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It’s so nice being home alone! Albert’s parents flew back to Ohio 3 days ago. It’s just nice being able to do laundry late at night and not having to close the door when we change. It was a good parting week for everyone. We took them to see OVO by Cirque du Soleil on a weeknight. Great show! as expected. We bought the cheapest tickets and thought our seats weren’t bad at all. Albert’s dad has never been to a CdS production, so during intermission he said to me, “So, no animals?” It was cute. They seem like they enjoyed themselves. The following night we let Albert’s mom off of cooking duty and took them to an izakaya for dinner. I wanted sushi, dammit, but settled with katsudon. The beef tongue shio was good too. Definitely have to go back there. They have wagyu sashimi for $$$. May consider trying when Baby comes out.

At first I thought it was going to be OK having Baby sleep in our room. But then I realize what a drag it is to train him/her to sleep through the night starting at month 4, and that maybe having a nursery would be nice. So now we’re hopping into the real estate market sooner than we had anticipated. We’ll have to go to the bank for a loan assessment to see how much we can borrow before we start shopping. It’s scary and exciting at the same time!

My belly is getting slightly bigger by the week. I’ve been pretty obsessed with the scale lately, which I think needs to be recalibrated. But I suddenly gained 2.5 pounds overnight, so I’m starting to watch what I eat more closely. I’m supposed to gain a pound a week. Don’t want to gain too much now! or else I’ll weight more than Albie towards the end of the pregnancy.

Albie’s been going into work wearing Casual Friday wardrobe every day. He’s been too lazy to iron his button ups, so he’s opting to wear t-shirts instead. I needed to iron my maternity pants, so I decided to help him iron his shirts as well using our super duper Rowenta steam iron I bought off our wedding registry. I love that thing. It doesn’t make me love ironing, but it makes the process go a lot faster. I think if I You Tube video clips on how to properly iron shirts and pants, it’d make the experience even better. I think we’ve taken great advantage off our wedding registry. We received gadgets that I would never buy myself but have always wanted. Who wants to buy a $xxx.xx combination coffee maker on their own? But Albert likes the DeLonghi Caffe Nero a lot. I finally figured out how to make espresso and had fun making them. It froths milk for cappuccinos, but I’m too lazy to clean out the frother. So I manually do it with our battery-powered handheld frother. Works like a charm.

We read an article a couple months back stating that couples that manage the household together maintain a better and longer-lasting relationship. Its title went something like, “Couples who do dishes together stay together.” So now I say that to everything we do to get Albie to do anything with me. Couples who do laundry together stay together; couples who shower together stay together; couples who fart together stay together! :D