Pregnancy Ponderings

I love being pregnant. It's true. I love the idea of having a baby. l love feeling him move and more recently, hiccup. I love finally having a metabolism and being able to eat whatever I want without gaining weight.

I don't mind not drinking alcohol or eating raw sushi. I don't mind the protein aversions or insomnia.

I love the attention. I love talking about the baby. I love making old ladies smile when they see my belly. I love picking out baby items. I love my maternity clothes- they're so comfortable and were a great reason to buy new stuff.

I don't mind doing this all by myself while Aubrey's in Baltimore. I know that without this baby, this past year for us would have been a lot harder. He's given us something to look forward to no matter where we live.

I get Max back on Sunday. The packers arrive on Tuesday and Aubrey flies in to Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon. We drive to Richmond on Wednesday night and then on to Baltimore later next weekend. We officially move into our new house on Monday, November 28.

Molly arrives in Annapolis after Aubrey meets her in Arkansas for their hunting trip during the second week of December. By December 12, the Swinsons will ALL be back together again.

It only took us seven months and seven days.

Housing Update

So, as many of you know, I ventured to Baltimore last weekend for a house-hunting trip. We've decided to rent a house until our home in Charlotte sells and until we determine exactly where we want to live in Baltimore.

We spent three full days driving ALL over Baltimore and its surrounding counties. Exhausting. I had NO idea how expensive housing would be up there. Like, double what it is here in Charlotte. Needless to say, it was an exhausting, exasperating trip. Our Realtor was incredibly patient as we increased our budget every day and she had to keep pulling more houses for us to look at.

Friday night we had dinner in Baltimore's Little Italy complete with dessert at Vacarro's. Check out our tasty treats!

Now, these tasty items might explain my two pound weight gain so apparently Newton LIKES sweets. No more desserts. At least this rich. :(

We decided that we like Annapolis as a potential place to live. We've filled out an application for FIVE bedroom, three bath home. I realize this might seem like a mansion but we really need the space. One bedroom for us, one for Newton, one for my office and one for a guest. Plus, there's not a TON of storage in this house (i.e. attic, etc.) so I think we'll use the extra bedroom for storage- maybe put in some temporary shelving... need to have a place to store all that holiday and non-maternity stuff. Ha!

Wish us luck that we'll be approved and get the house!

Hanging out in Hotlanta

So, I feel like all I've been doing to my friends and family is complaining lately so what better way to cheer everyone up then to do a blog post.... yay!!

On October 21st, Aubrey and I met in Atlanta to see Sugarland - the tickets were a birthday present from my parents... It was so great to see him since it had been four weeks since we'd been in the same city. I drove down to Atlanta Friday afternoon and met him at the MARTA station by my sister's apartment.

We did TONS of eating and shopping all day Saturday. We started out at hearth off Roswell Road. It's a super yummy pizza place. These are eggplant wedges with a spicy aioli sauce. Divine.

Then of course, we had pizza. We can never agree on what to share so we always end up getting our own. Aubrey ordered meat lovers something or other. It had a much fancier name but basically had a lot of meat on it.

I ordered the special of the day. Again, I forget the fancy name, but it had pumpkin, butternut squash, brown sage butter sauce, kale, pistachios and red onions. OMG. Soooo amazing.

After lunch we headed out to do some shopping for Newton. Up first, Blabla to see the mobile I picked out online. Coincidentally, their only store is in Atlanta so we trekked up to Alpharetta to see it in person. Then, once I saw it, I had to buy it.

Of course, with my baby shopping addiction, I couldn't just stop there. This little hat reminded me of Molly so, of course, Newton had to have this too.

Then, it was on to the concert!!

I mean, what else did you expect me to wear? I look drunk in the picture thanks to Aubrey's photography skills but oh well!