The love/hate relationship with my Snoogle

Anyone that knows me, knows I love to sleep. Well this growing belly and continuous nighttime jaunts to the bathroom are making it rough to get a good nights sleep. The constant tossing and turning to find a comfortable position. Pillow positioning. I was loosing a lot of sleep. Then came Snoogle. I first heard about the Snoogle at a friends baby shower. I ordered it online at Amazon, as I didnt know where to get it locally here in San Francisco. * Silk Blue PJ's not included.


At first the Snoogle was a little intimidating as its almost half the size of me. But once I got used to it, it definately made things a little easier for me to get comfortable. Also, D loves it as its my "barrier" whereas I can not "steal the bed". Which, aside from sleeping, was the second thing that I love to do.




25 weeks
We had some friends in town this past weekend from New York for a wedding. Immediately, when they saw me they were like "dayyyyymn girl you're getting big!" (it had been a month since we last had seen them). So I thought I would post another lovely belly pic to keep you all updated on my "bigness."

I love that H&M is now carrying a selection of maternity clothes - while most of it is pretty hit and miss - I have managed to pick up some skinny grey denim jeans - which are SO comfortable. Who ever thought elastic waisted jeans could be comfortable AND fashionable
Anyhow, for those of you who care what they look like -

Another fav item of clothing is my American Apparel (I know, I know..I'm such a tool) bandeau dress which I wear as a high waisted skirt and look like a totally fashionable preggers lady. I wore it to my doctors office and my doctor (!) complimented me on it and then asked if I was "IN" fashion. OMG talk about a self esteem boost. I'm wearing that skirt everyday til this kid pops out.


I'll try to post more later this week. Its D and I's 2 year anniversary on Thursday. I guess its about time I get the ball rolling on getting my last name changed. The idea of a Social Security Office scares me.

Wow. I'm 6 months today. (that is if my preggers math is correct)

Frog Throw down at the Cal Academy of the Sciences.
We went to Nightlife at the California Academy of the Sciences in Golden Gate Park last Thursday. It was great - $12 to get in, 21+ over, and bars (ok the bars were not a main highlight for me) I really enjoyed walking around the Rainforest and exhibits without a million kids running around. Oh god, does that mean I am going to be a miserable mother?


On another subject, I have roughly 16 weeks until my due date. 16 weeks. It seems like alot of time. But we have so much still to do - Decide on childcare, update baby registry, doctors appointments, blood draws, weight gain, etc. Ok I'll stop myself there.


On a more serious note, there have been 3 murders in our neighborhood in the last week. I try to reassure myself that these are all "gang-related". But when these shootings happen in broad daylight 3 blocks from my house, I'm wondering to myself, "What if...I had been walking down that street...what if I had the baby with me" .

When we initially moved into our place in June 2008 there were a stream of murders (I want to say 15 people were killed in a course of 2 months.) The UPS driver informed me that one of the kids that was killed lived across the street. I remember when we moved in I would see a group of Mexican kids , decked out in white shirts which were 3x's too big hanging out in front of the house where the "kid" lived. We haven't seen them since the kid got killed. I've been trying to learn more about the gangs in our hood - the Norteños and Sorenos. Here is the recent news article I found about the murders 2 blocks from my house, mid-day Sunday on bustling 24th street.

To end this post on a more positive note - San Francisco's mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife had a baby girl last Friday. I hope that good ol' Gav is able to start implementing some more kids friendly activities (such as Sunday Streets)

23 weeks down...

So we made our first "big" purchase for the baby today - a Stroller! We found a Quinny Buzz in great condition on Craigslist. Its a great stroller and I love how easily the Maxi Cosi car seat adapts to the frame. D thought is was a little on the heavier side - but I feel we are going to be using it alot in the hood walking around so there shouldn't be too much need for me to lug it up our stairs. This nice thing is that the seat/car seat comes easily off the frame so if baby is asleep I just have to carry that part up.


So here I am at nearly 5 months.



I'm just starting to get an Outie. Thank god for maternity pants.

My staple articles of clothing while getting bigger:
1. H&M Mama Black pants
2. American Apparel - Bandeau dress worn as a high waisted skirt - nicely accentuates the baby bump
3. Empire Waist anything - thank you for coming back into fashion!
4. My Keds - they fit no matter how swollen my feet get.



I went to a few maternity shops and sample sales and was so appalled. The clothing for maternity is so hideous unless you want to drop the bucks for some designer duds. I lucked out BIG TIME when I hit up the Goodwill Boutique in West Portal one day. Not only did they have a selection of designer jeans on sale for $10/pair - I was able to find three pairs of newer Maternity (Sevens, Earl Jeans and Diesel). I've had some good luck scoring maternity clothes at Thrift stores. The best/cheapest purchase was a vintage black lace dress that I found while I was in Dayton, Ohio for a week for work. $2! I have yet to wear it as I'm saving it for a special occasion.

I did manage to find a cute jean skirt at Motherhood.

Ok enough about Maternity clothes and me - Its back to baby stuff....