Mocktail Winner

Inspired from a night of not-drinking at the Highlands Restaurant bar :(  This is by far the best mocktail Jimmy has made me since knocking me up.

Fill cocktail glass to top with ice
Pour blood-orange juice halfway
Fill rest with Sprite or Sprite-Zero
Squeeze one or two lime wedges and enjoy!

almost 22-week update - with an updated shot!

Busting out in my new maternity leggings...

the life of Maddie

This week we mourn the loss of Madison - beautiful little girl of my friend Sasha.  She had eight great years and eleven great puppies... with an Orvis Cover to boot!  She was rooting on those Tarheels last night up in doggie heaven.  Please send your prayers now towards Milly, her daughter on the right, who also has doggie lymphoma.

 

wait for it...

awkward, blurry, yet overdue

ok so i meant for this to be an 18 week shot but it's more like 19... 

 

might be time for me to switch up the whole outfit as it's not so flattering ...

cravings

drove literally to FIVE grocery stores two days ago just to get these.  yes, I may be having a little girl baby shower for my friend Courtney in a few days, and I thought they'd be cute for my dessert table, but let's be honest.  i was getting them just for myself.  notice the second bag in the back.

found out today that they are stocked at the Piggly Wiggly 1/2 mile from my house.

Quatro or Quatrina (Quatretta, Quatraniqua...) ???

Yes - in just a week Jimmy and I will get a halfway-point tidbit via ultrasound...!

Since apparently everyone who has ever had a baby before seems to think I should have some "maternal instinct" about the sex of the baby, about 2 weeks ago I decided that I thought it was a girl.  Let's clarify, though, that this is more based on the fact that EVERYONE else - including some of the nurses at work whom I just met 3 weeks ago - thinks it is a little bundle of boy.

Copied from another great blog, I am going to go through my tallied up wives-tales to prove that my maternal instincts are probably wrong:

Chinese Gender Calendar: Quatrina
Heartbeat 130-140 bpm: Quatro
Morning Sickness - none: Quatro
Mayan Calendar: Quatrina
Swinging Ring Test: too lazy to do
Paternal Instinct: per Jimmy, "I think it's 50/50" (thanks a lot for helping)
Breast Growth: Quatro (thank you!)
Cravings - sweet: Quatrina
Bump position - low and centered (or is that just my super-long torso-to-leg ratio?): Quatro
Skin - breakouts: Quatrina
Sympathy weight from husband - none (though he claims to be trying to grow cupcake-teats to help me out in the nursing department... Sorry if you don't know Jimmy's humor): Quatro
Facial weight gain (thankfully not yet): Quatro

Wait and see!  It's time for me to start my non-gender neutral shopping already!