YOU BETTER WORK!

Baby came to visit both of our offices this week! The MTV party was too much for her so she knocked out. Surprised she didn't do that at the accounting firm (ZINGGGGGG)

FIRST MALL TRIP!

Our lady bug put her princess hat on and made way to the Short Hills Mall! We are looking for a dress for her baby naming - there's literally nothing at every department store. I don't understand! There are only red dresses for Christmas, but I can't dress a newborn in a red dress - hello, Annie! She was such a great girl!

Her awesome new chair!

Babers got a great new chair - she looks so big in it! She can really hold her head up (for like a hot second) but she has something to grow into! IDK why it looks like she has a unibrow. Cute though.

WEEK 5!

It's been a busy week here. Our little girl thinks she's a baby piglet and has been snorting and making the saddest noises all week, all day, all night. We tried putting her in the bassinet which she totally rejected - so we had to do it..... the pacifier has made it's way to our home. She doesn't really LOVE it but it's soothing, so we're hoping she'll conk out in the bassinet at some point this week. In other news, to celebrate the end of Chanukah, I decided to hold her by the menorah and light the candles together. She whipped her head back and threw it right into the candle, putting it out with the back of her head. While she wailed hysterically and my husband looked at me like "wtf just happened?" I ran into the bathroom and scraped blue wax off of her head before he could find out. I have severe cabin fever and against my Dr's better judgement, I'm going to try and go to the gym today. I've pounded more animal crackers this week than ever before. Those damn cheap huge jugs. Tomorrow the little lady meets all my college girlfriends for a holiday get together in the city. So excited!

ONE MONTH OLD!!

Our gal is 1 month old today! So far, we have mastered the art of the poop, the spit up and the "wah." We have changed approximately 325 diapers and slept about 100 hours in the past month. Daddy is the master of the 3a quick diaper change and Mommy is a full service 24 hour restaurant (Zagat rated). This week she is excited to introduce the "full body wiggle" where she propels herself off of whoever is holding her into a dive roll.

First Family Dinner Out

Classy as shit - PANCHEROS for our first family dinner. EYE ROLL. The salad was bangin though.

Meeting her new BFFS!

Obligatory Fall photos

I threw my kid in the leaves.

First Night Out as PARENTS

We had our first night out - to a dear friends wedding and left the munchkin home. I spent the night replying to people " no I'm not having a nervous breakdown, she's in good hands." Do moms really have heart attacks on their first night out? I did check in two times but I allowed myself to enjoy the evening. She was fine at home and had no idea I was even gone.

Pics from Marble Rye Photography

My dear friend Melissa came over with her camera and shot some of these awesome pics!

Week 2 = Lots of FIRSTS!

Week two was jam packed with lots of firsts for us. First bath, first bottle, first bassinet night! It's been pretty good (fingers crossed) - and the baby has been sleeping in three hour stretches (even throughout the night). Dad has gotten the hang of the diaper change and even mastered the bottle! She is taking one a day for now, we're getting her used to the idea. Her first bath was adorable. Our friends sent over this flower pad that props into the sink and you stick her right in. She looked scared out of her mind, but she was a trooper. I'm a super clean person and it really bothers me that I can't bathe her everyday. Mostly because her spit up smells like roasted turkey. No, really...it does. Like, I eat a mostly vegetarian diet (couldn't during pregnancy, but I'm on my way BACK) - and the only real thing I allow myself to eat is store baked turkey from Shoprite. Does that digest and go into my breast milk and make my kid smell like Thanksgiving? Or does breast milk in general just smell like a gobbler? Weird. She gained a pound last week. Girl loves to eat. And poop. And snuggle. So it's all worth it. She's a trooper in the car, letting me run a million errands without making a peep. We got her social security card and birth certificate this week - she's officially in the system as a real live human! You go girl! Looking forward to seeing how week three ends up...

#OPERATION MILF

20 lbs down, 15 to go. Let's do this!

Updated Nursery!

