Aunty Ollie $100 Gift Card GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Aunty Ollie $100 Gift Card GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Very cute stuff!! Fingers crossed that I win! :)

Going to the Market

So I'm really really nervous tonight! My talented and uber-creative friend Mari and I are participating in a market tomorrow called Bijou Market. It is in a town in Utah- so I'm obviously not going to go. This is the first time I've been involved in something like this. I only have 2 designs in this market. But I'm still SOOO nervous that no one will like my shirts and I will not sell even 1!! But I guess we'll know tomorrow.

Next month, (Dec 5) we are participating in another 2 markets- another in Utah and one here in Burbank! The one in Burbank is called Hip Handmaids, and my friends Kate and Michelle are organizing and running it- which is amazing. There is a blog for Hip Handmaids where they feature the vendors and do giveaways. Check it out this weekend for a yummy giveaway! Also a good place to get ideas for Christmas shopping etc. Hope if you're around you'll come out to the show!

And just to put a good ending on yesterday's no good very bad day- Caleb felt the baby kick last night for the first time. It was probably just really good timing, but I like to think she was performing for him. Within about 10 seconds of putting his hand there, sure enough she kicked hard enough for him to feel it! And boy was he skeptical beforehand, but his eyes opened up wide and he gasped. Very cool. Good girl. :)

The No Good Very Bad Day

Well, it could have been worse (obviously) and already being at home and relaxing, it's looking up already. But...

I had a dentist appointment. And I have a cavity. This whole being pregnant makes me barf while brushing my teeth, so I rush through it while gagging the whole time thing has finally caught up to me I guess. It isn't a huge one- since it doesn't hurt or anything, but I have to wait 6 months to deal with it, so I'm going to try to give up soda and sugary candy for the most part and try my very best to keep it from getting worse.

I had to work with pretty much one of the most loathed clients ever today (I only have 2 on my list really). But this one. Wooo boy. Awful. Can't admit she's wrong about anything. Asked me for the name of the "referee" that worked on a specific day and when I gave her the name of the only one listed- she insisted htat wasn't him and there was another one. Nope, there isn't. Flash to hours later and we figure out that she needs one of the "coaches" back. When I figure this out and email her back, her reply was that FYI- in our world a ref and coach are the same thing and then basically commented that I should have just told her, blah blah blah... HELLO?!!? No they are not the same thing! Grrrr. This seems like something that isn't a big deal but the history with this person- is that she is never wrong and everyone else is an idiot for not automatically knowing. What takes 1 hour to finish for anyone else, takes 5 hours for her. But at least I am just covering for someone on vacation and this is only temporary.

Then just as I am finishing up, I call Caleb to tell him I'm headed home. He's just found out that the airline that they are flying to Europe for their tour charges tons of extra fees for 1st and 2nd checked bags and since they have to bring lots of their equipment, guitars, etc. They will rack up at least an additional $130 each for baggage. He was already stressing about this tour, so that just adds to it, huh?

Lastly (hopefully), I'm pulling into our parking spot and my headlights hit... well, they hit where his bike is supposed to be. His bike was STOLEN! I almost didn't want to tell him. His bike that he had tinkered with and sanded and painted and adjusted and enhanced until it was just perfectly what he wanted. STOLEN! Jerks. They left my bike. They left our dumb wake boards. Seriously?! Who steals a bike with a kryptonite lock on it!?! Jerks.

We're going to just going to stay in and eat frozen pizza and then hide under the covers and hope that tomorrow will be another day and a better one :)

She does exist!

Here she is.

We are 95% sure that we have a baby girl in there.

And now that it's been confirmed (95% at least) I can say- I knew it!

I had 3 dreams that I had a baby girl- and the most recent one was of our ultrasound appointment. The Doctor had said "I don't see a weiner, so it's a girl!" and I had said back to him- "Well, I already knew that." Plus, my overall feeling when I think of her was, you are a girl. I'd refer to her as "she" so often, that Caleb started calling her Caleb Jr, just to balance it out a bit.

