I passed!!!!

Yayyyyyy I passed my glucose test!! woohooooo!!! BUT I'm a bit anemic booooo! Dr. is calling in a rx. I'm just soooo happy I don't have to do that nasty 3 hour test!! Now I'll celebrate by eating a whole juniors strawberry cheesecake!!

Countdown

84 days left till I meet my LO

One hour glucose test

On Saturday I took my glucose test. I spent the whole entire week stressing out over it. I heard it was oh so nasty, thick and just all around gross so I wasn't looking forward to it.... At all!  I made my appointment for first thing saturday morning I figured i'd get it out of the way and I'd be fine. 

I decided to go with the lemon/lime flavor because my sister told me the orange was really disgusting. So at 8:15 am I got out of the bed and chugged this nastiness down. It actually wasn't THAT bad. It tasted like flat sprite on my first gulp. After that first gulp however I started gagging, but I made sure I kept it down because I was told if I threw it up I'd have to do it again. I quickly finished it up, showered, got dressed and off to the Dr.'s office I went.  They drew 2 vials of blood and now I wait..... I'm praying I pass this test because I do NOT want to take the 3 hour test! Pray for me.

Few purchases & freebies

Oh the joys of working in the world of social media! There are always tons of events where you get all this cool free swag. The lovely mommy blogger Holly Pavlika and I happen to work together and a few weeks ago she happened to have attended an even hosted by Jessica Alba. Apparently she has a new line of organic diapers and all natural baby products and since Holly has big kids, when she got the gift box she thought of me! I was so excited when she walked over to my desk and plopped this stuff on my desk. First the gift bag/box is so cute!

Once I finally got it open it had these adorable diapers inside. The boys diapers were plaid, some were skull and cross bone and the other had a nautical theme goin on and the girls diapers were pink with a floral print, one with pink stars and one with ice cream cones. Too cute!

In addition to the diapers there was a small pack of wipes and a box of the all natural products in sample size

I thought the whole thing was adorable. Kudos to whomever came up with the idea for the gift boxes, very very cute. They also included a little brochure introducing the line and explaining what everything was bla bla bla

I also scored this style manual from Holly as well. She's hosting this awesome fashion show featuring all moms and someone sent this over to her in the mail and I happened to have been around as she opened it and she gave it to me to read over.

lots of style tips, if only I had an awesome maternity wardrobe or if my tummy wasn't so huge I'd probably have more of a desire to try to put some of these outfits together. I did however get a few tips that I have and will be using. Thanks again!!

Then the other day we decided, (I have issues accepting expensive gifts from people) that we would go to buy buy baby and start purchasing a few things for the little tummy dweller. For a while now I've been eyeing the Britax B-agile stroller and B-safe car seat travel system so we went ahead and purchased it. We also purchased the Avent isis twin electric breast pump, and a box of nursing pads to avoid any leaks, and because I didn't want to put any newborn diapers on my gift registry for fear that I'd wind up with tons of them, I got one box of newborn diapers. I feel much better knowing that I have a few things for baby besides clothing now. 

The other item I was planning on purchasing myself was the crib and mattress, however, baby's paternal grandma has expressed that she would like to purchase it as a gift for us. The crib that I really took a liking to and had great reviews was the Graco Stanton crib. It's quite inexpensive but the reviews were pretty amazing, everyone stated that it looked just like if not better than the more expensive ones and it was really easy to put together and sturdy.

This weekend we're gonna start painting annnnnd the nesting begins!

26 week belly shot

26 Week update

So sorry I'm so late in updating! I've been so tired and busy lately I haven't had the time.

                                       


How Far Along? 26 weeks 
Symptoms: Fatigue, general achiness
Total Weight Gain/Loss: only gained one lb this month woohoo!! 
Sleep: Varies, some days I sleep well, others, not so much. 
Food Cravings: orange juice (normally hate OJ) & I'm obsessed with cereal. 
Food Aversions: same
Best Moment This Week: seeing the LO at todays dr appt
Movement: I have Jackie Chan in there
Labor Signs: NONE
Gender: BOY OH BOY
Belly Button In Or Out? outtie, it's kinda cute though!
What I Miss: sleeping on my belly
What I Am Looking Forward To: Meeting him
Weekly Wisdom: Take your time. 

Awesome read for FTM's

(FTM= First time Mom's)

What every new mom should know

http://redwhitebluelife.com/2012/01/19/what-every-new-mom-should-know/

January 2012 $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway- GIVEAWAY ENDED

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22 week survey

                                       


How Far Along? 22 weeks 
Symptoms: Fatigue, general achiness
Total Weight Gain/Loss: up 15lbs
Sleep: Varies, some days I sleep well, others, not so much. 
Food Cravings: random "ethnic/haitian foods"
Food Aversions: same
Best Moment This Week: getting the results from my anatomy scan & seeing LO.
Movement: I don't think he sleeps, he's always kicking
Labor Signs: NONE
Gender: BOY OH BOY
Belly Button In Or Out? 75% outtie
What I Miss: being energetic
What I Am Looking Forward To: Meeting him
Weekly Wisdom: Time to start taking it easy.

