A Model in the Making

The Early Bird Catches the Worm

Jonah Yale Murphy
Born: August 19th, 2008
Weighed: 6 lbs. 5 oz.
Length: 19.5 in.

Will post more when I get some sleep!!!

I Blame Shelby

Shelby sent me a link to an awesomely funny blog called Cake Wrecks (http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/) about cakes baked by professionals that aren't exactly what the person ordered. There are also some really disturbing cakes that may be exactly what was ordered (see the baby shower cakes).
Now I want cake ALL THE TIME. I know that most of those cakes shown probably taste like shit, but I also realize that in the Big Mac commercials the burger will never look/taste as good as they claim and that doesn't make me stop wanting one.

I ♥ (burn) You

I am currently taking two extra strength Pepcids a day and using Tums as necessary.
This big ol' baby boy is pushing all my organs to funny places in my abdomen and my stomach I am pretty sure is somewhere near my right boobie. Needless to say, this doesn't make the stomach happy, therefore it takes out it's displeasure on me by producing so much acid reflux I feel like I could breathe fire at just about any time of day or night.
Anyone have any remedies out there that is safe for the baby? While I am partial to ice cream, I have a feeling my doctor wouldn't agree.

It's the Final Countdown!

As requested:
I am currently 35 weeks pregnant (nine months). Full term is 37 weeks, meaning the baby is ready for the outside world. A due date is scheduled for 40 weeks--that's technically full gestation.

For all baby shower attendees

Hudson's in Ridgeland has TONS of super nice baby stuff for half off (at least they did Sat.).
Also, if anyone is wanting to get rid of baby stuff, we are happy for hand-me-downs.

A sign of the apocolypse

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.

Death row inmate Richard Cooey says executioners would have trouble finding his veins to lethally inject him.

Lawyers for Richard Cooey argue in a federal lawsuit that Cooey -- 5-feet-7 and 267 pounds -- had poor veins when he faced execution five years ago and the problem has been worsened by weight gain.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court, also says prison officials have had difficulty drawing blood from Cooey for medical procedures.

Cooey, 41, is sentenced to die for raping and murdering two young women in 1986. His execution is scheduled for October 14.

His attorneys say a drug he is taking for migraine headaches could affect the execution process. The drug Topamax, a type of seizure medication, may have created a resistance to thiopental, the drug used to put inmates to sleep before two other lethal drugs are administered, Dr. Mark Heath, a physician hired by the Ohio Public Defender's Office, said in documents filed with the court.

Heath says Cooey's weight, combined with the potential drug resistance, increases the risk he would not be properly anesthetized.

"All of the experts agree if the first drug doesn't work, the execution is going to be excruciating," Cooey's public defender, Kelly Culshaw Schneider, said Monday.

Prison system spokeswoman Andrea Carson and Jim Gravelle, a spokesman for the Ohio Attorney General's Office, both said Monday they hadn't seen the lawsuit and couldn't comment.

Last year, Carson cited the obesity of condemned inmate Christopher Newton as one of the reasons prison officials had difficulty accessing his veins before his execution. Newton was 6 feet tall and weighed 265 pounds.

Two years ago, convicted killer Jeffrey Lundgren was put to death after a federal appeals court rejected his claim that he was at greater risk of experiencing pain and suffering because he was overweight and diabetic.