When she laughs her stomach shakes like a bowl full of jelly

Keira has learned a new trick and it is by far the cutest thing I have ever seen a person do, i might be a tad prejudiced.  Anyway, she recently learned how to laugh, and I mean REALLY LAUGH!  She laughs when I tell jokes (which are always funny despite what her daddy thinks) she laughs when we kiss her cheeks, she laughs when she gets in her carseat, she laughs at just about everything.  And when she laughs her whole belly shakes, and she laughs so hard she really gets going and she looks a little bit like a baby santa claus.  I can't believe how much she has grown and changed in the last 3 and a half months and it has been such a joy watching it.  Can't wait to see wait the next months have in store... crawling for one (which I can't wait for!) then eventually walking and talking, hopefully she has my sassiness mixed with chris' calmness so she won't be overboard like her mother.  But she already is becoming quite the diva, she loves LOVES loves to look at herself in the mirror, and she recently has started to practice different faces in it (I am not kidding ) looks like I am in for it.  She also is figuring out her feet, I catch her watching them move and trying to figure out how to get them to do what she wants, she has pretty much mastered this with her hands as well.  She also got like a MILLION things for christmas, but you know what her fave present is?  A little white stuffed lamb from Kathy and Phil the greats (her great grandparents).  Who would've known?  She talks to it, hugs it, kisses is, laughs at it....

Purple Short Hair is NOT my look

So last weekend was my bestie's birthday party.  The theme was "Wiggin Out" because we are yet another year older :(  Anyway, we all got wigs and rocked them downtown at the Power & Light.  Well most everyone. I was super excited for mine, I had been planning out my look for like 2 weeks, I really wanted a purple wig, I have had this purple thing lately, couldn't I have had that phase when I lived in Manhattan and the whole world was purple?! Anyway, my lil sis made a comment that her friend had a purple wig, about shoulder length that I could borrow, I was super excited, got my outfit together, Chris let me wear my christmas present, that I have since refused to put back in the box (I have been sneakily wearing it ALL week) Chris just noticed yesterday.

Anyway, on Saturday night at 7pm Mere came over to do my make up and give me the wig. I pulled it out of the bag and IT WAS DEFINITLEY NOT SHOULDER LENGTH!!! It was well ABOVE the CHIN!! Now, I am the girl who cried for days when my hair stylist cut my hair to my shoulders, how could I ever have hair ABOVE my CHIN!!!  See, Mere is a hairstylist and the pics I saw of the wig were shoulder length and curled under, but she had decided to give it a haircut, since the photos!!! AAAGH, it was too late to buy a new one so I just had to suck it up.  I wore it for Mindy's sake, can't say it was the most attractive, but it was alot better than Vals: Brett Michaels (or mom shag) or Pegahs: Stripper wig, but then we had Mindy who looked super cute in her pink shoulder length wig or Kelseys wig that looked like her real hair. bitches. Anyway, in order to cope with the hideous little boy hair cut me and my little decided to drink 2 bottles of champagne, and then millions of vodka waters while at the P&L.  We did have a blast and I have many hilarious pics to show of the night we all wore wigs to the bars.  Which we did get the most dirty looks at Mosaic, Pegah by far got the worst, but it was all in all a great night. Also, another issue of the night, the minute we walked into the P&L this psycho chick came running behind me and mars and starts doing the running man and screaming Ice, Ice, Baby lyrics, mars being the mars tells the girl she is a freak and to get away from us.  At this she goes tearing off in front of us, runs, and jacks Mindy in the side, then tackles her to the ground (knocking off her wig) leaving her wig cap exposed, and then starts choking and punching her! It was like a slo-mo nightmare! and of course, it had to be mindy, the bouncers at SharkBar save the day, arrest the psycho, mindy had to file a police report, and then we got to party.  but according to my mom this is a growing trend down there, and they are lobbying to keep the bars open til 4am! right this was at like 11 pm, and already everyone there was so drunk they couldn't stand!  We still had fun anyway.... clearly you can see by the below shots:

7 am wake-up calls make drinking a WHOLE bottle of champagne not as glam as it once was...

