Archive for April, 2009
This week’s alternate title: I should have maybe gotten a bigger bottle.
Does this come in hemo?
Whats that!?? you say? How can this be?? you say. I thought everything was so great, great, great.
WELL. It was. It still is really. I am peeking at my 8th month and still got off pretty easily with no barfees, no sciatica (yet), and the best news of the week - I do not have gestational diabetes. I was also told that I do not have anemia, which is hilarious because since I’ve been pregnant I have been craving red meat like a texas cowboy so it wasn’t exactly a concern. I don’t even have heartburn. So why the tums? I have something that we have dubbed “The Burps” I literally cannot stop burping sometimes. It started about a week ago and is driving me crazy! I asked the midwife and she looked at me with a sad face for my terrible problems and said to try it. I don’t know if they help much more than the placebo effect that actually taking medication provides but whatevs, you can take up to 24 a day and they are full of calcium. I better get to costco.
Tags: baby
April 22nd, 2009
Its sunny here today! Ok, at least for now.
The weekend weather report is retarded.
Are you kidding me with the 20 degree drop???
Kitty doesn’t seem to mind.
Tags: kitty
April 16th, 2009
We went back over to the new apartment this week to take another look and some measurements. We realized that I didn’t walk into the baby’s room for more than a second and that one entire wall is built in shelving and cabinetry (perfect!) and that Matthew didn’t look in ANY of the closets.
We are taking over the apartment May 15th with a plan to move over memorial day weekend. They have to repair the kitchen floor which will happen by the 17th and we offered to paint the place during the same time. The current walls are white so we don’t need to prime, and we really wanted to use no-VOC paint and knew they would just coat the place in toxic slop if we didn’t offer to do it ourselves.
I’m really liking the colors at YOLO. Since the place isn’t the brightest with its exposed brick and ground-floorness we know we have to go really light on paint.
We’re thinking something like this for the main room (one big LR/DR/OFFICE with open bookcase partitions)
I know! We are so crazy with our just slightly off-white. The problem is that we love the paint in our current living room. Benjamin Moore Natural Wicker. Like seriously love it. I just don’t know if I’ll still love it at the new place so we may need to do a little paint test.
It looks kind of dark in that sample but I think its incorrect.
Anyway this is a decision that can’t be made until mid-may so why bother worrying about it now. What I CAN worry about is the fact that we desperately need a new rug for our bedroom. Our current rug is 6 years old and has already survived 2 moves. It was less than $100 at home depot at it shows. Its fraying around the edges and is pretty disgusting. After searching and searching I got my heart set on this:
The Jackson Stripe rug from Crate and Barrel. After cringing at the price and stalking it for about a month it went on sale! Yes, only by $100 but I have a few gift cards and then got some cash for my bday to put towards it and it works out to under $300. So I ordered it! Its so plush and lovely and since the colors are so versatile I think it can last for a few rounds of decorating whims. Our bed is all white, and our furniture is dark brown so it helps bring a bit of much needed color to the room. I can’t wait for it to get here.
Tags: home
April 16th, 2009
Matthew and I started to put together the baby’s library this week. We are both pretty crazy readers but let most of our books go about 2 moves ago. We sadly realized we didn’t have room for the bookcases and didn’t want to schlep them around from house to house for the rest of our lives. The library was being used pretty regularly at that point so it was a natural move. We donated over 250 books and haven’t looked back since. Until now.
Kids need books! They read the same ones over and over again so its not throwing away money like it is when we buy books for ourselves. I figured I could check out yard sales once the weather got warmer, and look for used books online, but I know we’ll have to bite the bullet and spend a little cash so why not start now.
We stopped into a bookstore as a time killer before dinner the other day and came out with this:
a $100 investment in our child’s future. Its nowhere close to where I’d like to be by the summer but it’s a start.
April 15th, 2009
I was having a kind of blah day. The weather has been dreary and lame for as long as I can remember. Jaime (Matthew’s little sister) left and we are sad and lonely without her. We were about to go out to crate and barrel to pick up this rug I want for the new apartment but it is out of stock and has to be ordered. We have JUST SO MUCH packing to do. etc etc.
Then I finally gave in and watched this.
7 minutes later and I’m happy as can be! Do yourself a favor and watch it if you need a little pick me up.
April 15th, 2009
WARNING: very boring post ahead:
To say I have become interested in strollers is an understatement. There are so many choices and price points I am finding it impossible to come to any sort of decision on anything. I don’t necessarily mind spending a bit of money on it because we aren’t really planning on buying that many (any) big ticket items but if it was as easy as choosing the most expensive I’d have a bugaboo sitting in storage right now.
But I don’t. Because I don’t like it. The main reason is because it is very bulky and to fold it you have to take the seat out. Can you imagine taking out the squirmy baby/toddler, then taking out the seat, then folding and putting the seat on top of it? I mean come on. Who designed this crap? And why are people paying $1,000 for it???
