I feel like we are bleeding money lately. We are doing small renovations on our house to make it suitable for sale next year and that is costing more than I would like but our house really needs some major fixing up so the money is worth it. We just spent $367 at the vet this morning for our allergy dog and next weekend we take our other dog for her yearly visit which will be another couple hundred. Luckily we have bought most baby stuff, just need diapers and wipes and a few small odds and ends, but man I just want to hide my head in the sand when I think about our credit card bill by the end of this month.
But at least the weather is nice and sunny here this weekend so we can grill and get some time outside.
I dropped my son off at his first Beavers (Scouts) camp today. DH and I have 25 hours to ourselves and are lost. We plan on going out for supper tonight, but right now we don't know what to do with ourselves. I was proud of myself for not crying when we dropped him off though. It is his first night away from mum and dad.
I've concluded that maternity clothes are not kind to petite pregnant women--mainly dresses. I can't find a cute shower dress for the life of me. Pretty much everything I have tried on looks like a tent on me, so my only options are form fitting dresses, but there don't seem to be any in cute, springy colors, mostly just black. I feel like I've searched everywhere too.
I wanted the Seraphine dress to work so bad but it was awful. Awful.
We are heading to the Bay Area today to get together with family. We do this every April as a memorial to my grandma who lived there. I can't wait to eat lunch at her favorite restaurant. It's across the bay from San Francisco and has amazing views. I had my last work event before maternity leave last night and I was assigned to just sit almost the entire night. I felt like I wasn't helping with the event but it was nice to have permission to sit down!
I've concluded that maternity clothes are not kind to petite pregnant women--mainly dresses. I can't find a cute shower dress for the life of me. Pretty much everything I have tried on looks like a tent on me, so my only options are form fitting dresses, but there don't seem to be any in cute, springy colors, mostly just black. I feel like I've searched everywhere too.
I wanted the Seraphine dress to work so bad but it was awful. Awful.
I'm 5'2" and got this non maternity dress. It fits fine in the petite size, though I did have my mom take up the straps a little. It wasn't really necessary but I was bringing her other hemming projects. I like that I can wear it afterward too. The print is very pretty. Target has cute maternity dresses online too, though not much in store.
We're also having to do a lot of house projects this spring thanks to our corner-cutting former owners. If I ever run into them I'd give them a piece of my mind. Wankers. So I can completely relate on bleeding money!
My H is on my last nerve these past couple of days. I can't tell if he's being legitimately annoying or if I'm hormonal.
narockshard How tall are you? I'm only 5' and also had a hard time finding cute clothes. I've taken in several items, and hemmed several more. All the shirts are like tunics on me. Have you tried searching non-maternity in ruched styles? That's what I did for several dresses and they fit much better.
I'm 5'1. I have searched a little bit for non-maternity ruched styles, but I probably need to get more in depth with that. That's probably the way to go. It's just kind of hard because usually they are jersey knit dresses and aren't that fancy, and I was hoping for something more dressy.
I've concluded that maternity clothes are not kind to petite pregnant women--mainly dresses. I can't find a cute shower dress for the life of me. Pretty much everything I have tried on looks like a tent on me, so my only options are form fitting dresses, but there don't seem to be any in cute, springy colors, mostly just black. I feel like I've searched everywhere too.
I wanted the Seraphine dress to work so bad but it was awful. Awful.
I'm 5'2" and got this non maternity dress. It fits fine in the petite size, though I did have my mom take up the straps a little. It wasn't really necessary but I was bringing her other hemming projects. I like that I can wear it afterward too. The print is very pretty. Target has cute maternity dresses online too, though not much in store.
That's cute! But I'm worried about the waistline on me. Thanks to my new, giant boobs and my apparently short torso things need to lay just right (i.e. be tight under the boobs but before belly begins) to avoid looking like one giant ball. Sadly I think that limits me to just form fitting stuff
bricco Your stories are better than ours, LOL. We found out that they glued the dishwasher in place (and pinched the water tube which is why it never cleaned well). Took a mirror off the wall in the bathroom and there was a giant hole there - we were literally staring at the siding of the house. They had ripped an old medicine cabinet out but just decided to cover over it instead of spending a few dollars on insulation and drywall. And then just more generalized shoddy DIY projects abound.
