"Come and meet...those dancing feet...on the avenue I'm taking you to...."

42nd Street!!!!

Ok, so I decided I never do much for myself anymore.  I've been running crazy the past few weeks.  Parent-Teacher Conferences, trying to get ready for the holidays, doctor's appointments, cheer practice, cheer pictures, and tomorrow I'm teaching a "Harry Potter" class at the OSUM library!  Which I'm SO excited about, btw.  And then I'm leaving straight from OSUM and driving down to Westerville because my girls are going to a basketball cheer clinic at Americheer.  Then we're doing a team dinner on the way back to Marion.  So all that to say, I've been insanely busy and I've felt really down because I haven't really gotten to do anything relaxing and fun.  SOOOO...PHS is doing 42nd Street as their musical this coming spring.  They've opened it up to ANYONE 14 and over.  So the first big dance number will be tons of people from the Pleasant community (teachers, alumni, parents, etc.).  We had our first practice last night and it was SO fun!  That's the most relaxed I've been and the most fun I've had in quite a while!  I just loved it!  Now keep in mind, I was in this same show at the Palace Theatre (community theater) a couple summers ago.  And it is my FAVORITE show, especially to perfom in.  AND, a couple good high school friends of mine are part of this!  Holly is choreographing and April and Andy were there!  So it's just gonna be amazing.  I talked to the director (the fabulous Dory Traynham) and asked her if she was going to mind there being a 6-month pregnany lady on stage, and she said, "Oh no!  Not at all!  It'll be great!"  So I guess I'm in the clear!  Little Baby Kirby will be performing before it even enters the world!  I have my tap shoes on at the moment.  I just had the soundtrack playing on my iPod and was trying to dance through what I could remember of the first number.  Let's just say I'm a little out of breath!  It's insanely good for me, though. 

On another note, tonight Kyle and I went to Lowe's (imagine that) and picked out carpet for our bedroom and baby's bedroom.  We're tired of cold feet in the morning (our entire house is hardwood, minus the bathrooms and kitchen).  And we thought some good carpet would be good for our little one to play on and not bump their head.  Plus, I'm tired of cleaning the hardwood floors.  It'll be so much easier to run a vacuum and be done.  No more vacuuming, dust mopping, then wet mopping....uggg....such a pain.  I also picked up some paint samples, because I'm hoping to paint over Christmas break, too, once we find out what we're having.  I'm planning on moving all the furniture out of that room over Christmas break, too (or sooner, depending on when the carpet gets installed...but we're aiming to have it done during break when I'm home).  Here's what the baby room looks like now (it really is a mess...I'm sorry...this is what happens when you're never home for more than 2 seconds before going to bed):

And baby already has its first gift!  One of my old roomates from college, Katie, sent this to us!  We were SO excited (especially me!):

 
Tuesday right after I get out of school, Kyle and I are heading up to Michigan.  We're staying at my grandparent's pretty much the rest of the week.  On Wednesday we going to Frankenmuth!  We decided to start a family tradition.  We're going to go up every year and enjoy a free day and start buying pieces to a nativity scene, since we don't have one yet.  Well, we have one, but it was tiny and like $5. :P  Since we're starting our family, we figured now would be a good time to start doing fun things like this for us to enjoy.  Baby Kirby will be enjoying the chicken dinner at the Bavarian Inn, even though it can't see all the sights just yet!  It sure will enjoy the food, though!  Then it's family time on Thursday and Friday!  We'll come home either Friday night or Saturday morning.

Right now I'm about 10.5 weeks.  Little one is now a fetus, not an embryo!  The eyes and nose are clearly visible and baby tooth buds are forming.  Baby's wrists and ankles have formed and you can tell apart fingers and toes.  AND most of its joints are formed. Bones and cartilage are forming and its knees and ankles are starting to take shape.  Funny, its elbows are already working!  Its genitals have started to form (I can't wait till my kid reads that part one day...I can hear it now..."MOOOOMMMM!!!!  Was that necessary?!?!  That's weird!!!).  Bahahahaha...my first aim at embarrassing my child. :D  The nervous system is responsive and internal organs begin to function.  The lungs, stomach, kidneys, and intestines are developing.  The heart is almost done forming!  Oh, and of course, baby is the size of a prune right now!  This time next week it'll be a LIME!  My clothes are getting tighter and tighter.  I actually had to go out and buy some maternity pants this week...just "lounge-around-the-house/exercise" pants, but still...  My t-shirts are a little too tight around my belly.  I guess it depends on who you ask and when...most people are really starting to see my belly pop out and I've had just a couple people say they can't tell a difference...grreeeaaatttt....just what I wanted to hear....am I really that fat?!?!  Actually, this week I've had quite a few people want to feel it, which is cool and weird all at the same time.  I love it, though, haha!  All I know is I have proof it's growing!  My sister could definitely tell, and Kyle definitely can.  He gets so excited everytime he looks at my belly.  It's kind of cute. :)  He always talks about my "baby belly".  "Look at how big that baby belly is getting!  Oh my gosh, I can't believe that baby belly is already that big!"  And it's not like I've been eating a lot to put on pounds, considering I've lost 7 pounds currently.  I'm gonna guess that's gonna start turning around soon since I'm starting to finally eat again.

Ok, it's Friday night....and "Shrek" is on....and I kinda want out of these tap shoes now....I'm out!