just when i thought i couldn’t possible write more about being pregnant… (2300 words. sorry.)
I cannot belieeeeeeve I’m going to have a baby in a few weeks. Like really, I cannot believe it. I cannot fathom it. It’s like I’m outside of my body and watching the entire thing happen because I really just don’t get it?
And I totally just ate chex-mix for lunch so seriously, how can I be a mom soon?
Do as I say, not as I do?
I’m also convinced that he or she will come any day now since I’m still so unprepared.
Okay, not TOTALLY unprepared, I guess I’m just not a normal person and don’t have a nursery done, don’t have a bag packed, don’t have things organized, etc? In my last post I mentioned that the nursery furniture wouldn’t be here until late November, so the baby’s room is still just kind of… filled with a bunch of random baby stuff. I don’t have any clothes washed or anything. I see many women who are 20 weeks pregnant and already have this stuff completely finished. I’m like whaaaaaat. What’s wrong with me.
I know that I don’t really even need all that *stuff.* We mostly have everything we “need,” I just have to finish sorting/washing/preparing in the next few weeks. The nursery is not even painted and I don’t have one single thing to hang on the walls, so I’m hoping to do that too. My friend Lisa has been a lifesaver in that area and keeps saying “you only need a week!” and it makes me feel semi-normal and like it’s doable. Once the nursery is all set up, I’ll certainly show you some photos but it could be after the baby is here.
I will tell you this: the theme is mostly centered on books and Shel Silverstein. When I came up with the idea, I pretty much burst into tears because it felt so RIGHT and was like childhood all over again. GAH. I can’t even wait.
The two things that we don’t have yet are a baby monitor and a stroller. I’m leaning towards one of the motorola monitors, but give me your input! Reading reviews is a nightmare because they are always split down the middle and I get so hung up on one negative one out of thirty positives. It also seems like these monitors all break within a year so that totally blows.
I mentioned weeks ago that we were leaning towards the Uppababy stroller and I think that is probably what we will go with. I’ve been researching them a bunch and at some point, we will purchase it. I did buy a snap and go stroller (in the midst of having a meltdown of omgIhavenothingforthebaby!!!) for around $60 at Target and have heard great things and witnessed a few in action.
Yesterday I did have a momentary lapse when I saw a Stokke stroller at Nordstrom and immediately started to freak over how chic it was and the gorgeous design and fabric and what not. It just looked AWESOME. But after reading about it for a few hours I was finding more negatives than positives and definitely more positives about the Uppababy stroller (like SPACE to lug snacks and crap!) overall.
Did I really just write paragraphs about strollers? I don’t know what my life is.
One more thing: I’m planning on using this as my diaper bag. I completely copied the idea from my cousin’s best friend. The bag is soft (and I wanted something black to hide dirt) and seems easily clean-able. It has zippered pouches inside too. I really love it so we’ll see how it goes.
As for how I’m feeling… I’m still feeling really good. This baby moves constantly and sometimes the kicks are so strong that I end up doubling over a little. It’s nuts. I feel so insanely lucky, grateful and am in constant disbelief of how fortunate I have been the last few weeks, or should I say the entire second and third trimesters. I say this, not to brag, but because I truly feel it since I know how difficult pregnancy can be for tons of people. No swelling, no heartburn, no over-tiredness or anything. I really thought I would be the opposite and would have all of those things happening, but I also always assume the worst because I’m a headcase. I was mostly just very afraid of these things happening due to the hectic travel and the fear of something happening while I was away by myself.
I’m well aware (and even prepared?) for these (and more uncomfortable) things to happen in the last few weeks, but I’m just taking the days as they come. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again – the crazy schedule I’ve had has prevented me from obsessing or focusing on one thing very heavily, and for me I think that has been key. We took our child birth classes at the beginning of the second trimester and have somewhat prepared in a few ways, but in other ways? I haven’t even thought about giving birth. As in, worried about it or freaked over it. This is probably terrible of me but I get can O.B.S.E.S.S.I.V.E. so for my mental health, this has been wonderful.
