The winner of the Baby Pool contest to guess my due date is...
Ashley from South Meets South!
Ashley is expecting her first baby... a little girl who will be named Lily!
Ashley's guess was:
Friday December 11th, 8:45PM
7 lbs 14 oz
Adam's actual stats were:
Friday December 11th, 7:20 PM
7 lbs 12 oz
She was awfully close... almost eerily so! Ashley, I'll be in touch with you about sending your prize!
Showing posts with label pregnancy observation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnancy observation. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Feeling Pretty Ingenious
As I close in on the end of this pregnancy, the usual annoyances are setting in. I have no lap. I've given up on shoes with laces. Potty breaks at 3:30AM or 4AM = no fun. I can't bend down to pick things up. Can't get close enough to the mirror to pluck my eyebrows. Thank goodness it's winter, I can't reach my toes to give myself a good pedicure. I'm sick of my maternity clothes.
I'm pregnant during the fall and winter, where last time I was pregnant in the spring and summer. At this point it's useless to buy new maternity clothes... what, and wear them for only a month tops?? But I needed a couple more long sleeve t-shirts for layering purposes. So what to do? Well, I was poking around on one of my favorite sites and found some that I was interested in. Non-maternity. So I ordered them. One navy, one hot pink. Think I'm nuts? I think I might be a little bit crazy brilliant! I ordered one size bigger than I needed... and got them in TALL! This means I can wear them post baby! And they are long enough and roomy enough to cover my belly now! BRILLIANT!
Okay. Enough gloating about how I'm avoiding maternity clothes. Must try to extract myself from the couch and concentrate on not waddling.
I'm pregnant during the fall and winter, where last time I was pregnant in the spring and summer. At this point it's useless to buy new maternity clothes... what, and wear them for only a month tops?? But I needed a couple more long sleeve t-shirts for layering purposes. So what to do? Well, I was poking around on one of my favorite sites and found some that I was interested in. Non-maternity. So I ordered them. One navy, one hot pink. Think I'm nuts? I think I might be a little bit crazy brilliant! I ordered one size bigger than I needed... and got them in TALL! This means I can wear them post baby! And they are long enough and roomy enough to cover my belly now! BRILLIANT!
Okay. Enough gloating about how I'm avoiding maternity clothes. Must try to extract myself from the couch and concentrate on not waddling.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Christmas Shopping Already
Given that my due date is December 14, and I feel like I'm ready to pop right now... I have been trying to get some Christmas shopping done early. I made some great headway this past weekend. I would put myself at about a third of the way finished with shopping. I have a deadline I'm working with, obviously, so that's motivating me to get it done. I have set a goal for myself to be done shopping by December 1st, just in case Baby#2 decides to show up early. When I set this goal a couple of weeks ago, it honestly seemed like a pipe dream. But now, I might just make it!
Trouble is... while it feels great to have so much shopping done, it kinda takes the fun out if it. People who know me really well know what a procrastinator I am. I push myself right up to deadline every chance I get. I may appear organized in all my chaos... but it's all a facade. I'm not organized. Not even remotely. But this year, I have reformed!
This year I can't afford for the holidays to be chaotic, so I'm trying my best to be organized. I've got a list of ideas for what to get people (hint hint to those of you relatives who haven't given me ideas yet). I've got a list of ideas for other people who want to get us gifts. I've got a list of what has already been purchased. I have separated and labeled all receipts and gift receipts. I even remembered to ask for boxes this past weekend when I made a big dent on shopping!
I hate it when people ask me for gift ideas before Thanksgiving. My mind isn't even on Christmas until the first week of December. And this year I'm "that relative." I don't like being that relative, but I will have so much going on this December, I've decided I have to do things different if only for this year... to save my own sanity. It's going to be crazy enough trying to slap together Christmas cards this year (I've already decided we're ordering photo cards... a first for me. It will just be easier.) let alone try to accomplish any last minute shopping!
Oh, and at some point we will need to get the Christmas tree up and get the house decorated. Okay... deep breaths. It will all get done! :-)
I guess to counter the adrenaline let-down of not power shopping at the last minute, I'm turning to create outlets for stress. I'm making a few gifts this year... and they are not coming together as fast as I'd like them too. I guess I'm creating my own mini-holiday rush to make up for it!