EAT, POOP, LOVE

What did YOU do today? This is what we did. WET DIAPER 2:55-3:10 L 3:10-3:25 R 5:10-5:25 L 5:25-5:35 R DIRTY DIAPER 8:30-8:50 R 8:50-9:00 L DIRTY DIAPER WET DIAPER 10:45 3 mins DIRTY DIAPER 1:45-2:00 R 2:00-2:20 L 2:20-2:30 R 2:40-2:45 R WET DIAPER 3:50 - 4:15 L 4:15-4:30 R WET DIAPER 8:45-9:10 R 9:10-9:30 L 10:05 -10:15R 10:30-10:42L 2:00-2:20 R

WE ARE FAMILY!!!!

Our beautiful baby girl graced us with her presence at 11:53a on November 1st, 2013. After 13 hours of labor, I needed a C Section and five days later we are home. We went from a couple to a family in a blink of an eye. Crazy! Although I was less than prepared for a C section, I will say in the end I'm so happy my dr pushed me to get one. It was a little scary to know the baby needed to come out as soon as possible, but I was confident she was in good hands. The epidural reallllly hurt and felt beyond weird with liquid squirting out of you. I was scared to have my legs numb, but it wasn't that bad. It WAS horrible when they doubled the dose for the OR. The feeling of not having control of your legs is terrifying. Labor was actually a really enjoyable experience. My mom, husband and his parents were really supportive and kept the room very calm. I'm really glad I was able to experience it for a little bit before the surgery. I would have been upset that I wasn't able to know what it was like. Post Op was ok. My care was not as great as I had wanted my first night. Nobody really explained to me that when you breastfeed it releases a hormone that makes your uterus shrink, so as I was learning the technique of feeding, I was also experiencing pangs as strong as labor. Scary! After 4 nights we were kicked out and sent home to start our life! We are now all settled in, bassinet is in action (piece of shit took hubby 3 hours) and we survived our first night. She's really into cluster feeding which sucks, but we're working on her feeding schedule. Her poops and peeps are in working order and her lungs are CLEARLY doing just fine. As wonderful and perfect as being a mom is, I am equally happy watching my husband fall in love with his daughter.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! LOVE, JUNO

DUE DATE

Well, today is our due date. I'm spending it on the couch watching the Giants game and binge eating Doritos. Will talk about inducing this week since the baby is getting too big for me to deliver naturally.

LAST SCHEDULED DR. APPT

We had our last scheduled dr appt before my due date.The baby is pretty cozy in there so we're going to let it go for a few more days and hopefully something natural can happen. Until then, patience. Had a prenatal massage yesterday. That was relaxing and I made the therapist do some relfexology to get things moving. Let's see if they work.

EVEN THE DOG IS TIRED OF WAITING

39.5 WEEKS

We're at 39.5 weeks. Getting a prenatal/reflexology massage today b/c I can't sit in bed anymore. I've made gourmet meals every night (ok maybe one or two nights off) after my daily teachings from Giada & Co via Food Network. I made my own croutons! African chicken! Lemon potatoes! Trout! Ceasar dressing! What you want? I'll make it. Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick......

THE BUTTON POP!!!

It finally happened. The belly button popped out. Took long enough! Looks like a nipple. It's so silly. We're naming it RALPH

AND SO WEEK 39 BEGINS.

LOSING PATIENCE!!!!

This kid is so stubborn! We've been at 1cm for a full week + now - cramping like crazy but no contractions worth getting excited about. My dr stripped the membranes to try and move things along, but this child is on his/her own agenda. There's really nothing I can do! I'm waiting for my water to break or for the most unbearable cramps I can imagine. Truthfully, I've been uncomfortable for a while now, and I just don't know if my body is getting used to it, or if my pain threshold is like totally off. I had spicy pizza for lunch followed by driving over a really bumpy road. It would be really nice to have this kid over the weekend so we don't interrupt anyone's work schedules. Let's go esse! Cmon!

Hot Sauce and Pressure Points and Baths OH MY

ok. I know technically my due date isn't for another 12 days, but I have had it. I am ready for this kid to come out. Yesterday I got a pedicure and afterwards, the baby was going INSANE like trying to BREAK OUT. I got excited, thinking it would induce labor. I even got in the bath and put the jets on the pressure points on my toes. Nothin. Today I woke up, (bed/tarp still dry) and doused eggs with Frank's Red Hot. Now I'm doing this (see picture) - I read that there are pressure points at the tip of your pinky toes. LET'S GO KID!

