vote for norman!!

jay sent in a pic from a while back of sweet norm, all stretched out on the couch.  (you may have seen it here on the blog).  anyway, he was chosen as a nominee for "pet of the week" on the dallas morning news website.  so, please go cast your vote for our sweet boy!!  (you do need to sign in or register with www.dallasnews.com in order to vote, but it's free and they don't spam you, i promise!)

in case you missed the link to go click and vote, CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR NORM!

scene: pritchard living room

(setting:  late evening, monday night)

(the bachelorette on the television in the background, tanner p is giving the weirder-by-the-episode, jillian, a foot massage)

katy:  why is tanner p. so obsessed with feet?  it totally weirds me out.

jay:  i don't know, but i hope he gets kicked off and comes back to dallas...

(katy peers over at at jay, clearly puzzled)

jay:  what?  he looks pretty good at it.  i wish he would come rub my feet. 

part of me thinks he was totally serious.  jay wants weird foot-fettish tanner p. to come rub his feet.  the father of my unborn son.  very, very frightening.  at first i thought he was kidding, but then i wasn't so sure.  after all, i got a call from jay this morning, "yay!!  i'm on my way to tanner p.'s condo for a foot massage!"

this is what i deal with, people.  this is my husband's sick and twisted sense of humor. somehow, someway, i may be just as sad, because it is hilarious to me.  gotta love jay, he is always there to keep us on our toes.  :)

i swear every week that we won't watch it again.  after all, i am the person that makes fun of people for watching "american idol" and such.  this is clearly a character flaw on my part, a slip up of sorts, but "the bachelor/ette" and "the hills" are a weakness.  it's the editors.  every week i swear at the shows end i won't watch it again, then they come back, "next week, the most dramatic episode ever..."  

ugh.  i am clearly slipping in my old age.

baby check -in and cousin's camp 2009

i can't believe it already snuck up on us again, but it's summer, and that means cousin's camp with all my nephews and nieces here in big d!  as most of you friends know, my parents get both of my brothers' kids together for a "camp" of sorts every summer.  so yesterday they brought all seven kiddos over and jay and i threw them the annual b-day party courtesy of us.  we started with a museum trip in the morning to the nasher, pizza at campisi's, birthday cake at our house, and then a trip to play laser tag, miniature golf, bumper boats, and anything else we could find to play and/or ride.  we had a great time...and i think the kids did, too!!  

sweet little caroline and my cute dad

yes, that would be me with caroline on the TINY pink plane...

at the nasher on the sculpture scavenger hunt

too cute...with their statue friends...

23 week old link!

and last week we had our 23 week check-in on link!  he is so active (trust me, i feel it - and this little man is always moving!), it was just amazing to actually see him being playing around in there.  this was by far the most change we have seen thus far - he is really starting to grow fast and look like a little baby boy, kicking his legs, holding his feet, and staying very, very busy in there.  anyway, everything is looking great and we are totally on schedule for september 30, weighing in at 1.3 pounds as of last wednesday.  i am feeling great, lots of energy and just happy, happy to have a healthy baby growing and getting ready for good times with all of us!!  

as soon as she stuck the wand on my belly, he plunked his foot up in camera view, hahaha...so here is a shot of the bottom of his foot.  he was just letting us know he is fully aware of what is going on out here.  how cute is that little tiny foot??