I should be a doctor!

Well, after another pointless doctor's appointment, I decided to become my own doctor for the day and admit myself to the world of "bed rest" starting Monday. Once I heard the word "normal" come out of that man's mouth I almost punched him in the face. Sure, bloating and swelling can be normal for pregnancy, but it's not comfortable, so stop making it seem like it's no big deal.  JERKFACE. My little group at work is amazing and knew it was my time to relax before becoming a mommy in 11 days!!!! Luckily my listing skills have yet again come to my rescue, and I finished up every last thing I needed to do in order to leave my job completely organized and easy for everyone to keep it up while I'm gone. Can't wait to see the piles of paperwork left at my desk for me to return to in December. Oh well people, it's almost baby time! So for the next week I'll be relaxing as much as I can through the back pains and swelling. My feet already looked horrible by 8:00am today, so I know this was the best decision for my body. I'm hoping to get by the pool, for some color and napping time, and maybe even a little kicking around the water would do my circulation some good. Then Wednesday I have an ultrasound in the hospital to check on the babe's weight and measurements for my c-section, and then my last doctors appointment right after that. Fun Fun Fun! Can't wait to be done with all these doctors soon. But not soon enough. Oh well, I just hope to get back to some normal schedule of blogging since I'll be home now. Cross your fingers! Have a great weekend y'all!!

This is who I'm turning into...

Fred Flintstone

and his huge, scary, FEEEEEET!!!

They don't even blow up by the end of the day anymore. It's like once I get ready for my day, we drive over to work, I get to my desk and look down, I already made my transformation into the cartoon neanderthal!

And then my calves, arms, and hands join in on the fun too, and soon I turn into a

human sized blowfish!

6 more working days sounds like an eternity to me.

Let's just see what the doctor has to say about all this uncomfortable bloating at my appointment today..."It's normal" better not slip from his lips or else IMMABEPISSED!!

13 daysss!!!

Overloadddd

  I feel like I should apologize to all my sweeet readers. I have absolutely no drive right now to blog about anything. I just feel like I'm on overload with everything going on in my life, all at once of course, and that I'm just not able to write about anything.   Yet, I do feel like I can make a list for y'all to see what I have on my plate right now:

• getting everything prepared at work for my maternity leave in 7 working days
• giving birth in exactly 2 weeks from today
• my newborn daughter's surgery
• my own recovery
• her recovery (length of which we have no clue about, which is a huge concern)
• getting her insured and on my Aflac as soon as she arrives
• finding a pediatrician
• becoming a full-fledged Mommy once she can come home
• preparing and moving out of our apartment by November 30th
• moving into my parent's house (basically us 3 in 1 bedroom)
• finding a house suitable for my family and my parents by the end of December
• moving into our new place by the beginning of January
• leaving my baby girl with my Mom and going back to work
• Laz's birthday, family visits, and Holidays in between this all
• possibly doing something fun for my birthday (December 29th)
• getting back my pre-baby body

It might not all be happening in 1 week, but I'm a worry-er, and since this is all happening in 3-4 months, it's got me a little scrambled in the brain. So please bear with me over the next few days while I try to just relax, and figure out what the hell to write about. You guys are all great and I hate to let you down with lack-luster posts! <3  

Weekend Recap!