For my alarm clock, I depend on my little baby Keira, sometimes she wakes me up on time for work, sometimes she is a little late, but I can always depend on her to be awake around 6 - 7:30ish, no matter what day of the week.  Unfortunately she has yet to figure out that it is OK to sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays. haha.  Anyway last week, Chris let me out of the house, haha like he keeps me locked up or something, but he stayed home with Keira while I went to my best friend Kyle's Fame Holiday Party.  Where I brought my own bottle of champagne. I was super excited to be out with my old friends and drink it up like I used to, except that while getting ready for this event, it was quite a long process, i skipped dinner. Not a good idea when you will be drinking, and haven't drank since New Years Eve of 2009!

Needless to say I had quite the interesting night.  I got to the party around 10:30, tried to snack on some cheese and crackers, was sort of an annoying mom in the beginning, pulling out millions of pictures of Keira to show off, then Kyle popped my bottle and the drinking began.  I had about 3 glasses of my martini & rossi Asti when I started feeling a little tipsy and people really started coming in, I was having a blast. Then I saw him. Bowtie B, Kyle's old roommate from college, me and Bowtie B have a special hatred for one another, a. he was always super rude when me and the girls would come to KState to stay for a visit at KU in Kyles apt, I am sure it was all fueled on jealousy (on his part) he has had a secret crush on Kyle since the beginning, needless to say he was sort of a buzzkill, even more when i saw him chugging on MY bottle of martini & rossi, bc he brought tacky ass Korbel.  Then bowtie has the nerve to say to me... "your Kati right?  man you look different with dark hair, younger which is good, but different too."  I try to ignore and not start a fight in the middle of a HOLIDAY party but seriously?  Then bowtie says to me, "So have you been here all night?"  Mind you it is 11:15, "yeah since about 10:30, i guess you could say ALL night."  Then bowtie says back "Yeah, it looked like you had been hittin the bottle pretty hard when i got here." WHAT?!? I am sure I turned like 90 shades of red and purple, and seriously had it have been 2 years ago, Kyle would've had a serious Jerry Springer fight in the middle of his kitchen.  But instead I calmly said, "Really? well I would've liked to have more but some cheap ass has been drinking my bottle of champagne, when they probably bought that lame bottle of Korbel, thinking no one would notice." haha Bowtie. I won that round.  Anyway, bowtie left shortly after that and promptly quit drinking my champagne, and switched to wine to try to act like he wasn't the LAME-O who brought sick Korbel. But me and kyle know the real story. and it's not even like Martini and Rossi is super great champagne, or super expensive, it is just the fact that he is so rude it makes me crazy.

Needless to say, I was very roxy that night (my drunk alter ego).  However, the next morning I realized why I could never again drink an entire bottle of champagne, then some vodka waters at the Plaza.  I got my 7 am wake up call and I felt like I was going to throw up all morning. not to mention the train roaring through my head, all the while having to entertain and take care of my precious. 
I have one more holiday party this weekend, my best friend Mindy's 26th bday, and after this bash (that I am sure I will drink WAAAAY too much at) I doubt if I drink again for about 3 or 4 months. my my my how life changes.
*Kati

Roxy, Dryle, and Drindy

After the bottle of champagne

To The Lunch Stealer

Dear Stealer of my Butternut Squash Ravioli Lean Cusinie,

Why did you do it?  I was really looking forward to a delicious and nutritious lunch today, I was saving that particular lunch for Thursday (today) because it is a treat and my favorite lunch.  All I have to say is you got some balls to whip that lunch right out of the freezer, in the middle of the office, and eat it!!! What if I had walked into the kitchen and saw you eating it!

What kind of person steals another persons lunch?! Did someone steal their lunch?! I saw my empty box of delicious butternut squash ravioli at the top of the trash can today when I walked in to go eat on my lunch break today and I thought to myself surely that isn't mine.  Someone saw mine in the freezer earlier this week, and bought there own, then I saw much to my dismay that it was clearly labeled with my name:(  I am pretty sure 2 Kati B's DO NOT work at Reece and Nichols Leawood.

So to that lunch stealer, i hope it was freezer burnt.

*Kati

NEW OBSESSION

I AM SERIOUSLY OBSESSED!!! THIS IS SO SUPER CUTE, IF MONEY WERE NO OPTION YOU CAN BE SURE THIS WOULD BE MINE!

Oscar de la Renta Calypso and Crystal Bead Bib Necklace with Silk Cords - We're Obsessed - Fashion - Instyle.com

Just one of those days...

