04.20.2010 Baby Girl's First Outfit

Thanks Auntie Lindsay!!! Gotta LOVE those polka dot pants... "I love you cherry much." Seriously... way too cute.. I might go broke soon because all the girl stuff is just so adorable! She is going to be one stylish baby girl!

04.17.2010 First Baby Girl Purchase

So I couldn't help myself I had to get these onesies today at Ross... they are so cute.. so pink... and of course so me! Gotta Love Puma!

04.17.2010 Halfway there... 20 weeks pregnant

There she is... all nestled in that tummy of mine while I am laying down watching some T.V.... and she is kicking away! I am sure that in a few months I won't have the option to see my feet anymore.. so I am enjoying this stage where I have a cute little belly because soon it won't be so little anymore. Yay for being halfway through the pregnancy if I could drink I would be drunk celebrating right now (yes I miss alcohol that much)...... and only 20 more weeks to go until I get to meet my baby girl..

04.13.2010 It's A Girl!!!!

Time for a profile update... I changed the color of the blog to make it official... that's right it's a girl!!!!!! So everyone called it... if I was keeping track of the votes it was like a million to one and I was the one who thought I was getting the boy. So there she is.. if you look close you can see her beautiful side profile and below you can see her foot getting in the picture. They must have given us 30 pictures of her but this was the best one of the bunch.. she was very wiggly and she kept moving around so none of the other pictures turned out as great. We have a few pictures of her covering her face with her arms... and another one of her just kicking her foot (practicing soccer kicks). 

The night before I found out I had a dream that it was a girl.. since I had 2 previous dreams that it was boy.... I had a feeling that it was going to be a girl.. but of course I was in denial. As previously mentioned before my baby girl was a little camera shy when it came to her face covering it with her arms... but when It came to the goods she was not shy at all. The ultrasound tech guy was able to tell us right away that it was a girl... of course I was a little sad since I wanted a boy... I had asked the tech guy how sure he was... he told me "I am 100% positive that your having a girl." So that took care of that. Out with the dream of a baby boy and in with the reality of a baby girl. After the first day of shock I have come around and accepted the fact that we are having a girl... and now I am getting excited.. I mean I am not your "girly girl" but I do enjoy the color Pink and enjoy shopping for cute clothes:) 

Of course there are things that stress me out thinking about having a girl. For example: her hair??? I can't even do my own hair how am I suppose to do my daughter's hair? Then of course the SEX talk.. I know that will be years before that happens but still I have to talk about Sex, periods and boys... or what about the troubling teen years, then of course the dreaded years of when the daughter hates her mother because of her daughter/mother issues... I heard the baby girl years are easier than the baby boy years so at least I have that going for me:)

Regardless of all the trouble years a head of me.. right now I am enjoying the fact that I am already in love with my baby girl.

04.11.2010 My Life Sentence.... Boy or Girl?

Dear Little Monster Andersen,

I sit here the night before the big day pondering are you going to be a boy or girl? My answer to that question is that it doesn't matter because I already LOVE you for than anything else in this world so I decided to make a few promises to you...

I promise....

To Always Be Patient

To Give You Unconditional Love

To Do Anything For You

To Accept Anything You Want To Be In Life

To Be Understanding

To Be Loving & Supportive

To Always Be There For You

In Return I Expect A Few Promises From You....

To Play Soccer

To Snowboard

To Love The Celtics

To Let Your Mommy & Daddy Sleep In Every Morning

To Not Get In Too Much Trouble

To Be A Tomboy (If You Are A Girl)

Goodnight Little Monster. 

Love,

Mom

04.11.2010 A Few More Pics Week 19

I already warned you ahead of time that you will be seeing a lot of these shirts:) Almost half way there!!!

