Friday, July 29, 2011

26 weeks pregnant today!


 This week!
How Far Along: 26 weeks! Ummm 98 days to go!
Size of baby: 1.9lbs size of an eggplant!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 23lbs

Movement: A lot more! and seems he is most active at midnight! ha!
Cravings: Still I'm obsessed with my nutella and milk daily snacks,
but food aversions seemed to have come back too. So this will be interesting.
Ice cream is still on my good list tho, ha!
Brownie, Caramel Ice cream!

Symptoms: Headaches! Lower pressure, my walk ain't that cool. Look out for waddling mama!
Best Moment so far: Husband feeling the 5am strong kicks!


Some new items:
My mom bought all these clothes and blankies for baby K!

I have a lot of laundry coming my way ha! The basket is full and ready for washing.

**Mom Question: I'll be using Ivory snow to wash the clothes... Do you put fabric softener?, and also do you put their clothes in the dryer? With or without a bounce sheet....?

Have a great weekend! and Happy Civic Long weekend!

Thursday, July 28, 2011

The baby is kicking so much!

So the last couple weeks I was still feeling only light taps from baby K, nothing too strong... But that all changed yesterday morning at 5am! The baby was kicking hard enough to #1 wake me up at 5am and #2 have the husband feel it too! That was a first! I think Zoe liked it too. ha! Yesterday she came at sat right on my belly and the baby was kicking around. Poor Zoe is in for a surprise when baby K arrives haha!

Tomorrow I'll be 26 weeks and I'm approaching my third trimester. I noticed that my appetite is much more demanding but I also find that the food aversions symptom is back. Some things just taste so weird to me. Nevertheless I still find the foods that I love and gobble them up.


My favorite day time snack ha!
Last nights dinner, spicy chicken, rice and potatoes!
One of the delicious lunches I made this week. I had 2 plates of this! Whole grain pasta :)

Tomorrow I'll blog about my 26 week update and I'll step on the scary scale... hmm or maybe not we'll see ha!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Wordless Wednesday Wish List

http://www.milksmartmama.com nursing cover

http://www.milksmartmama.com nursing latch to any blanket
mariah carey perfume

mariah carey tweeted these. love them! neeed them for fall

Coach Baby Bag... Sigh

coach crossbody purse

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Creams for the pregnant belly...

When I first got pregnant I started buying every cream that said it would prevent stretch marks and/or for the pregnant belly. I tried a lot of creams and liked them all, yet found some were pricey and wasted so fast too... I got lazy and gave up ahahh. I know many of us preggo's ask other moms what they used, that's what I did. So I decided to share what I use now.
I just use creams that I used before.
Vaseline Cocoa Butter Cream for my body, it's like 4 bucks and lasts, and Body Shop Cocoa Butter, 20 bucks and lasts too.  I only use the bodyshop one on my belly and bum I don't like the feeling of it on my arms and legs. (Not during the hot sticky summer blah!)
Big belly! Sorry to startle you!

I read that no matter what creams we use, if you will get stretchmarks in pregnancy, you'll get them with creams or without. Greeeaaaattt. So far I don't have any on my belly, I don't even have the dark line... yet.... I do have a stretched belly button and a stretched hole above it where my belly ring was haha! All my stretch marks are on the side of my hips and bum (for me, being hippy to begin with it's noooo surprise that my hips and bum would be the areas to grow faster than the belly hhaha!)

Did you get stretchmarks when pregnant? What creams do you use and love? (pregnant or not :)

Monday, July 25, 2011

Sunday of sunshine and food!

 The weekend was just beautiful here. Yesterday morning husband and I spent our morning up north, enjoying the sunshine and scenery.  We stopped by the apple farm for apple turnovers and spent some time just walking around. There was a nice breeze so it was perfect.

When we came home I made a berry pie I had bought from the farmers market... my bff bought one too and made it the day before. She warned me that it didn't taste that good.... and she was right. BLAH!! It was sooo sour! and made a berry big mess haha! I'll stick to apple pies only.