I do feel a bit uncomfortable after I eat – even if it’s not that much. I’m so short that sometimes when I sit I feel like the bump is up in my neck and face (like when I was trying to sit cross-legged and carve a pumpkin last week!) and that it’s just all… over me. After long days on my feet, like maybe eight or ten hours, I sometimes have pain right around my tailbone, but it’s nothing excruciating. When 9PM hits, I can’t wait to get on the couch and do some busy work and watch TV. That’s been my routine. I still don’t sleep much… but I’ve never slept much. Like ever. Many times I wish sleep didn’t even exist so I could just get things done all the time and be out living. Even though that is the case, I knoooow I’ll be begging for sleep in a matter of weeks.
With that being said, I still don’t 100% love being physically pregnant. I like it – which surprises me. I love it in the fact that I’m going to have a baby and I hope that I can have a lot more. I love it in the sense that I feel lucky that I get to be pregnant, that my body has been good to me. But I don’t feel like myself physically or emotionally. Last month I started feeling very down in the dumps one day for zero reason at all. It snowballed and the next six days I was full of anger and hate and awfulness and depression. Total mess. I could NOT get myself out of it! It scared the crap out of me – 1. thinking that it might continue until I gave birth (it did go away, thank goodness) and 2. increased my already very real fears of the postpartum period.
Umm… pretty sure Eddie didn’t even know WHAT to do with me. Or himself. My mom came over and I just stood in the kitchen screaming, haha. I was a cahrazy person. I mean, very often I’m always all up in my own head but this was hormones to another LEVEL. Looking back on it now, it was quite hilarious. (but not really.)
If anything, that week reminded me that if I am not active and not exercising and find myself eating garbage, that I will feel like garbage. Duh. I learned this long ago but it was a good reminder to be back on track and be PRESENT about how I’m treating my body. With the last month of travel most formal workouts continued to go by the wayside, but there is rarely a moment that I’m sitting around. If it’s possible, I’ve been more active this pregnancy then I was before. That has REALLY helped me feel good.
Stuff I’m wearing and loving? Mostly the same stuff I mentioned weeks ago. On days when I’m working at home and running around, I’m still living in my very old and very non-maternity lululemon wunder unders (crops and full length) and athleta metro pants (again, crops and full length). They are so comfortable. I’m still loving all the tops at athleta and they stretch so perfectly with the bump. By some miracle of God I can still wear my normal jeans (I love the american eagle jeggings) with a belly band. I have no idea how this is possible and I think my entire family is in shock too, haha. Man, it’s a fabulous thing to not have to hold in your stomach or worry about unbuttoning your jeans after a giant meal.
Speaking of, I can finally say with certainty that my appetite is HERE! It’s back and I feel slightly more normal than I did the first 30 weeks of pregnancy when I wasn’t ever hungry. I still cannot eat anywhere near the amount of food that I could before, but this has been an incredible 34+ weeks of intuitive eating. I love it. I’m hoping it’s been an awesome refresher lesson and when I’m no longer pregnant, I don’t start eating like a teenage boy.
Eddie is so excited – in fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him so excited and RELAXED and calm about anything. He is not scared or nervous at all. I’m actually blown away at both of our attitudes about the entire thing. Instead of being the typical first born, type A, psycho freaks that we normally are, we’ve been pretty laid back and cool about the last 20ish weeks. Besides my first trimester when I was a complete basketcase full of fear THE ENTIRE TIME. In the very early days of my pregnancy, I mentioned that I read one book, the panic free pregnancy. It was either in that book or somewhere else that I read the line about “pregnancy not being an illness” and just being another stage of life. I obviously KNEW this, but reading it at the time really settled in my brain and I believe that not changing my routines, not physically restricting myself and continuing to do almost everything I’ve always done (with the except of super hot yoga – WAH!) has also been really beneficial.
We know that our lives are going to hugely change and we are completely expecting it, but other than that, we don’t have any expectations – good or bad. We’re ready for it! Maybe it’s because we are kind of… old(er)? Ha.
What else? Last weekend was baby shower weekend! It was such an incredible day with family and friends. I only almost cried about 37.4 times.
