J Dawg's, Duck Pond, and 8 month belly shots

We went to J Dawg's last night. We looooove J Dawg's. And, in an attempt at the impossible (aka to satiate the insatiable and placate the implacable... MOM), we took pictures.

Flattering, no?
Chad's polish dog: dog, ketchup, bun. = Chad's perfect dog.

My polish dog: dog, ketchup, mustard, pickle spears, bun. = my personal heaven.

We split a beef dog with ketchup and J Dawg's sauce, which is a little too sweet for a whole dog but perfect on a half. Highly recommended.

We also went to the duck pond south of campus to take my 8 month belly shots. Because heck yes I was 8 months along as of yesterday exactly! Woohoo!! He's finally getting big enough that it's a little harder for him to move around. Last night though, holy moley. He did a full body flail or flipped over with gusto or something. That was the mostly incredible thing I've ever felt. He did it all the time when he was smaller, but not in a long while. And it definitely feels different when they're 5.5ish pounds and not one or two.

Just about everything on me is swollen, including my face, hands, and feet. I even went to Old Navy yesterday and bought church flipflops. Delightfully tacky, eh? My bright blue, extremely grungy ones just weren't cutting it anymore. I tried wearing my normal church shoes this last Sunday and it took hours for the lines to disappear from my feet. I can't wear my engagement ring at the moment, but I can still manage my wedding band. And my face... well, let's just say I'm feeling less than delicate nowadays.

Pictures from the pond:

Ducklings!

Chad trying to look too cool for school.

That's better :)

Turtles!

It was a fun time. Just fyi though: don't try to take a picnic to the pond on a warm day. Lots of ducks = lots of duck smells. You lose your appetite pretty quick, especially when you're pregnant. And it's an exercise in futility to throw bread for them. They get fed so much. We're convinced that their scuz at the bottom of the pond is made purely of all the bread they couldn't eat. But anyway.

Have a nice Tuesday!