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5 Days to go till Cirque du Bebe

This week in going to blur by in an instant. Yesterday we went to Lowes  to pick up red paint for the front door and then we went to Ikea to get a new lack side table for the living room. On the way home we stopped by Antz sister, Debra’s to give her the map to the hospital and a checklist of the food to pick up on Saturday. I am a bit concerned of how much food we will have. I am going to Pico Party Rents before I go to acupuncture to place the table/chairs order. After acupuncture I am going to meet with Bill at PF Changs to place the catering order. I started the online Sprinkles order but I’m waiting until Tuesday to place the order in case I change my mind *for the hundredth time*. I have been checking the weather report every 5 minutes because last Saturday it was too hot, like uncomfortably hot. The forecast is sunny at 74° so hopefully noone will pass out from the sun! I need to start major cleaning mode but I also have to wait until closer towards the end of the week because our house is constantly dusty and anything I do today will be dirty by Thursday. I am trying to think of a present for Debra and My Mom for their help with the shower. I am a little worried because although the workers have been here for 2 hours, I haven’t heard any work started. I finished all my things to do this weekend except we didn’t sew my dress but thats like a 5 minute job so we can do that tonight. Tomorrow is a very low key day for such a busy week, we just need to assemble the feather centerpieces and continue cleaning.
Holy Benjamin Buttons!!
I have had a busy, exhausting day. I went to acupuncture, paid for the rentals, shoved a gross grilled cheese sandwich down my throat, paid for the catering, then went to Target and spent more than I should have. I just had to make 4 trips up and down the stairs of my house to bring all the stuff in. I also had to move my heavy filled trash cans so I could get into my parking space. I am spent! But I did everything on my list 🙂
I picked up some more Sharpies for the onesies, I bought new sheets to match our fancy bedding and new pillows for the hospital. I have this new thing going on where I get like a hot flash when I’m in stores. It sucks because I feel so sweaty and I immediately have to sit down and let it pass. I just got home and I need to make a glass of pog. Oh and David and his crew are working on the garage at full speed. I am so happy that everything is coming into place! *keeping fingers crossed because I am a jinx*
Oh and yesterday Antz built the bassinet, I forgot to post it.

Whew, Antz and I majorly cleaned the kitchen. Tomorrow we’ll work on the living room. I wanted to see if the baby bottles will fit on the tray and of course only 4 didn’t fit, wah! They do fit in the fridge 🙂

Lowes and Target

We went to Lowes and Target pretty late, didn’t leave the house after 8:30 and didn’t get home until after 10. Antz got all the supplies he needed for finishing the fireplace but he may wait until this weekend to work on it. He doesn’t have that much more to do. We picked up more ink and glossy photo paper from Target. Antz vetoed buying the topairies because they are too tall for his truck and maybe too tall for our front porch and they are too expensive. Boo!

I was burning hot and sweating in Lowes, I guess I was having a heat flash. I am kinda panicked because I haven’t been feeling Olivia move so much today 🙁 She should be totally turning flips because I finally got her glider and I will stop stressing about her room being finished on-time. Antz finished putting up the artwork, her “O” and his Neopets plushies.

The chair is much bigger in person. Antz is printing the preggers and maternity photos for our scrapbook now. I’m glad we bought new paper because it prints much clearer and sharper than the Epson paper we were using. I have the major yawns so smell ya later!

Worst day ever has now become best day ever!

I was super bummed earlier today but now I am MEGA STOKED!! Antz spoke to David and he has promised us the blueprints would be done tomorrow and permits drawn and the crew will be back to work by Thursday so all is well *I hope*. So that of course immediately cheered me up. Then on the way home Antz had more junk to drop off to Goodwill and he picked up a couple of frames for the shower. We are going to paint them tomorrow. We went to our last Labor & Birth class and it was super fun. I really like the instructor, Carolyn.