The shower was at Avenue B and oh my gosh… we had the best food ever. Obviously I need to tell you about that part. I was way too much in the moment that I forgot to snap a photo of the menu, but it started with roasted pear and gorgonzola flatbreads and butternut squash soup shooters with maple crème fraiche. Salad was an apple, endive and pomegranate salad with honey sage vinaigrette. The entrée choices were breakfast risotto (which I got below, and which came complete with pancetta, pork belly AND maple sausage), grilled shrimp, white cheddar and kale quiche with smoked tomato hot sauce, arctic char with leeks, mushrooms, farro and black garlic aioli or roast chicken with squash cavatelli and arugula pesto.
DEAD. It was so, so good.
Oh oh! And we also had this cider punch which was to die for. They sent me home with some leftovers – which we promptly devoured on Halloween. I’m currently trying to recreate this because 1. it was so fantastic and 2. it’s non-alcoholic but can easily be boozed up. Total crowd pleaser. It’s more “autumn-y” than apple cider-y, so I think it will be ideal for Thanksgiving. Hopefully I’ll have the recipe up in a week or two.
For dessert, we had the most neon funfetti cupcakes and mini donuts and these blinged out bon bons that Lacy brought. Hello, dream come true. All I want is to eat glitter and neon. They were perfection. (and from bella christies and lil’ z’s, for you locals!)
Annnd we did little succulents as the favors tied in sparkly jewel toned ribbon (with a tiny note attached to “nourish as baby grows”), which aren’t exactly seasonally appropriate but were so adorable. And somewhat useful/decorative I guess? I know so often that favors just get left on the table, so I loved this idea.
I do have to tell you: if you follow me on Twitter, a few weeks ago I mentioned finding this unicorn rocker. AHHHH. It was so cute. I’ve never been overly concerned about gender stereotypes and am certainly not worried about them, but for a moment it did cross my mind that it might be… “too girly.” Everyone on twitter said “to hell with stereotypes!” (I agree) and I also texted me brother to hear his thoughts, to which he immediately said “ummm I would have loved that freaking unicorn!”
So that was that, and I was planning on buying it for the nursery once things were set up. WELL. My brothers bought it for me and gave it to me at the shower and I couldn’t believe it. It is SO cute. Eddie loves it, probably because it sort of looks like a horse. Sometimes I just go upstairs and stare at it’s adorableness. And for some reason, just the fact that it’s from my brothers? Makes it even more special. Cue emotional meltdown.
Okay I need to be done. I realize I have a blog which can be a very vain and narcissistic thing at times but this post seems *extra* all about me so I feel like a rambly jerk. And at the same time, I wanted to do a knocked up update. Thank you so much for reading this ridiculous 2338 word vomit with large blocks of text. My specialty!!
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Ramble away. It’s great to document all this baby stuff….especially before the little one sucks all of your time away. :P
What??? Do I REALLY get to be the first to comment???? Some kind of gift from above I think ;)
I.am.so.stinkin.excited.for.you. The first baby…yes, it’ll bring the “what the heck am I supposed to do????” moments more than any following babies will, but it is CHOCK FULL OF THE VERY BEST FIRST EVER MOMENTS THAT TOTALLY OUTWEIGH ANY THING ELSE!!!!! You and Eddie…you’re just gonna die of love when baby arrives!!!!
I, too, had almost perfect pregnancies…4 times!!! I never take that for granted and HIGHLY wish I had talked myself into waiting a year, after our fourth, before we took permanent measures…I would have had at least 2 more kids….not because it’s easy or I’m perfect or I don’t look back on some days and think I”m the worst mom ever…but because it goes way.too.fast. and if you want to become a better person, have more kids cause they teach you something new, every day!!!!! It is the greatest of privileges to get to be someone’s Mom and I can’t wait to see you do just what God created you for, for this child…no one else could be the right parent for this little one to come!!!
Thanks for spilling it today…food, babies and fashion… some of my favorite topics!!
P.S. my only unsolicited advice (sorry) is don’t hang on your due date…just don’t…if you haven’t already given to the fact that your body is doing what it was made to do and going late is also “not a condition”…I was late with each baby, and a FULL 2 weeks late with my fourth!!! I had great deliveries, no complications and it allowed baby to grow in the most perfect environment as long as he/she needed! Don’t let the doctors pressure you (they were trying; kept trying to set up my induction day…I refused and said I’d call when I was in labor :) )! NO one has ever stayed pregnant forever ;)
I have never been preggo and won’t be so it’s super interesting to read a detailed account of the range of emotions and feelings and stuff. It sounds like so many things at once. It’s very interesting. I’m glad that on the whole you’re feeling more relaxed!
