An Unexpected Laugh

I have a lot of catching up to do here. The past few days have had a lot of highs and lows and tonight I was having a real low. I was in a funk. I didn't know what would bring me out of it. I wasn't in the mood to do much of anything at all. No crafts, no blogging, no calling friends, nothing. So I turned to Words with Friends... with my best friends hubby. 

This is where the crazy laughter came in. I won't go into the details or the whole story, but I'll give you the gist of what went on.

We started our first ever game together. He told me to play him earlier today and I started the game this evening. It was then that we started chatting on there as well.

Well, he was saying things that totally confused me. I was thinking to myself, "now why would he be telling me that?" After I said one certain thing, he realized that he was having a conversation with me instead of the person he thought he was having it with. He thought he was playing WWF with a friend of his, but it turned out that whole time it was me, not him.

My friend frantically called me telling me the whole story and I was hysterical laughing. I wish I could write the whole story. It was quite comical. I laughed so hard and laughed some more when I was talking to my friend about it. When I hung up the phone, these boys of mine were laughing too! There was quite the action going on in my belly after I laughed like I did.

I had to thank my friend and her husband for bringing me so much laughter. I really needed it to help me hop out of the funk I was in. Hopefully after a good night's rest and I wake up in the morning, I will have a funk-less day. 

Here's to very unexpected and wonderful laughter with great friends!

Love Your Jeans!

I was standing facing the counter, with my envelopes and packages in hand, waiting my turn to mail them, when I heard, "Ohhh, I love your jeans! Where did you get them?"

To that, I turned my head around to see the face to match the voice who just asked me that question. In front of me was the most petite, polished little lady.

And then, that is when I smiled and fully turned my body around... exposing that those jeans she loved, were in fact, very much a pair of none other than maternity jeans.

I smiled as I said, "Well, they're maternity jeans from the Gap. They are very comfortable though!"

It was quite the amusing exchange for me.

Here this petite pretty lady was asking me, the ever-growing momma-to-be about my jeans!

I wanted to be asking her about her cute clothes!

That was the start of my day yesterday and it kept a smile on my face just thinking about how funny it was. The rest of the day following was great, but really busy, so this certainly helped. The littlest things keep me happy!

Oh My Heavens!

Not too long from now I am making one of my last trips before the boys arrive. I'll be in the wonderful NYC. Part of the time I will be on Long Island with family and then part of the time with family in NYC. I just google mapped the location of the apartment in the city along with the directions from there to the fabulous Georgetown Cupcake!

My friends, it is within walking distance of where I will be staying. Hello night time snack. Hello breakfast, lunch and dinner. I am thinking of even possibly just staying in the air-conditioned GTC all day long, while my family enjoys the sights. I've seen them before. I can pass. Cupcakes all day long sound much better. Especially to someone that has recently put on 13 pounds faster than I thought possible. All the walking in the city might be too much on me, right? Or are you thinking more reasonably than I am thinking maybe the dozens of cupcakes I would eat would be too much on me.

Either way, sitting there all day, or enjoying a few quick stops for a cupcake, I will be enjoying this trip for sure! I can't wait to be with family, in NYC and eating GT cupcakes....... or Crumbs Cupcakes. I may be doing a taste test.

A Few of My Favorite Things

There are a few little things that I am either really enjoying these days or would like to have. Nothing big, just little bits of happiness.

 This sweet charm is a piece from the John Wind of Maximal Art Jewelry collection and can be found here, from Carol and Company. I have the necklace that matches, but would love to own the bracelet... It's way out of my budget, but my thought is to save for the charm and figure out some other bracelet to attach it to.

All the hair ties can be found here, at Emi-Jay. I love how well they stay in my hair and how they seemingly do not give me a headache. Plus they are nicer than just the plain ol' hair tie.

 This bracelet is from J. Crew and can be found here.
I have a dress for an occasion coming up that this would look lovely with!

My current nail color can be found here.
I've been on the hunt for the perfect shade of pink and so far it is nowhere to be found. It is as close as I have come to finding it so it is holding me over.

I love wedges. I don't have any, but I used to. I can't get away with wearing heels often, but if I could, I'd own both of these. I love the one on the left with the natural bottom, the navy with a pop of color and the nice ribbon strap. The right shoe is great because it is so versatile. I think these are both a lot higher than I could pull off walking in with grace. If you can pull off the added height and to walk in them gracefully, you can find them here.

I love The Paper Source. It is one of my favorite places to pop into when I am visiting family up north. I would have to say my favorite buy there is their envelopes. I have a thing for cute colored and shaped envelopes. I hate mailing notes in regular envelopes... unless it's a bill or something meaningless. If you're like me, and like to send fun mail, try looking here.

