So much has happened since the last time that I wrote a blog entry that I will do my best to keep this short while at the same time including as much of what's happened as possible. But mostly, lots of pictures!!
Last time I was here, I was taking guesses on whether I was having a boy or a girl. I'd like to thank everyone who helped make that so much fun for me. I know there are others who guessed that I wasn't able to name & I'm sorry but that was the week my family was here & I barely got on the computer! Obviously the results are in and I'm having a BOY! :D
I had an elective sonogram done on Thursday, May 5th at
GoldenView UltraSound the day after my mom & grandma arrived from Miami. We got to see our baby on a huge screen in a nice private room with soft lullaby music playing in the background. It was beyond overwhelming. Our little peanut did the most important thing which was to show the goods. :)
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| Money Shot! |
After he showed us his pickle he decided to be shy & gave us a hard time to see his pretty little face, but I did get to see him to do this awesome flip in my belly in his attempt to bury his face. I'm so glad I sprung for the DVD package!
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| His hand on his cheek |
My mom & grandma's visit was absolutely amazing. It got a bit stressful at times (isn't that how all families are?) but it was definitely one of the best weeks I've ever had. Hubby was extremely helpful and supportive while they were here and he even surprised the 3 of us with flowers on Mother's Day.
For my first Mother's Day, I shocked mom & grandma by taking them to St. Patrick's Cathedral for a special mass (I haven't been to mass since I was about 14). We then walked along 5th avenue & had lunch at Central Park. The other days were spent buying things for baby at
Babies R Us (I finally started my registry that day!), showing them around China Town which they loved and doing a little bit of sight seeing.
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| Mom & Grandma when they just arrived |
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| With my mom on the train |
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| Babies R Us scan gun! :) |
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| Mom with her Mother's Day flowers |
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| My Mother's Day flowers |
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| In front of their favorite store |
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| In Central Park |
After my mom & grandma left I stayed in nesting mode to distract myself from how empty the apartment felt with them gone. I think even my cat was starting to miss them since my grandma would let her sleep next to her on the bed. Hubby had already bought me my awesome glider from Craigslist. (Lucky it has blue cushions since we are having a boy after all!). And since mom & grandma went a little nuts buying baby things (and my auntie had sent me stuff too!) I now needed storage space to put away the itty bitty clothes. :)
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Glider with baby's first toys
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| Baby's dresser & wooden rocking horse (both also from CraigsList!) |
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| Kitty guarding baby's books |
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| Itty bitty boy clothes! |
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| Itty bitty socks, mittens & hats! |
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| Itty bitty blankets, wash cloths & bibs :) |
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| The Graco Stroller I won :) |
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| Peanut's Co-Sleeper |
I've kept busy not just doing things around the house but I took an awesome baby wearing workshop at
Metro Minis which inspired Hubby to practice using blankets around the house with stuffed animals.
I also finished my registries, one at Babies R Us, the other at Metro Minis for cloth diapers & baby wearing essentials. Somewhere along the lines of nesting & completing the registries I sort of hit this funk where I realized I wouldn't be having a baby shower. Living in NYC I haven't exactly made any friends outside of Hubby's little circle. I spent two days kind of obsessing over it, with crazy ups and downs until I decided there was only one solution: Go to Miami to be with my family & friends there. My aunt had offered to throw me a baby shower since day one, so that is exactly what we're doing!
I leave next week on the 8th & the baby shower will be Saturday the 11th (my mommy's 61st birthday!). I'll only be 22 weeks pregnant but I'm just not comfortable flying any later than that. I'll be in Miami for a week so hopefully that will be enough time to see everyone & show off my beautiful pregnant belly. :)
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| Vegan baby shower cake "research" at Whole Foods |
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| I finally opted for a less expensive banner ;) |
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| My auntie found a ton of cute Noah's Ark themed goodies at the dollar store |
While I had gone back & forth on this whole baby shower business I am extremely happy to be flying home for a week to see my mom & grandma again and for the rest of my family to see me. I have been trying to be as involved as possible with the shower because I'm just so excited but my aunt keeps telling me to just sit back & enjoy, so I am trying to do that. :)
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| Baby Shower Crafts ^_^ |
The 28th was my niece's 1st birthday party which was a lot of work but so much fun! I baked 3 dozen vegan vanilla cupcakes which I'm proud to say were an absolute hit. During the middle of the party I grabbed a blanket and fell asleep under a tree with Hubby for a good hour or so. I wish someone would've snapped a picture of that! I even missed them singing happy birthday but I was there for everything else. O_o
There was a clown & face painting which I think the adults enjoyed more than the children. It was a beautiful Saturday & I got so many belly rubs!
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| Birthday Girl! |
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| Stork face painting |
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| With Hubby <3 |
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| Blue flower balloon bracelet |
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| My cupcakes! |
I guess it's been a pretty eventful couple of weeks! Hopefully this is me returning to the blogging world on a more regular basis. As far as my pregnancy, everything is going wonderfully. I had my anatomy scan on the 26th & everything looks normal & healthy. Baby boy just loves to show his junk too, so we got to confirm once again that we are definitely having a boy. :D
I'm 21 weeks pregnant today. My belly just keeps growing & growing & every day I feel baby move more & more. I haven't gained much weight or acquired any new symptoms luckily so sometimes I really do forget that I'm pregnant!
I'm looking forward to next week so I'll keep my blog up to date so that I can keep everyone updated on my Miami adventures!! <3