Ditto on the no sleep thing – I don’t sleep well at all and wish I didn’t even have to so I could play or do productive stuff all the time!!
i have the uppababy vista and love it! i know they are coming out with a new model (2015) though so i would make sure to order that one because of the fact that if you have a second you can add on the rumble seat that faces forwards or backwards.
i think you will be a great mom and you don’t have to worry about eating chex mix for lunch until the baby is old enough to notice!
i have really enjoyed your updates as i am pregnant with number two now (18 weeks) and have forgotten so much of my first pregnancy!
We have had a Motorola monitor for our three year old for 3.5 years! It’s great. I’m due with our third baby today! And we bought another Motorola monitor for her, because ours has held up so well. Not perfect, but still works. Good luck with everything! Exciting times :)
LOVE LOVE LOVE our uppa baby vista and motorola monitor!
I am so excited you’re having a baby. I have been reading your blog for a few years so I feel like I know you! I remember thinking “I wonder when they’re going to have a baby?!” I love your updates and am glad you’ve had a pretty easy pregnancy. I had a baby just three months ago. I can tell you that I definitely recommend the Motorolla video monitor. I’m also a type A crazy head case freak out about everything type person. I love that we can watch our little peanut and hear him breathing without having to burst into his room 5000 times a night to make sure he’s ok. Enjoy your last few weeks of pregnancy…you’ll miss being pregnant (it’s weird but you will!)
I LOVE Avenue B! What a great shower!
I love the Anglecare Baby monitor. It has a sensor pad to sense babies movements just gives great peace of mind. Here is one on Amazon, I would try to get one with two parents units for convenient . Good luck
http://www.amazon.com/Angelcare-Baby-Sound-Monitor-White/dp/B003FGWA8G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1414961488&sr=8-2&keywords=anglecare+baby+monitor
We went through two angelcare monitors. Both monitors died in about a year and a half. I wouldn’t recommend them for that reason. We wanted a video monitor for our second baby, so we bought a foscam network security camera. It was WAY cheaper than any baby video monitor, and it has an app for my phone so when I’m out on date night I can still check in on the baby from wherever I am! (some people think it’s creepy but I think it’s awesome and I don’t have to call my mom to make sure he was able to get to sleep!) We just use one of the cheaper graco monitors with it and it’s worked great!
Ditto to this comment! We have the same camera (from amazon for $45!!) & it’s the BEST thing in the world. Love checking on my babies when I’m out & about and it’s so reliable!
I have been following your blog for some time now and have never commented and feel like I have so much to respond to in this post alone… I completely hear you on the nursery front, I was very much like you and it will all be fine and all come together, promise. Even if after baby, it’s okay. My second is a couple weeks old without a crib because of course it got back ordered (and he came a little early) but it’s all good…the bassinet and rock n play are doing the job. Anywho, the main thing I wanted to give my opinion on is a baby monitor…have you looked into Dropcam? Works off wifi and can stream from computer or smartphone/tablet through app. Video is clear, there’s a night vision setting, can talk through the microphone feature, alerts can be turned on to notify you of sound or movement, it’s small and portable so perfect for travel (as long as can connect to wifi). Just thought I’d share! :)
PS Love your blog and cookbook!!
Hang in there, mama! You’re doing/looking great!
Emily
http://www.workinggirlafterhours.com
I just love this! these rambles are my favorite! my link won’t work for what diaper bag you got, and I’m so curios, bc we’ve been eyeing some around nordstrom, too! hope your last few weeks fly by!!
Like the commentor above said, dropcam is a great baby monitor option. We use it with an audio monitor as well.
The uppababy stroller looks great, but I’ve seen them topple, containing a baby, multiple times. They are very popular at a restaurant we brunch at and my husband has literally caught them as they toppled over.
I am so excited for you! I love the updates! Congratulations again!
