Who are you?

My friend, Laura Beth, put a similar poll on her blog and I thought it was a neat idea, so I borrowed it. Please respond to the poll on the right! Yes, I'm curious...maybe even nosy...so feel FREE to leave a comment as well, so I know who you are! I'd like to promise you that I will have something interesting to say in the near future, but it appears that everything I have is going toward growing this fat baby Luke, even my ability to write, apparently. Thanks for voting!

Argh...

I've been trying for 2 days to upload video and it's just not happening. That's too bad because I've got some HILARIOUS video of Madeline dancing. And she approved me posting it. I think she thinks it's so good she might be famous. I'm not at all concerned :-) Also some of her singing, which is somewhat amusing, but mostly just precious.

Anyway, does anyone have any tips for compressing video? I can't get it short enough to be a small enough file for blogger not to take forever and give up. Help!

Keep reading!

Just to let you know, there are 3 new posts below this one. And trust me, you don't want to miss "You might be a redneck if..." :-)

Ahh...DSL

So we finally have entered the world of somewhat-high-speed internet. We have had dial-up until early this morning when Jared finished setting up our DSL Lite. WOW. Now you understand why I've been posting all day :) Here's one (probably) last one for today.

I occasionally (okay, once before today, when Jared left his laptop at home and I "borrowed" some neighbor's wi-fi...it's not like it's secured and I hacked in, but still...) visit the blogs of people I totally do not know who are linked through people I actually do know whose blogs I read. So I was doing that today (because I can!) and Amy B's brother, who works for Christian Chronicle, has a very funny blog. They recently had their first child and some of his past posts include the tracking of the unborn child's growth as documented by babycenter.com, which I also use. This is where "Blueberry" came from. Anyway, he has a list of the baby growth comparisons, which really just saved me a ton of time going back and listing them (and the idea of using wikipedia to show examples)...I am easily amused, but I think some of them are pretty funny. The kids ask me almost daily what we're on. I guess it's useful having something they grasp the size of instead of just inches or ounces.


Week 4: poppy seed
Week 5: sesame seed
Week 6: lentil bean
Week 7: blueberry (Now, it's all making sense!) Week 8: kidney bean Week 9: grape
Week 10: kumquat (Ok, so this one didn't help us much...)
Week 11: fig
Week 12: lime
Week 13: medium shrimp (Was this really the best option? It's kinda gross either way, but the "food" pic looked better than the "creature" pic)
Week 14: lemon
Week 15: apple
Week 16: avocado
Week 17: turnip
Week 18: bell pepper
Week 19: large heirloom tomato (Could you be more specific? I'm going to guess the "large" one)
Week 20: banana (This is comparable to the length, not so much the overall shape)
Week 21: carrot (I'm guessing a really big carrot? Or maybe last week was a small banana. Because I view those as pretty much the same in size...but maybe it's just me. After checking Wikipedia, apparently there's quite a variety.)

So, I know you'll now be waiting in anticipation for the weekly update. I'm not sure why it makes me happy to think of my unborn child as a fruit/vegetable, but it does. So there.

It's a...

Just kidding, we don't find out until tomorrow! But I was looking especially large today (somewhere around 19 1/2 weeks), so Maddy took some pictures of me. I'm sure the Oatmeal Creme Pies and Fritos I've been craving (and eating) today have nothing to do with the size of my belly! Seriously, it changes so much day to day...Sunday I looked like I was ready to give birth, then Monday night I hardly looked pregnant. I'm pretty sure from here on out, there will be little doubt!

Also, I've posted all of Christmas, so be sure to check out the 4 posts below this one. And check back tomorrow (hopefully) for the 20-wk ultrasound pics and updates...I got a scanner for Christmas too--Jared does really love me!

Blog Book

For all of you bloggers, this looks interesting: www.blurb.com/create/book/blogbook . You can have your blog printed and bound. So prepare for my entries to get even longer...as if that's possible!

Last one to get a blog...

Ok, so I signed up for this blog in November and it's now August. Time to jump in! Inspired by Tiffany, I'm going to try to keep this up. I've lost touch with so many friends and family...this is such a fun way to connect.

If nothing else, it'll help ME keep track of what's going on! Keeping track of my three (four if you count the Big Kid) kids makes it hard to just sit back and enjoy what's happening.

Here I go!!!