TTC and Beyond!

[goldstns]

Good morning! Wish me luck as my very intense grandma is coming in town today. And my separated parents will both be in my house together..... Here comes crazyness for 2 days.

 

[Cowgirl07]

Waves that link doesn't go to you, unless you became a brunette.
Edit oh never mind I thought it said our shoot. She does great work eek I bet your excited.

 

[Cowgirl07]

Good luck Nikki.

 

[CantHrdlyWait]

Nikki- glad to hear that Alia is doing well!

18 weeks today. I still kind of feel like crap. I feel like I didn't even sleep last night (I did.) and I may need another nap but I want to watch football when it comes on in a little over an hour. I can't believe we are 2 weeks from being halfway and 20 days from knowing the gender. I really hope I start feeling well again soon.

 

[RobertRedford]

I've technically already started my maternity shoots. We've been doing a progression shot every time my bump is pretty noticeably bigger. But they're gonna be more like art nudes I guess. Same pose every time with high contrast lighting and just wearing black panties with arm strategically over boobs and other one under belly. At the end we're gonna photoshop them together and make it black and white. Can't wait to see it finished. Also hoping to do an underwater maternity shoot since I'm due in June, but it might not be warm enough yet and he's only done one other one so far. Perks of working at a photography studio!

holy shit that sounds amazing! I CANNOT WAIT to see it!

 

[clynn11]

I can't wait to see your bump progression pics either Ash! So lucky you have the hookup with them!!!

Nikki- Sounds like a whole bunch of fun!! LOL. Hopefully it won't be too bad

Katrina- she wasn't saying that was her, she was saying she thinks that photographer will do their maternity photos.. I think

Britt, sorry you're still feeling like crud! That sucks!

 

[Disneybaby26]

I can't wait to see all the pictures!! I think I kinda wanna do a maternity shoot too. Hmmmm...

Had such a nice day of pampering and then went out looking for a dress with my mom for me shower...everything is so gross looking lol! We have like zero real maternity stores around here so I think I have to go the online route. Blah!

Can't believe I'm officially third tri!! Yikes!

 

[wavescrash]

Yeah that's the photographer we're using... that's her most recent, winter maternity shoot and it has me excited for ours

 

[asmcsm]

Well, I've officially found the fabrics that we are going to use for Lux's room and I'm SUPER excited to get them ordered and get started sewing all her bedding and curtains! Totally adorable owl fabrics in coral and aqua and I LOOOOVE them! Have already planned out the design for the quilt which DH's great aunt will hopefully be making for us and I will be sewing the rest of the bedding and curtains

 

[wavescrash]

Sounds cute Ashlee

Target reset all the baby stuff this week so I went today & updated my registry. So many new cute things. I feel like I have too much on my registry now but whatever. I'm most excited that my store now carries the NoseFrieda IN store as well as Sophie the Giraffe.

A friend gave me her leftover Raspberry Leaf Tea and EPO capsules. Started drinking the tea tonight and it's not as bad as I've heard people make it out to be. Last pregnancy I just took it in capsule/pill form and wanted to do that again because it's easier for me to just pop a pill but I have 3 boxes of 16 packets of tea each and she said she has more if I need it... and it was free so I can't say no to that. Still have a few weeks before I start taking the EPO though but it's nice to have a nearly full bottle for free haha.

 

[TTCaWee1]

Hiya ladies! Happy swing day! And happy 3rd tri Kara!!

Beautiful baby Nikki! I can't wait to meet mine!

Got our nursery furniture today! Just have to order the bookshelf. We ended up going white instead of dark wood. And I got a safari jumperoo I had on my registry for $35 in perfect condition. I went and bought her little owl lamp too. I am going to nest tomorrow fo sho! First we have to take down the crib we originally got. My friend gave it to us but it has a drop rail so that's a no go, and we didn't know until after we put it together and did some research. Oh well. We went today and got a cute crib and dresser. Omg I can't wait to put it all together.

 

[wavescrash]

I have a drop-side crib that I used with Autumn back before they were a "no-no." We used it with Hannah almost no-problem until a few months ago, it finally decided it wanted to break. We were going to replace it but we decided to just use the stabilizer kit the crib company sent us. But hey... if you found a cute crib, who cares

 

[HWPG]

Hey gals, have a pop over to my journal for five vs twelve week belly pics if you're curious...

 

[frsttimemama]

Kara, can't believe you are already 3rdterrified tri!

Ashlee, Lux's fabric sounds adorable!

All the maternity shoots sound so cute! I really want to do that this time!

