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 What I get for naming my baby fetus "Tank"...

(this one courtesy of my friend Leah; I don't know the Tank Girl comic except by name)

35 weeks down, and a victory for marriage rights in Indiana!

FIVE weeks until my due date (gulp)! Tank, the big news (aside from your impending arrival) is that a federal judge threw out Indiana's ban on same-sex marriage this afternoon. That means ANY two people who love each other can get married, just like B and I could. For the time being most counties are allowing same-sex couples to get their marriage licenses ASAP. I hope you get to grow up in a world where "same-sex marriage" is as irrelevant an identifier as "interracial marriage" or "interfaith marriage".

 I am so proud that I was able to get my shoes tied all by myself! They pinch my swollen feet, though...

A tornado hit the west side, and the sirens went off here (no damage), so Sox and I camped out in the half bath and took a nap to ride out the storm.

34 weeks down!

The countdown keeps ticking away!

 At my shower a couple of people actually told me that I looked "tiny" and that I "don't even look that pregnant". Disagree!

 The carnage in the classroom for our Infant/Child CPR class.

 Sox likes to bring her favorite ball into bed with us. This would be more cute if it didn't jingle.

And my feet are NOT looking pretty these days.

Father's Day... first one for Brian! (and Tank's first baseball game)

As a family Father's Day outing, all the Hodgins (P.T., Jane, Luke, Sarah, Rylie, and Brian and me) went to an Indianapolis Indians game at Victory Field. We sat in the lawn, so even this pregnant lady had plenty of room to spread out on a blanket and get comfortable. It was a beautiful sunny (HOT) day, and the home team won!

 A Tank's-eye view of the field.

A good time was had by all!

33 weeks down!

T-SEVEN weeks... wow...

 We have three bunnies (this is the smallest one) who like to hop around our backyard...

..and torture Sox.

Baby shower weekend!

This weekend we had our "family baby shower", and all of Brian's siblings, their spouses, their kids (our nieces and nephews), and 2 out of 3 of Brian's aunts came to town for the occasion! We were so humbled by everyone who took the time to come to the party, to give us gifts to help prepare for Tank's arrival, and to celebrate our growing family. My mom hosted the shower, Aunt Sarah designed the invitations, and (I think) a good time was had by all!

 I wore different shoes, but I loved my dress - it even has pockets!

 Leave it to the pregnant girl to have exactly ONE photo from the shower - the one of the cake.

 Aunt Sarah made a "diaper tree" with rattling toys in it - Sox was at least as intrigued by the noises as Tank will be.

 B is practicing with our new travel system...

... and Sox is VERY interested in the box the stroller came in.

32 weeks down!

That is 80% of the way to my due date (YOUR due date, Tank), and as you can see by this week's photos, I'm feeling a little feisty.

 According to the chart in our childbirth class, this is the face I'll be making while I'm pushing... except that this is pretty much what I look like when I wake up in the morning.

 See? I send goofy photos via iPhone to B while he's at work. I am grateful he chooses not to put them on Facebook or anywhere else public (the 2 readers on this blog, one of whom is me, won't care).

Tank, don't try this at home. Your dad was being a pill. Can't remember what he said, but it was obviously all his fault.

We finally got a "normal" picture.