Seriously....

Up until the holidays I was able to joyfully report that I could still fit in size Medium (I normally wore Small) in Forever 21. To my grumpy dismay I had to purchase 'warm weather' clothes for our trip down south to visit my parents - basically it meant spending more money on clothes I knew I wouldn't fit in but for this small window. Anyway, I found myself in a large in Forever 21.

....however....

....this was not the last of the growing. Apparently, Olivia, decided to, within a week's time (of which we took 2 weeks holiday)grow significantly; thus, causing me to have to purchase new cold weather clothes, too!

This is correct folks. I can no longer wear my regular Mavi's with a tummy band. I am now in (*sigh*) maternity wear...

and yet - call it pure luck or another plus to living in the most fashionable city in the world but I have discovered the mecca of maternity wear.
Ladies and gentlemen~
I give you, DESTINATION MATERNITY.

We have two locations close to us. The 'store' offers clothing from A Pea in the Pod, Motherhood Maternity, Mimi Maternity, Edamame Spa, a juice bar, a relaxation area, + a children's play area!
The clothes range from $40 Motherhood Maternity jeans to $200 True Religion or Willam Rast jeans.
They also every class under the sun - from childbirth classes to prenatal bellydancing, to your pet and the newborn...even Daddy classes!

Amazing...
on top of it all. I was the only one with a loving husband to accompany me, carry my clothes, and tell me how beautiful I looked in everything I tried on!
Call me one LUCKY GIRL!

xoxo

Which celebrity baby has the best style?

Please cast your votes...

A. Suri Cruise
B. Zahara Jolie-Pitt
C. Shiloh Nouvelle Jolie-Pitt
D. Violet Affleck

In all fairness...

...and not putting judgement on her, let's all welcome Miss Jamie Lynn Spears to the prego group. Yes folks, that is Britney's 16 year old sister....the one we thought had a good head on her shoulders and has made her mother's book on parenting and family go on hiatus indefinitely. *sigh*

We would also like to welcome Lily Allen...everyone's favourite British rap/pop star as of late.



See, Olivia....that's NOT what you want to be when you're born and all grown up, ok?
Love,
la maman

C'est une fille!!!

The lima bean has now graduated to an Olive....or, shall we say, Daddy's Little Olive.

*ahem*...OLIVIA SPOSA.

We are still working on a middle name but we are overjoyed with the news (as we secretly whispered and preferred a girl...but only in secret as to not upset the possibly 'brewing' boy).

Nonetheless, I am excited to add another girl in the house. Buddy, Milo and Jason are great - but it'll be nice to have another chick around. Besides, we can continue my family's Sanrio legacy (ehrm, obsession). We can go shopping and talk about fashion, teach her about womanhood, and broken hearts. Jason can spoil her (and will, of course, be her favourite by default) and he will be her knight in shining armour through it all - teaching her about art, music, and scaring off the boys!

Today was the anomaly scan where we learned of any abnormalities. We saw EVERYTHING - various sides of the brain, heart chambers, kidneys, fingers, toes, nose, lips - we saw it all. All of our bloodwork came out wonderful so unless the baby comes out with autism or cerebral palsy (both of which aren't detectable) we have ourselves a healthy, happy baby girl!

It was funny because last month Olivia wouldn't spread her legs for us to check and today we checked three times to confirm because she wouldn't spread them again! We laughed it off saying she should keep that up until she's atleast 25 years old!

Finally, the latest news in her movements...she LOVES fruits and juices.....seconds after I swallow she is bouncing around with excitement!

This has definitely rounded out our yet to begin holiday season!

xoxo
the sposa family

Christmas Ornament

Hello!

This is a new Christmas ornament I found today for Melanie and I. I think it really made the tree complete this year. I know it's kinda hard to see, but I did manage to get the ornament engraved with the due date: 5/18/08.

We are both really excited about Tuesday.
Crossing our fingers and counting our blessings.


xo
jason.

MSAFP Screening - THE RESULTS

As you can probably guess from the baby picture the results came back wonderful. Unfortunately, my doctor and I were playing phone tag all morning so when I finally reached him he was not at his desk. From what he could remember the chances of spina bifida or any other defects falling under the screening was 1 in 7,000 (which is measured by the bloodwork, my age, and race).

So, Jason and I are extremely pleased and relieved - as you can imagine!

Tuesday we have two appointments back to back. The first is our monthly check-up and the second is an in depth sonogram at the hospital where we will be able to find out the sex of the baby!!

xoxo
la maman

Indie baby....

One of our funniest factors in picking a name for baby is to make sure it fits him or her whether he/she grows up to be a corporate executive, hipster, hip-hop, or goth.

For now, I like to think our baby will be just like us. Adaptable and flexible...and many parts 'yupster'.
I shall continue to seek solace that everytime the belly stretches or cramping get too out of hand and baby is giving me the 'growing pains' they are easily soothed with a gentle hand and me singing RILO KILEY (FYI: my fave band, introduced to me by Jason, and the reason we found/live in Hoboken, amongst other cute factors....).

Nice......