Oh J. Crew, won't you sponsor me in life?

They have the best jewelry and accessories, I swear.

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I had to post this necklace that I just found in the Stylewatch issue of People...

I seriously need this after the little princess comes (with her birthday on it, of course). From Dalla Nonna Jewelry.

23 Weeks!

This pregnancy is really starting to move fast! Sorry for the terrible posture in the last pic, but both DH and I are exhausted and snapping a couple photos right before bedtime leads to not the best shots. I'm starting to feel... I guess full would be the best way to put it. My belly is starting to get in the way of things haha. 17 weeks to go, though she could come as early as 14 weeks from now (God forbid any sooner!). I still have so much to do...

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22 Weeks!

Welcome to week 22! Please enjoy my last photograph as I try my best Zoolander face. If we must be honest here, I kind of hate how my belly is this strange square shape. In person it doesn't really look all that square, but it photographs just oddly. I hope it gets more round so I can have one of those cute basketball (or beachball really) bellies. :-(

How far along?: 22 Weeks
Total weight gain: Haven't weighed in but I'm pretty sure it's around 12-13 lbs.
How big is baby?: Papaya sized!
Maternity clothes?: Yes indeed.
Stretch marks?: Teensy ones :-/
Sleep?: Not the best anymore. I wrestle with the snoogle. Some nights it's a godsend, others it's a curse!
Best moment this week?: An adorable Indian couple stopping us in Target to congratulate us and ask about 24512 questions about my pregnancy. Odd, yet sweet at the same time.
Movement?: Tons.
Food cravings?: The sweet tooth has officially kicked in. Oopsie!
Gender? Girl
Labor signs?: No thank you.
Belly button in or out?: Shallow innie.
What I miss: Being able to enjoy sneezing without the fear of peeing a little.
What I'm looking forward to: I'm looking forward to making it to V-day (viability day) in two more weeks, though I pray she stays cooking in there about 16-18 more weeks (zomg that's starting to sound not too far away!)
Milestone: I don't know if I've achieved any this week. I think I see a linea nigra forming... does that count? I don't know if I should keep doing these surveys, my answers hardly change haha.

Oh! My nails are still growing so long! I really don't think I've ever had them this long naturally without one of them breaking... And today, naturally my left thumbnail breaks (don't know how, they're freaking strong too) so I think I'm going to cut them finally. Also notice how my fingers are starting to swell. Yummy.

Valentine's Day

We had the best Valentine's day yesterday. Adam woke up early and went to the market to buy some groceries (and a dozen roses for me :-)) and we made breakfast together.
After that we cuddled on the couch and watched some tv. Later on we went for a little picnic at the park by our house, where we dined on chicken nuggets (I had to try the new sweet chili sauce!) and listened to Benny bark at strangers and kites. The park was awesome because I found a perfect little dip in the ground and was able to lay on my stomach with my belly in it!

We went to a couple stores later on to look for some large pots for our front porch area and had dinner reservations that evening at the Stinking Rose (an all garlic restaurant - yum!).

We got to the restaurant at our reservation time, and there was a huge line of people just to get in. After all the waiting to get to the host, he informed us that there was another hour wait. I guess there's nothing you can do about the insanity that is V-day, so Adam nicely said "that's ok, it's not your fault, you didn't invent Valentine's day!" And the two poor exhausted hosts were so surprised that someone was actually nice to them. They said that they had been screamed at all night by people. Surprise surprise, 5 minutes later we were ordering our appetizers. It pays to be nice to people! :-) Though after dinner it took us like 45 minutes to get our car from the valet. Ugh. We stuffed our faces so much we decided to head straight home after all that.

The rest of our glorious evening was spent in bed, watching figure skating of course. I couldn't ask for a better day with my lovey.

Furniture has been ordered!

