Addyson Olivia (08/16/11)

A close friend of the family, BJ, had her second little miracle baby on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011. She had her about 3 weeks early and she couldn't be more perfect. She weighed 4lbs 15oz and measured 17" long.

Addyson Olivia

Once BJ and her baby were released from the hospital they came to visit us. I snatched that precious little girl and got to hold her for the first time. She was so tiny and so perfect. She was making little baby noises, she smelt like "baby", moving her perfect little arms, feet, fingers and toes. At that very moment I fell in love. How can you not fall in love with something so small and so precious?

BJ started talking to me about a few of her birth story details just to warn me about what may happen so I'll be prepared. It scared the living daylights out of me. But you know what? Holding that beautiful little girl in my arms staring at her as she's telling me about it and feeling the love I have for her new little girl would totally be worth it to me. Even if I had the worst labor experience I could ever imagine it would totally be 100% worth it to take my baby girl home and hold her like I did with Addy.

I went to visit my parents in Connecticut over the weekend and they surprised me with the travel system DH and I wanted. We registered for the Chicco Cortina Travel System Stroller - Midori . I never thought I'd be so excited over a stupid carseat and stroller. I mean who does that?! I guess things change the moment you find out you're pregnant, huh? DH and I went home on Sunday late afternoon and immediately put it together. I had a strong urge to take it for a stroll babyless around the block but it was raining. Go ahead - make fun of me but DH already beat you to it! Since it was raining and I couldn't I just took it for a stroll around the house. I freakin' love this travel system. I love the colors, I love how it drives so smoothly, I love the large basket, I just love everything about it! Thanks Mom and Dad! Sophia sure will love it!

Registries!! (08/09/11)

So I'm bored at work and to kill time I decided to snoop around on my registry and see if anyone purchased anything from it yet. To my surprise there have been 2 purchases so far! The Kolcraft Step Starter 2-in-1 Walker - Woodstock and Chicco KeyFit & KeyFit 30 Child Restraint Base - Anthracite (an extra car seat base for my travel system)! Woohoo! I've asked DH when my shower was and he claims he has no idea. Between you and me I think he's lying. I still haven't gotten all the addresses to the guest list yet. Yikes! I better get on that!

Venting (08/08/11)

In this post I'll be venting about something that has been bothering me through out my whole pregnancy so far. Out of DH's generation, between all his cousins, this will be the 7th pregnancy to start the next generation. Well, yesterday I attended a family get together at DH's Grandma's house for a BBQ. One of Ian's Aunts looks at me dead in the eyes and said "Oh you're much bigger than --------- and she's got only 5 weeks left!" Really? Really?! Thanks. I think I'll go to the bathroom and shove my finger down my throat now. I'm so sick and tired of the "Oh you're getting huge!" comments. Well I am almost 7 months pregnant and growing a baby inside my fucking uterus, did you expect me to have a flat belly still? Ugh!

In My Daughter's Eyes (08/7/11)

I'd like to share a video with you all that my Mom dedicated to me since I'm carrying my first child, which happens to be a girl. If you're expecting a daughter get your tissues ready. You wont be able to make it through the first 30 seconds with out crying...just warning ya!

New Layout! (08/06/11)

The title of this post says it all! I put a new layout up and I hope you like it. It's a little more simple but I like it. I added a new "Purchases" page. Check that out too while you're at it. Enjoy!

3rd Trimester!! (08/05/11)

Today I am 27 weeks along and still about the size of an eggplant; 13.6 to 14.8" and 1.5 to 2.2 lbs. I am so delighted and so damn scared to announce that I am in the 3rd trimester now! I'm delighted for obvious reasons because that just means we're getting closer to meeting baby girl. I'm damn scared because that means in just a few more weeks our lives will be turned upside down but in a good way. We'll now be 100% responsible for a tiny living human being. That includes making important decisions for her until she's old enough to make them herself, care for her, tend to her, kiss the boo-boos, heal broken hearts, etc. That is enough to scare me to death. I want to be the best Mother a woman can be and that's a lot of pressure.

People ask me all the time what my biggest fear is being pregnant and all. I'm not going to lie - everything. There's still that slight chance that something can go wrong up until I give birth to her. It could be a medical issue, umbilical cord accident or even I just go into labor prematurely and she wont make it. I'm scared to death of giving birth to her for obvious reasons. I'm scared of the pain, things wont go as smoothly as I hoped, I'm scared of tearing, scared I'll end up having a c-section when I want to give birth naturally, the baby's heart rate might drop during delivery, etc. I fear that I'll fail as a Mother. I fear that she'll turn into a wild child in her pre-teens and I wont know how to handle it. My fear list can go on and on. But as a new Mom I'll have to face these fears and push through them.

Right now I'm running on about 3 hours of sleep. I watched Project Runway and the Jersey Shore premire last night so I didn't get to bed until 11:00 o'clock last night. I was over tired, couldn't get comfortable and go to sleep. Once I finally did it was about 2:00 in the morning. My alarm went off at 5:00. Needless to say coffee is going to be my new best friend and I'll be one miserable bitch today. Look at me the wrong way today...I dare you.

Blech! (08/04/11)

I'm such a horrible blogger. I don't update nearly as often as I should. For the past few days I've been feeling "yucky". Not M/S or anything, just "yucky". Like stomach cramps - the kind you'd get with a stomach ache or some kind of food poisioning along with some gurgling. The rest of this paragraph may be TMI so if you don't care to read it just skip over it. Everything I've eaten since Tuesday has went right through me. Yup, I'm talking about diarrhea. When I say everything I mean soup, veggies, crackers, etc. Last night I decided to scarf 2 bananas down when I got home from work and make homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner. That was the trick. So far so good. I even packed up a container of it for lunch at work this morning. The runs while at work is no fun. Trust me! If you'd like the recipe I plan on posting it in the "Recipes" tab.

As I approach the 3rd trimester, which will start tomorrow (Ekkk!), I'm getting more and more tired. Worse than the 1st trimester. Awesome! This is when I planned on getting the house ready for baby the most. I'll have to suck it up and deal with it and get DH's help as much as I can and hope that things get done on time. He doesn't seem to worry but I'm a planner and a worrier so that's just my nature.

I hope everyone is doing well!