A Rutabaga?

I get a "Your Baby This Week" email from some baby website, and it's usually full of interesting information about what things are currently developing, how big the baby is, etc. Up til now they've used various fruits, vegetables, and other things to describe how big or heavy it is. But in the "25 Weeks" email, it just said that "Your baby's weight isn't much more than the average rutabaga." I have made it nearly 3 decades without knowingly having eaten, or even held, a rutabaga. That's about 1.5 pounds, apparently. And 13.5 inches long. Seems kinda skinny!

Hopefully next week they'll use a fruit or vegetable that I recognize!

Wow, two "when is the baby due?" questions by strangers in one day. The first at Starbucks this morning, and the second at The Container Store tonight. So much for the winter coat making it harder to tell!

morning coffee

One of the Starbucks employees that I see every day just asked me if I'm having a baby....she noticed months ago that I switched to decaf, but didn't want to say anything. So I guess it's pretty obvious at this point, even through a winter coat!

Starbucks just launched its new coffee roast and its retro-looking logo (saw it on the news yesterday), and the place was packed today. Looks like their media blitz worked: there were probably twice as many people in line this morning compared to any other day. Crazy!