boy oh boy oh boy.

our sister in law Tashina found out she is going to have a boy today. hurrah!

she swore the whole time that it was going to be a girl, because she and her hubbie Todd just felt like it would be.

i secretly prayed (not literally obviously, that would be a little out of control) that it wouldn't be, because i would be sad if she had a cute girl to dress up and i did not, when she would not take full advantage of the giant flowers and headbands and ridiculously poofy dresses as i would.

yes, i am that much of a loser i will admit it. i feel guilty, but at the same time so so pleased.

but then, magically, the chromosomes listened to me! and that makes me so happy!

so, the Lowry family will have had three baby boys within 8 months of each other by the time june rolls around. haha.

i'm not quite sure why we all had to have boys, apparently the lowry tradition of boys first carries strong, but our next children are all going to be competition for the first girl in the family.

but anyways, congrats to Tashina who is now very excited to be pregnant!



Zak update of the week: he is 15 inches long, and 3 lbs. and has a 9 out of 10 chance of surviving if he was born now. Let's get him outta here!! but he also has normal-ish skin and fully functioning lungs. He also loves captain crunch, takes after his favorite mommy, he does.

ode to the bath.

i love to take baths.

even though people, such as my husband, think they are revolting, sitting in your own skin cells etc. etc, i think that they are lovely.

however, this is what I feel like in our bathtub:

i'll admit she looks happy in this ridiculous thing, but you get my point. at least all of her body is covered, which mine definitely is not. its one of those awkward things that happens to most people, when the top of you sticks out if you stick your legs in, or in my case, my belly freezes regardless, even if i stick my legs out too.

siggh... tis a trying situation. and it makes me want to be rich. someday, i will achieve my ultimate bathtub. just like her:
doesn't she just look so happy? she has no belly or leg problem in this bad boy.

i dream a dream....

zak attack.

So we saw the doctor today for our 28 week check up. (Can you believe it's been 28 weeks??) I can't.

On the plus side, he said that we have a small baby. Which is weird. I was HUGE. like over 10 lbs. Levi was like 7 lbs I think so it will be interesting to see how big he turns out. The whole gaining weight thing is a new experience. Its a weird weird feeling going in every month and being significantly larger. Oh well. It's all for a good cause right?? It's been 6 1/2 months and I've gained about 18 lbs, and you're supposed to gain 25-35. I think I'm going to be on the upper end of that spectrum that is for sure. =)

On the negative side, my tail bone has been killing this week. Apparently it's going to be like this for the next 3 months. I guess that's what my problem is since I haven't thrown up, or gotten huge (so far) or had my back kill all the time. Dang...

Genius.

Photoshop is a wonderful wonderful thing.

I had these cute pictures of us from Canada, but for some reason I was unaware the entire time that my sweater, when taken pictures in, is see-through. Awkward yes. But, I spent some time and figured out how to make my bosoms/belly not so florescent white. I'm a genius. Hehe

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The Rest of the Vacation:

The Lowry Fam

The psycho killer parrot cat

SNOW. lots and lots.

Though it may be hard to believe, I went outside. Be impressed.
I don't have many pictures from Reno, seeing as I lost the camera in Levi's suitcase but he's so hick here.
Yes, I will someday be hard core. Just like him.

All in all, it was a successful trip. Now we move on to preparing for the little babe now, seeing as that's the next big event in the Lowry household. Speaking of which. We decided to switch the spelling of Zak, after a long debate of how to spell his nickname, to Zakary-- it makes him different too, though no one is going to be able to ever spell his name. Oh well, we like it.

Addict.

I am addicted to selling things.

We have a jar labeled "IKEA FUND" that we have on top of our TV that all of Levi's plasma money and my selling money goes into.

So far I've sold my desk, levi's desk, a chair, and a big poofy chair. Hehe.

- We're buying our new coffee table tomorrow. Booyah. And I'm going to celebrate by smashing our other one. =)

And I just put up a printer, a lamp, and another chair on craigslist.

Plus, my purses which are selling on ebay.

So that equals our baby room being cleaned out of furniture-- Now to find someplace to stick all the stuff.

revolt.

Why?

Why, praytell, does the world make flights that are supposed to leave at 11:00 AM, but somehow get switched to 6:30 AM??

Why would my in-laws live an hour and a half away from the airport?

Why would I need to be there 2 hours early to clear customs?

Soo-- Why do I need to leave for the airport at 2:30??!

I DON'T KNOW.

While I'm on my shpeel, I don't know how to spell that, but why did Canada decide this week that you are no longer allowed to bring carry-on's to the states?

And why, does United charge $25.00 for the 1st bag, $30.00 for the second, and $40.00 for the third?

I DON'T KNOW. but I'm going to have to be at the airport at a disgusting hour. And fork out over $100 to take my suitcases home, stuffed from this week when I could have carried half of them on.

this is how I feel right now, and probably will feel for the rest of the weekend. Yeah for travelling.

Dun Dun Dun Duuuuuuuun!

Don't you just love it when your grades come back higher than you thought they were going to be?? I sure do. =) I am very impressed with my lack of.... effort yet high results back from it? Well, without further adeiu, I give you the total from this semester:



Socialization- A-
Language- B+
Cognitive- B+
Multicultural- A
Music- A- (Can you believe this business?? I guess thats what I get for not going)

Since I don't have my own computer up here in the artic, I can't post any of my pictures, but let me tell you, I have never been so cold in my entire life. It's not too bad usually because I stay inside, but when you go outside and it's windy and -20 degrees Celcius on the thermometer, its a little chily. But Canada is a fun place, I like it minus the fr eezing. I'm actually home by myself today because Levi and his siblings went skiing in this ridiculous weather and his parents went to help Tashina fix up her place, both of which I declined politely =) Now to pick a good movie to watch... maybe get dressed.... We'll see. =)