oh hello belly button. 27 weeks.

this is offensive. why didnt my husband let me know that my belly button was popping through this morning?

6.5 months

i hate to complain, because i really have had it so so good throughout this pregnancy- but being 6.5 months prego + sick as a dog rd 2 + full time job = a self loathing elysia.

i spent the entire weekend trying to stay in and be smart so i could get better. i started my one and only z pack of the year on friday and i was SO SURE it would make me healthy in time for a crazy work week ... false.

i freaked out last night and convinced myself that my throat was closing up. i ran into the living room screaming and crying to scott that i was suffocating. not pleasant. and then my dad is on the phone with scott shooting the shit about golf while i am wheezing and sweating and convincing myself that i am going to suffocate and not make it to the hospital in time... yeah, not pleasant at all.

anywho- but now here i am, still at work, feeling a 1/2 of a % better than yesterday...

but there is too much to look forward to to be self loathing:
1. i get to throw a baby shower for courtney and baby d this weekend in oly
2. i am fortunate enough to be able to fly up to oly for 46 hours...
3. work is busy, and i have a job i love
4. we get to have a sleepover with huntley on wednesday night (i havent blogged about it bc it makes me sad- but our little huntley bear has been at doggy military school for the past THREE WEEKS and we miss her little self like crazy).
5. babymoon soon! only a month away, and the months are going by so so fast... a slow down would be appreciated
6. we have a doc appt (and glucose test) on wed. we havent seen little girl since 20 weeks so i am beyond pumped for wednesday.
7. it is going to rain on wednesday- which means two things: fall (ish) weather, and roofing jobs!
8. we are getting the house sprayed for termites next week.... doesnt seem like something to be too excited about, but it leads to painting the house! which i cannot wait for~
9. only 3.5 more months til we get to meet this little girl we have been growing and lovin. i get more ready and more excited by the minute. thank goodness.

baby girl kicks all of the time. it is my favorite thing in the world (as of now). scotty has gotten to feel her a bunch of times...its kind of our new favorite past time.

she is almost 9 inches and 2 lbs. but we will know a lot more tomorrow after the appt...
fingers crossed for continued smooth sailing!!

love you little girl. so so much.

i might have a problem.

this is what i did at work this morning... yes, i put together a "lookbook" of outfits for our baby. so what. and i might have bought all of these items on either gilt, hautelook, zulily, or mini social. girlfriend will be joining us pretty dang soon and she needs something to wear!


i am pleased to say that i (think i) am officially passed the shock portion of this pregnancy. it may have taken 6 months, but i have fully accepted the fact that a little girl is on the way. and now i am just BEYOND EXCITED! beyond!

im not sure if i really had given a ton of thought to boy vs. girl. i think i just thought boys were easier, and i love grayson so much, so i just figured... but now when i think about having a delicate, sweet, ladylike, considerate little baby girl i MELT.

and seeing boys screaming and jumping off of benches and pretending to play with swords and hit helps too. so so excited to meet this little girl i cant take it.

(and i am excited for more than dress up... i promise)

6 months.

at the airport last wednesday scotty felt her kick for the first time. it was one of the first times i really felt her on the outside too. its silly how exciting it is. and lemme tell ya, she hasnt stopped kicking since. i love it. every second of it.

dear little girl moving around in my belly,

thanks for putting up with the trekking this last week. you are already such an easy going travel companion. a perfect fit for us! we love you so much already i cant even imagine what it will be like in the future. its kinda crazy.

picture heavy vaca.

just got back from a beautiful week with beautiful friends and a beautiful baby girl.


maebel KILLS me.
1. finding ways to get pics of us without asking others...
2. boston
3. duck tour
4. fenway park
5. happy boys with martoonis
6. bread and breakfast-ing in connecticut
7. i love my friends so so much
8. maebel kills me
9. li's wedding with too many adorable touches
10. seriously beautiful
11. happy good looking men
12. straight outta style me pretty
13. nyc with a belly
14. best friends
15. nyc
16. boys in brooklyn. happy birthday chris!
17. eataly by mario battali
18. i love these ladies
19. maebel kills me
20. bradley cooper takes the subway too.

glad to be home. just missing huntley :(

pallet coffee table.

well i do not believe it... but we actually made the pallet coffee table this weekend. go us!

(in these pictures it looks like scotty did all of the work... but he did not).

1. have your husband bring home two pallets from work.
2. sand them down. then sand them again.
3. laquer the heck out of them.
4. pick out some cool industrial looking wheels for the bottom. attach.
5. enjoy!

our little helper- covered in sawdust

recently.

1. beautiful surf weekend
2. she thinks she runs the house
3. whoah
4. wedding cake- 368 days later