1) How did you and Nate meet?
Our world’s collided in January 2002 in a Feminist Rhetoric English class in college when I was 18 & he was 19. Skip ahead 2 years, 2 boyfriends (mine), 3 girlfriends (his), and you have us both (miraculously) single at the same time. April 2004 began our romantic relationship, August 2005 brought a diamond ring into the picture, & we walked down the isle in July of 2006.
2) Does your milkshake bring all of the boys to the yard?
Yes. And damn right, it’s better than yours.
3) What’s the best thing about THIS pregnancy so far? What has been the worst thing about THIS pregnancy so far?
The best thing has been the excitement from family & friends — with Harpie, I think everyone was still in shock that Nate & I have unprotected sex. I think it was hard for our parents to see us as elligible for a child. & several of our friends who weren’t in the baby-making stage of life didn’t get our motivation to procreate (understandable). This time, it feels like everyone is on our side, cheering for a success story & excited to meet HJ. The prayers, thoughts, well-wishes, & excitement have helped make this fun & exciting, when it could have easily felt terrifying.
The worst thing has been the reliving the first trimester. Technically, with the exception of 37 days, I have been in the first tri since September 2008. I have been pregnant for 6 out of the past 7 months with nothing to show for it regurgitated lasagna & a few empty gin bottles.
4) When you first started your blog were you worried about people IRL knowing too much of your business, or is that ever a concern for you now?
I think about this a lot & every so often run posts by Nate to make sure he’s okay with them being on the interwebs. I am a very open person in real life — I rarely keep things private, so I’m not that skeeved about strangers knowing that my husband is a good lay 
Funny thing is, I’ve had people that I’ve known stumble across my blog without realizing it’s me! I don’t mind it when that happens at all, except that I ask that they not run out & put it on Facebook or email the link to my mother. A sorority sister of mine shot me an email saying she found my blog — I had a moment of panic, thinking I had done something wrong with the settings, or someone had linked it on Facebook, etc. But she came across it through another blog & read the entire thing before realizing she knew me! On the other hand, I due use a “pen name” to keep the crazies at bay.
5) Do you have any phobias?
I am humiliated to admit this, but yes, I do have a phobia. Dinosaurs. It is a true story. Sometimes, I envision a T-Rex busting through our backyard & eating us when we’re grilling out. I have friends that threaten to throw me a dino-themed shower should HJ have a penis — I have since retracted their BFF bracelets.
6) Will you work or stay at home when HJ is born?
I will be a working mom. Unfortunately, we need my income to support bills & cutting the cable just doesn’t make up for a loss of my salary. I will have to stay full-time, but I’m hoping to work out a deal with my office where I can cram those hours into 4 days & spend one day home with HJ.
7) Do you spit or swallow?
::dies laughing:: Nate says he’d be shocked if I even understood what this question meant anymore, but he’s a liar. I swallowed in college when I was trying to prove to Nate that I was worth keeping. Because who doesn’t want a wife that swallows? Sadly, I pulled a bait-n-switch on his ass after the marital vows & now I spit.
Does Roy Williams play a role in your household? Is it difficult to have a marriage between KU and UNC fans?
EXCELLENT question. While Nate swears he feels the same way about Roy Williams that I do about Mack “Benedict” Brown, it has been tough converting him to Carolina blue when he has one hand on an emotional trigger towards Roy. Last year healed old wounds though, when KU won the National Championship sans ol’ Roy & Nate now sports Carolina shorts whenever the Heels get on the court.
9) Are Blair and Nate your actual names?
No! I know, it’s like finding out Santa Clause doesn’t exist, right? It is strictly a pen name like Mark Twain, Dr. Suess, & Cher. It all started with an unhealthy love for Gossip Girl & a need for an anonymous screen name on the Nest, & then spun into a great way to keep this blog open & honest without fearing a mesh with my private life.
10) If you got $500 million by winning the lottery. How would you spend your fortune?
Is it sad that Nate & I have these discussions constantly, even though we never play the lottery?? First, we’d put down a few million for our retirement. A few million for our parents retirements. Buy ourselves a nice (but respectable) house with cash. Give $1 million to each of our siblings. And then we’d each get some play money — I’d like to sponsor a Rondald McDonald Care Mobile & I think Nate would give to a golf charity. & then we’d invest the rest & live off the interest. Seriously, we are boring, boring people. and p.s. I am never creeped out by readers
11) What is your favorite Southern dish?
Definitely a tie between fried okra & hushpuppies.
12) What’s the most disgusting thing you’ve seen or gone through in this pregnancy?
Okay, so I asked Nate this & we both simulaneously said, “The Mega-back zit.” I was sitting very innocently at work one day, legs crossed at the ankles & everything, & I reached over my shoulder to scratch my back. My hand came in contact with this…TUMOR of a zit on my back. I screeched & spent 10 minutes trying to see it, which is much like trying to lick your own elbow. This thing was truly the size of an olive — at the very, very least. I got home that night & showed Nate & he spent the entire night trying to burn the image out of his mind with Crown Royal. I ended up popping the thing that night — this piece of pusstual steele came out in a solid rod of disgusting, followed by yellow pus. I’m seriously about to puke just thinking about it.
13) Where is the furthest place you have traveled?
This is about to reveal how incredibly lame I am — I’m not much of a traveler, simply because we don’t have the funds unless we wanted to put baby-making on hold for a decade. But I did tour Italy for 10 days after my senior year in high school & it was phenomenal. Landed in Rome, toured Venice, the Vatican, Sienna, Florence, & finally departed in Milan. I’d love to go to Egypt — it’s on our list for places to go when we retire!
14) Since you love chocolate chip cookies, what are your favorite kind to make?
I shall brag for a moment & say that I am a pretty kick-ass baker & typically make things from scratch. However, Nate & I LOVE the Betty Crocker oatmeal chocolate chip cookies that come in the bag. You just add butter & egg, mix it up, & they’re reading in 12 minutes.
15) Do you like cupcakes?
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Why, indeed! Especially ones with blue frosting. Sarah, how do you feel about cupcakes?
And for Harpie Jr…it just made sense! The birds started on my Bump tickers — Harpie as a bluebird, and then the only other bird they had was a robin, which became HJ by default.
