Diaper D'Angelo

Michael D'Angelo was passing through Baton Rouge and stopped to stay with us on Monday night. He brought us our first package of diapers!! We opened them to see how small they are and they smelled just like a baby's bottom (a clean one). We can't wait until they are on little bitty boo!
 

Norman was very interested in the diapers. He was smelling and licking all over the box. I put the box upstairs in bitty's room. Norman and I were sitting on the couch when his nose shot up in the air and he started aggressively sniffing. He jumped off of the couch and ran upstairs so I followed him. He went straight to the box and stayed up there for about an hour. He didn't tear them up...he was just investigating and hanging out with the box of diapers. We hope this means that he will be protective of the baby!

Clothes Hoarder

I'm patting myself on the back for being a clothes hoarder. It's funny what you will consider wearing when you're desperate. I am wearing dresses and shirts that I haven't touched in years! Whatever works.

I finally bought some maternity pieces and I'm super excited about them (as excited as one can be about wearing clothing with extra stretchy material). Wait, after saying that out loud it sounds so comfy! Which is the goal here. Anyway,  my friend Emily Bolian (who is due very very soon with a Mardi Gras king cake baby in early February!) recommended the dress below from Old Navy. This maxi dress is made of stretchy jersey material and has ruching on the sides for a comfortable fit to grow into.

Maternity Tank Maxi Dress

I have been told, and it is true, that Gap, Old Navy and Target have cute maternity pieces that are reasonably priced and actually cute! I found a denim tunic from Old Navy to wear casually during the spring and summer and a black swoop neck dress from Gap to wear to work. The black dress will definitely need to be hemmed. I may be pregnant, but I'm still 30 and flirty right?!

Maternity Chambray Tunic

Ponte Knit Dress

My action plan is to find staple pieces and then add fun cardigans, scarves and leggings that I already own to change the entire outfit. This will definitely save the bank account and ease my anxiety over spending money on items that I won't wear for long. Also, my friend Lori Hale offered to let me borrow her maternity clothes! We are picking them up this weekend. I'm so incredibly thankful, for so many reasons, that I have friends who went through this before me.

Now on to finding a swim suit. No way this ends well.



Golfing

We had amazing weather this weekend. The sun was out and it was warm enough to lay out! I couldn't get enough of the sun on my face (Possible pregnancy acne eraser? We shall see!). Geoff and Brian Barr played golf on Saturday and I got to tag along as the designated golf cart driver/magazine reader. About half way though the front 9 I started feeling terrible pains in my lower left abdomen. It's not like I can pinpoint hurting organs and I'm the worst at describing pain. But it definitely felt like my uterus was throbbing. Everything I'm experiencing with my body is a personal new adventure so I'm not the best at gaging the seriousness of anything. So naturally I called the on call doctor at Woman's Hospital. He was super helpful and asked a lot of questions. In the end, apparently I am experiencing round ligament pain. Some throbbing and pressure in the lower abdomen is normal during the second trimester because my uterus is expanding. How lovely! He prescribed lots of rest and staying off of my feet for the rest of the weekend. Which means that Geoff is now my slave until I feel better. There is nothing else he would rather be doing than filling up my water, charging my phone and letting Norman in and out of the house 10 times or more a day! 

Strange Dreams

They say that during pregnancy your dreams are a little crazy. The other night I had a dream that probably takes the cake on weird. I was holding a baby girl. I put her down upstairs on the bed and went downstairs. When I came back to get her she had turned into a glass of white wine still wrapped in a blanket. I ran downstairs holding the wine glass like a baby and was crying to Geoff because I couldn't find her little body IN the wine. Then I looked in the glass again and there were tiny colorful fish swimming around in the wine. So, apparently I really want white wine and maybe I'm having a girl? We shall see in less than 2 weeks!

Snoogle!

Welcome to my life and bed, Snoogle!

Snoogle is a pregnancy pillow that came highly recommended from my friend Krissy Heater who is due in May! I got it yesterday from my parents as a birthday present. Apparently during pregnancy it is best to sleep on your left side (click here for an explanation). Snoogle helps you stay on your left side and not flip to your back in the middle of the night. Not to mention its super cuddly. Last night was my first sleep with Snoogle and I predict a long lasting relationship. I think Geoff and Norman are jealous.

 

16 Weeks on Mama's 30th

16 weeks on Mama's 30th

Bitty is the size of an avocado!

First Attempt at Maternity Clothes Shopping

Kelsey and I attempted to go maternity clothes shopping today. Big huge failure. The pg jeans at A Pea in the Pod are almost $200! And the lady was trying to sell me a nursing bra. I’m not ready for that! I left the store in a fast paced walk. What makes it more difficult (besides prices) is that most store’s maternity sections are only found online. I’m having difficulty committing to items that I haven’t tried on and that I’m only going to wear for approx 6 months. But I need to just do it! Because one day I will wake up and not fit in any of my clothes and that will be no good. The good news is I have a gift card to Nordstrom and the amount covered the jeans that I wanted:

Paige Maternity 'Union Verdugo' Ultra Skinny Jeans (Fountain)

They are on their way to our house now! So maternity jeans...1 item down. Many more to go.

Appointment with Mom

We had a doctor’s appointment today. My mom came in town the night before and spent the night then came with me to the appointment. She got to hear bitty’s heartbeat! It was at 155 today. I was able to talk to Dr. Gautreau about my awesome acne and she said it is now safe to use salicylic acid products. Thank the lord!!! Hopefully this will help me! If this baby is a girl, then she is definitely stealing my beauty and may hear about it for the rest of her life. We scheduled the anatomic sonogram for Feb. 7! So we will know the gender in 4 weeks! Geoff and I are still brainstorming on how we will tell our families. We will be in New Orleans that weekend for the Bacchus Mardi Gras Ball because John is riding in the parade.

2nd Trimester

Welcome 2nd trimester! Today I am 14 weeks along.