Right this second I want to get...

...a little fox teething toy made in natural wood from Little Sapling Toys.

week 18

Oh no, it happened. I had my very first hormone meltdown this week. The horrors I told Dan! Out of the blue, I was ready to divorce in the name of lack of proper clothes! It is crazy how the need to feel good about yourself, especially when you are adjusting to bigger boobs, wider hips and obviously a growing belly, makes you do silly (fine, I will say it again, HORRIBLE) things.

So I politely asked Dan, you know, after I told him I wanted him to sleep of the sofa for the rest of our life, to come shopping with me (I actually needed his money because some idiot stole my wallet Thursday) in an attempt to pimp regular clothes into maternity style. I already went shopping for real maternity clothes and came back home empty handed.

So I got this cute skirt at Old Navy and started operation "It needs to work or I will burst in tears again"! I basically followed this tutorial : cut waistband off, remove zipper, top stitch fly closed, pin jersey waistband to the top and serge around.

Conclusion: I didn't cry when I tried the "new" skirt and we are not getting a divorce ;)

Call me naive but there are some things that I just don't understand. So maybe, if one one you has an opinion on the subject, please let me know because I'm clueless!

I had a vague memory of a beat up Sophie the giraffe in a corner of the bathtub at my grand-parent's house when I was a child and recently I saw Sophie in the hands of an adorable baby. Yeah, it is cute but I moved on with my life...until yesterday!!!

My friend Marie, who is much more excited about the concept of getting things for my baby than myself, insisted to visit a toy store. Ok, fine, I must start one day! And there she was, Sophie was looking at me with her big creepy black eyes with her freaky retro cuteness (she was born in France in the 70's). From what I understand, Sophie is an icon...the Audrey Hepburn of teething toys! But Sophie is also a little expensive (20$). Maybe this is the price to pay for a phthalates and BPA free, made of 100% natural rubber and food paint toy? I don't know, you tell me!

But what really freaks me out about Sophie the giraffe is the cult like devotion that people give her. I did some research on the subject and I was stunned by the answers from blog readers. Some concerned mothers indicated that Sophie could be dangerous, other that the quality was so-so. Wow, the bashing was without limit!!! You don't "blip" around with a dog like squeaky toy for babies.

So, what do you think about Sophie the giraffe? Should it be on my list?

week 15-16-17...time flies!

Here we are, week 17 already! Time really flies when your life is not controlled by morning-afternoon-evening sickness! It is true that things get better when you hit the second trimester. I started to eat normally (well, normally for somebody who eat 6 meals a day!!!), I go to bed at almost normal hour and I don't feel like I have a permanent hangover. Taking about hangover, I can't wait for The Hangover 2 (the film). Anyway.

Where I live (Montreal), you have to put your kid on a waiting list for day care very early in the process. So yes, at 4 months pregnant, I put our baby's name on one of the be-patient-and-we-will call-you-when-it-is-your-turn lists. And yes, you do need a name for the baby...you just can't call it little dude or alien like creature that sucks my energy! So we sat down one evening, got the top 50 baby's name and automatically eliminated all those options. And since we are old school people, we went for old school names : Arthur for a boy and Alice for a girl.

Oh, and I called my mom to tell her the names of her future grand-child.
Mom: did you look at the meaning of the names?
Me: uh, no...fine, I will call you back.
5 minutes later
Me: really? REALLY? you didn't even looked at my name!!! the meaning of Claudia is "lame"!!!