All in all she is a healthy little baby. She has a heart with four chambers that is functioning appropriately. (They even color coded and showed us the blood pumping through) She has a stomach and kidneys and arms and legs and feet and hands all where is appropriate. We are so lucky.

So this picture is of her little face. And her big belly.

And then she arched her head back and we got this little profile with mouth and chin too!

And this one makes me nervous. Here she is facing the camera- head is now on the right (She was doing flips and twists and turns the whole time!)

She looks like a puppy or a jack-o-lantern to me in this one. I am guessing that what I think are puppy ears are actually her arms up by her head, but who knows.

The rest of the details that I can remember- She is about 11 oz. She is normal sized.

They did not change her due date.

Now off to break this spending slump I've been in!

I'm up.

Well, this whole time change thing has messed my schedule. My alarm is set for 8am, and I think I woke up at 6:45 and finally gave up and got out of bed at 7:15.

Today is our ultrasound. I'm mostly excited and a little anxious about it. I'm 19 weeks now, and as long as our baby is in a showy mood, we should find out today if it is a boy or a girl. It's in the afternoon and before I get to do that, I have a meeting with a director of a new movie I'm working on. I read the script last night, and hmmmm, I'm definitely too old for this movie. I think it's geared towards 9 year olds?? The only thing I'm worried about is that I'm a super honest person, and I will have to tighten my filter for this meeting and not say something like- Worst script ever!

Today is also my official start to the holiday season! (Even though I technically watched 2 Christmas movies last weekend...haha) Yay! I'm really excited for the holidays, although, they can last as long as possible! (I feel like time is flying by! I could really use as much time as possible to get ready- particularly these next couple weeks before CB leaves for his Europe tour.)

Speaking of Caleb's band... they've been soooo busy the last few weeks. They spent a week rehearsing, a week in the studio, a week mixing, but now their CD is close to being finished- well, maybe wishful thinking, I am sure there is tons more to do on it before it goes to mastering. It will release in the Spring sometime after the baby is born (hopefully at least a month- haha- since that means a tour to support the release will follow)

I went and visited them in the studio one night while they were recording and snapped this funny picture of Caleb at the mic. Doesn't it look like he's singing "Heal the World" or something like that?

Alright, alright. He wasn't singing here- It was posed... but see- that's how honest I am... I'm totally screwed for this meeting. :)

One more thing...

CB comes home today YAY!

(I really got used to him being home again- so I miss him already.

My tolerance must be down for band tours!)

Anyway, one of the last things he asked me before he left was to put away the clean clothes we had just washed. Well nothing like waiting until the last minute, but I finally put them away this morning. Yes, I'm a procrastinator, but it also has a lot to do with the long hours at work lately. When I get home, I just feel like eating and sitting on the couch. I find that I am much more motivated in daylight hours!

So I was inspired to reorganize my closet-- get rid of the clothes that no longer fit me and more specifically probably won't want to wear once they will again. I finally separated CB's clothes from mine again and got them back in the order I prefer:

Organized by sleeve length and color.

This is the only thing I took out of the experience of working retail for 6 months in college.

I also discovered I have a lot of black short sleeve tops- like 10.

Next step- getting matching hangers, so that everything is uniform. haha

I probably should've smoothed some shirts so that it looked better before taking the pic. :)

Good things this week

I got a new laptop and learned how to Video Chat.

I was able to talk to Caleb (who's in Illinois this week), my brother, his wife and my nephew.

My sister in law, Rachel and CB's mom - I even sang Happy Birthday to CB when he blew out the candles of his early birthday cake they had for him. His birthday is Monday.

Video Chat will definitely save me from going insane when he tours Europe next month.

I felt the baby move this week for the first time.

I wasn't sure at first, but after a few days of consistent moving- I am now.

Yep, there's a baby in there!

My office surprised us with PIE on Thursday.

I filled my plate with (small) portions of french apple, chocolate french silk, and key lime!

I'm a big fan of pie. Yum.

My girl (Irina) is still in the running for Project Runway.

If she lasts the longest, myself and 2 other girls that voted for her win the big prize of fabric!

I think she has a really good shot. Cross your fingers!