Where did May go?

My goodness...I can't believe we're more than halfway through May! (Gulp...less than 3 1/2 months to go).

Shortly after our last post we spent a great weekend in Syracuse (thus the orange color tonight for my writing) to celebrate Todd's adorable nephew Zachary's second birthday (super cute and already a golfer) and his sister Alissa receiving her MBA. She works full time, has a two year old son and got her MBA...if I didn't love her I would hate her. (Sarah wrote that line...I learned long ago that Alissa aces school without breaking a sweat...unlike me, to whom the word 'homework' still sends me into a panic attack...and then I have to go ahead and marry a girl that loves school, too...but of course she would, she got straight A's...I just hope my daughter takes after the women in my life). The weekend also marked my first official Mother's Day. Not surprisingly, my too good to be true husband treated me like a queen all day. (I treat her like a queen every day...what? Am I an idiot?). It was great to see everyone and show off my growing belly.

Last weekend was a dream weekend for me -- running tons of errands and crossing lots of things off of our pre-baby to do list! (We have a list? And no, this was not a dream weekend for me.) We even bought a few little outfits for Peanut Butter. Peanut Butter you ask? Yes, our little one has now become known in our house as Peanut Butter. Not only does it sound great with Pinsky (try it...Peanut Butter Pinsky...they just go so well together!) but now that we know our little one is a girl, Barack doesn't really fit anymore. Truth be told, I would have happily continued calling her Barack but Todd put his foot down. I think he was afraid I would seriously consider naming her that. (Does anyone doubt that left to her own devices, she would?)

Our Memorial Day weekend will be spent in the Berkshires at Todd's friend Aaron's wedding. You know what's not fun? Buying maternity clothes. You know what's even less fun? Looking for formal maternity dresses! (And what is less fun that that? Looking for formal maternity dresses with your wife. I mean, c'mon, clothes shopping with your wife is stressful enough. It's like a never ending oral exam that is graded on a pass/fail basis. If you fail, life sucks, trust me...ask any guy you know...they'll know what I'm talking about. Seriously though, it actually wasn't that bad for me because the number of dresses to try on is actually quite limited, so it goes pretty quick.) Let me tell you what I just can't understand. Why is it that designers seem so convinced every pregnant woman likes ruffles? Seriously, you can't avoid them. Either the top is ruffled or the bottom has some weird ruffles on it. Do they think that ruffles somehow disguise or distract people from the fact that a woman is pregnant? All they do is make you look even more puffy and boy, isn't that every pregnant woman's dream. (She looks great...even in ruffles...the other pregnant girls probably hate her). Given my rapidly expanding body I didn't want to buy a dress for the wedding too early, which necessitated the last minute shopping. As luck would have it, we found a very nice, non-ruffled dress at the first store we went to on our quest.

Meanwhile, Peanut Butter has been really active the last few weeks. It's still strange to feel her moving around but when I'm home and Todd and I can feel her kick together, it's very sweet. (Sarah only cries every 2 hours or so about how cute it is.) Those are my favorite moments by far. The other night she had the hiccups and that was pretty cute. (Super, super, super cute...very weird, but very adorable.) Nothing else new to report at the moment...but we will update again soon. Keep your fingers crossed that the dress still fits now that a whole week has gone by. (It better fit or I'm high-tailing out of the Berkshires.) Talk to everyone soon! (Have a great Memorial Day!!!)

What a month!

Hello everyone! It's been a busy few weeks in the Pinsky household! If Todd were writing this, he would say that the 'biggest' update in our world is my rapidly expanding belly (I am not writing this but Sarah has offered me the chance to comment and yes, I would say that was the biggest update -- it's big!). In the past two weeks I have definitely gotten a lot bigger. In fact, at work the other day, I had a stranger ask me when I was due for the first time. At first I had no clue what she was talking about...then I remembered I was indeed due in September. Thank goodness people expect pregnant women to be flighty. It took me forever to answer her! So it would appear I have passed the 'hmmm, she looks a little pudgy' stage and entered the 'she's definitely pregnant' phase.