22 Week belly shot

Decided to check out

some after xmas sales at Macy's and a few other stores and I found some great deals! I got things in  3, 6 & 9 mo's. 

I'm very satisfied with my purchases. Until next time! Ciao

Annnd it starts

If you know me, you know i'm a shop-a-holic. That said immediately following my doctor's appointment we went shopping! Lol, I didn't go crazy yet. I need to chill for now. I know I can go crzy and I don't want to do that YET. I got him a pack of onsie undershirts and a Ralph Lauren sleep sac/gown thingy. Only designer that makes cute baby boy clothing is RL so I'm gonna be in the poor house if I wana dress my lil one in cuteness!

Week 20 Survey

                                       


How Far Along? 20 weeks 2 days
Symptoms: Fatigue
Total Weight Gain/Loss: up 12lbs
Sleep: Very hard time sleeping these days
Food Cravings: None
Food Aversions: same as last time.
Best Moment This Week: seeing the little one at my level II anatomy scan.
Movement: plenty, sometimes I think this kid is going nuts in there!
Labor Signs: NONE
Gender: BOY OH BOY
Belly Button In Or Out? 75% outtie
What I Miss: feeling like myself
What I Am Looking Forward To: stronger movement, feeling the baby's hiccups
Weekly Wisdom: Focus on yourself & the LO everyone/thing else is secondary.

Houston we have a penis!

Soooooo, this morning I went in for my level II ultrasound. I was surprisingly calm, I thought I'd be way more nervous, however, all went well. I was secretly hoping for pink, however, we're team blue!  It's a BOY! 

Little boys can be such a pain and clothing for a little girl is so much cuter, but it is what it is he's healthy; I'm happy!  Time to SHOP!!

Preggo Rant #3

Pregnancy Hormones!!

O M G!! Now if you know me, you would describe me as a stone cold heartless BITCH! I show no emotion, nothing bothers me, I'm vicious and love to fight... the list goes on. Yesterday however, I have no idea what came over me. I was over come with emotion and it was disgusting!! I started crying from the moment I woke up to pretty much bed time, and for no real reason really. I guess it all started after an argument I had with an uncle of mine who is dumb as a rock but, swears he knows it all.. Now normally I could go round for round with this moron, I mean REALLY, we fight constantly and I never take him seriously but,  this time I was really annoyed,  I literally felt myself getting hot and eventually had to  eventually remove myself from the situation because it could have gotten verrry ugly.

I went to the next room fuming and if you looked at me my face probably looked something like
this: 

Then of course when someone asked what the problem was my face turned to
this:  

and it stayed this way for majority of the day! It was just awful! Every time My sister or my mom spoke to me :'-( :'-( :'-( :'-( :'-( it got to the point where it was becoming ridiculous and I told my sister that I was getting on my own nerves! I would be talking to my mom, crying and laughing, same with my sister, just cry laughing, it was the dumbest thing I've ever experienced! I am sooo very happy that day is over and I hope to never have to deal with it again, I'm a thug, and thugs dont cry! hmph!!

Pregnancy hormones..... I HATE YOU!! You ruined my makeup!

20 week belly shot

This is so cute!

18 week Belly shot

Preggo Rant #2

Soooooooooooo... After seeing my OB for the last four months I had an appointment today. I arrived to my my appointment about 30 mins early and since no one was sitting at the front desk I patiently sat and waited. After a while a nurse came out and asked if I was being helped. I told her I was waiting for quite some time and the keeper of the the front desk was no where to be found so she said she'd help me. She asked for my insurance card so I handed it to her. She looks at it and say's "Umm Dr. XYZ doesn't take this insurance" I'm sorry what? (I have one of the MOST popular that exists) I've been seeing HIM for years as my gyn and once a month for the past 4 months what do you mean? (Then this moron then has the nerve to mention something about a copay. Uhh how in the hell do I have a copay if he doesn't even take my insurance genius?) She goes in the back to "double check" then they she comes back out and goes nope he doesn't take your insurance, you can't be seen today. After an agressive one sided conversation (lol) I snatched my card and walked home pissed off and in tears! Now at 4 months I have to start all over from scratch! I'm beyond pissed! How do you not realize this until 4 months in? Now I have no idea when I'll learn the gender, (I was 11 days away from finding out) who my doctor will be, where I'll deliver.... NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGHHHHHHHHHH! Needless to say I'm pissed!! Figured I'd vent on here rather than internalize. Good night all.