Toys for Girls

Dustin and I braved the black friday masses...at around noon, once the crazy early birds were back in bed...and I couldn't help but notice what kind of "toys" my little girl has to look forward to. Here's how a day in the life of a woman is portrayed to our little ones...

Good Morning sunshine! Time to put on your make up and get beautiful for the busy day ahead!

Now that you're ready, it's time to wake up baby and get her ready for the day as well.

Now that we're all fresh and clean, time to make daddy breakfast before he heads off to work.

Good thing I have the handy cleaning trolley to help me vacuum, sweep, dust, and mop!

Now that the house is clean, time to put a load of wash in while also feeding the baby and doing some dishes.

And doing laundry only counts if you iron it as well - that means the socks and underwear too ladies!!

We've finished today's chores just in time to head to the grocery store. We have to hurry though because we're expecting company!

Time to relax and have tea with our girlfriends :)

I'm so glad I'm not a little girl - that's a lot of work!!

Ok, so I have to admit that I would have LOVED some of these toys when I was little. It's just funny that the things I dread doing on a daily basis are the very things I played when I was little. Shopping this weekend was just a funny little reminder of the past and what Dustin and I may have to look forward to with our little girl :)

Having a serious MELTDOWN!

I'm home with husband after a week apart and my dog after 3 months apart - happy as a cucumber! I casually mention to my husband that I feel like my legs are little puffy and he's quick to reply that yes, my ankles look pretty swollen. I didn't think much of it, b/c I can't see my feet...and I don't remember this conversations 5 minutes later because of earlier mentioned pregnancy/placenta brain. So I go to sit on the floor with D when I look down and see the area between feet and shins/calves where I used to have ankles...AAAGGGHHH!!!! And now I'm sitting here in between crying and laughing, but mostly crying as Dustin is looking for compression stockings for me to put on - because that will help to make me feel pretty!!? BE JEALOUS LADIES!!

What a difference a week makes...

This thing is growing like crazy! Seriously, I was feeling fairly good about everything, and then I looked at week 31 pics from our hike...yes, I'm now depressed. So enjoy these pics, because I'm fairly positive that there will be NO more!

29 Weeks

30 Weeks

31 Weeks

Notice, the week 31 picture is not a close up :) Confession, this picture was taken b/c we were trying to get a picture of the hikers in front of us. I opted for tennis shoes on this hike but Dustin stuck with his flip flops...but these people considered this hike worthy of hiking sticks...yes, we're easily amused!

Then he'll know "what's wrong"

Where have I been?

Yesterday I told my husband that I read that hormones and mood swings were the worst during the 1st and 3rd trimesters. Based on how I acted during the 2nd tri, I totally understand the fear I saw in his eyes at this new revelation...poor guy.

Somehow we've already made it to 30 weeks. Where does the time go? I can tell you where it isn't being spent - the million and one "projects" I want to do. What happened to my motivation?

Perhaps the monster baby formerly known as "Peanut" has stolen it. She now answers to "Godzirra" and she throws crazy rave parties in my tummy at around 11am and spends the rest of her day chillin' out in my ribs and causing me the worst acid indigestion EVER. I'm fairly positive that she's also using up all of my creativity plotting her arrival into this world - she's going to be a drama queen just like her mama.

Anyways, I'll leave you all with this - I've decided that wearing a bikini is easier than one of my maternity suits. So when Dustin and I went out boogie boarding last weekend, my belly was out for the world to "enjoy" :) I don't care what people think...

Glad we didn't wait...

Putting baby stuff together is HARD. The instructions look like they're written in english and the pictures resemble the actual product but don't let that deceive you. I'm fairly certain baby product makers want to reinforce your already hormona

l feelings of complete incompetence - "I can't even put this play yard together, how am I supposed to take care of a baby?!" Well, everything we have is now somehow assembled and I dread the day that I have to go back to the instructions to figure out how to use my new baby items :) However, I am very glad that we didn't wait to put this stuff together until I was 9mo uncomfortably preggo...see, I can be positive ;)

As I type this, I am reminded of my first day "hangin" with some fellow military spouses. Dustin dropped me off that Wednesday morning and couldn't help but laugh at all the kids, and strollers, and babies, and preggos everywhere - "See, you'll fit right in," he said encouragingly. Since that day, I've met a few nice ones...but can't help but get a sense that I don't "fit in" yet. My semi-educated guess: I'm new to military, I've only had to move once, I haven't had to suffer through adeployment, and I definitely cannot talk the talk. There are way too many acronyms!! So the point of this? As unready as I am for this baby, I'm glad we didn't wait....because then I'd NEVER fit in!!

Thanks for ruining my breakfast ice cream sundae...

Did someone else really just post c-section pics?? Yep, they did. Please people, we want to see your cleaned up kid so we can properly judge how cute or ugly it is. I mean, let's get serious, newbornbabies are generally not cute (except mine, mine will be beautiful, just sayin') so is it really necessary to show just how "not cute" your kidcan be fresh out of the womb??A little common sense would be nice ladies and gents! I can assure that when I throw this pup, no such pictures will be taken...