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July 4, 2013

a love letter to cotton on.

dear cotton on,

thank you. thank you for making flowy comfy things that are ginormous. thank you for allowing a 28 week pregnant woman to rock a size small. your smalls may be the size of a tent, but they say small, therefore making me feel like for, even just a moment, im not a huge beast (because im wearing my pre-pregnant size). if you had a body i would hug it with all of my might! i’m sorry that i avoided you, because i thought you wouldnt understand. and your clothes that i love so much would no longer fit me like a glove. i’ve learned my lesson and i will spend more time with you from now on. you are the best cotton on, and i love you with all of my heart.

your devoted fan…now and forever,

katie.

tank (non maternity) – cotton on

cardigan (non maternity) – cotton on

leggings (non maternity) – forever21

flats – H&M

also: Happy freakin 4th of July! This is my favorite holiday so im pretty pumped on this mess! hope you all are bbq-ing and gettin all sorts of ‘merica around town! : )

29 weeks

July 2, 2013

baby, letters from M

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Hello Little One!

we are diving right into summer with some above 100 degree weather these days. its a bit rough. im sure you are comfy and cozy in there, but mama is hot hot hot. and swelling like a balloon!

lately you will get a good stretch in there and i can feel one of your little limbs poking at my belly. sometimes when you roll over i can feel it go from one side of my belly to the other. its really amazing. i don’t think i could ever describe how incredible this is…to feel you moving around in there and to know that in 11 short weeks (whoa!) we get to meet you and smooch all over those little arms and legs that have been flailing around in my tummy!

we have a doctors appointment next week, hopefully we will get to see you! but i’m excited to hear about how you are growing in there!

we start our birthing classes in a couple of weeks! we’re getting all sorts of prepared for you, and we are really wishing you were here already! we love you so much penny!

XOXO,

PregoProbs.

June 26, 2013

prego probs

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we have now ventured into the phase where penny loves to rest on my bladder, and occasionally she gives me a good kick to the hooha. i know. it is as pleasant as it sounds.

holy heart burn batman. the last week every time i get into bed the heart burn rages! its kinda the worst. hopefully this doesnt continue for the remainder of pennys stay in my belly.

have i mentioned the swelling yet. if i have. i think its worth mentioning again. at the end of my work day i trudge home on what would appear to be elephant feet. they balloon up like mad, more specifically the right one…i dunno whats wrong with that foot, but its got some issues. i sit with my feet up on the back of the couch for about an hour to get those puppies back in shape. but oy are they barkin these days.

all of a sudden its like my stomach is up in my chest next to my heart. i cannot eat like i was eating before (which is probably a good thing, because i am well over the “recommended weight gain”…25 to 35 pounds…ha!

finally got that lower back pain everyones been talking about. when i get up for my nightly bathroom sesh at 4am, i walk to the bathroom like a 90 year old woman, not really getting upright again until just before i smack back into our bed (as gracefully as i can)

this bump now hits all things. door knobs, the corner of the counter top, brett, pretty much anything in its path. good thing our baby is in a protective bubble or i might be a little worried about it.

bar chairs, stools, or higher seating places in general are really really hard to get in and out of. i refuse to let it defeat me.

the adventures continue…

28 weeks.

June 25, 2013

letters from M

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Hello Little One!

You’ve been doing all sorts of things like kicking (or headbutting…im not really sure) my bladder. That has been…interesting. You also go through these fits where you kick and roll and dance about for a good solid minute and then you are silent like nothing happened. I think you are itching to get out and wriggle your legs and arms in the open air! Last night your dad got to feel one of these fits. He always seems to get his hand on my belly right when your finished and only feels a thump or two, but this time he got to experience you having a rager in my belly and his eyes got so wide. He thinks you are pretty amazing (i do too).

I think our days of second trimester face stuffing are behind us. We have the appetite but with you growing all sorts of crazy, my stomach cant hold what our tummys really desire. Which lately you have been craving fruity things. You’ve still got that raisen thing going on, but now we would also like all the grapes we can eat…apples…bananas…really anything light and fresh. the strange part about that is you mama looooves green apples and green grapes, but you want no part in that business. red apples and grapes all day long.

you’re doing great penny! keep up the good work in there and we get to see you so very soon! we’re almost at the 10 week count down! yay!

we love you with all our heart!

xoxo,

June 20, 2013

maternity style

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the…trying to squeeze as much life into my old clothes as possible edition.

this is all pre prego stuff. the bump is still small enough to give me a little bit of wiggle room with the wardrobe. this getting bigger thing is getting a bit tricky though. i may be due for another maternity shopping spree, but we’ll ride this wave while we can.

cardigan – target (non maternity)

top – forever21 (non maternity)

skirt – from a friends closet : ) (non maternity)

flats – H&M

p.s. note the super awesome scuffed up legs. results from the fall heard round campus. super hot.