 Sorry everyone! I know you all worry when I'm not around for a day, or 3...but I promise the little one is still baking in my slowly-falling oven. She really gave me a show this weekend, I couldn't even walk at one point from all the pain. But even with that, we still managed to go out and actually do something this weekend! Shocked right?!   Friday night, after a much needed pedicure, I had a few contractions, but we still managed to get me out the door for dinner with a friend from work and his wife. I don't know how we managed to order so much food, and eat it all, but it slowed down my contractions and we enjoyed the night out.   Laz didn't work this weekend, so we got to sleep in until it was time for some iced pumpkin coffees! The girls on the morning weekend shifts at Dunkin Donuts now know us and our orders by heart, which is sad and awesome all at the same time. We needed screws to fix up our bed frame, so we headed over to Home Depot for them, only for me to start having horrible pains as I tried to waddle around. Two steps was all I could talk at a time, before I had to stop to clench at my belly. I somehow made it into the car and Laz practically had to carry me up the stairs to our apartment, where I laid on the couch for a good 5 hours. At least it was a good time to eat some pizza and watch a couple of movies together. As I started to feel better, we decided to visit Laz's Mom and Step-Dad, eat some empanadas, then take his younger Step-Brother and Sister to Dave and Busters for some fun. I pretty much agreed to it because I know there are plenty of stools around where I could sit as they played games...all 3 kids were happy, of course I included my husband as one of the kids. Example below:  

We all had a good time. They're such sweet kids, and definitely deserve to have a little fun every now and then!

Sunday was better for me in the pain category, I guess the baby decided to give her Mommy at least 1 a day of rest! We spent the day at my Parent's house watching football and eating, of course. I grabbed more baby stuff from my baby shower stock pile, and brought it back to our place. So now her changing table is all equiped for cleaning up messes, and my diaper bag is ready to go!

15 more daysss!!!

Friday Letters!

  Linking up again with Ashley over at Adventures of Newlyweds!   Dear Monday and Tuesday, boo you whores! You guys flew by way too fast and disrupted the rest of the week that just dragggggged by. Or should I be saying... Dear Wednesday, and Thursday, hate chu! Seriously, you guys crept by and were the most painful days of the week, not cool! Thursday, you only slightly catch a break because we got to see our little one during our last sonogram appointment, lucky you. Dear Friday, thanks for showing up, finally. Dear Weekend, I have no idea what you have in store for Laz and I. I don't even know if the hubby is working or not. But I'm sure some baby stuff will be thrown in the mix. And of course iced pumpkin coffeeeeeees!!! Dear Baby Girl, holy moly, someone looks like their Mommy! Lucky for Daddy, now he'll have two of us to love! Only 19 more days until we meet you face to face, and we can't wait to see those big cheeks and pouty lips! <3 Dear Hubby, thank youuuuuuuu! You've been putting up with a lot of moans and groans this past week, and you've been handling it greatly! Washing dishes, getting me random things when I can't get off the couch, and waking up in the middle of the night to rub my back to get me to fall asleep, you're the bestest ever!! <3 Dear Brother, only 18 more days until you arrive for your week long visit! We've all missed you tons, and can't wait to see your bearded face. And you become an uncle while you're here, how awesome is that?! Dear Moving Date, well thanks for the surprise of being pushed up a whole month early! Here we were thinking our lease was up at the end of December, but in fact it's up at the end of November. Which measn we'll be squishing into my parents 2 bedroom during Thanskgiving time, and then all moving into a bigger house at Christmas time. FUN FUN FUN! Dear Maternity Leave, I'm thinking 8 weeks (unpaid-bummer!) won't be enough at all!!!!! OY VEY! Dear Nesting, can't wait to take this weeks trip to Michaels for some more supplies and get to crafting! Afterall, Christmas is only 15 weeks away peoples!!   Have a great weekend everyone!!! :)  

 

OH, how Pinteresting?!

Before I get started with my favorite linkup, I'd just like to thank everyone who read and/or commented on yesterday's post. I literally had it written and saved as a draft for about a week and a half before I decided it was time to post it. And after receiving all of y'alls love and support, I'm very glad I shared it finally. You're all amazing people, and friends, so thank you again. <3   Alrighty, pinning time again, with the lovely Michelle at The Vintage Apple!     This week shall be random pins of mine because I'm in a random state of mind, and because I'm too lazy to come up with an overall topic to pin about. So yea, enjoy!    

AMEN.

The perfect back for a sweeet little white dress.

I'd like this as a print for the little girl's nursery.

Oscar de la Renta Spring 2013...WOW!

skinny pizzas! zucchini with roma tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella....yum!

