Crumb

This past week Howard Stern was on vacation so I listened to Rosie O'Donnell's radio show on Sirius. Sometimes it is pretty weird, but for the most part it isn't that bad. For some reason, Rosie was giving away gift cards to this bakery in NY called Crumb. They are famous for their cupcakes and black and white cookies. It just so happened that my sister was in NY last week and she made a trip to Crumb, only to find out they were out of b&w cookies. I am not sure what my sister did, but I looked up the website and I am obsessed with the cupcakes. I spent my whole lunch hour today looking at all the different types. There is a reason for that later....You might find this odd, but Howard Stern has Cupcake Wednesdays where someone brings in treats from Crumb and people actually get in arguments over them I actually asked my sister to put in a special order to be shipped to my house. They only have a few locations and they are in CA, PA, NJ, and NY. So if I want something from Crumb, I would have to order it online. I am not sure I would be able to spin that to Teddy, even if the "baby" wanted the cupcakes...

Anyway, I was doing okay with the obsession until this morning. I picked out my outfit and looked in the mirror and realized that I look just like a cupcake myself. So all day all I could think about were the Crumb Cupcakes. That is why I spent my lunch hour eating a salad and looking at cupcakes. Well you take a look at the Crumb website http://www.crumb.com/ and then at what I wore and tell me that you wouldn't think of a Crumb cupcake every time you looked at me...

Swelling and San Francisco

This past weekend was my firt experience with swelling. I have been pretty lucky so far in my pregnancy, but I have a feeling that as it gets hotter I am going to swell more often. This past week it went to 80 degrees overnight. I am not complaining as it was very nice outside, but my body wasn't prepared. As Teddy and I were headed out on Friday to a game night I looked down to put my shoes on and I realized that I didn' have ankles. It was the craziest thing to see. As the weekend continued, the swelling moved up to my hands! It really hurt to have my rings on when I slept, so I would take them off to give my hands a break. I increased my water, I normally drink a minimum of 64 ounces of water a day, so I am not sure how much I had this weekend! When I woke up this morning, I had ankles and my hands looked normal!!! I just can't wait for the pool to get a little warmer so I can start floating in the water when get home from work ;)

You are probably wondering what the heck San Francisco is about in the title. Well, I am going to tell you; however, not without a explanation. I read once that you should be careful what you tell people about your pregnancy. Mainly because people don't want to know everything. Even if they ask you, it is usually just to be nice. So I generally try to be discreat with information, unless you are my mom, Teddy's mom, or my sister. Well this next story isn't that bad...but might make you look at me and hopefully laugh.

The one side affect that I have noticed it this pregnancy is that my feet sweat so much more than they ever have beore. Even when I wear sandles they sweat. And with sweaty feet come stinky feet. It is something that I have been trying to control. I really wash my feet almost twice a day. At night when I get home and in the morning when I am in the shower. But that isn't even the worst or explain San Francisco.

For Christmas my mom gave me a pair of flat black shoes from Payless. They are so comfortable and versitable. I just love them. The only problem is that I wore them without socks and Payless shoes are not made to be worn without socks. Once you do it, they are damaged goods and there is no way to fix them...So that is how San Francisco came about...

Tonight, my cousin Michelle brought me a pregnancy pillow that she used when she was pregnant with the twins. I got to the house a little before Michelle did and I took my black shoes off in the garage because they stink by the end of the day. I was very appreciative that Michelle drove all the way over to bring me the pillow, but I didn't have time to wash my feet. It was dinner time for Molly and Nicholas so we all decided to go to Gallaghers for dinner. It was a lot of fun hanging out with Michelle and the twins...but when Teddy and I got back in the car it smelled like my feet. I know, I know...it's bad. I apologized to Teddy and he only replied with "It's just San Francisco." I asked him what that meant, and he said that he would call me San Francisco for SF aka Stinky Feet...

I guess I could have a worse nickname ;)

Nursery

This blog should hopefully be funny and falls within an incident category which is the point of the blog :)

Last week Teddy and I started working on the nursery. He was pulling nails out of the wall where pictures were hung and I was organizing the closet. It started off good, but I guess Teddy was having a bad day.

Before I started with the closet I noticed that the window sill was really dirty. I made a comment like "Why doesn't the window sill get cleaned?" I really wasn't implying anything. It was just a comment and more of a joke...Teddy responded with "Because I don't clean it." If you can imagine, that conversation did start or end very well. In the end, we both learned that we need to be careful how we word things. They can be taken the completely wrong way.