I was excited for my dinner, but seems as though when I was making it I felt nauseous.. and when I started eating it all tasted so weird to me. My husband said it all tasted fine.... but I couldn't stomach any of it!
So when my sister told me she was going to a patio in my area for dinner, I quickly invited myself haha! The four of us had a great evening, chatting and eating away, the weather was perfect for a evening out. 

We had fried calamari for appetizer and I had a yummy pizza!


The third trimester is creeping up and lots of new changes in my body are happening. I can't believe I have 102 days left!

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Beautiful Day! Welcome New followers :)


Ahh the weekends! Hope you all are having a great one!
We were planning to go to the beach today because the weather is so nice. But we weren't prepared at all. So instead we went for a morning breakfast and down to the city for most the day. I also got to stop buy the farmers market for some fresh veggies. :) When I went to the farmers market yesterday for fruit, I also bought a Berry Pie. I'll make that tomorrow, it looks delicious!

I also want to send a BIG THANK YOU to all my GFC and newest GFC followers!
Hope you enjoy my blog!!
 
My little niece waiting for her bottle. :)

Yesterday I went to visit my nieces, they are just too adorable! Love them! I'll be seeing them again today. They make my day!

Friday, July 22, 2011

25 Weeks Pregnant today! 15 weeks to go!


This week!
How Far Along: 25 weeks!
Size of baby: 1.7lbs!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 22lbs gain
Movement: I feel him kicking and punching throughout the day. Feels like he's tap dancing haha!
Sleep: Some days great, some days I just toss and turn. boo! I'm feeling much more tired these days too. Third Trimester is creeping up.
Cravings: Nutella and Salad haha! Not together!
What I'm looking forward to? Getting the nursery! I can't wait!
What I miss: Nothing!

I started separating the baby clothes/blankets and stuffed animals for laundry.  My husband and I were looking at all the cute little onesies and gowns in the basket, soooo cute! We are soooo excited!
 I also have my diaper stash ready! My mom has been buying me diapers since the first day I got pregnant! I told her to cool it, I think I have enough for a little while haha! 3 packs of newborn and 4 packs of 1-2.
 Yesterday was sooooo hot here! I went out for 5 mins and the air was soo humid blahh! So I stayed in the whole day!

At 4pm it was 37, but felt like 49! 49!!!!!!!! Gross! I love summer, but not that kinda summer!
Hope you all have a great weekend! We may be hitting the beach this weekend!! How will you be beating the heat! :)

Thursday, July 21, 2011

New things I ordered on Etsy! Check it out!

So I spent some time today shopping on Etsy.com. I bought a few items and have my eyes on a bunch of other items too... oh boy!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SnappitySnap
I bought these stickers for little K's month birthdays haha! A friend of mine bought tie one, so cute.  I decided to go with these ones. Excited!


 I bought another knotted little hat, in a brown this time and baby K's name in blue.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/cottoncupcakeshoppe

http://www.etsy.com/shop/JCrochetShop



Also bought this grey hat.  I bought the booties (below) last time, so got the hat to match!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/JCrochetShop

Things I'm eyeing...


http://www.etsy.com/shop/littlebnursery
How cute!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/littlebnursery
If you sell on Etsy, let me know! I will pop over and take a look!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

My Peg Perego Skate 2011 arrived!

Here it is!

We put it together last night and strolled around the house with it ha! We love it!


It also came with a rain cover, shopping bag and cup holder!

We also took measurements for the nursery.  I'm still torn between the 2 rooms I have that can be for the nursery. One is a perfect square room, 1 window more wall space, but a little bit smaller than the other room. Second room has 3 windows, so less wall space. I think decorating of the room will need to be after we get the furniture, that way we decorate the right room!

Monday, July 18, 2011

Weekend Post and boy is it a HOT summer!

It is HOT here in Toronto! The humidity is crazy too! This preggo can hardly breathe out there.

Saturday night husband and I went for a long walk on lakeshore. It was a beautiful night but by the the end of our walk my hands and feet were swollen! Not cool!

Yesterday was even hotter!