Love these updates. And…dang! I’m impressed you can still wear normal jeans! That shower looked like perfection and that unicorn in adorable for either a girl or boy.
As someone who’ve never been pregnant (but hopes to be sometime in the next couple years) I absolutely eat up these pregnancy posts. I love all the details! Can’t wait to see pictures of that Shell Silverstein nursery! I don’t want to find out the gender for our first either, so I love looking at gender neutral nursery ideas!
Thank you for sharing so openly with how you’re doing, thoughts, feelings, just everything! I wish I had had someone like you to write about all this stuff when I was pregnant because so many things you said, I remember feeling and experiencing and just…you always are so honest and open, it’s amazing :) And you look AMAZING! You look so put together and on top of your game! Like you just don’t even miss a beat, pregnant or not! I’m not pregnant and can’t tell you the last time I put on heels…or lipstick. The cookies I take pictures of every day don’t seem to mind :)
Gahhh love this post sooo much! I’m not pregnant, but hopefully soon! I LOVE reading about other moms’ (and soon to be moms) experiences. No need to apologize for the rambling, I love it! Good and bad feeeelings I enjoy reading about the experience I hope to have one day.
The unicorn is so, so cute. I’m in love. And I totally think it is gender neutral. What sweet brothers you have.
I also love the idea of a brunch, restaurant hosted, baby shower. I like that so much more than the parties with sandwiches and finger food. Looks like it was a wonderful time.
You’re doing just great :) Wash some clothes and you’ll be ready to rock. Honestly…I know no one who had a baby sleeping in their crib for the first few months….so having the nursery all set up is sort of…not necessary. Also- on the stroller front….I started with two, a “regular” one and a running stroller and quickly moved to only using my running stroller. And I have a cheapy and its lasted forever! I also never got a video monitor. I have an old school just sound one and its lasted three years! You’re adorable. Can’t wait to see his/her face
I love that you wrote this ALL because I feel like it just really hit my heart. Especially your words on going crazy for a week and body image and intuitive eating…all so real.
And that your brothers bought you the unicorn?! I almost cried. I could feel it. Ahhh so good!!
sony BabyCall. Super cheap audio only, it’s lasted us 4.5 years so far and it picks up everything. It’s one of those that doesn’t make noise unless it hears something besides the white noise in the room. From all the ones I’ve seen (even the 4x as expensive video monitor) it’s the most sensitive and most reliable. I have a video monitor but I don’t use it while I’m sleeping because I’ve never been able to get the sensitivity right. I do like the video during the day because I can be outside and see if the noise was just turning over or talking in his sleep or if he really is awake. But I just can’t rely on the audio.
I 100% agree with the BabyCall. We used it for both of our children and never had an issue. We had the same one for a total of 5 baby monitor years and it never failed. Cheap, too. I never used a video. With the first, I still would have checked in person to make sure she was still breathing. With the second, I was aware that she was breathing and knew she would make a sound if she need me!
Good luck! There is nothing more exciting (and terrifying) than becoming a parent for the first time.
Congratulations! I’m so glad you’re feeling good. You’re getting so close!
I have a motorola video monitor and we love it. It’s worked perfectly for 2 years now. We got the one that you can move the camera which seemed silly at the time but it came in handy when he was tiny and started moving around in the crib.
Just one piece of unsolicited advice- your emotions may go a little nutty after giving birth but they will quickly go back to normal. Try not to stress about it too much. I promise you will feel like yourself again soon!
Good luck with everything!
The link to
your diaper bag doesn’t work. Can you share again please??
The diaper bag link worked for me and it’s gorgeous, but I’ll be surprised if you don’t wish you had one with shoulder straps by the time you’re actually using it! When you need to take the bag and the stroller and your purse and, oh yeah, the BABY out to the car, you’ll be really glad you can sling that diaper bag over your shoulder and have both hands for everything else. Just two cents’ worth from someone who’s been there and done that!
Very excited for you and your upcoming baby! My daughter is almost a year. it’s so wonderful. You’ll love being a mom.
I had a scheduled C-section and it got moved up a week after a dr’s appointment so I had to run home and pack a bag. ha! no big. you’ll make it all work.