I used to have days like this quite frequently back when I was single and responsibility free, but lately I have been a little more together, with having to plan out my schedule and time with a new baby and all, but this morning I had one of those mornings.  You know the kind that you wish that because you had such a crazy morning you could just skip the whole day, go back to sleep and start over the next day, or atleast skip the whole work day and go to the bars for happy hour (not so much for me anymore, but i used to be that way).  Anyway, this morning Keira woke me up bright and early at 4:45 am for a bottle.  I fed her and she immediately went right back to sleep around 5:15 or so, normally I wouldn't go back to sleep I would just clean until it was time for me to start getting ready, this morning however, I decided the bed was calling me and I went back to sleep :( this is the most dangerous thing for me to do.  I usually get up around 6:00 (along with Keira) for her to eat, and then play a little, and then I finally get ready, well today since she got up so early and then went back to sleep I slept until 7am, yes thats right 7AM!!! So i rushed around the house getting ready, got Keira dressed in her sleep, woke Chris up, and ran out the door.  Got her to the babysitters, and then went to get my morning diet coke.  I was already running late when I got to the gas station but if you know me, I CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT DIET COKE.  So in my rush I spilled my whole drink all over the gas station floor... graceful is not me, then refilled the drink, and ran to the cash register.  Of course there is a little old lady in front of me buying Virginia Slims and paying for them in, i kid you not, PENNIES!!! this poor old woman is counting out penny by penny her $5.83 or something in pennies!!! So i make it to work ten minutes late, unacceptable for a Monday morning.  Let's just say the day has progressed the same since then... can't wait to go home and love on my lil one (and my hubby too)

Killing Me Softly.

AOL Radio Top Jams is seriously THE BEST!  I have been jammin to great music all day, it is a mix of today's music and jams from jr. high on up.  Seriously the memories are flooding through me.  My number one memory of Killing Me Softly is, riding to my g-mas with my mom, and the Fugee's version of the song came on and I distinctly remember turning it up and saying it was my new favorite song, and my mom just started laughing and was like... "this is an old song, just remade."  It was like a total mind blow to my 6th grade mind, they remade songs?!  What?! I had never once in my life considered this possibility.  My how life changes.

Diva 'tricks' of the week

Keira is really growing up lately. She looks more and more like a toddler ( i know she is only 3 months old) but she no longer looks like a scary little baby (you know when they are so small you are afraid you will break them).  Anyway, she can hold her head up, smile, ALMOST roll over (she already rolls from her stomach to her back) but now we are working on the reverse, and she loves to talk in her baby language.  Lately she has been such a good little baby and has been going to sleep around 10pm and sleeping ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT until around 5:30 or 6 am which is so wonderful.  I am crossing my fingers that in a few weeks she doesn't turn into my lil sister.  Maura was the best baby ever until she hit around her 3 month age, then she woke up. I'm praying Keira keeps up her angel act and sleeps through the night for the rest of her childhood (haha).  Anyway, I snapped a pic of her sleeping the other morning and a few playing on her new play gym ( a christmas gift from GiGi and Papi, but she got it early).  She also taught herself how to stick out her lip and pout when she is upset, or can't wait a minute longer for that bottle.  She performed this new trick when my mom was watching her the other day, and my mom told me that I am in for it, she is just like me. (i used to practice my pouting face, and how to cry on a dime in front of the mirror for hours as a kid, i guess i was a little bit of a drama queen).

Back in the Day...

So I have the office to myself this week, my office mate has the whole week off.  Lucky. Anyway, because of this I am able to jam to whatever music I choose, which is currently AOL Radio's Top Jams Station. All day I have been having a blast listening to all my current faves, when randomly on came Lloyd Banks' "Karma" which brought me back to my days of blaring all my 50 cent, Lloyd Banks, and many other rap CD's while getting ready in my room at Kappa Delta.  Which made remember all the fun my roomies and I had dancing in front of our mirrors, singing, and putting on makeup/doing our hair/getting dressed for our nights out in the 'ville.  Oh how I miss those days.  Pegs and Jess, I never had more fun living with anyone else!  We had so much fun: like our many nights of prank calling, Pegs was always the BEST because she could do impressions and accents, our 'princess' book, and many others.  Most of which can not be named because they were oh so devious.  I miss you girls and thanks for making my college memories the best!  I will never forget our many nights of 'deep' conversations, eating ramen, stealing shirts, and breaking into the snack closet during rush week, and much more.

This is a pic of the original four roomies in Kappa Delta T4!!!

WTF? Holiday PSAs?

