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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