Top Five Things That Are Difficult To Do Being 5 Months Pregnant

1. Be Skinny: WTF?? Well it's sad but so true... no more skinny days or skinny outfits or just looking skinny... those days are long gone. So yes when your five months pregnant the word "SKINNY" is no longer in the vocabulary.. 
2. As sad as this sounds... Putting On My Shoes: The shoes that require me to behind down have become a problem in my life.. why you might ask... because I can no longer behind straight down because the belly is in the way.. I have to get creative and put my shoes on at an awkward side angle... if you witness the poor pathetic attempts that I make to put my strappy heel shoes on for work you would understand why half the time I leave it unstrapped. 
3. I told you I was going to be graphic at times so if you can't stomach it skip number 3 & 4... Going Braless: because of my massive pregnant boobies going braless is out of the question.... okay not like I was going to go braless in public... I am talking about in the comfort of my own home. My pregnant boobies (I call them my pregnant boobies because I understand that I have them out on loan) are in constant pain and almost always I have to wear my "Not So Cute Maternity" bra to keep my pain to a minimum.
4. Dry Underwear (remember I warned you): really pregnancy you have taken this away from me too? Yes it is true I never have a dry pair of underwear on these days.. gross.... yes I know! It feels like my bladder is constantly leaking... so the answer is no I am not peeing on myself it just happens a little bit throughout the course of day.. I finally look it up and did some reading on it and they suggest this kegel exercise.. and some of you might have guessed already what that exactly consist of... the exercise consist of tightening the vaginal and rectal muscles... awesome!
5. Finding A Comfortable Position To Sleep In: yes it's true pregnancy has messed with one of my favorite things in life... SLEEP! You can't lay on your back you can't lay on your stomach.. some of the reading says it's best for the baby to sleep on your left side... really???? There is only one position to sleep in that is good for the baby... of course knowing that this position is really the only good position makes this position SUCK that much more.. before I was pregnant I had no problem sleeping on my left side but now knowing that is the only position for the next 20 weeks makes me hate it more and more... in addition to that being pregnant and sleeping never equals solid sleep.. why?? Oh that's easy the fact that you have to pee every hour.. it is almost like you never really fall asleep because the moment you it's time for your seventh trip to the bathroom in one night.... 

04.09.2010 Last Week In The Jeans

So the belly is getting larger and larger... I have declared this is my last week in my jeans without any assistance (unbutton, unzipped and/or belly band). The story about the shirt... well I bought this shirt at Target at week 15 in a large.. when I first put it on I was swimming in it.. now at week 19 I fill it out just fine without any problems.

04.04.2010 Goodbye Flat Stomach... Hello Belly

Easter was the day that I declared that I no longer have a flat stomach... Okay to be honest with you I haven't had a flat stomach for about a month now.. but for some reason I faced reality today. Yep I was in denial in a big way.. I was thinking that maybe this "belly thing" was from eating a big massive dinner or really bad constipation and it would be gone the following morning... but nope it hasn't gone away in over a month now.. so it was time to finally embrace it. I think it started this last week of work when every morning during the week I would wake up at the ungodly hour of 4:30 am and I would have to find something to wear in my closet... let me just tell you my success rate wasn't every good... the end result would be me finally finding a outfit (30 minutes later) but only after attempting to try on almost everything in my closet. After looking at all my "unsuccessful" clothes on my closet floor I have concluded that nothing fits anymore.. okay that is obvious.. but really it was time to accept that I need bigger clothes for this growing belly. It was a sad day today... I realized that I am getting bigger and all my "go to" outfits before are no longer... now it is time to find the big "M...." MATERNITY clothes. On the bright side at least my belly has officially progressed past the stage of "I am not fat, I am pregnant so stop looking at me," but getting bigger isn't something one can accept lightly. My sweet husband Erik reminds me everyday that my new "Baby Belly" is beautiful and sexy... but how can one feel so beautiful/sexy when her belly is getting Large and in Charge? While all the S.L.B (Stupid Lucky Bitches) are looking beautiful in their skinny clothes I have to be sporting a Moo-Moo or something equivalent.... do I sound bitter... okay maybe a little but I have been told that pregnancy is a beautiful thing... so again today is the day that I embrace it... big belly and all.