 

 Good quote.

Light and comfy sweater.

The perfect date night at home...use a blow up kiddie pool and fill with pillows and blankets to cuddle under the stars!!!

Personal time...

I'm going to start off by explaining that this is an emotional topic for me. So much so that only the closest people in mine and my husband's world know about it. But this blog is about expressing my feelings as much as anything else, and now I feel like it's time to open up and get comfortable enough to share this with all of you. You've been amazing supporters up until now about anything and everything I write about, and I believe you'll only help me through this even more.    Now, remember back a few posts, when I was complaining or blabbering on about something that had to do with my pregnancy, and I said that this hasn't been the easiest pregnancy to go through... well I decided today is the day I share with you why that is.    At the end of April, we had one of our regularly scheduled checkups, which included a blood collection to test if the baby could possibly carry the genes for Down's Syndrome. I was weighed, my blood pressure was taken, and we heard the little one's heartbeat, which was strong as usual, after chatting a bit with my doctor, we went on our merry way. I wasn't too worried about the results of that test because there are so many false positives for it, so it flew out of my mind until our next appointment in May.   The day of our appointment finally rolled around, and that morning I began to feel a bit nervous, which I'm sure is normal for first time mommys. I cried into Laz's shoulder asking all the "what-ifs" that came to my mind, and he just reassured me that no matter what everything would be ok, and we'd handle it together. Waiting for the doctor to come into my room that day felt like an enternity instead of just 10 minutes. And then when he finally opened the door, I saw his face. No one with good news has ever made the face he had on, ever. So he came over and gave me a hug to tell me my test result came back positive. I just felt numb. I still wasn't sure how to feel with all the false positives that occur. He told me my next appointment would be the gender scan ultrasound, so during that they would measure my baby for signs of Down's Syndrome, and then we'd really know what the future would hold.   Now, thinking back from now, I think we both took that information about our baby extremely well, and even explained the news to our family pretty greatly too. The timing wasn't so great being just 2 weeks before our wedding, but instead of everyone being all nervous, we were all excited about the wedding and super busy, that we didn't have the time to dwell on it. And of course we were naive and thought, "Nothing will be wrong with our baby!"   So 2 more weeks flew by, and it's 2 days before our wedding, the day of our gender scan ultrasound. To be honest, we were still up in the clouds and just wanted to know the sex of our baby. We decided to have a big reveal at our wedding for everyone to learn what little bundle of joy would be delievered in October. I was nervous, but I hid it. So went into the ultrasound room and got ready for our own private reveal. The ultrasound tech was a very quiet guy, hardly told us anything he was doing as he measured every centimeter of our baby's body. Many, many pictures and measurements later, he gets up and says he needed to speak to my doctor and would be right back. Laz and I looked at each others and both thought the same thing. We didn't think he needed the doctor's approval to tell us whether it was a boy or girl. And why didn't he just point it out on the screen? A few minutes later he said to follow him into the examination room and to wait for the doctor to come in.   As I sat through another set of the longest 10 minutes of my life, I kept telling Laz "this isn't normal" over and over again. And then the door opened, and I saw my doctor's face again. That same sad face. The same face that comes with bad news. And then he just hugged me. Tighter this time. And ended it with a kiss on my cheek. I remember feeling very heavy, like I was sinking into the table. And the tears welled up fast in my eyes, like they do now as I type this. When my doctor finally he spoke, he told us it wasn't Down's Syndrome, but something else.   Our baby was diagnosed with a birth defect, called Gastroschsis. It's when there is a hole in the abdominal wall to the right of her belly button, where intestines are protruding out of her belly. I just looked at Laz, as my lips began to quiver, which is always the beginning stages of a crying meltdown for me. He looked like he was on the verge of tears as well, but he sucked them up and started asking questions because he knew I couldn't. My doctor reassured us that this defect is completely cureable, but rare, and needed immediate surgery after she'd be born by c-section. And then it really hit me. My baby would be taken from me, as soon as she gasped her first real breath of air, to already go under for a surgery. My doctor also told us it was neither one of our genes that caused this defect, it happened when she first began to grow inside of me, and it wouldn't likely happen to any future children of ours. He also informed me that I'd be transferring doctors to a friend of his who is more prepared for this birth, and so was his attending hospital, which has a highly recommended NeoNatal section that would be equipped for her stay.   So much changed in just a few minutes, that I was dumbfounded. I couldn't think of a thing to say except, "Do you at least know the baby's sex?" But unfortunately he said her intestines were in the way and we wouldn't know until she grew a bit more. We didn't even have the glimmer of good news to share with our families in just 2 days at our wedding. That broke my heart. Once we left I broke down into Laz's shoulder as he held me in the hallway. He kept repeating "It's fixable, it's cureable babe, the baby will be fine after the surgery, it won't have to live with this their whole life, just for a little while." It made me feel better because he was right, it could've always been worse, and it wasn't. But I still kept that evil question burning in the back of my head, screaming "Why MY baby?!"   Tomorrow I will be 36 weeks pregnant, with this strong baby girl growing amazingly well inside of me. It's been a journey, kind of a rough journey, but we're getting through it. It took us 3 more ultrasounds before they could tell us our baby was 100% a girl, and to actually see her girly parts around her intestines. And as far as her defect does go, it's not as large as other cases have been seen, the intestines are also not swollen or irritated due to the amniotic fluid, and no other organs are protuding which is very good news.   One thing every doctor that has examined her through an ultrasound has said is that she has a beautiful heart. It's strong and has amazing detail for such a young baby. Every valve, every chamber, every pump it makes looks perfect. That never gets old to hear for this mommy.   That evil question pops back into my mind sometimes, but not as often as it did in the beginning, when we found out about our baby's news. I like to believe that this is just the path our little family was supposed to take. And luckily... it's cureable, it's fixable, we'll be ok.  

