My Very First Blog Post EVER!

My Very First Blog Post EVER!
Cheers to 2011

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Vacation Rentals

Having this little munchkin soon makes me think that the time and money for vacation will be slim.
It's so hard because hubby and I love to travel.In fact, we've gone to Europe twice on a very small budget.
For Italy we used a website called europeandestinations.com, for Paris we used Paris-room-rental.com.
Both websites were great and we got amazing deals.

I am always keeping my eyes peeled for the next great travel discount website and I found that one today while searching around on the web for an "after-babymoon"- picture an after-baby honeymoon:)
Anyway this site was an awesome one for San Fransico vacation rentals.I found apartments, houses and B&B's all on the same website. I kid you not when I tell you they have some apartments for rent for $40/night. The site is nice becuase it breaks San Fran down into 36 different neighborhoods so you can pick and choose where you want to make your home base for vaca.

After baby makes his or her arrival and this momma feels the need for a vacation I'm definately keeping San Fran and this awesome website on my radar!

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Nesting

I've been so busy just trying to work full time and bake this little baby that I have truly been a blog slacker.
Exactly 2 months from now this little nugget is due and I have begun "nesting"
Nesting syndrome is defined as both biological and emotional. A part of it is instinct. A woman knows her body best. Women seem to know when the baby is about to arrive and thus the nesting syndrome takes over. Pregnant women can be found at this point cleaning vigorously, rearranging the baby's room and packing and unpacking the labor bag.
In my own words I feel like a crazy lunatic making:
lists of things that need to be bought
classes that need to be taken (ie: baby 101)
booking pediatrician consults and labor/delivery tours
figuring out what to pack in hospital bags
and currently at the moment washing all "baby's" clothes in Free and Clear detergent so I can fold and refold them while I decide how to arrange the closet.

At the same time hubby is building the baby's changing table in the garage- and no I do not mean it got delivered and he's putting it together... I literally mean he bought plywood and has been making it from scratch in the garage (what a special gift for mom and baby!)

Currently at 32 weeks I've packed on 21 pounds and praying the weight gain slows down before baby arrives. I look and feel VERY pregnant. Sleeping is a challenge and i get up between 2-4 times each night just to pee- seriously?!?! They say this is your body preparing you for baby to arrive and wake you up throughout the night. My 2x per week prenatal yoga has dwindled to once a week due to the preterm contractions I had a few days ago. I was put on bed rest for a week and thankfully they went away so exercise has been put on the back burner. The doc actually said "get lots of rest, eat healthy and don't gain too much weight!" Thanks for the encouragment doc!

Baby is head down - assuming the position- ALREADY! I can't wait to meet our little angel and I know that baby is going to be the most amazing gift. This has been such a wild ride! I will post more often to keep you all updated on the latest happenings! Thank you for being such loyal followers!

Having Family

Post contributed by Fletcher Vargas
It’s nice having wireless high speed internet at home and I keep telling my mom she needs to get it too. ever since she moved out to the beach by herself I wish she’d keep in better touch with us kids but you know, she just doesn’t seem to have any interest in that to tell you the truth! I love her to death but since she got divorced and retired she’s just in her own little world and I just can’t understand it. I never know what she’s up to or who she’s fraternizing with and that’s just not okay – she’s my mother and now that she’s older she’s my responsibility, you know what I mean? I wish I could talk her into moving closer to my sister and I but I honestly don’t think she likes us being all up in her grill, as she calls it. I think mom’s hiding something from us but I don’t know what it could be. A boyfriend, maybe? I don’t know but I’m going to find out!