FAQs

Here are some of our most frequently asked questions that we will answer for everyone:

Oh my goodness! How did this happen?
Well, when a man loves a woman very, very much... Come on people, you know how this happened!

When are you due?

I am due on December 6, 2010. Looking at family history, I wouldn't be surprised if this baby arrives earlier than that.

Do you know what you are having?

We do not know what we are having yet, but we are pretty sure that it will be a baby. We plan on finding out the sex of the baby in the next couple of doctor's visits.

Do you think it’s a boy or a girl?

I think the baby is a boy and Dave thinks the baby is a girl. Neither one of us has any basis on our predictions-just our gut feelings. You can let us know your predictions by voting on the right side of the blog.

Have you put on any weight?

As of right now, I have not put on any weight but I definitely think my stomach has gotten bigger. When I get dressed in the morning, I can wear my regular clothes, but by the end of the day my pants are really tight so I have been wearing mostly dresses lately.

Have you had any morning sickness?

I have been so lucky and not experienced any morning sickness. I have had a few times where I felt a little icky but nothing that made me vomit or put me out of commission. Hopefully, this trend will continue throughout the rest of the pregnancy.

Are you experiencing any crazy food cravings?
Nothing really out of the ordinary. I have always gotten fixated on certain foods and once I get that food, my fixation dies. Right now, I'm a little obsessed with the crazy topped hot dogs. In fact, the next Iron Chef Dinner Club theme is topped hot dogs. Hopefully, that will help me get over my hot dog obsession!

What about your Coke Zero addiction?

Many of you know that I have had a Coke Zero addiction since the drink came out in 2006. I think it is as close to Coca-Cola Classic as I can get without the calories. When Dave and decided we wanted to start trying for a family, I decided to ween myself off of the tasty beverage so that when I got pregnant it wouldn't be such a shock to my system. I don't drink it at all anymore and I don't really miss it that much. Caffeine and artificial sweeteners aren't very good for pregnant women or their unborn babies so I'm trying to do everything I can to help this baby be as safe as possible.

What room is going to be the baby's room?

We are planning to move before the baby arrives. In fact, we just met with our mortgage guy to see what our options are and will meet with our Realtor this weekend to look at what needs to be done to the townhouse in order to put it on the market. We would like to be settled in our new home by October so that we can get our nursery (and the rest of the house) all ready for the baby. Hopefully, this will be an exciting and stress-free time.

How are you going to fit that baby in a MINI?

While I am sure we can fit a tiny baby in a MINI Cooper, it might not always be the easiest thing to do. We are planning on getting a "family car" in the near future. No, we are not planning on getting a minivan. We are currently planning on getting a Subaru wagon. I think I will call it The Shaggin' Wagon.

We all know how much sleep you need to function - how are you going to get your requisite 10 hours of sleep in once the baby comes?

I'm hoping that the baby understand how much sleep Mommy needs and will be kind and will also need that much sleep. Otherwise, I will do what I have to do and sleep when I can sleep. Don't expect me to be pleasant, though!

We love your blog! Why I can't seem to comment on the blog?

I had a setting on the comments section that didn't allow people to comment easily. I have since changed that setting and you should be able to comment (and we hope you will) with ease. If you don't have an account, you can just click on Name/URL and then you just need to fill in the name box and you should be good to go.

First Purchase

Today, I made my first purchase for my future as a mommy.  Behold, the diaper bag:

Yes, I know it sassy and little over the top...but so am I sometimes.  I got it on an extremely good deal and I'm pretty stinkin' excited to use it!  We will most-likely not buy anything else for this little one until we move into a new house.  No need to move things twice!  In the meantime, maybe I'll use this little number as a laptop bag?!  

Learning to shop...

As most of you readers know, Elizabeth and I like to be organized and have a plan for everything. So, with nothing better to do on a blazing hot Sunday afternoon, we decided to go to some stores and look at nursery furniture. Elizabeth had already looked around online and found that the "big" stores (JC Penney, Sears etc) had a good selection of cribs, dressers and changing stations, so we thought we'd go around the nearby stores and take a look at them. Of course, we forgot it was actually 2010, and the Internet has changed everything...

We went to Sears, JC Penney and Belk and couldn't find a single item of nursery furniture! not to mention that they didn't have any car seats or strollers either!

The Internet really has changed how people shop - or at least how stores make people shop. Now, there are lots of things I will buy online without seeing or touching them first - but nursery furniture (worth hundreds of dollars) is not one. I want to test how sturdy the construction is, how heavy the wood is and I want to see what the photos don't show - things like all of the uncovered screws and the sharper than normal edges.