I am SO tired!! Work kicked my butt. I've worked the last 7 days. I'm so looking forward to sleeping in, cleaning our house, and NOT going to work tomorrow! The heartburn has started already. Ugh! Last night was the worst heartburn I have EVER had. Hopefully it will bring a baby with a headful of hair. It was true last time.. I wish I felt more pregnant. The only thing I have is fatige and heartburn .. I'm so nervous! Do you think I will hear the heartbeat at my appointment at 6w 4d? I'm ready for thar!! And to know how many are in there .. lol

 

[Disneybaby26]

BAHAHAHA!!! "3rdterrified trimester" sounds about right, Sandy!!

I think you will see the heartbeat for sure if you really will be 6+4 according to O, and try not to worry...you will feel pregnant soon enough...all day, everyday! Lol

Yay for nursery furniture Rachel!! How are you feeling??

 

[jury3]

Happy swing day to all the Sunday swing girls!

Kara-If this photographer hadn't offered the shoot for free I wouldn't have done one. After doing it, I'm really glad I did...
Do you have an Old Navy? They actually have some cute things, not sure about dresses though. Motherhood Maternity is our best store around here.

Mirolee-That's what our shoot was. Most of the pics were of the belly or of me, but we got several with DW too. Some were fun, some were serious.

Waves-I would have loved to do part of our shoot in the snow! It actually randomly snowed a few hours before our shoot, I was disappointed it happened so early and not during the shoot lol We actually sent our photog a few pic ideas from pinterest and she made sure to do at least similar ones. Pinterest is so helpful! lol

Ashlee-I think I did the same pic that you are doing without the progression obviously though lol We did a few silhouette pictures too that I'm excited about. I love the underwater pics! I used an underwater maternity pic for my countdown pic to the maternity shoot lol

Nikki-Good luck...Hopefully they are all respectful to each other and to you!

AFM-DW put our closet in the nursery together! I'm very excited to have that part finished so I can begin organizing everything a little bit.
MIL on the other hand is driving me in-freaking-sane! She's been going crazy with Goodwill and stores of the such...she sent over a tub of clothes, bath towels, wash clothes, etc. While I am appreciate, I also think our standards and tastes are very different. Some of the things look dingy or are far from my style. Then she went shopping yesterday and bought a million more things...DW and I bought a few adorable things at Goodwill today that look brand new. When DW mentioned it to MIL she was like, "don't go crazy on clothes bc I have a lot already." It really rubbed me the wrong way. These are my kids. I will be the one dressing them and looking at these clothes on a daily basis. I've never been able to do this before now. I want to pick out my kids clothes!!! I just wanted to yell back at her "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! YOU TAKE IT EASY ON BUYING THINGS!" I did not though lol She's just such an overwhelming personality. I know she means well, is excited, and wants to help, but holy freaking shit she is driving me crazy! Ok, just had to vent lol

 

[HWPG]

Jury, is dw able to stand up and say anything? I know it's always easier for OH to negotiate his family and me to do mine. Otherwise, I'd say something to her directly. Then again, I've been told I have an 'aggressive personality' want me to say something for you?

 

[TTCaWee1]

The crib my friend gave us is "fixed" with the hardware the company sent but it still doesn't meet the new standards. We just felt we'd rather be safe than sorry and it isn't worth it to take the chance just to save a few bucks. I guess thats the FTM (first time mom) coming out.

As far as maternity shoots, we are having ours when we go home the first week in February. My sister does newborn and maternity photography so she's going to do all of our pics. It's cold in Michigan though so I will probably freeze my ass off in February outside. I was worried that my belly wouldn't be big enough for the shoot but it is getting huge so I've got that part covered lol

I am feeling pretty good except for the fact that I am uncomfortable in most positions. Its because my rib cage is digging into my belly...

 

[morganwhite7]

26 week Bumpdate!

 

[jury3]

Mirolee-Yes, could you just call her for me? lol DW says stuff to her, she's just one of those personalities...we decided to just buy a dresser and put a changing pad on top instead of doing the changing table due to lack of space and how beneficial it would be in the long run. She called yesterday morning and was out of breath telling DW how she thought we should do the changing table bc her friend's daughter did blah blah blah. Her friend, Diane, is her go-to person...she thinks Diane is the baby know-all. We keep reminding her, we have talked about this, we have done our research, we have talked to our friends and this is what we decided. She's a very typical overbearing, Jewish mother...

Rachel-lol Your belly will be perfect! I almost could have done mine a few weeks ago...That's great your sister is doing all your photography!