couch. Other people ate, gossiped, and played video games. We were an ambitious bunch. We watched the fireworks at the Space Needle (very unimpressed), and I made Kevin leave 10 minutes later because I was tired.

Such a short entry doesn't do justice to how much fun we crammed into four hours.

I did get lots of hugs for parakeet! That was awesome!

New Year's Resolutions

It's the same year after year. We all want to eat better, lose weight, exercise more, organize our closets, save money, blah blah blah.

Who wants to work on that?

So inspired by HRH The Sweet Potato Queen Jill Conner Browne, I have a list of MY New Year Resolutions:

I, Jenny Lynn Myers, resolve in 2007 to:

Have a baby

Take lots of naps

Enjoy marital relations as much as I want (I mentioned this one to Kevin, he amended it to as much as HE wants)

Eat lots of different cheeses, especially after parakeet is born when I can eat blue cheese again

Start accumulating all the Jimmy Buffett CD's I currently don't own

Read lots of books talking about what people were wearing, what they were eating, and all the creative places they were enjoying "marital relations"

Give up jogging because as Richard Mull says, "the ice falls out of your glass"