I am totally freaked out about the labor but I am better prepared. I really hope Gilli will be there because she is my only hope to make it through the delivery drug-free. So when we got home from class I had an email from Sarah with our maternity pics. OMG!!! I was expecting greatness but these photos look FANTASTIC!! I love them so much, here are my favorites. Sarah is a genius. I can’t wait to see her again for Olivia’s newborn shoot.

I think they look amazing, Sarah has a really great eye and made the shoot fun. It totally fits our personality. I wish she was in LA more often, I want to recommend her to everyone!!! Nighty Night

What a week this is becoming

As much as I try to avoid drama, it seems to find me. Last night at the L&D class the instructor mentioned you should be feeling your babies all the time. Well Olivia decided she wasn’t going to move all night long. It was driving me crazy because nighttime is her party time. I kept having Antz check my tummy but I couldn’t feel a thing and a knot was growing in my stomach with worry. Around 3 am last night we felt her move but all day nothing! So I had my first-time-Mom anxiety attack and I called my doc. The nurse told me to come straight in and Antz met me at the office. The nurse checked with the doppel and after the longest 10 minutes of my life she found her heartbeat. You have no idea how panicked I was!! So they put me on a fetal monitor for 20 minutes and my doc checked her movement. She used this gun that makes a loud noise to get her to move and sure enough she kicked really hard when she heard it. Doc also did an ultrasound to check her size and the fluid. She is head down which is great because I was worried she wouldn’t get into position on her own. Her heartbeat was strong and her fluid is measuring fine. Doc said it could be her adjusting to being in the head down position thats stopping her regular movement. She said we’ll do another check at 37 weeks just to check her size. She’s measuring at the right size for her age but super long *tall like her parents* We got a pic of her but we didn’t take our own pictures this time * too nervous*.

So, I am finished with my spazz attack and I can relax. Even though it’s lightly raining our friend Justin is coming by at 6 to bring us some compost to help our grass. 🙂
Well Justin just left and he is mega rad for helping us with the yard even in the light rain. Hopefully our soil will get richer and start growing lush grass.

Even better news we got our Martha Stewart cookware from Macy’s. I can’t believe I spent $80 on 2 measly pots at Target when I bought a 12-piece set and a griddle for $78.99.

Yikes! I’m running out of April

I can’t believe how fast this month has flown by. There is like less than 2 weeks in April and I have been anxious for May to come but I still have so much to do. I have a few more shower things to finish *borrow a table for the caricaturist, print paper with our crest for him to draw on, decorate the scrapbook, make holes in the bebe wishes and put pencils through, and print the Cirque du Bebe posters*. We still need to buy the frame and chalkboard paint for the menu. Last weekend we saw a mirror at a garage sale that Antz liked but I wasn’t sold on it, we offered $6 for it but the chick was hell bent on $10. Hopefully this Friday we can find something at Thrift shops.
So last night we went to our first prenatal class *Labor & Birth*. It was fun, we were the only ones with a birth ball. We watched a video that showed vaginal births *yuck*. We learned how to breath and relax and when labor begins. The class was 3 hours long, next time I have to bring snacks and socks, I was chilly.

 

This Friday is our next class, Newborn Infant Care. The architects came by to take measurements for the blueprints so hopefully we’ll have them by Friday and David will get the permits and the workers will be back on Saturday to get back to work. It did rain for a minute yesterday so I am happy the tarp did its job.

A Good Friday

This Sunday is Easter, we don’t have any big plans. We may go to St. Andrews Church but haven’t decided yet. Last night I crashed early while Antz was still printing the quiz. I made a mock up of the map/directions. I need Antz to figure out how to make namecard/stickers to put on the take-out boxes. I had a miserable night, I woke up at 4am and felt crampy in my tummy. I thought I was hungry so I had some pineapple. I told Antz I didn’t feel well and he rubbed my back. I didn’t fall back asleep until almost 6. Today Mr. UPS came early before Antz left for work and I thought he would have my Gap order or the mattress but it was just the accordion and goldfish kite.

Fed Ex came shortly afterwards with the plates and napkins order.