Have you tried the City Select from Baby Jogger? We love it. I’ve walked hundreds of miles with it, even in the snow. You’ll make the best decision, but just wanted to suggest it as it has worked out so well for us., Plus it has a lot of configurations depending on which seat you are using.
Giggle.com is having their friends and family sale right now with no exclusions. If you want an uppababy, now is the time. We bought our stroller and our car seat suring their friends and family sale, and I’m going to buy some random accessories I need before this sale ends because most of those brands are excluded from normal sales. And also, you don’t need a nursery or painted walls to have a healthy happy baby. I always dreamed of the perfect nursery, and my daughter is a year and a half and we still make it work in a one bedroom NYC apartment. Best of luck, you’ll rock motherhood.
I originally had a black diaper bag and it was about three weeks until I gave up on it. I couldn’t find anything inside as it was so dark. I ended up getting a Kate Spade one on ebay and LOVE it. Just something else to think about, sorry. :/
Seriously, the Uppa Baby is like the best thing ever invented. I never thought I would spend that kind of money on a stroller, but it is so worth it. It had held up to miles and miles and miles of walking on the crappy sidewalks in my neighborhood, the baby barely bounces when walking on the baordwalk, I’ve been able to clean anything and everything off of it, and the basket underneath is huge and holds a ton of stuff.
Love this post, especially considering that I’m currently three days overdue with my first baby. Reading your blog at 3:30AM definitely beats laying in bed wondering about the state of my cervix.. Thanks for the great perspective. Oh and my hospital bag STILL isn’t fully packed, but one thing is: my snack bag. (Apparently you’re not supposed to have snacks in labor and delivery but I know I’m going to need a few salt and vinegar chips to get me through.)
Keep the baby related stuff coming! I love the ramblings- it reminds me of what I’ve been through and it brings back happy memories. I think even those that have yet to go through it would enjoy reading it…so excited to hear more! Beautiful baby shower! I am throwing one this weekend- everything pink with lots of personal touches!
Well I’m far to the other side of motherhood [high schoolers] but I will say that you’ll be glad you rambled later to remember it all. Don’t fret about what’s not done – do get the painting done before baby arrives because then you’ll be all freaked out about baby lungs and paint for a while and it may be unpainted till baby is 5 years old ;p
The rocker is FANTASTIC and no inappropriate for boys at all – heck, my youngest knew a boy still obsessed with unicorns in the fifth grade – and not one kid thought it was ‘girlish’ – obsessive yes, but not girlish :)
Feel well – happy baby-making
I love reading about your pregnancy! So cool to know that my pregnancy crazies are not that crazy hahaha..
I am from Holland and we decided to buy this dutch brand stroller:
http://my-joolz.nl/
It might also be available in teh US (?). Just wanted to let you know since we really love it!
Don’t worry about the nursery. It’ll happen eventually.
I have four kids, youngest is eight and I can honestly say I NEVER washed any baby clothes before they wore them. Ever. And they lived. So you can mark that one off the list, if you so choose.
Good Luck!
I love getting to read your blog and feel like I get to know you through it! Thanks for sharing so much and brightening my mornings on a regular basis! Also-your blog is one of the first food blogs that I have actually tried things from–tortellini soup for the win last week!
P.S. Do you have any idea how they got those cupcakes completely glitter covered???? Is that disco dust? How did it stick so completely? And, more importantly, did it taste weird? Did you have a glitter face after eating?
I have 3 girls and, while I’ve dabbled with disco dust, I’ve never made a cupcake covered in glitter…and they would LOVE it!!!
Any tips would be appreciated :)
i honestly have no idea – they were on the cupcakes though – those ones were their bon bons! so little bites of chocolate, almost like sticky truffles. so maybe it just sticks? you could eat them but whoa – it was like a mouthful of crunchy glitter. the bon bon tasted great once you got to it though. ;)
If it makes you your feel any better, we moved house what turned out to be 18 days before my Little One arrived. Forget having the nursery sorted, I was glad I knew where the kettle and coffee mugs were. Babies don’t need much. Mostly Mom, boobs/bottles and a safe spot to sleep. The rest you can make up as you go along! xx
OMG YES! Love the photos in this post, you are seriously the cutest prego lady ever, your baby shower looks like it was so fun too!
a lot of those 20 week ladies get prepped so early because that’s what calms them down. The baby making business can be so scary! It caused my Cousin to go into random panic attacks just thinking about all the ways she didn’t feel prepared for her first. But being able to check things off the Mental Baby Prep list always helped her to at least visually have a sense of beginning to be ready for her first baby. Panicking about losing all her sleep to late night cry sessions, got a comfy chair to sit in and a cute blanket so the future didn’t have to be so scary. retail therapy is real!
