I happen to be running about a week late in posting these things. It seemed like such a good idea when I started documenting each exciting week, but mostly now I just want to spend my free time taking naps. Lots of naps.
This week's big adventure: stroller/car seat combo shopping. What fun! I woke up Saturday morning randomly consumed with the thought of picking out our travel system. Silly, I know. I stared at consumer reports and customer reviews on the computer until my eyes crossed, then I decided I would just go peek around at a few of my favorites. 2 hours later I pulled into the garage, called Chris, and asked him to come help me unload something from the trunk. I'm guessing he was picturing a few bags of groceries because the look on his face when he spotted the ENORMOUS travel system box was priceless.
He unloaded the beauty and within 5 minutes he was sprawled out on the living room floor building that crazy contraption. Here's the finished product:
It's a Graco SnugRide. Really simple and I just love the colors :) Chris was mighty proud of the gender neutral style. I was mighty proud of the 10% off coupon I used on it.
I might have already strapped the car seat into the backseat of the car to "test drive" it for a few days. My excuse was that I needed to see how well it fit, but the reality was that needed to see how well it felt to glance back and see a car seat back there. I might have been made fun of for doing so, but what can I say? I am just THAT excited about this lil' baby.
This Week's News:
Food Cravings: Thankfully the McDonald's Chicken McNugget phase has passed. This week gave way to Cinnamon Toast Crunch cravings, strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese icing, and Skittles. Lots of Skittles. Only problem is that I can't stand the yellow or orange ones, so those get tossed out the car window. Isn't that ridiculously wasteful? Mostly I am just oober-thankful that my long lasting relationship with food has been re-established! Goodbye nausea and wimpiness!
Emotional Basketcase Moments: saying goodbye to one of my precious kiddos at work. I typically try to save the emotional basketcase moment for after the patient leaves, but this little cutie patootie has absolutely made a difference in my life and I am so sad about the thought of not seeing her each week. Crappy insurance restrictions.
Hormonal Rage Currently Directed At: my closet. Each day we go head to head. There is typically a lot of smoke blowing and gnashing of teeth, followed by piles of reject garments on the floor. Maternity clothes shopping is not as much fun as I previously built it up to be...most maternity tops are, well, frumpy. They tie above your belly, they tie behind your back. They are cut in the shape of a small houseboat. They are itchy. They are scratchy. They are made of patterns last seen in 1983. They cost between $28-40 dollars a pop and are the cheapest things I've ever seen in my life. I refuse to dive into frumpy motherhood clothing. Surely there is some way around it?? Suggestions??
Currently Grateful For: opportunities to house hunt with Hubs, trick-or-treating fun with Buckaroo, Skittles (but only the red, purple, and green ones), gaining an extra hour of sleep this weekend, and my sweet brother's upcoming Thanksgiving trip home. 
i only bought my maternity clothes online at gap.com. and futhermore, i only bought their sale items. i had so many wonderful, well-made, clothes for work and going out...then i was stuck on bedrest. i only wore them for FIVE WEEKS. grrrrr. if you were my size i would glady pass them along, but you'd have to be like 800 weeks pregnant to fit in 'em. haha!!
ReplyDeleteand yay for the end of the first trimester!