Hallelujah!! And my ridiculously generous and wonderful parents wanted to buy it for us as their baby gift to us. We decided (after visiting about 23 other stores) to go with the Bellini, because as Adam put it, "it just looks like OUR little girl's room to me." I had the hardest time deciding because I know what a large investment this is, and I knew once we ordered something, there was no turning back. I solidified my decision after a little bit of haggling (I'm shameless, I know) I was able to get the price down almost 13%. Lesson for everyone: It never hurts to just ask!

I feel so relieved to be able to cross this off the to do list and move on to the rest of the planning for baby! Ahhhh... now I need a nap.


P.S. I think I need this lamp:

Look at these knobs!

I was toying with the idea of switching out the knobs in whatever dresser we go with (if it's white) with some fancy ones. After browsing one of my favorite stores online, Anthropologie, I came up with a ton of adorable options!

21 Weeks

I've started watching my belly move! Last night I pulled up my shirt while she was kicking and I could swear I saw my belly jiggle along with her kicks in the area she was kicking in. This morning she's totally doing it again! How cool!!

Let's see, not much else has changed this week... we still haven't ordered furniture or come to a decision as far as bedding. I'm starting to lean more towards an antique white, but haven't ruled out espresso. I bet everyone's sick of reading about this so I'll stop.

Oh and say hello to my $7 maternity cords from Old Navy. And I think my shirt was like $4.50. Woot!

Snoogle

So for the last week I have been sleeping horribly. Tossing and turning throughout the night, and I keep waking up on my back, which is apparently wrong to sleep on when you're with child. After my friend Kimi said the snoogle was indeed amazing, I caved and bought one. I had balked at the price tag at first, but this was necessity! The first two nights I was at war with the thing (I may have had it upside down?), but last night, it was a godsend. I don't think I moved but twice during the night. Amen.

Today I had my monthly checkup with my OB and everything's still peachy! Her heartbeat was so loud and strong! Dr. said she's a very active little girl :-)

Oh and here are two more crib sets we're now considering. Way to throw a wrench in the system, eh?

The first one is by Westwood Baby, and the next stuff is Bellini. They're a bit too rich for my blood, but I keep thinking about them... Their antique white was so pretty!

My Damn Boobs.

Are downright pornographic. The time came for me to cave and find a maternity bra. I had sized up to a couple VS bras earlier in my pregnancy, and those were straining to hold the girls in. I had no choice.

Enter the maternity store. Lexi picks up a few bras to try on. She had her eye on the Spanx brallelujah bra, and slips it on. Nope, too snug in the ol' cups. She asks her loving husband to grab her a 36 E. Yes, E. E!!! WTF. Lexi overhears her poor adoring husband asking the saleslady for help finding aforementioned size, and then hears the dreaded statement "there is no bigger than a D in those." She brings me some other wretched contraptions and I try them all on. Sizing up in the band size leaves them swimming on me (even the 36 has to go on the tighter setting). And somehow no matter how big the cup size, nothing worked on me. Nothing. Freaking. Fits.

And then, the loveliest of lovely comments from the husky saleslady herself:

"Well darlin', perhaps you should try Lane Bryant, they have a good variety."

I sat in the dressing room and bawled. Not to say anything against the wonderful plus-sized ladies out there, but I just have never been in that category. I was really rather thin until chemo happened. And even at my post-chemo weight, though I wasn't terribly happy with my physique, I wouldn't have considered myself large! Until I got all fat, I was always skinny. I just wanted a nice comfy maternity bra from this stupid maternity store with a vegetable in the title. Was this too much to ask for?!

This is where I have to give credit to my amazing hubby, who reassured me that I was/am/always will be gorgeous (at least to him I say!) and it's just my pregnant body that's giving me a hard time but that's a beautiful thing. And did I mention that he went bra shopping with me?! What a trooper!

We ended up at Target later in the day and I tried a bra there in a DD and it seemed to fit decently enough, so for $10.99, I bought it. After wearing it today, it is definitely not the comfy fit I would have liked. Or have I seriously grown overnight?

*sigh*

Let's just try not to think about what's going to happen to these old knockers once pregnancy and breastfeeding's all over with.