I read this post last night and then had a dream that I came to your baby shower and gave you the baby monitor you wanted (plus about five million other gifts wrapped in yellow tissue paper with white polka dots).
Loved reading this post – and I have a feeling many don’t find it too much of rambling!
Please stop apologizing for your writings!!!!!!! They are so well written, funny, and make me smile every time I read them. I (and I’m sure all of your followers) love hearing how you and the baby and hubby and everyone else are doing!!! I love the story about your brothers getting you the Unicorn rocker!!!!! Made my eyes tear up!!!! Good luck in the next couple of week, YOU’RE GONNA BE A MOMMA!!!!!!!!!! :)
Congratulations! I have a UPPABaby stroller and i LOVE it. I have 2 others but the UPPABaby is by far my favorite!! Good luck with the baby!
OMG I’m soo excited for you and the baby! I too felt unprepared back when I was pregnant. So I rushed and did everything and the last two weeks (I went 41 weeks) were the longest as I had everything ready but no baby. So I’d just sit in the nursery upset LOL.
I love your diaper bag idea! I want it now and my son is 21 months! But I still carry alot. I had a diaper bookbag. Although not stylish it helped lots when getting in out the car and the doctors office.
Also I have the Angel Care monitor. Love it. It tracks breathing and will alert you and baby if the baby stops breathing with a loud beeping noise. Which shocks baby from deep sleep. They had a recall last year but fixed the cord issue.
I have a Britax stroller and car seat. Its affordable and safe. But those stroller are verrrry stylish.
Congratulations and keep us in the loop of all things baby. Im semi ready for another and reading about others going through the motions helps me cope LOL!
So happy for you, Jessica! I’ve been following your blog for a few years… love your recipes, love your monthly beauty updates, just lots of love for this wonderful space you’ve created on the Internet. Enjoy the next few weeks, and keep sharing. What’s not to love about someone sharing a happy time in their lives.
Oh my goodness you look perfect. Seriously, so excited for you and can’t wait to read about the little one! On a random side note, your bedroom furniture is fab!
I have been a follower of your blog for a few years now, and never actual commented on the blog. I have bookmarked many recipes, made many recipes (thank for getting the Mr. to try brown butter, he only ok’d it because of your pictures ;)), and laughed at many rambles (which I truly enjoy); but i wanted to say congrats and enjoy this time. Everything comes together no matter how little you have or how unprepared you feel. This moment of anxiety and unsureness will all fade once that little one is in your arms, and you feel a whole other kind of unconditional love.
P.S I think we may be sisters in a former life, I love Lisa Frank, and – Shel Silverstein, I still read those books to this day. I try to say it is for my girls, it is not me, but I know the truth :)
Aww what a great post! I’m so happy for you and can’t wait for baby to arrive! Enjoy these last few special weeks. :)
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There’s a cute Diaper Backpack check it out!
You (and you’re feelings) are totally normal. Or at least as normal as me. I couldn’t comprehend having a baby. (Even on the day I was having the baby.) I used to panic about whether or not my bathrooms would be clean enough or what I would make for dinner when I had a family to feed. It all works out. Just trust in that and you’ll be fine.
I love the unicorn rocker! If it had been pink and purple and glittery–that would be girly. This one is adorable and would be just fine if you had a boy. :)
I’ve loved following your pregnancy in big part because one year ago, I was EXACTLY where you are today. (My little girl was born on November 18 and we were completely surprised about the sex…wouldn’t have done it any other way!)
For what it’s worth, we didn’t use the baby’s room for anything other than storing her stuff for probably four months (she slept in her mini-crib in our room), and everything worked out fine. :)
So excited for you to experience this, and can’t wait to hear all about it!