Trouble is... while it feels great to have so much shopping done, it kinda takes the fun out if it. People who know me really well know what a procrastinator I am. I push myself right up to deadline every chance I get. I may appear organized in all my chaos... but it's all a facade. I'm not organized. Not even remotely. But this year, I have reformed!
This year I can't afford for the holidays to be chaotic, so I'm trying my best to be organized. I've got a list of ideas for what to get people (hint hint to those of you relatives who haven't given me ideas yet). I've got a list of ideas for other people who want to get us gifts. I've got a list of what has already been purchased. I have separated and labeled all receipts and gift receipts. I even remembered to ask for boxes this past weekend when I made a big dent on shopping!
I hate it when people ask me for gift ideas before Thanksgiving. My mind isn't even on Christmas until the first week of December. And this year I'm "that relative." I don't like being that relative, but I will have so much going on this December, I've decided I have to do things different if only for this year... to save my own sanity. It's going to be crazy enough trying to slap together Christmas cards this year (I've already decided we're ordering photo cards... a first for me. It will just be easier.) let alone try to accomplish any last minute shopping!
Oh, and at some point we will need to get the Christmas tree up and get the house decorated. Okay... deep breaths. It will all get done! :-)
I guess to counter the adrenaline let-down of not power shopping at the last minute, I'm turning to create outlets for stress. I'm making a few gifts this year... and they are not coming together as fast as I'd like them too. I guess I'm creating my own mini-holiday rush to make up for it!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
7 1/2 months pregnant, and still rockin' the tall boots!
I am by no means a fashionista, but I like to dress up and try to follow fashion trends as appropriate for my age. Maternity clothes are decidedly un-hip. They are functional, and only occassionally fashionable. And I'm sorry, they are also temporary so I'm not going to drop more than $25 on any single item! So no Hollywood-trendy expensive maternity clothing on this Midwestern chick!
I've been trying to stretch my wardrobe this time around by working in things from my pre-pregnancy wardrobe. Obviously certain pants, skirts and shirts are out of the mix till after baby comes. Plus a lot of my clothes from last time around have short sleeves and are more "summery." But I have a number of jackets and longer sweaters that I can still wear without looking ridiculous. I also can still wear most of my shoes and boots.
And it is now boot season. I'm proud to say that today, I'm roughly 7.5 months pregnant, and rocking a pair of knee-high suede boots with a high heel!
Yesterday I wore a cardigan and pants and felt about 15 years older than I actually am.
So today... it's suede blazer over maternity t-shirt, denim skirt (also maternity) with stretchy waistband, and my beloved boots. Normally, I wear tall and short boots all winter long. They make me feel sassy. Today, I feel like a hip and happening, sassy pregnant lady. Hopefully I look that way on the outside, too!
I've been trying to stretch my wardrobe this time around by working in things from my pre-pregnancy wardrobe. Obviously certain pants, skirts and shirts are out of the mix till after baby comes. Plus a lot of my clothes from last time around have short sleeves and are more "summery." But I have a number of jackets and longer sweaters that I can still wear without looking ridiculous. I also can still wear most of my shoes and boots.
And it is now boot season. I'm proud to say that today, I'm roughly 7.5 months pregnant, and rocking a pair of knee-high suede boots with a high heel!
Yesterday I wore a cardigan and pants and felt about 15 years older than I actually am.
So today... it's suede blazer over maternity t-shirt, denim skirt (also maternity) with stretchy waistband, and my beloved boots. Normally, I wear tall and short boots all winter long. They make me feel sassy. Today, I feel like a hip and happening, sassy pregnant lady. Hopefully I look that way on the outside, too!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Lunch with a Friend
I had the chance to have lunch with a dear friend today. Zenna and I have been friends since kindergarten. We both had a rather unfriendly nun for a kindergarten teacher. One day Zenna had some fifth graders tease me that they were going to beat me up if I didn't be nice to her. We've be friends since then! We survived going to different junior highs, reuniting in high school, going to different colleges and living in different cities, though not too far away (she's in Chicago).
I was so excited when she called me this spring to tell me she was expecting her first baby! And we're due just 3 weeks apart! Life got busy as it tends to in the summer, and before I knew it, we were both closing in on finish lines of our pregnancies. So we decided to meet in Gurnee (about 1/2 way between) today for lunch. We had so much fun! It was great to see her... she look fantastic! Such a cute little pregnant lady. We got all caught up on babies-to-be and life in general. Did a little shopping for our little ones (and my big one!)