27 weeks.

June 18, 2013

baby, letters from M

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Little one,

You’re my perfect, my perfect, my perfect, my perfect little peeeeenny!

That is a real song, and we sing it to you all. the. time. You are definitely getting bigger, because yesterday you gave me a swift kick in my rib, which was not all that pleasant. I’m so used to feeling you low and you are all over the place now. Sometimes both sides of my belly move at the same time, which is most likely your little arms and legs moving about. You are constantly partying it up in my belly! You still move around while im awake and sleep when i sleep, which your dad and i pray carries over into your first few months of life on the outside.

We are officially in the 3rd trimester and we get to meet you in exactly 3 months! goodness gracious!

your dad was doing laundry last night and accidentally washed one of your shirts (which needs to be washed eventually so…good job dad!). we sat and looked at this tiny shirt that was pulled out of our laundry and couldn’t believe that we will have someone soon that is small enough to fit in that tiny little shirt! you are so little and so precious. its all so amazing!

all in all we’re feeling pretty good and you are loving everything we eat. you have a bizarre affection for raisins. which i don’t mind at all. they are probably a lot healthier than the chalula and ranch phase we went through.

keep on doin what your doin baby girl. we love you a whole lot…and then some.

XOXO,

26 weeks.

June 11, 2013

baby, letters from M

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Little one,

We are on our last week of the second trimester! WHAT? thats crazy!

some neat things and also some not so neat things happened this week. lets begin with the neat!

you’ve started doing this really cute thing where when your dad says hello and asks you to give him a good kick or “high five” you totally thump back to him. this could just be coincidence but it happens pretty frequently, so we’ve decided that you are a baby genius and can kick on command : ). Also, pretty neat…your auntie karen and cousin lily lent you some really adorable outfits! i cant wait to see your adorable buns in some of these cuties!

the not so neat is when we took a little tumble down the stairs on campus when your dad and us were having some lunch. luckily i have a talent for falling gracefully enough to not land on you and to only really scuff the crud outta my legs. you are safe and so am i, but it definitely was not a very fun experience. your dad was pretty worried most of the day, but our doctor assured us all is well. sorry for the scare little one. its hard to not be a little clumsy when im starting to not be able to see my feet so well : ).

we’ve ventured into the double digits and you are now 98 days away (give or take a few im sure) from being inducted into this little family of ours. we are so excited! we love you so much penelope joy.

XOXO,

PregoProbs.

June 5, 2013

prego probs

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say it with me now…weight. gain. oof…tothemax.

one of my co workers asked me how i was the other day and i manged to say “im doing well thanks” before silently crying at my desk for a few minutes. (hormones.)

went for a walk up our street (maybe about a half mile) with my husband and our neighbors/best friends (who should expect there baby at any moment), woke up this morning super sore.

nearly wrastled a co worker over the delivery of a box that was extremely light. my fight to be able to carry things in the office remains a large one.

my husband is now the put-er on-er and take-r off-er of my shoes (good man.)

wheres my purse has now become a daily game that the mister and i play. my ability to remember the things ive done right after i have done them is non existent. phone. keys. hair tie. mind. they are all lost. all the time.

let the good times keep on rollin’.

25 weeks

June 4, 2013

baby, letters from M

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Good morning little one!

I just got back from the doctors office and you are growing right on track. Your heart beat is super strong and you are awesome!

I had another dream about you. In each of the dreams ive had about you (there have been two) the main theme is that you have huge blue eyes just like me and your dad and you are possibly the smiley-est baby i have ever seen. I was holding you in my arms and i said “well hello there little one!” and your face just lit up. I’m pretty sure this means you are gonna be a happy little baby with some righteous baby blues! : )

i seriously can not wait to meet you and I cant believe that we’re already at 25 weeks! and the next time we see the doctor we’ll be at 30 weeks…whoa. crazy.

we love you so much penny!

XOXO,

PregoProbs.

May 29, 2013

baby, life, prego probs

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going to knock on my neighbors door. never actually leaving my apartment and knocking on our own door from the inside. waiting for at least a minute before i realize what ive done.

fitting into my old pants with the help of a rubber band at 8am…feeling like im going to die at 9am, but stuck in my ultra tight pants until im off work at 5pm (i have since given up on this approach)

taking every pre prego item of clothing i have that is too small, and packing it up in boxes and put in our storage so i don’t keep trying to wear it and having a half hour long melt down about how i cant fit in anything.

putting on my sandals that need to be buckled around my ankle. the days when this was an easy task have left me at this point. while on this topic, lets thrown in cuffing my jeans.

waiting for my carpool buddy to give me a ride home i decided to pop myself up on a ledge. nearly flung myself face first into the ground. apparently bending at the waist is no longer a strength of mine.

oh the joys and adventures of a pregnant lady.