21 WEEKS

Pics with my new camera

Recalls

Infantino Recalls

Taggies™ Sleep'n Play Infant Garments

Old Navy Recalls

Fisher-Price Recalls 3-in-1 High Chairs

Fisher-Price Recalls Simplicity’s Rainforest™ Portable Play Yards

Infantino Expands Recall of Infant Rattles Due to Choking Hazard

Current Baby Products Recalls

Under the wire

I have 13 days till Easter
I have 14 days till my Birthday
I have 24 days till I have the Luncheon with General Myles.
I have a month to a month and a half till My Baby Shower (I Think) and the portraits are done...

I would love a dress that goes with all these events and any that might come up...
I want it to be church dress, I don't want anything that screams cotton, Spring colors if possible but not too bright and as close to business attire as I can because thats the dress code. UGH

Ok considering my own style and comfort level (none of these are long enough gah!), What fits into all the needed catergories
and the budget even weighs in a little bit
Here are my top three choices right now...
Twist-neck drop-waist dress
Sleeveless Ruffle Front Maternity Dress
short sleeve empire waist maternity dress


HELP ANY TIPS?

My Weird Mood

Yeah I have mood swings I admit it. Some seem stronger than they were before I got pregnant I think maybe I am just a little easier effected by them.

I've been throwing a pity party and just kinda trying to figure things out for myself.

Firstly Donnie IMed me out of no where hte other night trying to be hateful because he's probably jealous and he said it was a deliberate attempt to replace Mackenzie. I mean I would love to have Mackenzie home but its just not in the cards right now. But if I was trying to replace Mackenzie I would have learned my lesson from Skylar.... and yes I heard it then too.... But for some reason his asinine stunt is bothering me.

I guess I feel so disconnected. My two closest female friends are in far off lands lol... and I can't share a happy moment with them except on the occasional telephone call. My family hasn't called me at all. Rick's reaction still isn't what I would like it to be but my expectations are two high and just hates shopping but Input would be nice when buying things for his son.l WHen I was pregnant with Mackenzie my oldest sister was pregnant at the same time (I gave birth 5/31 and she had Matthew 5/24) and my middle sister and I were real clsoe for a moment LOLOL. Then when I was pregnant with Skylar my middle sister was pregnant with the twins so we did everything together pretty much. (Her twins bday is 10/4 and Skylar's is 10/21) Now all my sisters are done with their babies *I think* and I am all lonesome LOL. Its just an adjustment pregnancy I guess I have no family around and my close Army friends have moved or are moving before the baby comes. Every Pregnancy is different and this is one difficult for me emotionally in a new way.

What are some experiences some of you have had being away from Family and friends? I am not new here but I don't have my little groupie of friends anymore lol.

I have a new best friend LOL

So for all you scrapbookers I have an enabler alert for you. Have you seen the cheap quaility name brand stuff you can get from the likes of TJ Maxx, Marshall's and Ross? I mean its probably old news to you but its new to me and why didn't anyone share? LMAO. I got two premade scrapbooks for my daughter and her friend to just stick their pictures in for %6 each.... K and Company!!
So its not cheesy and its quality! WOOT

Now the reason why I posted this in the baby blog lol...
I loove these stores but so far my best luck came from Marshall's Why I have two Ross' Two TJ maxx' and Two Marshall's LOL...is beyond me but hey... More opportunity for these deals.

Calvin Klein Snow Suit retails $44 and I got it for $5

Another Calvin Klein Special lol Pullover, Shirt and Jeans retails $56 & i got it for $7


Polo jogging suit retails for $30 and I got it for $7

DKNY Baby Romper retails for $20 I got it for $5

and this is just Carters but I love these type of outfits that have a matching blanket. I got this in NB size cause I am almost positive little man is going to be tiny like his big sister... So I will have to go back and get the bigger size...
Tag says $24 and I got it for $9.99 and Blanket was $17 and I got it for $6.99

I also got a Calvin Klein Romper I didn't get it out of his storage thing but it was like $5 or $7 (now I want to matching onesies lmao and bibs...)