This outfit is perfection. I love it. The navy, slim dress. Perfect length. Great, nude shoes as well. I cannot fit into this beauty right now, though I would love to buy it and just hold it in my closet for now... But if you aren't halfway through a pregnancy like I am, stroll on over and take a look at this here, just please don't buy them all out so I can still have a chance!

I really enjoy using washi tape. I use it for all sorts of things, from sealing envelopes to marking pages or even marking off upcoming vacations in my planner. This one would be adorable for a nice gift or envelope. I always find mine on Etsy, where this one is as well. Head on over to this shop to take a look. There are so many out there so don't just stop at one place!

This washi tape is one of my faves... The blue/purple with touch of teal poppy design. Love, love, love it!


I know all of this is random, but it's things here and there that I have come upon and enjoyed.

The bump is a growin'!

 So, tomorrow marks 21 weeks for these two little growing boys! They certainly are growing! I am amazed at how fast time has passed! I have a lot going on now through the first week of June, so that is going to be here and gone before I know it. Then I have June, July and some or all of August, depending on how early the boys make their grand entrance.

Still no cravings. I guess that is a good thing so I don't over indulge in anything.

I've gained 13 pounds, but it seems like the majority of it is in my stomach, thankfully.

As I mentioned once before, my family has a baby pool going and since certain people think I am going to gain a ton of weight, they are always encouraging me to enjoy bowls of ice cream, candy, cookies... fattening foods. So far, the things I enjoy eating in larger quantities have been nectarines (that phase has passed for now) and tomatoes (that is currently going on). Not such fattening choices. Unfortunate for the people who guessed very high weight gain on my end. I still have a ways to go so I am sure I will be gaining a bit more!

I've been feeling these little twitching feelings the past couple weeks. I didn't know if it was muscles or whatever inside twitching as I grow or in fact it was the boys moving around. Last night, I was laying in bed, feeling these twitches a bit more frequent and strong so I put my hand on my stomach to see if it could be felt on the outside too. I called Mono into the room to have him see if it was just me feeling it or if he could as well. Not only can he feel it, but if I lay still, you can actually see the movement too. 

I have to admit, while it is exciting, it makes me nervous. I can't tell if it is one of the babies or both that are moving around. I hope I can clearly feel two moving around so I don't panic.

I'm still really tired and don't have much energy, but I have to just push myself to get things done. And of course, I still have pregnant brain, which seems to cause the most problems for me. I hate not thinking clearly.

Oh, and heart burn. We've become good friends... no, not really. It just likes to be with me a lot more than I like to be with it. Thankfully it's not absolutely awful yet though.

So, there you have it! My recent pregnancy updates along with two pictures.

Oh and note that the V and I I am doing with my fingers is for 2 and 1 - twenty one weeks, not pounds!

My Not-So-Green Thumb

I may come from a family that has has successful gardens, but I've never actually planted and cared for one on my own. Growing up, living in New York, we only had a small garden that consisted solely of tomatoes... mostly cherry tomatoes. So this year is a first for me; planting a whole garden.

Mono bought me a raised bed kit, that came with two 4x4 areas and a few extra goodies.

I have everything in my garden that I wanted to try except lettuce, but there is absolutely no room left for any more plants. As it is, I probably have way too much growing in a small area. I didn't want to waste any of the plants that came in the packages so I planted them all. Now I am just hoping that not only bugs nor deer kill them, but that I don't either.

Here are a few pictures, no fancy angles anything special. I was hot and tired when I was done planting. I had just been out dealing with lots of weekend traffic and long lines at the stores I had to run errands to, plus it is 90 degrees and sunny and I wanted to be inside. So just a few quick pictures for you to see what it looks like. I still have to trim the landscaping fabric and I would like to make some sort of garden tags for each section so I remember what is planted there. I could just use the ones it came with, the plastic flags, but I wanted to do something cute. We will see about that though. My main concern is just to keep them alive and producing veggies!

  

 

A Childhood Memory

It's 10am Wednesday morning.

If you live around here, you know exactly what that means.

They test the tornado sirens.

When we first moved here, I absolutely hated that sound.

It terrified me because it reminded me every single week what it was intended for.

I still don't like it, but at the very same time it makes me cringe, it brings back a happy childhood memory.

In the town I grew up in, every day at noon, the fire house would sound their alarms.

You could hear it from near and far.

For some reason, I always loved hearing that go off at noon.

It was nothing special or grand, but it was just a little something I enjoyed...especially in the summers when we were out of school.

I love that I still remember that it brought me joy. 

The simplest of things... a sounding fire alarm at the start of the afternoon.

And now, I can take that happy memory and not cringe so much when I hear the sirens here testing for tornado warnings.