My bff had her son's baptism yesterday, I don't have pics with his cute outfit, it was just too hot for him, so they changed him right after the ceremony so he could stay fresh!

But still cute as a button! Congrats Baby A!

Little A is patiently awaiting for his bff baby K to arrive. Look at this belly! haha! My husband was shocked yesterday saying it looked like it grew so much over night! I get sorta freaked out thinking how much bigger it needs to get haha! yikes! 109 more days to go! :)

Zoe also turned 4 this month so we bought her a new scratch post.  Since the one we had in our master bathroom for her broke and she started using our bed as a scratch post, bad kitty. Good thing she loves her posts much better!


Look how little she was! <3

Friday, July 15, 2011

24 weeks pregnant today!


This week!
How Far Along: 24 weeks!
Size of baby: Size of a eggplant! 1.5lbs!
Total Weight Gain/Loss: don't feel like weighing myself anymore
I know I'm gaining, no surprise haha!
Movement: Much more these days! Love it!
Cravings: Chocolate! It was my obsession this week! Not a good thing for my bum!

I've also been reading my baby books a lot. I probably will forget everything I read once Baby K arrives huh haha! So I decided that next week I will read some books for me to give me a break. There are some new releases coming out next week that I'm interested in, so can't wait to hit the book store!


Yesterday I went to mom's house and my nieces were over. I can't get enough of this squishy gal! She has the cutest personality, and her voice is so sweet. Other than when she's screaming loudly for attention when your eyes are not on her. ha! She also understand what the word NO, she use to just cry when she heard it but now she really understands it. My BIL was saying NO to her when she was touching a plastic wrap and she would look at him serious while attempting to touch it, then slowly moving her hand away, all while starring hard to see if she will hear NO. Tooooo Cute!

This is a cute bum!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Being Pregnant and Very Aware!

Ok Moms or Pregnant moms... When you were pregnant were you on high alert!?

I remember reading this in the book "Origins" a while ago so when it happens I know it's totally normal.

Some examples... Strangers coughing, sneezing, grosses me out! Ok grosses me out on a regular basis but now it's a different feeling... A feeling like OMG I need out NOW and holding my breath hoping I don't breath any of the air around me haha!

Today I went for blood work and it was really crowded, one guy was standing a little to close to me...my thoughts were on fire! (Do I just leave, why is he so close I will punch him soon, omg I'm breathing way too many peoples air in here. yikes!)

One incident that almost has me running out of there was when I was called to the room to take my blood another lady that was before me walked in and told the lab tech to change her bloody bandaid right in front of me... OMGGGGGG I almost freaked out! Trying to remain calm I gave them the deadliest looks observed the techs hands, she sanitized then put gloves on before touching me...Whew!

It's like I'm a guard dog on the watch ha!
Little Niece playing with Zoe :)

I'm also very aware of my hands and everyone elses haha! What we are touching and if you touch my food even a little I may leave that piece aside, please don't be offended. :)

Meat... If it's not WELL done, I will not eat you, I can't, my mouth will not allow it. However I do have medium to well steak, I'm ok with that :)

Another thing I noticed is my awareness of danger. I'm extra careful! And pause before I do something to make sure I'm being as careful as can be. I make sure to hold the railing when walking down the stairs, and walk slow, not just because I'm carrying this extra weight ha!   My husband is great with this :) bringing the laundry up and down, vacuuming (ok, I could vacuum but we'll keep that in the list of husband to do's).

Even at events where some people are dancing with a little too much excitement or if it's too crowded, i'll stay away, I do not want to be pushed or shoved and risk falling.

Ok it may sound worse than it actually is, but i'm on high alert, more than ever. 

I have a protective zone around me, and it also brings out another side of me which is funny too.

So if you know what I'm talking about, leave me a comment of your experience with this, so we can laugh about it together :)

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

12-23 Weeks Baby Bump Photos!

12 Weeks

13 weeks

14 weeks

15 weeks

16 weeks

17 weeks

18 weeks

19 weeks

20 WEEKS

21 weeks

22 weeks

23 weeks
155 More days to go!

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