It seems I'm going to have to conquer my fear of elastic waists and maternity clothes awfully soon as I am running out of non-maternity options. Each night, Todd graciously lets me pick out one of his t-shirts to sleep in. (If she wore one of her tiny t-shirts it wouldn't cover that basketball she calls a belly.) Finding something to wear to work is more problematic. I think if I had to name my least favorite part about being pregnant it would be getting dressed in the morning. I'm a little too small for the maternity clothes I have and getting too big for regular clothes. What's a girl to do? I will say, however, thank you to Banana Republic for making a great pair of pants that I now have in 3 different colors. (To be fair, she always buys the clothes she loves in 3 different colors...or just 3 of the same color if need be...she's weird).

Inspired by the news that we will soon have a daughter joining us (and the reality that we are now in our 6th month...holy shnikees), we have been attempting to tackle some more baby-related tasks of late.

Last weekend we took a field trip (terrifying safari) to Babies 'R Us. Todd had never been (I have been so deprived) and I certainly have never been there as a serious shopper, so we went to learn about all the stuff for babies that we didn't know even existed. We started with furniture, which seemed the least frightening (because, you know, how tough can it be to pick furniture for a tiny human and that tiny human's tiny clothes...I mean, c'mon, the booties can fit our cat!). Todd was surprised by the seemingly endless array of choices. (That's a nice way of saying that I was confused as s**t about the 'conversion' furniture that changes a crib to a little kid's bed...but, I will say, after figuring it out, I think it seems like a cool idea). We did enjoy trying all of the comfy gliders, but Todd had to help me up from a couple of them. (I insisted on sitting in each and every one just in case I find myself feeding my daughter at some point). (Poor Todd, he has NO idea how his life is about to change...)

From furniture we moved on to strollers and swings and bouncy seats...oh my! Unlike most of the other couples in the store who were experimenting with different strollers, taking notes and generally looking very engrossed in the differences between one swing and another, our tour was very quick (mostly to keep me from running out the door screaming from information overload). We realized that there are definitely a million things you don't need mixed in with the four or five that you do. The trick is figuring out just what those four or five things are. (We also realized that no one is making these choices for us...which is a little scary but kinda cool that we are the adults in this relationship with our unborn baby). Thank goodness we have so many sisters, cousins and friends who have offered guidance. We're very grateful!

We moved on to the other miscellaneous baby items, e.g. diaper bags, bottles, bathing items, first-aid stuff, monitors, etc. While it could get overwhelming at times, even a little scary and weird, I love going through all of this with Todd. (Ditto. At least we were together...unlike that time that Sarah sent me to the American Girl Doll store alone...now that was scary and weird). To end our field trip, we of course had to look at baby clothes, which are undeniably cute (like I said, tiny). Looking at the clothes definitely made me excited to be having a girl. (Me too). We resisted the urge to buy anything yet. Soon enough, I am sure we will be stocking up on all the Strawberry Shortcake, Smurfette, and My Little Pony stuff that we can find, not to mention Michigan cheerleader outfits.

I'm happy to report we made it out of Babies R Us alive and with our senses of humor intact. In a strange way, we even feel a little better about our ability to actually pull this thing off.

We are working hard getting things in place to get ready for our little girl (little miss life changer is the name that I have just invented...or how about, little miss 6 stroke handicap). Today, we worked on cleaning out the room that will become the nursery. I only cried a few times at the thought of us having a nursery (don't let her fool you, there have been some unexpected sobs lately at seemingly innocuous commercials) (Don't get me started about Extreme Home Makeover. They should make that illegal for pregnant women.) We still have a lot of work to do, but it was definitely a good start.

In the next couple weeks I have my glucose test for gestational diabetes then in another month or so I have another check up. Meantime, we'll continue to get a thrill when she kicks (it's still odd to me that there is something living inside of me but it is nice when Todd and I can feel her kick together). (The University of Michigan football team could use a kicker like our daughter!)

Talk to everyone soon!

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