PHOTOSHOOT BY THE WATER

WEEK 38

LAST NIGHT OUT WITH SOME FRIENDS!

It's Almost Go Time

Dear Other Pregnant Women, or moms - In your last few days/weeks of pregnancy, did you walk around cupping yourself because you were afraid your water was going to break any second and your kid was going to fly out? I feel like a teenage boy standing around with my hands in my pants, but I literally feel like a gush of liquid is about to pour out! Dr says it can happen at any time now. So we wait... impatiently.

WEIRD FEELINGS!

I've been feeling super weird for the past 48 hours. I have a pretty bad bruising sensation right above my stomach. The interwebs say it's either Braxton Hicks or it's because the baby is kicking me too hard. I'm not sure it's either. My Braxton Hicks have been CRAZY intense, but so has my back pain. I've been laying in bed and working from home. I'm like on house arrest! There's only so many stale oreos you can eat to keep busy throughout the day. And if I take another bath, my skin is going to wrinkle off. I'm bored and I want to meet my kid! I'm getting very antsy, but this kid does not want to budge. There is a lot of movement going on, but I'd much rather see them squirm on the outside. CMON!

Sleeping Dragon - SOOTHING!

I've listened to the same songs over and over to get the baby movin around and listening to some good tunes, but it's just boring! Good thing my GENIUS brother invented SLEEPING DRAGON! Check it out and download it. Whether you're preggers or not this is the most relaxing app I've downloaded in a while! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cpqNAQPWVs

Week 37!

We set up the nursery this weekend!! It looks so gorgeous, thank you to my amazing husband for doing so much hard work. We also had a really nice weekend with some friends as our last hurrah! I'm binge eating eggplant parm because I heard oregano and basil can trigger labor. I love the peace and quiet, but I literally can't sleep anymore and I'm waddling around like no other - cupping my vag because I"m afraid my water will pour out. It's absolutely gorgeous out. The leaves are blowing. It's time for change. Fall is comin, hopefully babers will be too!

MATERNITY LEAVE - ANY DAY NOW!

It's official. I'm out on maternity leave. It also happened to be the day my company had layoffs, which led to a very stressful last day. Said goodbye to lots of really amazing people. I ended my trip home with a stop at the library to stock up on some good reads I've been excited about. Today I went to the Dr - and at 36.5 weeks preggers, he says I'm ready. Any time after this weekend he would be very happy with delivery. So now I'm nesting. Home for 4 hours on maternity leave, and all the baby clothes and changing pad covers are washed, the house is getting scrubbed and the car seat base is going in. Too bad the floor to the nursery won't be done until tomorrow, or else I'd be on a Home Goods rampage finishing it up. I have been superstitious this whole time about getting the room ready, buying things etc and then I realized that I'm far enough along that if I were to deliver, I would be ok - the baby would god willing be ok - and we would have nothing in the house. So, now we have a starter kit atleast to get us going. Since this week at work has been hella stressful, I've been eating like a complete asshole. I think I've eaten more cake and cookies and candy than I ever have in my entire life, so I really need to focus on being healthy. Gained 3 lbs this week. Whoops. My stomach is enormo. Dr said there's lots of fluid in there, so the baby is swimmin around and ready to go. Sleeping has been more difficult and breathing is getting a little hard, but overall I feel blessed that I feel PRETTY GOOD. Hopefully I won't jinx myself by saying that, but even if it does get bad, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Belly Public Debut

After much resistance, the belly has made it's Facebook debut. It's so funny people are like "omg I didn't know you were pregnant" um yeah, which means I haven't seen you in 9 months and we aren't really friends! Hello. Stupid. I've wanted to keep it private for so long because I just don't like being the center of attention, and also don't need to share private details with people who are not really in my life - but I understand that people would want to post pics from a wedding we just went to, and people will probably be posting pics of the baby. So I did it on my terms and my own accord. We are DEFINITELY ready to meet this lil guy or gal

HE TARPED THE BED!!!!!!

So ridiculous.