Baby Loves These

LOVE this! I found this site today via a great friend. and it seems that Thrifty Minnesota Moma is right up my alley! She has some really great giveaways and has introduced me to some of my new favorite baby items such as the No Throw and Baby Swim Diapers, which will be showing their face here shortly. Go check it out! http://thriftyminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/06/danikas-sippy-cup-no-longer-hits-floor.html Here are some others I like: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6925240 http://www.nothrow.com/index.htm

Pregnancy Cosmetics

I desperately want to avoid stretch marks during my pregnancy... and here is a cream that I found on grassrootsstore.com that I like. The item itself is called "Butterfly Weed Earth Mama Belly Jelly". Loving it!!! I am also in love with the handmade soap from MoonEssence, located in Petaluma,Ca. This is the only soap that I can use while shaving my legs, not resulting in either extreme razor burn or another itchy rash. It lathers nicely and smells sooooo good! And I love how it doesn't leave the normal soapy feeling on my skin! Organic Lime Soap ~ 5.5 oz. Regular price: $7.00 It is also very important to take care of the feet while pregnant. Hence, I have found some recipies that I think I will be trying in the very near future! Pamper the feet... Strawberry Foot Exfoliant By Pioneer Thinking Ingredients: Mix together 8 strawberries with 2 tablespoons of olive oil (or safflower oil) and 1 teaspoon of kosher salt. Other varieties: Add 1/2 teaspoon of finely chopped almonds Directions: Make a paste with the ingredients but don't over blend it since the strawberries contain so much water it will make it too liquidy. Massage it all into your feet, rinse off and dry. Soothing Foot Lotion by Pioneerthinking.com Ingredients: 1 tablespoon almond oil 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon wheat germ oil 12 drops eucalyptus essential/fragrance oil Directions: Combine ingredients in a dark colored bottle, shake extremely well. To use just rub into the feet and heels. Store in a cool dry place. There are more out there, for sure... but now I need to get moving and do some laundry and dishes. Gotta love it!

More Fun Baby Finds

These toys are so fun! 100% organic cotton and machine washable! Look more closely! http://www.tinybirdsorganics.com/organiccotton/stuffedbabytoys.html Feel free to start buying me (I mean, baby) these toys!!!!!!

I also like this kind of sling, made up of 3 separate pieces.... kind of cool, never seen it before. But the kind that i really like is below. One long pice that you wrap around and around and around and around!!!! Love it!

Soft micro fleece

Cool cotton

Baby Sling Bargain

Baby Bottles & More

So I have found the perfect baby bottles!!!! I don't want to use plastic, because of the chemicals.... and our little one will be drinking out of the bottles a bit. So I've been looking for cute glass bottles. Well, maybe not the bottles to be so cute, as the covers. And I have fallen in love with these "Sweet Pea" glass bottles. I have also found the baby bag that I want. Vera Bradley Puccini Baby Bag here I come!

My Lack of Belly

I have recently become saddened because I feel like everyone else at this stage is bigger-bellied than I am. The doctor was telling me that I would not show until I was like six months.... I am still hoping to prove her wrong. =) Here are some old pictures of my non-belly. I will take one today and post it later tonight of my as-of-now-non-belly. And I will be pleasantly surprised if I actually look pregnant in it, other than my round face and pregnant J-LO booty. So here are the very old pictures for those who have been asking. Just don't expect too much. Those two were somewhere around 12 weeks, as we were moving out of the little guest house. This was in Israel, probably 14 weeks. This was at the Dead Sea... very fun floating on water!

A RACE AGAINST TIME

After Chorale's 2 hr flight to Germany, we had to grab our connecting 10 hr flight to LAX. Woo Hoo!!! Once that plane hit the ground I felt like I was in a race against time! Why, you may ask? I had an ultrasound appointment nearly 2 hours after our arrival and I had to get my luggage, go through customs, and miss traffic. Not to mention hug my dearly missed husband for a time long enough to make up for 3 weeks!!!! But Praise the Lord, we made it to the appointment with time to get lunch and all! Once at the doctors office I had to down a bottle of water for one of those beloved protein tests and then wait for about 20 minutes until we were called into an ugly, sterile, unfriendly Kaiser room. I mean, really, they could put some color or something in the rooms to cheer a person up! The doctor came in record time and we got to hear our little baby's heart beat and see little Shorty move it's little arms around like crazy! I was so relieved to find out our little one was still in my belly. I was starting to wonder if being so hungry in Israel caused my body to just reabsorb the baby... silly, I know. But I've never been pregnant before! I don't know what can and cannot happen! After seeing our little baby, we got to take four pictures home with us! Sooo fun!

Baby Catch- Up

I can't believe it has been a month since I've posted anything! Well, actually, I can. Lots has happened.

Let's catch up a bit

Well, this was the end of my 4th year- not graduating year, mind you- at The Master's College. School ended the first week of May and the last few weeks were spent:

completing my vocal recital (five weeks prego)

finishing classes and Majesty's local weekend touring (around week 8 or 9 or so)

packing up our little guest house to move into a new apartment... and getting our first ultrasound picture. (according the to the doctors measurements of baby Short, nine weeks on the dot) The day after graduation Chorale left for a 3 week tour overseas. This trip consisted of 2 weeks in Israel and 1 week in Italy. Although it was very fun, but somewhat difficult for a pregnant girl allergic to dairy and egg to find enough food at the right times. It was in Israel that I had my first incident of "nope, my body won't let me eat that". I realized there were some very quick reflexes in my body to remove the unwanted food from my mouth that I had no idea existed. It was quite frightening for my dear friends. So, I basically lived on peanut butter and some form of bread, potatoes, rice and whatever fruit I could find in Israel. What a great "food" experience. Next time I go over there, I will not be pregnant if I have anything to say about it! Haha. Italy was worse for the allergies but we did have a guide who saw to my every need. What a sweet man! When the rest of the group got pizza, I repeatedly got steak and grilled veggies! Oh the joys of a more developed country!!! The most exciting thing that happened in Italy was getting searched by the "Secret Policia: Italia". Yes, apparently I look like a very troublesome young person. Let me explain- as I was leaving a store with two of my dear girlfriends, the store alarm went off (like when the girl at the register forgets to remove the security device from your new blouse). I was surprised by the sound and talking I heard, so I turned around... there she was. The Secret Police lady. Talking very quickly and excitedly in Italian at me. I had no idea what she was saying so she showed me her badge repeatedly and dragged me back in the store. She insisted on looking through my bag, every last pocket of it, mumbleing the whole time about "cosmetica". When she finally decided I was clean she said "ok" and then pointed to the door and made some gesture like a phone and said "picture". I was allowed to leave, but I assume they got it all on video. What an experience that was!!!!