So Chris and I were watching TV lastnight when this creepy Public Service Announcement was shown.  It was this creepy guy sitting on a couch (with his legs crossed) looking directly into the camera he said: "Want to get your WOMAN (yes he said woman) something special for the holidays?  Schedule her annual PAP SMEAR!!! then he went on to discuss how important pap smears are!! Chris and I just looked at eachother in complete disbelief.  We thought it was a terrible joke, we kept waiting for the punchline, but it was a serious PSA!!! Guys here is a tip DO NOT schedule 'your woman' a pap smear for the holidays it is creepy and a private matter!!!

The Most Glam Invention As of Yet...

Gold Hair Pomade.  That says it all. It is my newest obsession of must-haves.

http://www.nylonmag.com/?section=article&parid=3924

Pics that were promised...

My Lil Sleeping Beauty

Diva-In-Training

Keira after we set up the tree so not happy all the attention wasn't on her

Daddy finally calmed her down

Daddy snapped a picture of us taking a nap after decorating the tree... guess it was a lot of work

Fashionista Debut...

Keira in her coming home ensemble

Already Posing at 1 month

Showing off one of her new tricks - Smiling

Teeth?! Seriously!?!?!

So since about the middle of last week the diva has been acting a little out of character. She has been drooling A LOT, eating her hand A LOT, grinding her lil jaws, and been a little extra fussy. All these signs point to teeth to me!!! How can my little 2 month old be getting teeth already!?! I have been looking on countless medical sites about infant teething and it is possible that my lil diva is getting teeth! Here is an even more disturbing fact: Some infants are born with a full set of teeth... eesh like a lil vampire or something. Well if Keira is getting her teeth, at least she is getting them when being a vampire is cool and stylish. PS. don't tell anyone but i have convinced Chris to go see New Moon with me.. can't reveal how i pulled off this miracle, but I am super excited about it!! More in the life of my new lil diva... and pics soon

xoxo

*kati

My Must-Have Purse of the Season... mixes a little bit of leopard, lotta black, and a whole lot of rockstar... a Nordstrom L.A.M.B. exclusive..

Everyone who knows me, knows my absolute love for ALL things leopard print, except for those cheapy looking leopard print furs (like weirdo plush fleece from JoAnn). Anyway...so for about a few months I have been hinting to Chris that I want a new must have bag for Christmas, he needs a lot of guidance in this department b/c he has no clue that Marc Jacobs isn't just some rando from college, or that Gwen Stefani designs gorgeous must have bags.. he can't tell the difference between my REAL and super expensive L.A.M.B. leopard clutch from my very fake (thanks anyway mom) Dooney and Burke giraffe print hobo (in her defense she just liked the animal print she didn't realize it was a knock-off). Anyway, while me and Keira were on our way out of the mall I thought I would just stop in the handbag department to check to see if there were any sales going on... AND YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT JUMPED OUT AT ME... CALLING ME... SAYING THAT IT HAD TO BE MINE!! The MOST PERFECT medium sized L.A.M.B. bowler you ever did see. It had a perfect shape, fit perfectly under the crook of my arm, had a perfect black background and adorable pink leopard print... just like my clutch except my clutch is perfect summer colors, white, navy, and gold. This is perfect for winter! I couldn't believe my luck. To top it all of the shopgirl told me I should buy it today to get some discount with a Nordies card, here is where the trouble lies. Had I been single, and minus child I would've shelled out immediately NO MATTER THE PRICE, i could go without food/shelter/paying student loans/etc, but now I have a husband who pays the bills and a child who won't go without food/water/shelter in the sake of fashion. So i am saving up my pennies, next week it will be mine. For now I just have to dream, and even after I get her, Chris has to lock it up and save it for Christmas, which I know will make it that much better, but this waiting is absolutely KILLING me!!! However, the fashion gods have spoken and put my ONE MUST HAVE item on super sale so I am able to still be a fashionista on a budget with an ultra trendy purse, and NOT feel guilty for spending the money on it. Man my life has changed SO DRASTICALLY. but I wouldn't change it for all the L.A.M.B. bags in the world.

Patience is so not my thing...

