The Chop and The Bump

 So I finally did it.  After MONTHS of thinking about it and dreading the scarf and jacket season (does your hair turn into a nest for birds or rats at the back of your head when you wear a scarf?  Because mine sure as hell does)
I chopped off my hair.  At least 8 inches I think.
It was rolling around the middle of my back and it was great, for years I kept it long.  But it was time.

Every ten years or so I chop it off short, and it had been at least 13 this time around.

I realize that chopping off a lot of my hair while PREGNANT is a questionable decision.
I went into it recognizing that I might cry like a teenager for weeks afterwards.

But you know what?
Nothing!

Not a single tear!

Not once have I looked in the mirror and gone "WHAAAT HAVE I DONE??"

Some days it's a little goofy.  I will happily admit that.
Like in this first picture.

Also why do I always have to make that face??

But all in all, it's great. 
Plus, I am still basically doing what I did before, which is blast dry my bangs and then let the rest fend for itself.

When I first did it (it's been about a month I think now) I actually used a CURLING IRON on the top sections, because they are juuust short enough that the curl is gone.

But that's INSANE.
I'm going to have another BABY in 2 months.

I can't go around CURLING MY HAIR everyday.
I'm lucky if I remember to brush my teeth in the mornings.  NOW.

Plus I went out and bought myself some dry shampoo (WHY is that stuff so smelly??  Does anyone make a non/mildly scented version of that stuff??) and some "molding paste" or some other crazy product (equally smelly) to rub into it on non wash days, because let's be real here.

TWO KIDS.

But I likes it and I'm super glad I did it.
The lovely gals at Shampoo Hair Bar treat me right, if you are in the area and want a great cut.

Also, side note, LOOK AT MY BELLY! I'm at 30 weeks in this picture.

I have literally only taken THREE pictures of my pregnant self. All of them terrible.
But if you really want to see, I am growing nearly EXACTLY like I did last time, only Chickpea is riding lower.  Whatever THAT means.

Plus I'm bitchier about it this time.

The Bump! Part 6

39 weeks!



We're pretty much just waiting for our boy to make his appearance, At Any Moment now.
Still feeling fine, starting to get a bit stressed but I'm trying to hold my shit together and not become a maniac.

I make no promises though.


(that scarf is actually a swaddling blanket. It's so soft and beautiful! Got to love multitasking baby products!)

The Bump! Part 5

These shots are all from 37 weeks. (2 weeks ago)



I have managed to avoid maternity wear for the most part, yes I have probably stretched out a couple of perfectly good shirts, and my leggings have DEFINITELY seen better days (like they are going to have to get trashed as soon as I can afford new ones!) but all in all I have been able to makeshift my regular clothes into outfits that accomodate Sonny's little belly.

And it is pretty little. I still get snooty/angry looks from ladies who were bigger than me when they were pregnant, but I am not staying small on purpose! I am eating really well (read A LOT) and I am also measuring exactly where we should be at all of our midwife visits, so I am not going to stress it. As long as Sonny is healthy there is nothing to worry about, and so far so good.

These last pictures are all from 38 weeks.



Yes that is a Star Wars tshirt.

That I love.

And those jeans? Just regular jeans that I wore undone with a belt! No belly band or anything, just a long shirt over top of my totally undone pants.

Classy dame.

I will admit that I can't do that anymore, Sonny's sitting low enough now that I am strictly wearing stretchy pants, but it was nice to wear jeans while I could.

I think that's one of the things that I am most looking forward to when we're not preggers anymore. JEANS.

Well. Considering our Due Date is a whopping 7 DAYS AWAY, I shouldn't have to wait too much longer.


Holy Shit.

The Bump! Part 4 (36 weeks)

So did you all know that I am a glamorous MODEL now??


(that can not make a straight face for a photo. Ever)

Well it's true.

My wonderful Friend Angie (of Floating Gold Iceberg fame) had me model some of FGI's great maternity friendly wares 2 weekends ago for the Spring line and let me tell you, this stuff is AWESOME.

I love love LOVE that Belle Epoch Dress (the black one above) it is I SWEAR the comfiest thing ever. And it looks smoking hot on non preggo ladies also.


(you'll have to pop over to the FGI blog to check out more pictures of ME as well as catching a glimpse of the Lovely Miss Lizz rocking the same clothes (in all of her non preggo sveltness.)

Sonny is pretty much fully cooked at this point, as in we could basically give birth any day now, which makes me feel like barfing a little bit. (We're sitting pretty at 38 weeks right now)
I am super excited to meet him, don't get me wrong, but the sooner he gets here the sooner I have the grow the F up and be a PARENT.

Wha?

But it's okay, because so does Geoff. And the more I think about it, the more I know that he is going to be the Best Dad Ever. He's already pretty damn great, but I have a feeling that Sonny is going to make him even better, and they are going to be the best team you've ever seen.