Once we moved on from our discussion we continued with the room. Since my belly is getting bigger my breathing has become a little different and somewhat noticeable. It is really noticeable when I try to sit on the ground. I don't feel like I am that big, but it is a little harder to bend over to sit down on the floor. I was organizing some picture frames that we are going to put up with our wedding pictures. Anyway, Teddy turns around and asks "What is making you breathe that way." It was kind of a shock because I figured it was fairly obvious but I just pointed out that it was the baby growing inside of me.

It is just kind of funny how the tables have turned. Teddy's snoring really bothers me, I mean really bothers me. But now, he can hear me breathe and it kind of bothers him :O)

I hope people don't think that I am bashing Teddy, because I am not. He has been really good through the pregnancy. I am really luck to have a husband that is willing to help me out. There are a lot out there that won't help at all. I just thought this story was kind of funny as we are just married and having a baby. There are a lot of adjustments being made ;)

During

Teddy started putting the primer on this weekend :) I am so excited!!! Teddy is going to do such a great job! First we had to figure out where the chair rail will go...Once that was decided Teddy was able to start taping up the room :) Here is where he is so far....

Before

Here are some pictures of what the baby's room looks like now. A friend of mine was more than generous by giving us their crib. They are done having kids and offered to Teddy and I at no charge. We couldn't say no as cribs are expensive and it is good condition. There are a few dings in it, but we are going to sand those down and just repaint those spots. It is black and can turn into a sleigh bed when the baby is older :) I really like it :)

This is the South wall, the changing table is going to go to the left of the window.

This is the North wall and the crib. :)

This the wall with the closet.

Before Teddy's sister Lauren moved into the condo, Teddy's dad added more to the closet. This is the right side that has two sections to hang and little shoe racks on the bottom. We are going to paint the closet a darker pink :) If you look closer you can see a little jacket that Grandma Roni and Don Viejo (that is what Teddy's dad wants the baby to call him :) )bought the baby :) It is super cute.

This is the left side of the closet. Those shelves are really going to come in handy and we are going to register for another set of hanging shelves to put on that left side....

More pictures to follow!!!!

Baby Names

Well, I am sure that there are going to be more entries like this one. We are having a hard time picking a name. It is funny because if the baby was going to be a boy we had that name picked out. But now that is is a girl it is so much harder...It also doesn't help that Teddy doesn't have an opinion on the names until we narrow it down to two :) But that is why I love him...he keeps it interesting.

So, now we have 4 names: Amelia, Sophia, Olivia, or Brooklyn. Teddy says he likes Brooklyn for more reasons, but the one he keeps bringing up is the song by JZ that goes "where Brooklyn, where Brooklyn at?" He said he wants to have that song playing when she is born...That is still under discussion...

5 Months

Here are pictures of me at 5 months...I feel like I woke up one morning and my belly was there to great me :)

Names

Now that people know we are having a girl, we are getting questions on the name. So far, we have Amelia Christine or Sophia Terese. We are going to wait until she is born and we can see her before we make a decision. It might not be those two!!!!



We have also picked out her bedroom set!!! It is little lady bugs!!! It is so cute. I can't wait for everyone to see the room decorated. Teddy is going to start putting the chair rail on the walls and painting.



I am so excited; however, I have learned that Babies-R-Us and are not meant to be friends. I am really glad that they have recliners that you can sit in at the store because I usually come close to a melt down at the store and I need to sit down and relax.



I have registered Teddy and I for our Childbirth Preparation Classes. Those aren't scheduled until June but they recommended that you schedule early so I did. We are also going to be taking some classes through our hospital.



We have also started our baptism classes. Luckily, we only have an interview and one class and that's it. We don't have to take 6 months of classes like we did to get married!!!! Teddy and I asked his Aunt Robyn and Uncle Steve to be the babies god parents. We are so happy that they accepted!!!! The baptisms are the first Saturday of every month. So, depending on if she is born around her due date, the baptism will be August 7th!!!



Stay tuned for this month's belly pictures!!!!

She Moves!!!!

I have been able to feel the baby move a little more now. It isn't all the time, but every now and then she will move around. When I came home from work on tonight she was really moving. Teddy tried to feel her and he thinks he did, but he isn't sure. It is the best and weirdest feeling when she moves. I get so excited!!! So far, she likes to move a little in the morning, when I take a bath, and right before I go to bed. I can't wait for Teddy to be able to feel her. He is very concerned that she doesn't know he is around.