Fun day of fun gifts

Lindsey was in town for work this week, and we got together to eat and chat. She came bearing loads and loads of gifts from her and Quinn, for both me and Holland. We had them spread out all over our table at Red Star, and there was lots of squealing, as tends to happen when girls look at baby stuff. After a particularly crappy week, it was really nice to have such a fun afternoon. It did make me wish that they lived closer though. Sad face. Anyway, I took some pictures of all my fun new stuff last night. Enjoy!

Oh boy, do I loooove Shabby Chic. New bedding! Lindsey brought me a duvet cover, new pillowcases, new sheets (you can’t see but matching the striped pillowcases) and that pretty little flower print pillow (with an extra cover in case I want to switch patterns).

Basil, Manatee and the Other Bunna enjoying the new bedding:

Basil still has his eye on one of his invisible ceiling bugs.

Baby stuff!!

Crib sheets, changing pad cover, bibs, towel, burp cloths (to go with the bibs and blanket she sent in December). Basil was helping me take off the tags.

 Baby Pajamas!

 And some darling tennis and bunny stuff from Quinn. The bunny is a rattle. TOO CUTE.

I hate you, wordpress

I just spent most of my lunch posting a blog about my presents from Lindsey and Quinn, and stupid Wordpress deleted it when I published it.

 I will try again later.

Holland!

Take THAT, Chinese Gender Prediction Calendar!

It’s a girl! Girl girl girl girl GIRL!!!!! I will post my ultrasound pictures as soon as I get them scanned, hopefully tomorrow.

One Week!

Soon we will know if it’s a Henry or a Holland…

Adventures in Shopping

I bought my first items of maternity clothing yesterday at Mimi Maternity. I bought dress pants and maternity spanx. I am wearing both today and I LOVE THEM! I have been wearing the same jeans, dress or skirt for all of my outfits the past few weeks and it’s nice to have something new. The pants are really cute, despite the ELASTIC WAISTBAND (lol) and the spanx make my backpain go away. I might have to buy more of this stuff.

 I also bought some new make-up at Estee Lauder and it has really made my week. The salesgirl at Nordstrom was very helpful and helped me pick out things that really work for me, instead of trying to sell me a bunch of crap I will never use (which happens a lot). For example, when I told her I don’t wear eye make-up, she actually didn’t put any on me or try to talk me into buying some. She was like, “oh yeah, you probably don’t need to since your eyelashes are so dark anyway.” THANK YOU! While I was there, I got a sample of the next fragrance I want to buy: Bronze Goddess by Estee Lauder. (Read about it here: http://thebeautyalchemist.blogspot.com/2008/02/bronze-goddess-fragrance-by-estee.html.) It’s perfect for summer and makes me excited for nice weather and going to the river in just a few months!

Chinese Gender Prediction Calendar

I have run across this gender prediction calendar several times on the internet. It is supposed to fairly accurately predict the sex of your baby. (see the complete calendar here: http://mothering.com/interactive/chinesecalendar/genderpredictor.html or here: http://www.thelaboroflove.com/chart/cal.html)

You may notice that according to this calendar, I am having a boy. I tested it on six people whose information I knew, and it was right four times and wrong twice. If anyone wants to test it on themselves or their moms to see if it’s right, please let me know the results. I only have two weeks left until I found out and I am starting to worry that the two items of baby girl clothing I bought might have jinxed me…

Numbers

Days until I find out what kind of baby I am having: 20

Pounds I have gained: 20 (!)

Holidays soberly celebrated: 3

Baby items purchased: 2

Baby gifts received: 7

Names currently considering: 3

Nights I stayed in instead of going out: innumerable

Days left of this: 173

Nursery Themes

So far, here are the contenders for baby’s future bedroom:

1. Beatrix Potter

2. Alice in Wonderland

3. Nursery Rhymes

 This is the kind of nonsense I spend my time thinking about now.