What lies beneath!

Michelle Pfeiffer?

Today Nate noticed that one of the bathroom sinks was draining slow so he decided to plunge it. It worked so well that he also decided to plunge the shower sink. Little did he know it would open up a can of worms...and a giant hair monster...and a rusty nail.

Uh...this is what he was able to get out of the drain.

Notice the rust nail (courtesy of Pulte Homes)

Surprisingly...the shower had been draining fine even with this hair monster growing in the pipe for so long. However, after this was taken out and he kept plunging away it completely stopped up. Could there be another giant hair monster lodged way down there now so nothing could pass? I said no way and blamed it on Pulte and the fact that they had probably dropped 20 more nails down there while building the house. Nothing else could be powerful enough to block the pipe. So we drove to Home Depot and bought a drain snake. It didn't help. What the deuce. We decided to give up and call a 24/7 plumber...whose voicemail said they would be closed on Saturday and reopen at 9am on Sunday. Mmmmkay...what part of 24/7 are they not understanding? We were resigned to the fact that we would have to wait until Sunday to get the pipe unclogged and were debating on whether or not we should try Drano. I thought we should give it a try but didn't really think it would be able to disintegrate all the nails in the pipe. Nate thought we shouldn't try it because it might burn the skin of the plumber when he was trying to fix it the next day. Forget that, plumbers should have gloves. And if they don't think someone's going to try Drano before they call a $400 plumber, they deserve to get their skin burned off, right? So we bought the $6 Drano (which by the way has a money back guarantee if it doesn't unclog the drain...bonus). We let it sit for 30 minutes and voila...we were both shocked...the pipe completely unclogged. So it wasn't a whole bunch of rusty nails after all? It was my giant hair monster spawn that Nate plunged so deep down the pipe and so perfectly lodged it in there that no water was able to pass by. Drano prevails! Although I am sad that we never got to see the giant Gracie-sized ball of hair that was living in that pipe.

This made it all worth it. We don't need a plumber. We already have buttcrack up in here!

Added bonus...portable table.

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Memo to Limb Buds - 25 weeks (prenatal)

Sol Food = Good

Cankles from Sol Food = Bad

Memo to Limb Buds - 24 weeks (prenatal)

I'm super tolerant of the glucose. I took my glucose tolerance test yesterday and passed. Yay...no gestational diabetes for me. However, I am slightly anemic so I'm starting ferrous sulfate 325mg 1 tab po qd. That's pharmacist talk...I'll teach you early and your dad can teach you C++ (??). You'll be the smartest kid in Gymboree. Today at the doctor I weighed in at 2 pounds heavier than my last visit 4 weeks ago. I think the doctor was pleased that I didn't gain 8 pounds since the previous visit like the last time! Ooops...I was just trying not to starve you. The doctor said she would give me a 'kick counter' log to keep track of your kicks but she forgot. That's ok...because there's an app for that! I need to count your movements once a day and you should move 10 times in less than 2 hours. Using my Baby Kick Counter, you kicked me 10 times in 1:50 minutes....and you're still going strong. You're an over-achiever already.

My glucose tolerance test...mmmmlicious.

More shots with the new camera...

"I used to have more room up here."

"I think I hear Limb Buds."

Hot dogs are delicious!






Mighty dog!

Snoogle-licious

Since I can't sleep on my stomach anymore, I'm enjoying my new discovery...the Snoogle. The best pillow ever. And...Gracie thinks it's the perfect place for a good bone chew.

-Megan

Memo to Limb Buds - 23 1/2 weeks (prenatal)

Today we went back to see the perinatologist for another ultrasound to look at your space cord. He said your cord looks fine now...yay! He also said my tummy looks good...like a Vanity Fair tummy. Suweet. Hope it stays that way!

Memo to Limb Buds - 23 weeks (prenatal)

You're ready for your first episode of 'Cribs'! Yes, I'm sure that show will still be around when you're old enough to read this. After the second attempt to get your furniture delivered, your crib and dresser are finally here. Another delightful experience dealing with delivery people. They were originally supposed to deliver on Saturday between 10am and 2pm. They were so kind to call at 1pm with multiple excuses of 'my partner called in sick' and 'it's raining too much and my truck doesn't have a cover on it'. Okeee...what kind of delivery person only works when it's not raining? Oh, and thanks for waiting 3 hours to call and say you weren't coming. Sooo...it was rescheduled to today between 10am and 12pm. We joked that it was a 50/50 chance that they would show up between these times. Not so funny at 11:55am when they still weren't here. So I called and was told by a dispatcher that the driver's wife was sick (I dun care), he was running behind (dun care) and wouldn't be here for another 1.5 hours (care!). They FINALLY showed up at 1:30pm. The two guys who are about 50 years old...one with a huge beer belly who almost had a heart attack carrying the crib box up the stairs. When they got to the front door with the dresser, they wanted to take it out of the box saying there was no way they could get it up the stairs in the box. He proceeded to tell me that when they deliver, they usually don't even take the furniture up the stairs. To which I thought, "Whaaaa?? I seriously doubt it, you lazy man. I could have rented a truck for less money than Babies R Us charged me to have this delivered." Your dad's response was, "Well, you're not taking it out of the box, so you better just start moving it." They were uber-retahded and couldn't do it themselves so your dad had to do most of the work! Super lame. Finally, they made it up to your room. And as they were leaving, this is what we overheard Fatty McFatstein saying, "Wow, this is the hardest delivery I've ever had to do." Hey buddy, why don't you try delivering a child.

Maybe we'll leave the diploma on the wall to emphasize the importance of higher education...no pressure :-)

Fun with the new camera!

Week 8 through Week 21

I used to be skinny...