Still so many things to be delivered. I have no idea when the glider is coming but I did get an email from them saying they sell the lumbar pillow seperately for $35. I am considering getting an orange one. I went on my weekly errands and took back the accordion at Cost Plus World Market. I wanted to get a straw dispenser but they didn’t have them. I looked around for shower supplies and I found this for the Izze sodas/ice bucket and matching tray for the baby bottles.

I hope I can fit them all in our refrigerator. I browsed the pillows and saw these 2 I like.

I like this candle holder for the fireplace but it looks a bit small.

I need to measure our hearth. I went to Michaels to get foam board for the baby celeb match game and find a scrapbook for the photos. I like this one even though it has plastic sleeves.

Well, I have a serious case of the tireds so I’m going to try to take a nap.

Liv’s Nursery is getting Mobile!

This morning my lovely woke up with the birdies and started working on Olivia’s mobile. He didn’t want to use the wood stick he originally planned because of the weight over her crib. He found a nice alternative that is light and cohesive. I love how it came out!!

How cute is the mobile?? I couldn’t seem to get a shot of all of us facing forward but it cracks me up how much it looks like us. So when Antz got home from work he picked me up and we went to the Glendale Galleria to check out the new Stella McCartney line at Baby Gap. Aimee is more excited about it than I am. I am not blown away but the line, the colors look so muted and 80% of the clothes are for big kids. I did like a couple of dresses and a one piece knit but Antz wasn’t so keen on them. We ended up getting  a cute coral shorts outfit.

 

After dinner at Panera Bread, we stopped by Whole Foods to see if they carried Izze sodas. They had them in the 4 pack bottles for $5.39 so I got 4 packs in sparking apple and peach. I need to go to Bev Mo today and get 2 more packs of Sofia white wine and a 6 pack of San Pellegrino sparkling water. I need more ice buckets like the one we have but I can’t remember where we bought it. Antz brought home some belated birthday presents from my friends Nicolette & Ale and they got me the kid’s accordion I wanted!!

Kids Accordion

Yesterday I went into baby shower online ordering overload. I ordered the envelopes, straws, plates, napkins, and take-out boxes. I still need to order the ostrich feathers, frames for the pregnancy portraits, baby bottles, pencils, and paper for all the things we have to print. Antz hasn’t found the frame for the menu chalkboard but I have complete faith in him. When we got home he tried to work on editing the Flip video but we can’t figure it out. Most of our electronics we refuse to read the instruction manuals and just figure it out through trial and error *mostly error*. At one point he thought he lost the video footage but he will try again tonight.

I am 31 weeks today, Holy Cow!! 9 weeks to go. I have made it the single digit countdown. Please stay cooking until 40 weeks Olivia.

Stroller Indecisiveness and The September Issue

Ok, I am watching the September Issue and I am so freaking loving it!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I so badly wanted to see it at Los Feliz theater but Aimee couldn’t go and no one else wanted to go with me. My fashion buddy, Nicolette had already seen it so now I watching it à la Netflix. So far, the soundtrack is making me so happy, Ladytron, and I adore Grace Coddington!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t let this photo fool you, Grace was hot stuff back in the 60’s and modeled for Vogue. The fashion scene in 60’s London, Heaven!!

So the newest debate is do I get the Bugaboo Bee or Bugaboo Chameleon? I saw someone with a Chameleon yesterday and it made me want it but it feels like the Bee would be better for long term. The price difference is the chameleon is $880 and the Bee *May 2010 model* is $649.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2009 version, seat is too narrow for toddlers, canopy is too low and brakes have been known to fail.

The new version has fixed all those problems and I guess I’ll wait until the new Bee model comes out to make up my mind, or not!

Last Monday my Mom and I somehow ended in Manhattan Beach so I took week 28 photos. It was a lovely day on the beach.

 

 

Yikes, my shadow is enormous!

I love this one of us, however we do look a bit alien-like. I am so annoyed with UPS! I should have alot of packages coming in today. The sooner I get my Flip, the sooner Antz and I can start building the bebe furniture. Hmm, do I want to start building yet? Maybe once I order the glider so we have ample room for everything.

