Nautical

Dress: Ross

Sandals: Target (last year)

Watch: Target

Necklace: Gift

Sunnies:Target

This was another dress that I bought when I was pregnant with Harper and I still love it!  You may notice that when it warms up, my spring/summer uniform is an easy dress and some sort of sandal.  It doesn't really get much easier than a dress (unless you are breastfeeding, which I currently am, and feedings can be a bit awkward if you have to basically pull your entire dress up to access the goods!).

Also, I am still finding silk worms on my body after taking these pictures!  They are EVERYWHERE!

In other random news:

I saw a man walking a pig this morning. Yep, you read that right, walking a pig. on a leash. a pig. Like full on Babe, not a little one!

Also, Ainsley has a loose tooth.  If you are basically anyone but me, this would be an exciting time! Her first loose tooth! For me, not so much!  I can take blood and guts and pretty much anything else, but put a child in front of me and wiggle their barely hanging on loose tooth and I will likely barf everywhere!

Linking up with Lindsey, Shanna, Lauren, Rachel, and Andrea

Preparing For a Little One

So the adorable Kaitlyn recently found out she and her husband are expecting their first child.  She decided to host a weekly series to help her get ready for life with a little one!  I am no expert, but thought she may benefit from some of the things I have learned as a mom of two. Some of these things other people have told me and others I have learned on my own.

The first week of her series is all about registering.  What to you absolutely MUST have, what would be nice, and what to not bother with.

I will start with my must haves.  These are things that I absolutely wouldn't have been able to live without with both of my girls.

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1- I know a lot of people talk about swaddling your baby and how helpful it can be.  Well I am not here to disagree one bit!!  I have had the pleasure of having both an extremely colicky (fussy) baby and a very happy baby, both of which LOVED the swaddle.  I did learn my way around the MANY different swaddling blankets though!  With Ainsley (my first) it was about a month in when I found the Miracle Blanket.  This thing was sent from heaven! Other swaddles were never "tight" enough and would always come loose, not the Miracle Blanket, that baby was wonderful!  I recommend getting AT LEAST two for when you need to wash one!

2- You are going to need a diaper disposal of some sort.  Many people use the Diaper Genie, which I have heard is great.  I on the other hand prefer the Diaper Champ.  If you are a family on a budget I highly recommend this, as you don't need to purchase "special" refills like you do for the Genie.  You simply place a kitchen trash bag into the base and, if you prefer, some sort of odor absorb-er such as baking soda, I skip this step as the Champ does a really good job holding in all odors!

3- If you are planning on breast feeding, lanolin cream is an absolute MUST those first few weeks.  I will be honest, those first weeks can be excruciating, especially if baby doesn't latch properly! The lanolin cream gives relief to those sore nipples! I am not really recommending any specific brand but I used Lansinoh and really liked it!

4-Whether you decide to breast feed or not you are going to need nursing pads!  During those first few weeks your body is producing milk on overload and trying to figure out how much baby is eating (or not eating) and you are bound to leak ALL. OVER. EVERYTHING.!  This is where nursing pads come in to play.  There are different absorbency levels to choose from, I recommend getting super to start and go from there.

5-The last must have is the snap and go swing.  I used the Graco Snugride car seat,which is awesome in itself, it clicks right in to this swing.  This thing was a life saver when we would come home and baby was asleep in her car seat.  You would just take the seat out of the car and click it into the swing and baby would continue to nap!  I also really liked this swing because it it small and doesn't need it's own corner of the room!

Seriously?!

I would like to start by saying that I am truly blessed to have had such a healthy pregnancy and to have made it almost to my due date.  I know a lot of women aren't as lucky and have to deal with a lot worse than I have!  

That being said, HOW AM I STILL PREGNANT!  Seriously, I am completely stumped on this one.  At my last doctor visit, the good ole' doc shared a very scary/obvious piece of information with me!  This little girl is huge! Like possibly a 9lber!  To some of you that might not seem so bad, but what you may not understand is I'm not a tall gal!  I am 5'3" at best and the majority of that is definitely not my torso!  I don't understand how it is possible that I am even capable of growing such a giant baby, much less expected to carry her around in that non-existent torso!

I (and everyone else) thought for sure that I would have had her by now, but apparently I like my babies like I like my chicken, extra crispy!  Ainsley was 4 days overdue and that scares the begeesus out of me!  I am afraid if I don't have this one soon, she is going to be bigger than the Turkey we are having for Thanksgiving! Oh, and speaking of Thanksgiving, if she doesn't get her chubby butt out soon, we may be having lovely hospital food for Thanksgiving!

Alright, that's enough of my whining (for now)!  I am turning my oven off, so baby girl if you don't get out soon it's going to get really cold!  Also, I see the doc. again tomorrow and am going to beg for an induction! 

