New picture

Here's the latest picture, at 18 weeks.

Denim Rage

The only thing harder (and more traumatic) than trying to find a decent pair of jeans is trying to find a decent pair of maternity jeans. First of all, I'm offended that all maternity clothes are banned to some dingy corner on the top floor of the department store. Also, once you wander through the maze of normal-person clothes and find the maternity section, there are only two pairs of pants and some shirts that look like something on sale at Dress Barn. I spent at least three hours yesterday searching everywhere on the north side of Dublin for one pair of jeans, and came back completely empty-handed. Then I went online to gap.com, found a pair that looked perfect (and came in short sizes--big plus!), but they were no longer available. The only explanation is that God does not want me to wear jeans.

P.S. Ireland, please join the 21st century and get on board with online shopping. Honestly. This is ridiculous.

Pictures!

We've decided to take weekly pictures, so that you guys can check out how big I am! Hopefully this will eventually prove that I'm not just getting fatter and fatter each week... I voted for the shirt-down option, but TJ was against it. I hope that no one is offended by partial nudity. (However, now that I just posted the words "partial nudity", maybe I'll get some hits off google?)

Big plans

TJ here,
Kate let me type a entry on the condition that there are no typos, so this may be the last time you hear from me...
TJ

A blogging beginner

Maybe I'm very behind-the-times (in fact, I'm pretty sure that I am), but I've decided to start my first blog. As you know, TJ and I live in Dublin, so we don't get to see much of our friends and family back home. Now that we're expecting a baby in August, I thought it would be a good time to set up a blog as an easy way to keep everyone updated with news, photos, etc. And since I just can't convince myself that I'm young enough and/or cool enough to be on facebook (like Amy and I decided over Christmas, we're just too old for glitter...), I'm starting a post here. I apologize already if I don't post very often, but aside from living abroad and going off to the north pole for months at a time, TJ and I really don't live a very glamorous life (nor would we want to). So enjoy, and keep in touch.