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!

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!

Baby K, Bridal Shower and a huge cupcake!?

 On Friday my order from http://www.etsy.com/people/cottoncupcakeshoppe came in! Look how cute the little hat is! I'm soo excited for baby K! This weekend I felt him moving around much more and I can't wait to meet him!

As you can tell from reading my blog I pretty much have events EVERY WEEKEND! haha! I don't mind at all, they are all fun and it's nice to see family and friends and getting all dressed up! :)

Yesterday was a cousins Bridal Shower. Here's me and my sister getting ready to go! I have lots more events coming up and I need lots more dresses!



And you would never guess what this preggo won as the centrepiece haha! A huge CUPCAKE!!!!!
They had such yummy desserts there, and a chocolate cake that was sooo delicious yum!

Being with family and friends always makes me smile :)

 Hope you all had a good weekend!

23 weeks pregnant update!

How Far Along: 23 Weeks!
Size of baby: Large Mango (weighing just over a pound!)
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 21 lbs Gain.
Maternity Clothes: I'm wearing maternity tights in the picture and decided to wear this regular small shirt, by the end of the day today the button on the chest busted off and the shirt felt wayyy too tight I was suffocating haha!
Cravings: Pretty much everything! But since I got pregnant one of the food aversions I had was towards Peanut butter and Jam... However, today that changed...


Some new items:
My Friend gave me her son's snow suit since baby K will be born in November he will definitely be needing one of these!

 She also gave me this baby scrapbook!

 

This afternoon we went out for lunch with her little man. 
We had lots of wings and fries! Yum!



Then went for a little walk.... Look at baby A with his shades ha! Cutest thing!

 I am exhausted today! and a busy weekend is ahead! Hope you all have a great weekend!

My Peg Perego Skate 2011 is on order!

My amazing Sister and Sister in law are getting me this stroller and car seat as a gift for the baby! How Amazing is that!

I'm soo excited! I went to see it again on Tuesday and really love it. It's easy to handle and love that it comes with extra accessories like the bassinet and shopping bag.

And I will get the stand separately to place the bassinet on. (I love multi purpose items :)


 Everything is coming together and even tho I was feeling a little overwhelmed this week about baby products, I resolved that and so far happy with everything..... Now just need to get to that nursery!

22 week doctors appointment was great!

Today I had an appointment with the OB. She told me my results were perfect! She also measured my belly and said it's the perfect size! I'm a happy momma! I left there feeling great!

She also told me I could sleep anyway I want, and if I'm most comfortable on my back then so be it! The back it will be! :)

My weigh in today brings me to a 21 lbs gain.  It's funny because I can actually say this is the first time in my life that I actually LOVE my body. I joke about the weight gain and the stretch marks ain't pretty... But I honestly don't care at all! As long as doctor says I'm healthy I'm totally embracing this pregnancy and it's such a gift! I'm soo happy to be experiencing all of it!  (haha i know most mamas are saying "oh wait till the 9th month haha, and I'm sure I'll be laughing trying to lose all the weight later ;) ) But you know what I mean! For once I'm wearing tight tops showing off a growing belly and I love it!

At the OB office there were soo many preggos dressed soo cute for the summer, Big, small all sizes of bellies with the cutest outfits.

While I was out today I went to see some swings at Toys R us. I've been going crazy deciding on one. All moms have different opinions on them.

So I finally decided on this one! It's a 2 in 1. Swing and bouncer! It has good reviews and has a bunch of features I was looking for :)


I also am trying to add more fruit and veggies to my diet. The last couple weeks I've been eating everything but those!

So yesterday I went to a local farmers market and bought cherries, peaches and cucumbers. They are yummy!

Nursery and Stroller idea's and wish list

I have soo many ideas for the nursery I keep going back and forth like a crazy person. I'm still going through all my ideas and even trying to decide which spare bedroom to choose, (room 1 is a perfect square with 1 window, room 2 is a longer than it is wide room with 3 windows)  I'll decide eventually, but here are some ideas I have.
A white tree on the wall (could be painted or even a sticker) I am thinking of  painting the room a Oatmeal (lighter beige) color on 3 walls and a milk chocolate color on 1 wall (same as my bedroom) Or just all oatmeal color with a brown tree.

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http://www.thecribshoppe.com/

I'm also thinking of adding a rocking chair to the nursery. I think it's a cute touch. i also like the reclining chairs, I haven't fully decided on which one yet. I don't like to crowd a room so I may go with whichever takes less space.

I found a site with word decor and I really like this for above Kristian's crib.

http://worddecor-n-more.com/item_364/SAFARI-Kids-Monogram.htm

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http://bouncingoffthewalls.ca

But also like these wall letters spelling out his name but afraid if I put them over the crib they might fall...
This is the crib set I like so far.

http://www.thecribshoppe.com/

My mom already bought me this bedding set. What do you think?

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I think I finally decided on the stroller I want too. I had another stroller in mind and I was sure I was going to go for but the other night we decided to just look at this one. One thing that sold me was the extra jumper seat that can be added. It also comes with more accessories than our first pick and has many of the same features too for half the price, bonus!. I also really liked how this one felt as I rolled it around toys r us. So for now this stroller bumped to my  #1.