No weekend recap because I'm boring...

  Seriously, I'm not going to keep updating y'all on all the chores I've done, or all the baby clothes I got pre-washed. Ok, I will, but real quick! The apartment was cleaned with my husband's help, and all the little girl's 3-6 month old clothes are freshly cleaned with my Mama's help. I finally got to see The Five Year Engagment, and of course Laz complained it was boring, but I enjoy my Jason Segel (writing & staring in it, yay!) oh-so-much and I loved it. There were a couple of iced pumpkin coffees sipped (more like gulped for Laz) and some yummy snacks ate during football. I also started some Christmas crafts that will be some family members gifts this year. They're too cute, I'll share them when I finsih them up! And that concludes my weekend. Slightly productive, but highly boring...welcome to my current life!     And now to switch it up a bit, I'm going to share a little story from my adventures at work today: SOMEONE EXPLODED IN THE BATHROOM! That didn't need to be in all caps or in a larger sized font, because that will grabs anyone's attention. But for real though, someone did. And then decided not to clean up/plunge/let anyone know what happened, and left the mess for the FedEx guy to find. EMBARASSING. Luckily that wasn't a client but a delivery guy that bugs me everyday, so I didn't feel too bad for him to find that. OK, yes I did, it's not nice, he just wanted to pee. He even said his next stop was the jail down the road and he rather use their bathroom. That's saying something. I finally tracked down our janitorial woman, and explained how I refuse to look since I'm pregnant and somehow feel that looking at the mess could harm myself and my unborn baby. She takes a peek, tries to flush, and proceeds to run out of the building and into the bushes to get sick. This girl is very happy she didn't look. So anyways, the mess got cleaned, bleached, mopped, and taken care of. An email is also being written by our HR department to inform people that this type of behavior is rude and just plain disgusting. Even more sad is that everyone who uses that bathroom either is old enough to know how to use a toilet and clean up after themselves, or even have Ph.D.'s.   And the moral of the story peoples is never think I'll have a normal blog entry, I could just end up talking about poop! Just wait until the little one arrives! ;)   KIDDING.  