Alex also found a new pal... he wanted to follow Zenna everywhere! Hopefully we'll get to see each other again after our babies are born, and we can enjoy comparing stories as they grow up together! Just like their mommies!
(BTW, that church van in the background belongs to neither of us! This is what happens until you wait till you're in the parking lot ready to leave to take a pictures!)
I was so excited when she called me this spring to tell me she was expecting her first baby! And we're due just 3 weeks apart! Life got busy as it tends to in the summer, and before I knew it, we were both closing in on finish lines of our pregnancies. So we decided to meet in Gurnee (about 1/2 way between) today for lunch. We had so much fun! It was great to see her... she look fantastic! Such a cute little pregnant lady. We got all caught up on babies-to-be and life in general. Did a little shopping for our little ones (and my big one!)
Alex also found a new pal... he wanted to follow Zenna everywhere! Hopefully we'll get to see each other again after our babies are born, and we can enjoy comparing stories as they grow up together! Just like their mommies!
(BTW, that church van in the background belongs to neither of us! This is what happens until you wait till you're in the parking lot ready to leave to take a pictures!)
Thursday, August 13, 2009
To Decaffeinate or not to Decaffeinate...
Now that I'm pregnant, I'm struggling with my love affair with caffeine. I am by no means a caffeine fiend. In a non-pregnant state, I generally enjoy a traveler mug of coffee in the morning and a can of Diet Coke at lunch, and that's pretty much my limit.
When I was pregnant with Alex, I decaffeinated. It was not pretty. You would have sworn I was coming off something serious. I was cranky, irritable, generally unpleasant to be around. My fuse went from short to non-existant. But I managed to get through my withdrawal, switch to Sprite and 7-up, drink hot cocoa instead of mochas, etc. I admit, I didn't give up chocolate... but there's only a small amount of caffeine in chocolate anyway.
This time around, I have simply cut back on caffeine. I tried to drop it altogether, but this pregnancy is so different. I was extremely tired early on and still adjusting to a new job. So I'm limiting myself to one small mug of coffee or tea OR a Diet Coke. I tried to go without caffeine the other day and by about 3pm, I was ready for a nap. I think I just need that tiny little boost.
I guess it's like all things though... best in moderation!
When I was pregnant with Alex, I decaffeinated. It was not pretty. You would have sworn I was coming off something serious. I was cranky, irritable, generally unpleasant to be around. My fuse went from short to non-existant. But I managed to get through my withdrawal, switch to Sprite and 7-up, drink hot cocoa instead of mochas, etc. I admit, I didn't give up chocolate... but there's only a small amount of caffeine in chocolate anyway.
This time around, I have simply cut back on caffeine. I tried to drop it altogether, but this pregnancy is so different. I was extremely tired early on and still adjusting to a new job. So I'm limiting myself to one small mug of coffee or tea OR a Diet Coke. I tried to go without caffeine the other day and by about 3pm, I was ready for a nap. I think I just need that tiny little boost.
I guess it's like all things though... best in moderation!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
I don't have a problem... really I don't!
Every since I found out I was pregnant, I feel like I'm obsessed with alcohol. I swear I'm literally counting the days till I can consume an adult beverage. I have never been a big drinker. I enjoy drinking just enough... because drinking too much is always unpleasant for me the next day. My drink of choice is usually wine, though I enjoy margaritas, and the occasional dark beer. The dark beer thing is a little odd, I'll admit, especially considering that I gravitate toward fruity, girly drinks. But someone pointed out to me that the fact that I enjoy Guinness or Sprecher Black Bavarian might have something to do with my enjoyment of coffee. Makes sense to me!
Thankfully, my sister pointed out to me that my preoccupation with alcohol is probably due to two things:
1. It's the forbidden fruit right now... and we always want what we can't have.
2. It's summer! What tastes better on a warm summer night than a cool, frosty adult beverage?
I think she's right with both of those points. I don't think I'm in danger of hitting the sauce hard once baby arrives in December. But I'm very much looking forward to that first glass of wine post-baby!
Thankfully, my sister pointed out to me that my preoccupation with alcohol is probably due to two things:
1. It's the forbidden fruit right now... and we always want what we can't have.
2. It's summer! What tastes better on a warm summer night than a cool, frosty adult beverage?
I think she's right with both of those points. I don't think I'm in danger of hitting the sauce hard once baby arrives in December. But I'm very much looking forward to that first glass of wine post-baby!