 I'm sure this will not be my only blog post with my ideas ha!

Would love your feedback and any suggestions!! :)

Weekend of Baby and Wedding stuff and dreaming big!

Husband went away on the weekend, so while he was out golfing his day away I spent all day Saturday with my sister.

We started at out favorite Breakfast Place DT (in the Junction) called Purple Onion. I love being down in that area. After BF we walked around and went to some shops. One place had a cat in the shop and the little guy must have smelled Zoe because he was all around me haha!

Sister and our full cart at HomeSense

I can't even remember the number of stores we went to, we didn't hold back and went in soo many stores. I bought a dress, makeup and some house stuff and some baby items.

Being silly, however look at those wrinkles ha! not so funny!

How cute are all these baby clothes! Baby K will love them. My sister bought baby K the gowns and the little shoes, too cute!


We also went to a whole bunch of wedding stores for sister. She found shoes she loves to go with her wedding dress, but they didn't have her size :(  We also found jewelery that will go well with her dress too. Yay!


We even made time to make cakepops! They didn't turn out as nice but they tasted great! Yum!


We ended our crazy day relaxing and watching How to lose a guy in 10 days, we love that movie!

Today I'm feeling a little tired and maybe in combination with preg hormones I'm feeling blah! I haven't been paying attention to my goals lately and I want to be sure I don't lose sight of them. So today I'll work on my vision board and be sure to still work towards the things I was working towards before. It's easy to get caught up in the day to day, and with new baby on the way and thinking like an "adult" really does put limits.  I don't like it, and I don't need to follow what I don't like (ha!) I can balance this so working on my vision board always puts things in perspective.

Never forget to DREAM BIG!

21 weeks pregnant today!

 

This week!
How Far Along: 21 weeks!
Size of baby: Papaya
Total Weight Gain/Loss: 17lbs gain (yikes!)
Movement: Flutters a little more often now.
Sleep: I'm out when my head hits the pillow until the alarm rings.
Cravings: Everything haha! but still not wanting too much of any meat.
Best Moment so far: Finding out it's a Boy!
Some new items:
I went to visit a friend that I hadn't seen for 8 years! We caught up and chatted like no years had passed. It was really nice. She got me these cute gifts (minus Zoe's head in the pic)





Yesterday was our 4 year wedding anniversary :) We went to a delicious Italian restaurant called Zaffarano's  :) we had fried calamari to start and my dish was a seafood risotto husband had a seafood pasta followed by tiramisu dessert Yum! The staff was soo nice there and our waiter brought us 2 free shots with the bill ahahha I told them I was pregnant and couldn't drink that, he understood ahahaha. 
 
After dinner we went to watch Midnight in Paris. We really enjoyed the movie.  Have you seen it?

My pregnancy book recommendations

Since it's my first pregnancy I can tell you that I have at least 15 book about pregnancy and babies. From What to Expect when expecting books to audio books like belly laughs (which I loved too) I decided to pick out my current 4 books plus another one recommended by a mommy friend to share with you all.

If you are a busy mom to be like myself then I'm sure you don't have time to just sit and read a whole book. That's why I love these 4 books the most. Easy to read, and easy to flip through to the part you need information on.

 Love the experts guide because it has so many questions us new moms have with answers in only a few pages each. Question like "Bathing Baby" seems simple right, but not for a first time mom haha!

 I only read a couple chapters of the Infant Stimuli but I think it's great. It talks about what to do with your newborn to stimulate their development. Like buy black and white toys for your newborn because they don't see color for a couple months. I added some cows and pandas to my registry :)

 I bought soo many books on pregnancy nutrition and I love this one the best! It's so simple to read and lists out the healthy foods by trimester with a summary of what nutrients the foods have and how it's good for mom and baby.  A must have!

 And of course a journal :) You can write your experience in here and each day has a brief summary of moms and baby's development through the pregnancy. It also has some tips for moms to be too.

Those 4 books have been my favorite from all the books I bought so far. Hope this helps some first time moms :)

A mommy friend suggested the book "Happiest Baby on the Block" she highly recommends it so I ordered it on Amazon this morning :)

I added all the books to my Amazon Widget to your left, check em out.
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If you have any pregnancy books you loved please share them with me! :)

My 20 week ultrasound

Look at baby K! Today I went for my 20 week ultrasound. It was the same one as last week, but last week baby K wasn't cooperating, he was turned over and the technician couldn't get pics of his heart so she made me come back today.  It was so nice seeing him swim around and move his lips. So cute. 20 more weeks to go!

Last week I ordered some things from Etsy.com.  I ordered from http://www.etsy.com/people/cottoncupcakeshoppe

I will get Kristian's name on the hat.

 And his initial on a cute onesie :)

I've been thinking a lot about the nursery and I have a lot of ideas for it so I can't wait to get started on that!

I haven't been in the mood for any meat lately, so tonight I made a veggie rice dish. Lots of broccoli and brussel sprouts and peas :) If you have any good veggie dishes send them my way :)


My sister just texted me saying she bought cake mix and icing so this weekend we're going to make cake pops! I'll let you know how they turn out! YUM!