What a waste of makeup!

  I'd like to update you ladies on my exciting waste of makeup kinda day I had yesterday.   My alarm went off as usual at 5:45am and I started my daily routine, but noticed these progressing stab-like pains in my lower stomach. I thought, ok if this keeps up I'll try to breathe through it and get all my work done by lunch at 11:00am, and then just stay home to rest. A half day without pay is better than a full day without pay. So I'm huffing and puffing as I shower, put on my makeup, eat breakfast, get dressed, and wake up Laz. I'm finally all done, go to grab my chapstick and Laz sees the painful express plastered all over my face. He goes, "What are you doing?! You're in too much pain for work, get in bed and call in to say you're staying home!" He's such a bully. So I do what I'm told, and lay down in the most comfortable position I could find while I'm still having these horrid pains. Laz leaves for work, and once he gets there he calls me to tell me he can't work while I'm laying there like that in bed, so he was going to leave once he finished his job. Luckily I passed out for a few hours, and woke up to him coming home at 9:30am. We called the doctor and he said to go into the maternity ward if the pains aren't going away. So I call my mom to get her ready to be picked up, take a quick shower, and pack up the rest of my last minute items for my hospital bag just in case I get admitted. And as I finish up with all of that, the pains subsided, of course.   We all decided to still see my doctor to get checked out, and they said it's normal to have these contractions now during my pregnancy since it's the beginning of the end. Lovely. I hope these happen more on the weekends or at night so I don't miss too much work over them, since I have until October 5th for my maternity leave to start.   I'm not techincally on bed rest, but I'm forcing myself to start taking it easy as much as possible. I'm asking for more help at work when I need it, and having Laz take over chores as I supervise him. My body is obviously done with this pregnancy, but the little one isn't quit ready to come out, so I have to take over now and make sure there's no surprise appearance by her over the next few weeks.   I hope y'all have a great weekend, have some fun for me ladies!! :)  

OH, how Pinteresting!?

It's time yet again to share some of my favorite pins with y'all thanks to Michelle from The Vintage Apple!     I decided this week will be focused on photographs I'd love to have done for my baby girl, I never knew how hard it'd be to find a decent photographer in my area, but I think I finally did yesterday, which makes me even moire excited for these next 28 days to go by fast!!!  

I'll be taking this one myself, I think it's so sweet.

Love that it'll have our little girl focused in on.

And thenin  this one, she'll be getting the kisses.

Once we get moved in, her nusery will be set up first, so these pictures will have to happen.

"All because two people fell in love."

This is too sweeet.

I LOVE TUTUS!

Hospital shots, right before and right after delivery.

 And there you have it, a few photos I love and would love to recreate in our future sessions.   I hope you all have a good Wednesday, and that the rest of your week flies by! :)  

Product Fails!

So sometimes I'll be watching TV, and see a sparkly new product I don't have hidden in my huge stash under our sick in the bathroom, and think... "WHY NOT?! MUST TRY NOW! GRRR!@!" Or something along those lines.   And so, I make my way to Walmart/Walgreens/CVS/Target to get said product. And suprisingly most of the time they work out, I'm like "SCORE!!"   And then there are those times, when I try it out for a few days, weeks, to realize... IT BLOWS. So disappointing.   So I figured I'd share with you a few products I've come to try, and loathe. As they either sit under my sink collecting dust, or get returned because I hate wasting money of failure items.   #1: Clean & Clear Oil Absorbing Cream Cleanser:

Oh baby, was I excited when I first saw this commercial! My face turns into a greasy mess by 9:00am, thank you Italian genes, and I literally try any product that claims it will help control that oil. So I buy this, give it about 1 week and a half, and realize IT BLOWS. I started to break out all over my chin, and it did nothing to help my oiliness. My husband even commented that it looked like it just swirled around my makeup instead of cleaning it off. The man I have to remind to wash his hair noticed that, so obviously this product was a fail.

