my most recent appointment with dr. karmel
was good
i learned definitely that i did not have gestation diabetes
i also learned that my baby is going to be a giant monster
giant
as in gargantuan
i also learned that i only gained 3.5 pounds
which is good
considering that by my fifth month, i'd already gained 30 pounds

anyway
killy and i had a romantical getaway one last time before the baby comes
we went to fredericksburg
and we happened to go there when i was convinced that i had gestational diabetes
so i didn't eat anything that i wanted to eat
no sugary breads, no breads period, no snacks in between
and there was a festival
the crawfish festival
which i couldn't enjoy
because i couldn't eat the crawfish
(questionable origins)
and i couldn't enjoy the fried dough
or the lemon ice
too sugary
so we didn't go into the festival
we just kind of walked around the perimeter if the park
and gazed

but we were tired anyway
after having been on the bus for like six hours
we just wanted to sleep
so we made our way down the quiet residential streets
to the rose nest b&b
the same little place we stayed at when frank & whitney got hitched so long ago
and we slept in each other's arms
and we woke up early the next day
to have breakfast
the baby was rumbling in my stomach
i made egg beaters in the microwave
because i couldn't eat the sweet dutch apple pie that they left for our breakfast
but i munched on some fruit
not much
we weren't sure if i could eat fruit
and then we crawled back into bed
where we lounged for hours
watching t.v. and giggling and talking and arguing and loving
and didn't get up until lunch
when we were hungry again
and we went out into the world
where killy and i found a great little german bakery restaurant
and killy had a pancake and breakfast
(for lunch)
and i had a quesadilla
because it had cheese and veggies and chicken
i only ate one fourth of the tortilla

so we walked around
killy was wonderful
he let me wander into every store and browse until i could take no more
until i was so exhausted
and then we went back to the rose nest
where we napped
until i was hungry again

and then we took showers
and ran to a beautifully expensive restaurant
and had a romantical dinner
yummm
we recorded everything on our camera

it was such a beautiful weekend
i was in the clouds for weeks after
still am
just humming to myself and loving killy
my husband my lover my best friend
and the baby
the baby will be born into love
because that is what my life is right now
my life is with killy
and killy is love
and my life is love