Oh and they self-installed the sump pumps so A) they don't work and B) they covered the holes with chicken wire and pine straw. I discovered the one in the front yard the hard way - by stepping on it and falling in. Basically fileted the skin right off my left leg.
i'm supposed to be in our bedroom organizing my clothes and putting things away in our new furniture. but i'm on the couch watching gray's anatomy. oh well.
Add one more to the list: the ceiling fans in the secondary bedrooms were screwed directly into the drywall and not a junction box. So, now we get to find an electrician. Yay.
I went to TJ Maxx today and was flipping through the newborn clothing rack when a random guy decided to tell me I looked really good. Then he quickly realized how that sounded, told me his wife was expecting too and I was carrying well. Then he apologized for being weird. Then he ran away.
My mom, aunt, and I went baby shopping today. I found all the major things I wanted, so when H and I go to officially register in a couple of weeks, it should be pretty painless. It was such a fun afternoon!
Now I'm laying on my parents couch while they cook dinner. My teenage and early 20s brothers are desperately trying to feel my baby kick and refuse to listen that I can only feel it from the inside. There are four hands on my stomach, lol. Life is good
I'm 5'2" and got this non maternity dress. It fits fine in the petite size, though I did have my mom take up the straps a little. It wasn't really necessary but I was bringing her other hemming projects. I like that I can wear it afterward too. The print is very pretty. Target has cute maternity dresses online too, though not much in store.
That's cute! But I'm worried about the waistline on me. Thanks to my new, giant boobs and my apparently short torso things need to lay just right (i.e. be tight under the boobs but before belly begins) to avoid looking like one giant ball. Sadly I think that limits me to just form fitting stuff
I don't know how far along you are, but I still can squeeze into some form fitting prepregnancy dresses because many are made out of a stretchy type material that goes back to its original size later. If you are in for form-fitting, I agree that prepregnancy clothes might be the way to go!
I've become increasingly disenchanted with the company I work for, and the thought of slogging through another 5 months there before mat leave seems insurmountable. I can't quit because I'm the breadwinner. H is also starting to burn out as he reaches the end of his PhD. We have to move to a bigger flat in July, but we don't even know where we'll be living once H graduates in the fall. I've been fantasizing about moving back to Canada, but have agreed to give H a certain amount of time to find a post-doc or lectureship in the UK because there are probably more opportunities for him here, although we could very well end up in the US or even Australia if he found something there. All of these scenarios involve huge amounts of red tape as no matter where we go, at least one of us will need a residency permit (all 3 of us will need one if it's a country other than US or Canada).
We knew when we started trying for a baby that it might mean going through a big move with an infant, but agreed that it was much better for me to give birth here if I could since we have universal healthcare, I get some paid maternity leave, and this place has been our home for the last 5 years. It's not the move itself that I mind, it's the fact that I don't even know where we'll end up and can therefore plan for nothing. In my twenties this would have been exciting, but at 30 with a baby on the way it's making me miserable.
We started our childbirth classes yesterday. I was SO emotional yesterday already and felt like I was teary the whole first half of class. Talking about l&d in that much detail and feeling him rolling around in my belly was the first time I think all this has sunk in. (Better late than never, right? Lol) We did a lot of practice exercises as a couple pretending we were having contractions and having our partners help us through them - it was kind of surreal to realize that that's actually going to happen to ME soon.
The class was great and while I went in thinking all the breathing and relaxation techniques were a bit silly, I actually found them really helpful.
On a lighter note, my first shower is today and I'm so, so excited. I have some awesome friends and feel so loved by all the effort I know they've put into it.
I walked 3 miles today with a friend and feel like someone owes me a huge pat on the back for this. LOL.
...this used to be my 'warm up' or 'off day' routine.
One of my fave things about pg is my dr makes the biggest deal about me walking regularly. Even though it's only for about 30 minutes a day, they always make such a big fuss about great I'm doing. I'll take it.
