Wedding Planning Flashbacks

My videographer from our wedding reached out and asked me to do a commercial for the upcoming Wedding Expos in Seattle and Tacoma that focuses on the process of planning your wedding and how the expo can help give you ideas/resources. Not really loving to be on a video camera I was not really excited about having my face splashed all over the expos but my father-in-laws girlfriend is opening up a wedding venue at her family farm so I thought what the heck if they can film me at her venue and give her a plug I could donate myself to the camera...pregnant and all! It actually wasn't so bad and should give Jo some great publicity on the Wine & Roses Country Estate, opening up for the spring season. So, if you know anyone who wants a chic farm wedding let me know as I know the perfect place! If the commercial isn't too cheesey I will load the link later this week...but that's all if I don't look completely ridiculous! Anyway, while we were there I took a couple photos of the belly.

18 weeks 2 days



Cheeks aren't too big yet....tends to be where I gain weight so who knows what they will look like shortly!

2 More Weeks!!!

Happy 18 weeks to Baby Carpinito! Only 2 more weeks until we hit the half way mark and find out the sex of our baby! I feel like I am waiting for Christmas or my birthday....but even better! So place your bets..is it a boy or girl? I must admit I don't have a clue! However, I keep getting this feeling there is a little boy on the way...but I have also thought a girl at times too. So, who knows! As for me, I am pretty sure I have felt the baby moving around a lot the last couple days but still am not 100% convinced that's the case...guess as it gets more intense I will really know and believe I am actually feeling our baby. I can't wait until Chris can also feel the little one moving around. Last night at the Willie Nelson Concert Chris was standing behind me with his hands on my belly and I felt the movement right where his hands were at but it's still too faint for him to feel. I must say Chris was pretty proud that his little one got to hear Willie Nelson in concert, being the greatest country legend of all time! He said, "this might be the last time we get to see Willie and our baby got to hear him too!" Pretty cute. Anyway, have a fun and safe holiday.

Of course....

Just when I start to talk up the maternity pants of course something happens! Yesterday, I had those fancy designer jeans on I talked about in my last post that do have the zipper. Well for those not familiar with this style they look like regular jeans but they have this ribbon on each side inside the top of the pants that expands with you by having a button go into a slot. Really great invention! However, somehow my right side ribbon came off the button in a middle of a meeting and shrunk back into the back of the jeans. So here I am with the left side all buttoned up and securely sitting on my hips and the right side ribbon is back into the middle of my pants and my fingers don't fit in the hole to pull it back out to attach to the button again and just keeps getting further and further away. After a lot of twisting and turning and trying to secure my pants a friend of mine decided to take off her belt and give it to me to wear for the rest of the day! Thank goodness for friends...and for that matter friends who have been preggie before and can fix you up in a flash! Thanks T!

On another note...we are headed to the Willie Nelson Concert tonight! Really excited to kick back in my boots to some good tunes. I have been reading that our baby can hear sounds now so guess this is his/her very first concert! Not a bad one to start with! Maybe I will feel him/her dancing around this evening....

Thought for the day...

I finally found three reasons why maternity pants are actually a benefit.

1. Most of the pants don't have a zipper so I don't have to worry about whether I zipped up my pants..especially after my belly gets bigger and I can't see down there. This will help prevent any embarrasing moments in the office. However, this can get confusing when I wear my fancy jeans that do have a zipper...

2. Since pregnancy makes you have sudden and frequent trips to go potty, the slip on and off elastic band is fantastic! No buttons/zippers to hold me up! In and out in a flash!

3. I actually have found that all the nice designer jeans I purchased are SUPER long and I actually might have to get them hemmed. I know...never happens when you have a 36 inseam like me!

Results Are In

I just got off the phone with my doctor and they received my results from the integrated screen. For those of you not familiar this is two blood draws and an ultrasound to determine your risk for chromosome defects like down syndrome. The first tests are done around 13 weeks and the follow up was completed about 15.5 weeks. And my results are perfect! We are in the clear and have absolutely nothing to worry about! I wasn't worried at all but it's nice to just receive the confirmation. So, here we are 17 weeks and just 3 weeks away from finding out the sex and enjoying life!

It's official!

The new mom mobile is now 100% ours! It feels like this is the first step of many of getting ready for Baby Carpinito! I really love it and am so excited to get used to all the fun new gadgets. It even has a back up rearview camera that displays on the flatscreen in the dash when you reverse. One extra safety meaure to ensure you can see everything behind you, which makes me feel a bit prepared for when I have little ones running around! On another note, we are selling my BMW so if you know anyone in the market let me know!

As for the baby we are now officially 17 weeks! No news on my last blood draw yet but as far as I am concerned no news is good news. Typically they don't send you results in the mail unless they are perfecto! Anyway, for those of you that know me oh so well you wouldn't be surprised to know that I have already created my excel spreadsheet with all the must have's and house projects! Lots to do and in just a few more weeks I will have reached the half way mark!

On another note...I just counted and I have had 3 friends have new babies in the last two months and I have 6 other friends pregnant! Baby juju is in the air! Watch out!

New ride....well almost

We got a new car today! Well it's 99% closed and technically I haven't seen it yet but the check is signed and we should get to pick it up by tomorrow. Chris and I have been test driving Acura MDX's for the past couple weeks and finally found a screaming deal! We were actually able to purchase a 2005 Silver/Black Leather Interior MDX through a dealer's auction. Which means we got well below wholesale price and walked away with a beautiful car in amazing condition! Chris was able to preview it yesterday and we set our bid with the dealer who then made it happen! The next step is the used car inspection. So, as long as that goes well then it is ours! Super excited!

I still haven't figured out if I call it a car or truck. I know it's a SUV but people don't say SUV when they refer to their "cars" do they? Seems strange. Chris keeps calling it a truck and I say car...guess that's because he has had trucks his whole life and I have always had a car. Funny how you get used to certain things. Anyway, I will post a pic as soon as it is officially in my driveway.

As for the baby, he/she is doing great! We are 17 weeks on Friday and everything is going really well. I actually think I may have felt my first movement this week but am not 100% sure since I don't really have anything to compare it too. They say it's like a flutter/gas bubble and I felt something very similar to that but still different enough for me to wonder if that was the baby kicking me! We only have 3 more weeks to go until we find out the sex! The last couple days we have been debating on whether we will find out or not but who am I kidding...I am such a planner it will drive me nuts if I don't find out. Anyway, that's it for now. Hope you are all doing well!