A Pregnancy Update

It’s been a while since I’ve posted…but things have been busy! I’m entering into my 22nd week of pregnancy already. Time is going by so quickly!

So far, I’ve gained 11 lbs. according to the doctor’s scale. That is average for this time, but I know I’m just now entering the period of larger gain. Uh oh! I admit that I have been treating myself, but I don’t think I’ve gone too crazy. I’ve also continued to work out, though my trips to the gym have been much more sporadic. I just bought a prenatal workout DVD that I plan to try out tonight. I’m excited, since it has a workout for each stage of pregnancy, including after.

Other than that, we did find out that our precious baby is a girl! It didn’t really sink in at first since the whole time I was thinking boy, boy, boy! I never had a preference one way or the other, anyway. Needless to say, we are thrilled and have really (me) enjoyed doing some girl’s shopping. I even cleared out her new closet and started hanging her little outfits. Too cute!

One of the things I got kind of excited about when I found out I was pregnant was of course…shopping! I’ve found my favorite maternity clothes at Gap. With all of their constant promos and coupons, most of it has been fairly reasonable and really good quality. I definitely see myself re-wearing much of what I’ve purchased with baby #2.

Anyway, now that fall is upon us, I’ve definitely been feeling much more domestic, and in the mood to cook. Watch out for some new cooking adventures and recipes that I’ll be testing out.

Be back soon!

Erin

And I'm back again...with news!

I’ve once again taken a hiatus from my blog. I’ve had a lot of things happen to me from the time of my last posting until now, but my biggest news is, I’m going to be a mommy! Did you read that right? I’m going to be someone’s mother.

Obviously, I’m beyond excited. Now that we’re past the first trimester, I feel like I’m really getting used to the idea and feeling less stressed out about something going wrong. It looks like baby is here to stay!

This morning I was browsing a message board I frequent, where someone posted a picture of an adorable baby bear hat from a posting on Etsy. Since I love to knit and crochet, I decided to find my own pattern so I could recreate the hat myself.

It was during my search that stumbled upon THESE, the most adorable booties of all time:

Pattern for sale by Mon Petit Violon

Needless to say, I will be heading out to buy the materials for this project today. I've been itching to create something for baby, and this project is perfect, considering he or she will arrive in January. I'll post a picture of them when I finish.

Back to Reality

I think it has finally hit me that the holidays, our Mexico trip, and my birthday are all over. For a while there, it seemed like as soon as one thing ended, there was another one to look forward to in just a week or two.

Even though we had an amazing trip and good holiday/birthday season, I have to admit that I am actually happy that things are just back to normal for now. The normalcy is what makes all of the fun stuff so worth it…and then when you’ve had fun, you are ready to get back into the routine.

It’s still winter and probably will be for some time, but for now, I am looking forward to a few things…getting my new laptop (my old one bit the dust!), spring (even though it seem a long ways away), and starting to try again for our “Baby C,” which might make 2011 quite an interesting year!

Snow Day!

The best days off are the ones you are not expecting!

Even though there was horrible weather predicted for today, I really did not count on having the day off, mainly because my company was not going to make the decision until 6:30 am today. So I dutifully went to sleep early last night and forced myself to pretend it was like any other night, even though the weather was looking pretty insane!

I set my alarm for the normal time and got up to check my email...CLOSED! I went back to bed immediately, though I didn't really sleep in all that late.

So far I've done some knitting and baking...and have watched a lot of weather coverage. It has been a great day so far.

Stay safe and warm!