Oh and this little button down that will look cute with Cords or Jeans with a sweater I bought him on Ebay from Children's place... Don't cha think its cute?
Another Carters Brand for $3.00


Oh yes and Olenka gave me the tip that Ross has Maternity Clothes. I got me an adorable pair of black capri's I can dress up with two blouses I bought. So something cute comfy and Casual I can buy a fancy pair of flip flops and wear to church or everyday... Thanks for the tipppp How did I neglect not shopping there for so long?

Unbelievable that these are all brand new, Name brand clothes cheaper than Children's Place, Wal-Mart and Target.... ALSO cheaper than even most Consigment sales and thrift stores lol....

So yesterday morning we headed out to find a yard sale but God decided to send us rain... so I thought about this one Thrift store or Consignment store that Betty and I happened upon a few months ago... Rick and I went to find it. BINGO its OPEN and I found some little Peter Rabbit Outfits, A Ralph Lauren Romper, Cute baby hats, and Another Blanket set like the doggy one I spent the same amount of money on the used as I did on the new!

People that know me know I don't shop at Walmart I refuse to spend a dime there. I went an over an entire year without shopping there. I stopped wanting to do business with Walmart in Feburary 08 due to their business practices and how they have directly effected the economy and MY life. So yesterday when we went to see this awesome consignment sale they weren't open for another hour but we had driven 25-30 miles. I said Rick lets go to Walmart and just WALK around. I don't want to spend money just walk around the store. I was a little curious as to see if they had any Peter Rabbit clothes like they used to as well. So we walked around Walmart and then we were bored after about 30 minutes and we both still felt confident that our family doesn't go there for business. The prices aren't that much cheaper than Target (I found the same outfit at Target even LOL) Rick and I just kinda laughed off the fact we weren't even tempted by them. Customer Service was rude as usual too.

Our TV's are breaking one right after another in our house so I kept pitching proposals to Rick about getting him his promised Homecoming Present he has wanted. I did the research. I called several techy people. I got a tip that his TV was going on Sale at Target... We grabbed a rain check when they ran out still unsure we wanted to spend that much money at this point... Its a good thing I finally talked him into at least paying for half because we got it for even a cheaper price than the sale price. He played being daddy to his TV while Skylar and I went and had some fun and registered for the few things I spied at Target that Babies R Us or anywhere else didn't carry. Plus with us being Army and all our friends and family spaced out world wide I don't know where they feel comfortable shopping so I have registered at Target, Sears, Babies R Us, and Burlington... Just do a search for my name or contact me for the info...

Pregnancy Update *again*

I had my normal monthly doctors appointment. Rick and I went together... no entourage haha. We got there at 10 am. They had us in the back shortly after for my 20 week Ultrasound. The baby's top of his head was right under my belly button. Then his abdomen. They saw his heart valves all quickly and all beating great we heard the heart beat. Then we saw his spine and of course his hands were everywhere. He was tugging on his umbilical cord... silly boy and practicing breathing and sucking on his fingers.
Ut oh we ran into a problem. He was sitting Indian style breech.... She really wanted to see the sex and Skylar really wanted to know. (Personally I wanted to know a little cause I was tired of yellow lol.) The baby was being stubborn. So the Ultrasound Tech jiggled me a little and had me adjust a bit... Go figure... you rub a male's back and he rolls right over.... THATS right

 

My Stats were as follows if your interested lol IDK some people bug me about them..

my weight is 149 I gained 4 lbs in a month or so.

My BP is 111/67 going up a bit

Baby Boy Peridot's heart rate was 154.

The day of the appointment by MY Calendar I was 19 weeks 6 days but the measurements on the ultrasound and fundus?? measurements were 21 weeks so I was measuring approximate a week a head.

12 ounces is Baby Boys weight.

Original Due date August 14, My Due date August 11th, Measuring due date August 7th

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Here are some pictures sorry no belly pics the digi cam was broke I gotta return it