I wonder how much business these big stores are losing by not having at least a floor model on display. Do people still buy unseen online? or do they simply not buy nursery furniture from these stores? Well, they won't be getting my business - that is for sure. After an hour of wandering around the mall, it was time to head to Babies R Us.

However, we did stop by McDonald's for an Ice Cream cone each - so it wasn't a completely wasted trip to the mall!

Now, Babies R Us is more like it! They have a wide selection of their models out for people to see and touch and we quickly were able to determine what we liked and didn't like, take some notes and even take a quick look at the rest of the store.

Of course, Babies R Us didn't have every item they stock out on display in every color possible - but they did at least have a sample of the majority of their lines for people to look at - that really is all I am asking for.

There are apparently some other stores in the area that are similar to Babies R Us and we'll be going to check those out over the next few weeks, but this first day of looking at nursery furniture certainly was eye-opening for me!

YUMMMM

Last night on Throw Down with Bobby Flay they had this guy named Nick Suarez who invented Brooklyn's Cheesiest Hot Dog.  Basically, it is a grilled hot dog in a bun--but the kicker is that the hot dog is then covered in  a bacon and leek macaroni and cheese.  Bobby retaliated with a hot dog that had a mole style chili, combination of cheeses, avocado and pickled red onions.  Needless to say....I'm in love! Nick was ultimately deemed the winner, but they both looked like winners in my book.  I'm not usually a big fan of hot dogs, but lately I have been wanting a good ol' hot dog.

Whoever can recreate this delightful dish for me might just have a baby named after him/her!!!

**The hot dog episode will re-air on Wednesday (June 9) at 9 pm and 12 am as well as on Saturday (June 12) at 7 pm.**

Who Loves You, Baby?!

Wow!  Can you feel the love?  We certainly can.  After sending out our email a couple days ago and making our blog public, we have been inundated with emails, phone calls and comments on the blog with wonderful well-wishes.  Some of our favorite comments were:

"I KNEW IT"


"I'm going to be an aunt again!!!!  So much planning to do...shoes, outfits, extensions...nothing will be too good for my little girl...or boy." (note: this is my male friend, Rob)


"You'll make a great designated driver!"


"OMGOOOOOODDDDDNNEEEEESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


"I bet you are really proud of yourself." (Pa, my 94 year old grandfather)


"This news has put me in such a good mood."


"I know I am acting like you already have a child, but I am obviously going to count down the days until you're due... I kind of want to be around when you go shopping for your little one, pick out clothes, and accessories, and help with the name, and decorating the room... I'm sorry if this is invasive, butttt I'm not kidding."


"That baby surely has nuts in it--it's a Roady right?"


If we didn't feel it before, we definitely feel the complete outpouring of love from all of our family and friends!  We are thrilled to be bringing a baby into a world where we know that he/she will truly be loved and cared for.

Welcome to Our Blog

If you are reading this you really care about us and took that big step of clicking on the link in the email!  Way to go...and thank you!  As I stated in the email, this blog is a way for us to chronicle our adventures for our friends and family-near and far.

The big adventure that we are embarking on right now is pregnancy!  I am pregnant and due in December.  We are both very excited and have been blogging about the pregnancy since the day we got a positive test.  Feel free to read the previous posts to see what we've been up to the past few months and check back often to see how things are progressing.

We have been waiting to tell people until we got through the first trimester so please don't feel offended that we haven't told you yet. The first trimester is a very risky time in any pregnancy and we wanted to make sure this one was going to stick before we hired any skywriters, or graffiti artists or bought that big billboard on the side of the road to announce our pregnancy.  As it turns out, we can't afford any of those things so we started a free blog.  Money well spent-I think!

We love you all very much and are excited to share this special time in our lives with you.

Epic Fail!

So I mailed Chip and Allison and their families little packages containing "HEORSHE" chocolate bars to announce our good news.  We mailed them on Monday using the automated machine in the lobby of the post office (the post office was closed due to Memorial Day) so that the packages would go out first thing on Tuesday morning and would hopefully reach their final destinations by Wednesday-Thursday at the latest.

When I didn't hear from anyone on Wednesday, I assumed the packages had not arrived yet.  Tonight after dinner, I went down to check the mail and sitting in our mail box was the two packages that I had sent out.  I pulled them out of the mail box and stormed back to the house and threw the smooshy, chocolate oozing packages on the table and then fell into a hormonal crying fit on the couch.

After about a minute of good crying, I pulled out my camera and took a picture of one of the candy bars and proceeded to write an email to Chip and Allison.  I'm pretty sure I couldn't wait another two days (or possibly the weekend) for them to hear the news.  I'm an instant gratification kind of gal and I still wanted to tell all of my friends and other family members.  So the email has been sent and I am waiting to hear back from everyone before I tell everyone else and make this blog public.