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