You’re not Sexy, You’re Pregnant!

Such were my husband’s words to me when I put on the shirt that I’m seen wearing in the pictures below.
I guess he thought I was showing too much cleavage. Actually his exact words were “You’re not sexy Ari, you’re pregnant Ari!”.
Even he knew that one came out badly and hopefully not how he meant [...]

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Light Weight Swaddling Blankets

If you are due in the hot summer months like I am, chances are you will appreciate these light weight muslin swaddling blankets from Aden & Anais:

In camo print, my favorite, (but currently out of stock) $29.95 for 2 pack

4 pack in cute girly pink colors and patterns, $44

4 pack in mod blue and brown [...]

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Decorate Your Nursery Walls

By order of the Management!

Etsy artist John W. Golden created these By order of the management posters because he got tired of saying the same things over and over again to his kids.. pretty smart right?
Some like the “Eat your Vegetables” or “Wash Behind Your Ears” are clearly more appropriate for a Kitchen or bathroom, [...]

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20% Off Sale at Crazy8.com

I’d never heard of this store before today, but I’ll definitely be checking back there more often..
Is this not the cutest thing for the least amount of money you’ve ever seen?

Hatchling Swim Coverup - $7.19 (!!)  from Crazy8.com
I should have gotten this little hat too, damn!

Hatchling Beanie, $2.39

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Maternity Clothes, Who Needs Them?

I got a nice comment from UK reader Kitty about this post about my mostly target spring maternity wardrobe:
I love you Ariana - I have a trip to Ibiza in 3 weeks and was starting to despair
about the swimsuit situation - I was worried my National Geographic centrefold body
would gross all my friends out. [...]

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Crib & Bassinet

Jeff’s softball game was canceled last night, so I cajoled him into setting up the crib!

Baby Mod Park Lane Crib
It’s actually surprisingly good quality and sturdy. There was a little mishap with confusing sets of screws.. if you accidentally switch the screws that were meant for the metal pieces that hold and adjust the mattress [...]

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Babies and BBQ

We had a birthday BBQ  for Jeff at our house this Saturday and all the babies were in tow, including a surprise appearance by brand new baby Lola and her mommy and daddy Sara and Mando. Sara looks amazing for just 10 days post c-section and baby Lola is just beautiful:

Sara and baby Lola
In our [...]

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Our Crib Has Arrived!

I ordered our crib last week from Walmart using the site to store option.. the estimated arrival was set for this tuesday, but I got an email that its there today already!
That means that we can go pick it up and put it together Sunday, so hopefully I’ll have pictures of that for Monday.
In the [...]

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I passed the GD test, and What’s in a Name?

Thank GOD. I had absolutely no interest in having to do the three hour test, so this is very good news.
The rest of my OB appointment was uneventful. I just told her I was leaving. Didn’t get too much into the details but I think she got the idea. She reviewed the blood tests with [...]

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Nursery Changing Table Dresser

Jeff put together the remaining drawers last night so I finally got a picture of the Ikea 8 drawer Hemnes all set up and ready to be used as a changing table! I’m so glad we got the larger dresser, it’s really sturdy and will hold so much more stuff!

We also bought the hemnes bedside [...]

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