Update from the Peanut Gallery- The big 3-0

No, I don't mean 30 years old, I mean 30 weeks preggo!!
Just thought I would give a little update on how the little peanut and I are doing:

• Weight gain: I've done really well this time around and have only gained a total of 13 lbs!! (WAY less than when I was preggo with Ainsley) 
• Baby girl likes to dance! I mean seriously, I don't think she ever sleeps!
• Sleep-HA! When I'm not getting up to use the bathroom, I'm trying to get comfortable all the while, she is busy doing jazzercise in my belly!
• The good ole' doc called today to inform me that I have a slight case of anemia. Time to double down on the iron, sooo yeah that should make my bathroom trips non-existent! Sorry TMI!
• Stretch Marks- Unfortunately, they haven't gone anywhere since my last pregnancy! Bummer!
• Belly Button is popped like a turkey timer
• My mood has been pretty good other than the small amount of stress I am under to find a new place, hopefully before this kiddo makes her debut!
• Nursery-see above! Thinking about this makes my head hurt! All I want to do is decorate a nursery but you can't decorate something you don't have! Fingers crossed this next week or so will be productive on the home front!
• My energy level is pretty high!  I guess right now I don't really have a choice, between Ainsley's preschool and choir practice, my school work, cooking, and housework (or intentions of doing housework but really blogging) I don't have time to think about how tired I am!
• I am now seeing the doc. every two weeks, which should make time really fly by (hello anxiety!).  Next week I have another ultrasound to make sure this old placenta of mine has gotten out of the way, so fingers crossed, and I'm really excited to get to see peanut again! 

What I Wore Wednesday/ 30 for 30 week 1

So when I started this blog I knew I wanted to incorporate some sort of fashion post every week.  I came across this awesome blog, Momma's Me Time, and she features a what I wore post.  So basically I'm stealing this idea and for the time being meshing it with my 30 for 30 posts!

Onto my 30 for 30 challenge!  As I mentioned in my original post here, I will more than likely break a few rules.  Well it turns out I have already done so!  I cannot fit into my cropped jeans and have had to go out and purchase maternity jeans. Also I am convinced that if I keep thinking and dressing like it's fall that cooler weather will arrive, so I have taken my shorts out of the mix as well and swapped them for these awesome burgundy pants!  Also, I had to swap my black tee for a longer white tee.  I'm pretty sure no one wants to see me walking around with my belly hanging out of my shirt!  Last change was swapping my black/brown wedges for my Sperrys.  I squeezed my foot into them for one outfit last week and sadly realized my poor swollen feet just aren't cut out for those shoes right now!
 I know that I have made a lot of changes, but in my defense, I made these changes before actually starting the challenge, so I'm technically not cheating!

So just to recap:

Now that I have cleared that up, here are this past weeks outfits:

30 for 30 Challenge

This challenge was started by Kendi over at KendiEveryday, here . This is such a great challenge to get you to use what you have in your closet instead of going shopping everyday, which I found myself doing lately. If you haven't heard of the challenge, the rules are very simple:
 1: Choose 30 items from your closet: tops, bottoms, dresses, and shoes
 2: Create a new outfit everyday
 3: No Shopping!

 This should be very interesting for me as I continue to get larger! I may end up bending the rules a bit or swapping some of my original pieces for items that I can fit into.
 I will stay true to the no shopping rule!
 My plan is to start this challenge September 1. Only a few shopping days left!
Please feel free to join in the fun, I would love to see some of your outfits! Just leave a comment in the comment section with a link to your outfits!
 Here are the items I have chosen (I do own an iron, I promise!!)

 Tops:

From Left: Blue Print Top: Target, Red Stripe Shirt: Thrift, Red Shirt: Motherhood, Rose Shirt: Consignment, Pink Shirt: Thrift

From Left: Black Shirt: Gifted, Black/White Striped Sirt: Motherhood, Blue Tee: Target, Tan Shirt: Ross, Black/White Layered Top: Gifted

From Left: Pink Shirt: Motherhood, Black Tee:Target

From Left: Blazer: Thrift (Ann Taylor), Purple Cardigan: Gift, White Cardigan: Ross, Grey Cardigan: Ann Taylor LOFT, Purple Cardigan: Target

 Dresses:

From Left: Grey Dress: Ross, Striped Tube Dress: Ross

 Bottoms:

From Left: Shorts: Motherhood, Capris: Motherhood, Navy Skirt: Thrift, Teal Skirt: Thrift, Black Maxi: Thrift

 Shoes:

From Top Left: Black/Brown Wedges: Ross, Brown Sandals: Target, Silver Flats: Ross, Flip Flops: Rainbows

I will try to take a picture everyday of my outfits and do one post a week including the last week's outfits.
Wish me luck and happy mixing!!

The party don't start 'till I walk in!

As I mentioned before, I am a little late to the pregnancy documenting party, about 7 months to be exact. The important thing is that I am here now! So let's get this party started. Don't get me wrong, I haven't come completely empty handed! I have managed to take a few growing belly pics along the way, they did start to thin out and I am hoping to pick back up! I should also mention that neither I nor Scott are photographers, actually we couldn't be farther from it! I have a basic Nikon digital camera and a trigger happy finger, so generally I am lucky to get one good shot! So here it goes, starting at 7 weeks!

First peek at peanut #2!

Baby Girl!

A little about us!

Hi! I'm Angela, husband is Scott, peanut #1 is Ainsley, peanut #2 is due in November, and our dog is Dinah. We are just a silly little family living in North Carolina and this is my blog documenting the craziness! I am currently 7 months pregnant and we couldn't be more excited for our peanut gallery to expand. Ainsley will be 5 in September and is SO looking forward to a baby sister! I have been wanting to start a blog since I found out I was pregnant, 7 months ago. I am a little late to that party but that's alright! So this is my blog about pregnancy, fashion (or lack of!), interior design, and my silly life! Thanks for reading!!