I am going to be dealing with a lot of naked boys, sweatpants and video games, but I will also have the sweetest, funniest, most loving troupe of weirdos anyone could ask for.

Pretty damn lucky if you ask me.

The Bump! Part 3

Things are progressing steadily. Yesterday I had swollen ankles for the first time that I noticed and they are still fat today.
Love that.

Geoff and I had our first of 2 all day prenatal classes on Saturday and while I haven't learned too much that I hadn't gleaned from all the books I've been reading, it was really nice to share it all with Geoff and to meet other preggers.

At the beginning of the class we all had to go around the room and introduce ourselves, and tell everyone what the best and worst things about being pregnant are.

I think I was the only one who wasn't all "ooh I just LOVE being pregnant, it's totally THE BEST." I said that I was really excited to start our little family (which I really am) and that Sonny is the best part of being pregnant, and that I was/am TOTALLY UNPREPARED for my own reactions to the freaky things happening to my body.

I don't think that they were expecting that. The instructor asked me What These Things Were, and I was all, I am not getting into that in front of all you strangers WHO TOTALLY KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.

Nothing like making a great first impression.


31 weeks (I think)
I am pretty sure that I took all of these in the same week, but the purple skirt might have been worn the week before.

I can't remember.






32 Weeks
I picked up a few items at Joe (ohmygodIloveJoeFresh) last weekend to accommodate the growing belly and this stripey dress is awesome! Hilarious camouflage that somehow takes the horizontal stripes and makes them disguise the belly!
From the front.



33 weeks
I took these just this morning (my hair is still wet, I haven't even really finished getting dressed, but I knew that if I didn't just do it while I was thinking about it, I'd never upload these pictures! Just pretend that I am all done up accessories and all)



(I hope that you are appreciating the various states of tidy that our bedroom is in in all of these. I know that some of you are REELING from the non staged, laundry piled everywhere state of things. I can't be held responsible for keeping track of all of that crap right now. Don't you know I'm pregnant??)

:)

The Bump! part 2

Here are some more shots of Sonny incognito.

I think these are 27 weeks


This outfit here (red cardigan and plaid shirt) is a good camouflage ensemble. It doesn't look like I'm too big here. There are some clothes that just make it look bigger, and it freaks me out a bit. SO there are a lot of tunics and leggings in my immediate future.

28 weeks




I think I took this last one just last week so we're at 29 weeks here.


I am not very big yet, people still don't notice that I am pregnant if I am wearing my jacket and scarf, and sometimes even at work, depending on the outfit, it takes people a few minutes of staring to figure out what's going on! And I've had a couple of ladies who've already had babies telling me that they HATE me, because I guess they were a lot bigger at the same point. I'm not taking it too personally, I am happy to not be huge already, and frankly I am a little terrified of how much bigger he's/I'm going to get in the next couple of months.

Because I am sure that I'm going to "pop" soon, I have heard that this is a thing, and that I should expect it.

I should probably be posting these weekly, but I haven't managed to get myself organized enough for that lately. I will try though. Maybe Tuesdays will be Bump days? Who am I kidding?? I'll aim for weekly, but I can't commit to one day a week that it will actually happen! Even if I wanted to my schedule changes too much!

(literally as I typed that out Work called and I have to go in early!) Spooky.

The BUMP!

I haven't been taking too many pictures of Sonny so far, I wasn't really showing for the longest time, and then WHAM! all of a sudden I was all PREGNANT.


I think I am about 20 weeks here.



We're probably at 22 weeks in these.


I am pretty sure I took this one a couple weeks ago so I am going to say that this is 24 weeks along.




And these last three I took last week, at 25 weeks!

It's pretty insane. I've listened to women who are all "Oh it's just so wonderful, I love being pregnant, it's miracle, so amazing!" And it is. Totally.

But it's also TOTALLY WEIRD to have a HUMAN IN THERE.

The first time I felt him moving, it was a wee jab while I was sitting on the bus.
I was all "THAT'S definitely not digestion"

And now I get daily kicks and punches, the weirdest is when he punches the ol' bladder WHILE I AM PEEING.

Too much? TOO BAD! IT'S REAL!

So far we have noticed that he likes/reacts to:
Leonard Cohen
Hot chocolate
De La Soul
Apples and cheese
Mama relaxing. This is the big one. As soon as I've leaned back and taken a moment to relax he gets SUPER BUSY. One night he kept me up for what felt like an hour.
(it was probably only 15 minutes, but STILL!)

We've seen him in ultrasound a few times now, and I am so unbelievably excited to meet him in person! Like, sometimes I have a hard time containing myself.

But then I think about HOW he's getting out of there and I have to think about something ELSE. Immediately.