#2 Vaseline Mini Lip Therapy Tub:

I'm a sucker for any product up by the register, except candy, I don't like spending money on candy, gum yes, chocolate no, I don't know why. Moving on...this little guy is seriosuly mini and adorable, which is why I picked it up to try. The next reason was because it was for my lips, and I'm a serious lip product junkie. I figured I could use this at night to wake up with baby butt soft lips, but no, it didn't work. It left my lips very waxy when I applied it, then very sticky and dry in the morning. TOTALLY BLOWS.

I also realized I like either a medicated or just mint-infused lip treatment for at night, and this was just blah, so it's a no-go for me...could be a great cuticle cream though.

#3 Tresemme Dry Shampoo:

I should've been smarter and known this was going to be a failure product right from the beginning. I hate dry shampoos, always have, and I believe always will. For the true reason being that I have to wake up with a shower everyday, and I can't just wash my body and leave my hair dirty and dry. I've tried it and it does me no good. But me being the silly girl I am, I jumped on the dry-shampoo-2nd-day-hair-band-wagon after seeing the commercial for this particular product. I also tried this brand because I enjoy Tresemme products, like their hairpsrays, and especially their prices. Well, I was disappointed to say the least. I used it and literally looked like I sprinkled a bottle of baby powder on my head, that's how chalky it looked on my hair. Then it just did nothing for oil absorbtion, because like my face, my hair gets super greasy too, hence the morning shower. I didn't look like I just left the salon at all, and so

IT BLOWS.

And that concludes my list of product fails for today. Y'all might not agree with any of these, but that's why they make so many different products out there...to make us all waste our money and bitch about something. ;)

Weekend Update

So I hope you all saw/read/enjoyed my last post about all the wonderful gifts we receved from our baby shower, if not click it peoples!   As for the crazy happenings from this weekend, I'll be sharing them with y'all through:     Thanks to the adorable Sami's Shenanigans!   Ok, so let's get this preggo brain in rewind, and see if I can remember what I did this weekend...and let me tell you, my brain can hardly remember what was for breakfast, even if I just finished eating it, no joke.   So Friday, we finished up our short week of work, which felt more like a looong week from hell. Laundry was done, freeze-n-bake cookies were popped in the oven, Project X was watched, and then my husband became a whining 16 year old wishing he could throw a crazy party like that. Really hunny? How about you just rub my feet and cuddle with me at 10:30pm til I fall asleep. Way better, no?   Saturday started at 8:30am trying to get Laz out of bed to get breakfast, but not before we stopped so I could get my iced pumpkin coffee fix at Dunkin' Donuts. Sorry everyone, but DD does it better for me than Starbucks, it's probably because their's is less spiced and easier on my wallet. From breakfast *we picked up my parents* to start our crazy errand day. Which consisted of a WIC appointment, shopping at the Carters and Gap outlets, eating lunch at Flannigans, heading over to the hospital to pre-register (and to finally get it done after roaming around to 3 different places in the hospital, since no one knows where to send the pregnant girl), Babies 'R Us to use up most of our giftcards to get the rest of our little one's essentials, over to Laz's parent's house to say hi and get some more gifts that were given to us from family friends, back to Babies 'R Us to return the diaper pale I bought before I received it 20 minutes later as a gift, then one last quick stop at our favorite Cuban resturant because baby wanted some pasteries. We finally finished up our day at 9pm. Ridiculous. But we have to get all this run-around stuff done on the weekends, because after work I cook, clean up a bit, try to hang out with my hubby, and pass out.   **And just as a side note, I love my parents, and how incredibley supportive they've been to both me and Laz throughout all of this. Without my Mom right now I'd be lost...and without my Dad right now Laz would lose his BFF. Seriously, I don't think they talked to my Mom or I for more than 15 minutes for the whole day...they were both in their own little weirdo-boy-world making fun of each other, dancing and singing in the car, wondering what we were complaining about in the backseat. It was so annoying, but deep down it makes me really happy that they get a long so well. No guy has ever been so amazing with my family but Laz, and I'm so grateful for that because my family is my life.**   Alrighty, so Sunday was better. Not so crazy. Not so much to do. Laz woke me up at 9:30am flicking and poking my lips, like he always does...it soooo aggrivating cute. He headed over to Dunkin' Donuts like a good husband and picked up some decaf iced pumpkin coffee for me...which made up for waking me up. I cleaned up a bit and we decided to go to my parents for some football and pasta, a tradition of my family that Laz jumped right into. But of course my preggo brain made a detour for us before we could just relax.  I completely "lost" the dress I bought at the Gap outlet the day before, the only thing I bought for myself. To make this short, I go back to the store to tell them, they didn't believe me, watched the camera and saw them bag the dress, I left sad that I can't remember anything anymore, and then found it at my Mom's house in my old closet where I've been storing clothes I'm buying for after the baby. Yep, so annoying. Anywayssss, we ate a bunch, and started prewashing all the babies clothes and blankets and washcloths, and towels. Then, when we returned home after dinner, I cleaned out of closet to fit the baby's cubby-hole bookcase for all her things, which will be moved in this week.   It felt good to have such a productive weekend, with the help I received. I'm a lucky 'lil lady.   Now to finish this Monday with some much needed food shopping...hopefully my ankles don't turn into melons like they did on Saturday. Not so cute.  

