6 posts tagged “shopping”
We are at T minus 4 weeks! Four weeks! That's only a month!
Whew! I just got back last night and was too exhausted to do anything but go to bed. Well, eat first and then go to sleep! ;)
First of all, I'm 17 weeks today! Almost five months, and my belly definitely staged a coming out party in these past couple of weeks. At the restaurant on Saturday night I wore a clingy dress, and it was more than evident that this belly didn't come from too many nachos or pizza.
Secondly, a lot of people lately have been asking about baby gifts & so forth. I have been researching the baby necessities, the things you gotta have for a baby, to choose the ones I think are the most beneficial and safest for a baby. I'm registering at a few places, definitely Target and probably Babies R Us, maybe one or two others (not Wal-Mart, though, I am 100% sure about that one). We appreciate any and all gifts and warm wishes for our baby, so thank you in advance <3
Last week, as I was changing out of work clothes into more fun clothes, I realized that I was pants-less. As in, all my pants are just snug enough to leave a red mark on my waist/hips. This was no good for two reasons; first of all, it kind of hurt after a while, and secondly it only added to my already exaggerated need to visit the ladies' room. So, on Saturday between my waitressing & hostessing shifts, I went a little bananas at Motherhood Maternity. Our store location is about the size of a nursery, appropriately I guess, but I managed to stay in there for over an hour trying on anything that caught my eye & figuring out more about nursing bras & nipple leakage pads (just typing that is gross!).
I walked out with an adorable pink ruffle-front blouse with small black polka dots, a warm purple & gray print dress, agreen dress I probably dropped too much $$ on (pictured), pregnancy black opaque tights, and a black cardigan. It was so much fun to try on clothes that fit my changing body so much. There was even this fake bump in the dressing room, I guess so you can predict how these pants will fit when you're ginormous, but let me tell you it was nothing like a real bump. It was kind of triangular, and though I might be new to all this preggo stuff I know baby bumps are not triangular. I finished off my shopping trip at Target, where I got some black pants on sale and a regular sundress that I love and that should fit when I'm pretty pregnant. Either way it's super cute.
Amos and I went to this goofy store last night called Whimsadoodles or something equally sugar-coated. It was fun looking at baby stuff with him; mostly I've been shopping alone, because of his crazy work schedule. We got another adorable rattle and a huge, bright turquoise Sock Monkey that I kind of want for myself. This kid isn't even fully formed but super spoiled ;)
I was reading Fit Pregnancy magazine, and it had this section about organic/earth-friendly toys. I found the most adorable rattle in there for only $8 (hey, I don't have a kid yet, $8 is still cheap to me leavemealone).
And I immediately looked it up online and bought it. I can't help it, isn't it adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm at 12 weeks, just 2 more weeks until it's the fourth month. I go to the doctor again 2 weeks from Wednesday, the day before Valentine's, to hear the heartbeat and (hopefully, keep your fingers crossed!!!!) do a sonogram. Did you know that a sonogram and an ultrasound are the same thing? I totally didn't until last night. DUH!
Yesterday Leah, Carrie, & I hit up the mall in Syracuse, which is pretty big, almost as big as the Galleria. I didn't spend that much, but got a really pretty black maternity dress, a few hooded sweatshirts that are baggy enough to accommadate even an 8 or 9 month belly, and a hilarious looking cream baby snowsuit thing. Seriously, look at it!!
The baby is just going to be sliding around in that thing with only its tiny face peeking out. It was on sale for $10, marked down from $30, and the ladies who know about babies + winter assured me that it would be necessary a few times over the season, particularly when it gets below about 20 degrees. But come on...can you imagine how funny the baby is going to look in that thing?? I mean, it has a CROTCH ZIPPER. That shizz is hilarious!!!!