Sadders, my childhood idol has died. Doc Appt update

This morning was my glucose test for gestational diabetes. I had to drink this sugar concoction and it wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be. It tasted like fruit juice that someone poured an entire bag of sugar into.

Drinking it felt like I was getting diabetes from all the sugar!

So I totally chugged it and survived. I am modeling my new nursing bra, comfy but so unsexy! We rushed off to be at the doc within 45 minutes for the blood test. To my surprise Dr. Teng told me there are no more ultrasounds until she is born. Boo, I totally wanted to see her 🙁 The nurse checked her heartbeat and that was lovely. My cervix is 29 inches and I gained 2 pounds in a month.

How unflattering do I look? I should get the test results in a few hours *fingers crossed*. I got my next appts scheduled and I’ll be going in more often in May. I am realizing how fast the birth is coming. I need to get back into nursery mode so Antz is taking a few days off next week so we can get painting.

So this morning Aimee texted me that Corey Haim died! How sad. Everyone knew he had a drug problem but he was only 38. I worshiped him in the late 80’s. I would go to Ed Debevic’s *his fave restaurant which is now closed* and hang out there all day with my old best friend, Kaleilah, and wait to see him there *we never did*. This was my bedroom in 1989.

My Mother would say, what do you see in that skinny, girlie boy? I thought he was gorgeous. I memorized all the words to The Lost Boys and I watched License to Drive so many times I wore out the VHS tape. He was a good actor. I watched his reality show The Two Corey’s last year and I could see how downhill he had gone in his life. He needed a serious hug because he was a wreck. It’s sad when your doing worse than Corey Feldman. So sad!

On a brighter note, I am soo super happy I have my ring back. I want to get my wedding band cleaned because my other ring looks so much brighter and sparkly-er now. I have never appreciated my ring more than when I didn’t have it.

Sorry this photo is a blurry mess

It’s a bittersweet symphony

Today was a pretty great day. When Antz came home I got a call saying my ring was ready for pick up. I was so excited to get my ring back. We went to the mall to pick it up and *crazy preggo brain* I was looking for my engraving and didn’t see it. The saleswoman was like we can engrave it for you but it will take another 2 weeks. Bummers! Then duh, it dawned on me, this is my engagement ring, my wedding band is engraved! So we had a laugh over that. It looks one thousand times better than before! It looks like they gave me a new band and the setting looks a bit different than my old one but it’s still gorgeous. We went to the Gap to get some new jeans for Antz and then went to Baby Gap. We saw so many adorable outfits, I had to keep pulling Antz out of the Boy’s section. I went there to get a new bra *since I’ve basically outgrown my old ones* but we couldn’t resist getting an outfit for Olivia. They were having a sale on demin so we got her a really sweet outfit.

The socks are from Godmother Aimee. She can’t stop buying cuteness for Olivia. The good thing about buying an outfit today is, I signed up for their Friends & Family event where I can come to the store an hour before they open and get 20% off everything next week. That will save us a bunch.
So all that is the sweet, here’s the bitter…
I have come to terms with the fact that I can’t have a photo booth at our shower. With our finances and trying to think of our future and our bebe first it just doesn’t make sense to spend $800 on photos. I had my cry and whined to Antz and he gave me a pat on the back and a “there, there”. It sucks so hard because I feel like that was making my shower different. I don’t see when I will have the chance to have a photo booth unless we have one for Olivia’s birthday. I was trying to figure out a way to make our own “booth” by putting up a sheet and using a polaroid camera.

It will still allow us to take pics with the guests and give them out at the shower but the photos are only 2 x 3. I actually wanted this camera so it wouldn’t be all bad. Sigh, still have to ask other people to take the pic and that could end up in alot of messed up pics and wasted film. I hope 10 packs is enough. Tomorrow is our doc appt. and I can’t wait to see Olivia in the ultrasound. I also want to talk to my doc about this ridiculous pain on my right rib. It feel like a demon lives in there and scratches its nails against my skin. Now I truly know how Rosemary felt. 🙁