BABYYYY GOODIES!!

Now for the long-awaited for post!! Here's most of the gifts we received from our amazing group of friends and family. I definitely couldn't take pictures of every sock, outfit, blanket, hat, etc...but I took pictures of what wasn't being pre-washed and what I remembered. 

So have fun browsing through my little girl's new shtuff! :)

Shopping cart/high chair cover...a must need to cover up all those nasty germs!

Pretty self-explanatory, to contain those stinky diapers so Laz doesn't pass out.

Baby's butt will be happy with comfy warm wipees.

To make my own baby food, I hope she likes my baked pasta as much as her daddy does! ;)

The most awesome baby tub, good for every stage of growth.

Bouncy seat that matches the swing Laz's parents got us, I'm sure she'll love this.

HOT PINK PRINCESS DUCKIE!

Her first overalls!!! With adorable leggings. A favorite outfit of mine, a gift from my parents.

Baby's Thanksgiving Day outfit from my grandparents...TURKEY BUTT!

(I love any baby clothing with butt designs on them. Baby got a bunch of ruffle butts and animal butts...so cute!!)
 

We got a whole ton of diapers, and boy were we excited!!! We got at least 5 cases of size 1s already!

All of her designer sockies! Look at the Converse sneaker socks from my grandparents!! ADORABLE!

We got so much bath time goodies, like soap, shampoo, lotions, powder, oil...everything to keep her fresh and clean!

We also got a lot of wash cloths and hooded towels, which you can't have enough of.

Her very own hamper for all her clothes.

 These were just a few of the cute bibs we got...and then we got a whole stack of burping cloths, some were even handmade by our family-friends, which is so special and sweeet!

The most amazing tutu dress from my wifey's parents, just loooook at it! Definitely going to be a photography session outfit for sure!!!

Baby monitor to listen to her every breath and wimper.

Enough bottles to start off with, with extra nipples. We also got a bottle sterilizer from my parents to keep them clean.

  So those are the pictures I took, which doesn't even show half of it all, and we're so grateful for every single item. You guys saw the swing and car seat we got as gifts in my baby shower post. She also got a lot of super soft receiving blankets to swaddle her in, a few pacifiers to get her started with (cause you never know what kinda style they'll like), and sooo sooo sooo many cute outfits! Seriously, there are so many onesies I can't wait to get her in!!! Only 31 more daysss!!!!! :D