{"id":768,"date":"2013-08-23T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/23\/counting-down-getting-bigger"},"modified":"2013-08-23T21:43:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T21:43:00","slug":"counting-down-getting-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2013\/08\/23\/counting-down-getting-bigger\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting down, getting bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"

August feels like I’m stalled.\u00a0 It’s warmed up a little, touching into the 90s some days.\u00a0 Blech.\u00a0 The colds Jack and I had lingered for about 10 days.\u00a0 I had a few days of feeling better, but the last couple days I’ve had a worsening stuffy nose and sore throat with cough.\u00a0 Ugh.\u00a0 It would be totally unfair if this turned into another full blown illness.<\/p>\n

My hospital bag is packed, my birth plan (brief as it is) is printed out, and my friends on stand-by for taking Jack.\u00a0 Sure, with his birth I still had almost 4 weeks at this point.\u00a0 But it could come anytime now so I’m preparing just in case.<\/p>\n

No sign of the dreaded SI joint pain I had last time<\/a>.\u00a0 The ongoing right groin pain is still there and as bad as ever.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure it’s round ligament pain<\/a>, according to the descriptions I read.\u00a0 The little guy has also taken to kneeing me in the ribs on my right side.<\/p>\n

Jack and I have been talking a lot about babies and what will happen when he is born.\u00a0 He seems to have a pretty good grasp on the change.\u00a0 We look at pictures of himself as a baby to reinforce how small and boring they start out.\u00a0 He saw this picture yesterday:<\/p>\n

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So we took this picture when Ben came home:<\/p>\n

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My goals each day are fairly short: do some house cleaning, entertain Jack with errands or playgrounds, work online while he naps, knit.\u00a0 Here’s some playground action:<\/p>\n

This is the “Bear Bridge” park at Majestic View in Arvada<\/p>\n

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And this is the Peter Pan Park in Westminster.\u00a0 Ben suggested it and I’m so glad he did!\u00a0 It’s adorable and well designed.\u00a0 Shaded picnic tables for mom, restrooms and drinking fountains, and a theme that’s perfect for Jack.\u00a0 They have various structures to be Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Darling House (with Shadow Peter Pan in a window), Captain Hook’s ship (with crocodile), and Neverland (with rock tower slide, tree hide-out, and hollow log).<\/p>\n

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I read online that this wading area is supposed to represent the Thames.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Pro tip: dress your kid in neon clothes so you can easily pick him out in the crowd. <\/p>\n

Weekends are super fun, even though I’m sick and whale-like.\u00a0 It’s so nice to have Ben around for company, conversation, and his share of pee clean-ups and lunch refills.\u00a0 Jack is obsessed with his dad and pesters him like a moth to a light when he is home.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Amanda and I went to see Peter and the Starcatcher<\/a> last weekend and I LOVED it.\u00a0 So glad she could get me tickets.\u00a0 If it’s not too late I highly recommend you see it in Denver before it moves on in the tour (Amanda has a discount code if you email her).\u00a0 We had a delicious meal at the French place Le Grand Bistro<\/a>.\u00a0 It was only a one block walk back to the Ellie Opera House for the show, about as far as I can walk these days. \u00a0 <\/p>\n

The next day Jack filmed his piece for Brian’s latest movie.\u00a0 He did great playing with Mavi while Brian and Jeff scrambled around to arrange all the shots they needed.\u00a0 We had pizza dinner together afterwards and dessert at my place, while watching Hot Fuzz on our projection screen.\u00a0 Man, I love our basement. \u00a0 <\/p>\n

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Last night we tried out a local ice cream place, Scrumptious<\/a>.\u00a0 I prefer Sweet Action’s recipe better, but this place was fun and waaaay closer to our house.\u00a0 Ben also grabbed some Mannekin Frites<\/a> and I wished I hadn’t bothered to cook and eat dinner so I could have some too.\u00a0 Delicious.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

I have tickets to see The World’s End<\/a> at the Alamo Drafthouse tomorrow night.\u00a0 I’ve been looking forward to that for months, so this cold had better pass by.\u00a0 I might have to rest tonight by re-watching How I Met Your Mother on Netflix and knitting baby socks instead of going out.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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