Yesterday we had our reveal party at the inlaws. The only thing that has changed is my boobs. They have gone up 4 sizes in the first 10 weeks. They haven't changed since week 10. The tank top I was wearing yesterday I guess really showed how huge they are. My MIL pokes me in the boob & asked how much bigger are these things going to get? I told her I've been saying for weeks they exploded. All night she kept mentioning them. I finally told her there are other things to talk about besides my boobs. Geez
I walked 3 miles today with a friend and feel like someone owes me a huge pat on the back for this. LOL.
...this used to be my 'warm up' or 'off day' routine.
One of my fave things about pg is my dr makes the biggest deal about me walking regularly. Even though it's only for about 30 minutes a day, they always make such a big fuss about great I'm doing. I'll take it.
One of the reasons I'm still going to the gym is because someone usually tells me how good I look, how they can't believe I'm still working out, etc. It's a great ego boost lol.
My hormones are out of control right now. I cried four times yesterday, including one time when I was thinking about something (trivial) that I had cried about earlier. Ugh, I'm ready to get out of this phase.
Post by chickadee77 on Apr 6, 2014 12:57:01 GMT -5
We have told a few people our front-runner name for the baby, one of whom was my MIL. When visiting her and one of ky H's cousins, the cousin started addressing my belly by name. Apparantly I visibly cringed - I mean, H and I are still just calling her "the baby," very occasionally using her name, but it just feels like, I don't know, bad luck or something to hear others using her name? I know that's probably weird.
I, too, need to find cute maternity dresses for work. Am having zero luck I might just bite the bullet and get some cheap ON dresses and hope at least one of them doesn't look like a flour sack on me.
We have told a few people our front-runner name for the baby, one of whom was my MIL. When visiting her and one of ky H's cousins, the cousin started addressing my belly by name. Apparantly I visibly cringed - I mean, H and I are still just calling her "the baby," very occasionally using her name, but it just feels like, I don't know, bad luck or something to hear others using her name? I know that's probably weird.
I, too, need to find cute maternity dresses for work. Am having zero luck I might just bite the bullet and get some cheap ON dresses and hope at least one of them doesn't look like a flour sack on me.
I know what you mean about not using a name - it seems weird to me to call her by a name when she's not born yet. We've pretty much decided on a first name, still batting around middle names but we just call her the baby or the kid. SO says "our daughter" a lot, as in " we need to think of future professions for our daughter so she can make lots of money and take care of us". Lol
Ugh, I wish. They eventually slowed down and I fell asleep. Nothing happening this morning.
on the app, sorry for any typos
Yea I tend to get the contractions at night for several hours and then they disappear...I had one really painful contraction the other day, but then nothing else showed up after! I thought for sure this was the start of something and then it never progressed lol I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll probably be pregnant for the next 3 weeks, so I should just get over it alread
We have told a few people our front-runner name for the baby, one of whom was my MIL. When visiting her and one of ky H's cousins, the cousin started addressing my belly by name. Apparantly I visibly cringed - I mean, H and I are still just calling her "the baby," very occasionally using her name, but it just feels like, I don't know, bad luck or something to hear others using her name? I know that's probably weird.
I, too, need to find cute maternity dresses for work. Am having zero luck I might just bite the bullet and get some cheap ON dresses and hope at least one of them doesn't look like a flour sack on me.
I had good luck at motherhood maternity last week! I found a really cute and flattering dress I actually wore to my shower today and another more casual one to wear on our trip soon. They were also b1g1 50% off.
I, too, need to find cute maternity dresses for work. Am having zero luck I might just bite the bullet and get some cheap ON dresses and hope at least one of them doesn't look like a flour sack on me.
I had good luck at motherhood maternity last week! I found a really cute and flattering dress I actually wore to my shower today and another more casual one to wear on our trip soon. They were also b1g1 50% off.
Thanks! I'll have to check them out online! I did order a few from Target online, and have my fingers crossed, since their sizing has been hit or miss for me.