So after that then what? Here are my thoughts on the ideal stroller.
-sturdy (bigger wheels) to get around the junked up streets and park
-front and rear facing seat options
-big basket for shopping in the neighborhood
-adjustable height push bar
-lightweight
Another model we seriously looked at was the Quinny Buzz which really fits most of the criteria. You can put the car seat directly onto the frame or buy the bassinet part that snaps in separately so you can use it from birth. I just thought it looked a little spacey. Like from another planet? I don’t know. I looked at alot of strollers.
After that I started thinking I’d just use a snap and go for a few months then get a Maclaren. Its soooooo light. Alot of people were saying how awesome umbrella strollers are. People who live in suburbs. People who do NOT have to schlep their stroller all over city streets every day. In the snow! Add to that the fact that the Maclaren is the most repaired stroller out there, it leads me to believe this is NOT meant for a primary stroller for use on the streets of NYC. Maybe its a little too light? I don’t know. So we decided that maybe we’d get one as a secondary stroller to travel with, maybe use if I am going on the subway alone, etc. but still need an option for our main stroller.
One day I was out getting coffee and I saw someone with this stroller - the UPPA baby vista. I ran home to look it up and it had great reviews.
After watching this video, then making Matthew watch it, then making my mother watch, it we decided to check it out. Besides having all the features as the bugaboo you can actually fold it with the seat (imagine that!) Its like the manufacturers looked at all the annoying things about the bugaboo and fixed them. Not only that but it comes with the bassinet. Also comes with mosquito nets and rain covers for both seats. I love the huge basket and all the little touches. Its just a really smart design. The company is super eco friendly and uses organic products bla bla bla but that didn’t even draw me into it and I didn’t even know until I went on their website. Its just a really smart stroller. I think it will fit our needs nicely.
Plus, now that we know we don’t have to shlep it up the steps of our apartment it makes it alot more appealing.
Now to just decide on the color.
April 15th, 2009
We were invited to celebrate Passover at our friend Chana’s parents house. When she asked we got so excited because for the first time ever we had absolutely nowhere to go. Chana is a college friend of ours that has been helping Matthew kick-start his new hobby of running. Outside. While not even being chased.
On the drive to their house we got super excited remembering that they OWN A RESTAURANT and the food was probably going to be really good.
It was so good in fact that it wasn’t until we left that I realized I didnt actually take photos of any people, even us. This “pregnancy brain” crap seems to only affect the taking pictures portion of my brain which is good I guess, but it is slightly debilitating for my blog posts.
We had the best time, and felt so welcome by the whole family at their Seder. We were invited back for next year already and if we can’t be in Jerusalem we might as well be in Bellmore!
Tags: holiday
April 14th, 2009
If your husband accidentally knocks an entire cup of water into your phone, and you think its ok, then you realize numbers are going all crazy and dialing all by themselves, then the buttons stop working, submerge it in rice for the day.
It will rise again (refrained from making off color but timely easter joke here. sort of.)
April 14th, 2009
A few weeks ago we signed up for Urban Organic delivery which is pretty much what it sounds like - a fruit and vegetable delivery service in NYC.
We ordered the original value box which comes with approx 15-18 items each Monday afternoon. Each week you can sign on to see what you are getting right here.
You can even tell them 3 things you never ever want in you box (We chose chard, kale and collards) and they will substitute.
We love it! They have the best pears ever, and delicious grapefruit. We usually have to supplement with a few things here and there but it starts the week off great, with more than enough for a few dinners.
April 14th, 2009
I know, I know, I’ve been missing the baby updates the past few weeks. To be honest, nothing much is going on. I bought some stuff. I gave in to the hype and started a registry at buy buy baby and wishpot which you can see on the right side over there. We’ve been going to birthing class like good little parents-to-be and I’ve been feeling really good. Very, very tired but good.
I got a new green t-shirt to replace my pre-maternity one that was busting at the seams just a few weeks ago. Oh my! what a cute little baby bump that was. Compared to that ol thing I am now the size of a whale and still have what? 12 more weeks…sheesh. I guess I’ll be looking back at this post and laughing my ass off at the end of June (and probably peeing in my pants a little if what I read is correct)
Friday we went to the midwife and I got to take my glucose test. Its a test for gestational diabetes which can strike anyone and is pretty harmful to both the mom and baby if its untreated.
The test consists of drinking this GOO just before the appointment on an empty stomach. Thankfully we knew enough to put it in the fridge because ugh! it was awful! Its like serious orange kool-aid. OR maybe flat orange soda.
Even after I put it over ice to numb my tastebuds I still needed 2 straws to suck it down as fast as possible. Matthew caught me here during a break. I think this is where I went for the 2nd straw.
Finished eventually. Results to come this week…
April 13th, 2009
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