Old Wives Tales

The other day I was looking in the mirror when I noticed a new brown mark on the side of my face. Usually I would freak out (not another pimple!!) but this time I jumped for joy! I immediately Googled “Pregnancy AND Old Wives Tales” to see if my memory served me correctly – that a baby girl will “steal your beauty” and many women will get a brown mark on their face for every girl they deliver. Google didn’t deliver the results I was hoping for, so I went to the next best source – my mom. She confirmed the old wives tale, and I was elated! Can you tell I was hoping for a baby girl? Not that I wouldn’t be excited with a baby boy, but I think I may be way over-protective for a boy. I’d always be worried about him falling down, roughhousing, and so on. You know – doing boy stuff. So after I convinced myself I was having a girl, I looked into two more old wives tales – first, the Chinese Birth Chart. Results? Boy. Then I did the test where I put the ring over my belly and see what way it swings. As much as I willed the ring to swing in circles, it only swung back and forth – which means boy! So now I’m back to square one. Guess I’ll have to wait until August 17th to find out!

The Maternity Fashion Gods are Smiling!

My fashion dilemma has temporarily come to a halt. For some reason, I've only been able to find maternity jeans that are cropped like capris. I know I'm having hot flashed like nobody's business, but not on my ankles! Today I was surfing the "new arrivals" in Target's maternity section and I found them -- prego skinny jeans! I of course ordered them.. I'll post pics as soon as I get them in. Here is a link: http://www.target.com/Liz-Lange-Skinny-Denim-Lena/dp/B001VG0NG8/qid=1247860815/ref=br_1_3/192-4016519-2826050?ie=UTF8&node=3073601&frombrowse=1&rh=&page=1

My Slice of Heaven

I thought lying on the white sand beach of a Mexican resort was heaven on earth. That was until I purchased my pregnancy pillow! I had no idea this huge, body-hugging pillow would become my nest each night, giving me the most comfortable sleep of my life! It may take up three-quarters of our Queen sized bed, but even my husband thinks it’s worth it if it means I stopped the tossing and turning of my first trimester.

This is the pregnancy pillow I got from WalMart.com: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2128727