I am learning that patience is a serious virtue that I really need to gain!! Like IMMEDIATELY. Gone are my days of 'running to the store real quick' or running up to the mall to find a quick outfit for work (or back before Keira) for the night out, or running over to a friends house to visit for a little bit. This was rudely brought to my attention when I went to go visit my friend Katie a few days ago... I just loaded Keira up in her carseat, and I wasn't planning on staying longer than an hour, and drove over to Katie's. Well of course when you are only planning to stay an hour, time flies super fast and then you want to stay and hang out, but of course, silly me I left the diaper bag at home (b/c i was just running out for a few)... anyway I get to Katie's and I am there maybe 15 min (mind you I had just changed Keira's diaper and fed her before we left) and she immediately goes to the bathroom... this is my luck. Yet when I lug the diaper bag into quick Wal-Mart or Target runs, even 2 hour expeditions (yes 2 hours is an expedition with a 2 month old) I NEVER NEED IT!!! I am talking NOT ONCE does the princess need her diaper changed, need a pacifier, a bib, a burp cloth NOTHING!!! But the minute I decide to leave it at home for convenience... it is desperately needed. From now on I must remember NO MATTER WHAT ALWAYS pack the diaper bag, the extra 3 bottles (you never know I could get stuck somewhere for that long) and lots of extra clothes... even if it does require me to slow down and hopefully i am granted some Patience in the near future!!

Tis the Season...

So I have been on a quest for a Christmas tree for this year, I've always wanted a perfectly (and when I say perfect I mean matchy matchy) christmas tree. Everything decorated in the same color scheme, including garland, ornaments, ribbon, and star topper. Thankfully, Chris lets me decorate however I want so I didn't get any complaints from him and I got to choose the color scheme, ornaments, etc. I am also planning next week on buying our new matching family stockings... I am going to go on this trip alone so i can get the adorable leopard ones that I know he will fight with me about at the store. Anyway, for this year we got a smallish 6 1/2 foot tree (its barely as tall as Chris but then so are our ceilings) with beautiful chocolate and gold ornaments to match our living room decor. As we started putting up the Christmas tree I got so excited for Keira's first Christmas, it just brought me back to my childhood and how much I loved decorating the tree. From about ages two to seven I would wrap myself up in the gold garland my mom used for our tree, throw on a pair of my mom's high heels, boots or shoes I loved them both, and pretend I was dressing up for a fancy dance or party. (I have been a glam girl from the beginning) and I just can't wait until my lil diva can have fun like this. I dressed Keira up in the garland just for pictures sake eventhough she can't pretend just yet! Next year though hopefully she will get more enthused about the Christmas decorating... this year she cried through most of it, and then acted scared of the tree when me and Chris posed for pics in front of it, but me and Chris still had fun. More xmas decorating to come i am sure... and pictures!

xoxo

The fountain of youth and energy... DIET COKE

So I am from my previous posts, or if you know me even a little bit, you know I LOVE LOVE LOVE diet coke, almost as much as the Dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding loves Windex. It serioulsy works for everything... lately I have been missing out on some precious hours of beauty sleep (i used to go to bed around 11 jump out of bed around 7 and manage to rush getting ready and to work by 8 if i took a shower the night before) now I not only have to dress and get myself ready... i have my lil pumpkin, who can't go without breakfast, can't pick out her own clothes, or do her own hair, etc. Now even with a night shower, I am usually up around 5 or 5:30 to feed my princess, who then promptly goes back to sleep, get myself together and get her stuff organized, then wake her up (sometimes she does this on her own) get her dressed, and then off the babysitters, then me and chris off to work. Because of this I consume EXTREME amounts of Diet Coke. It is really quite disgusting, but it is the only thing that gets me through the day, a constant fountain of the greatest stuff on earth (sorry snapple but Diet Coke is the real thing.) Anyway, I was sitting at work today (mind wandering) and I realized that I don't remember the last time I drank actual water (this is scary) and I think it was the week i tried breast feeding... it didn't last long (painful and inconvient) and Keira is doing MUCH better since switching and I don't cry every 2 hours and I get to drink as much Diet Coke as I want. Anyway... as I was willing myself to get up and go get a diet coke from the kitchen at work, i came to that sickening realization of not having the slightest clue when I last drank a glass of water and thinking that i really should get that instead, but guess what... I walked straight past the water cooler and right into the kitchen for a diet coke and it was the most delicious drink ever (even better than my old usual vodka water) but hey I figure there is water in diet coke, so i should be ok. But if not oh well, at least I always had energy, was able to look glamourous and awake (due to extreme amounts of caffeine) and a had a good taste in my mouth.

My little diva

So after 24 hours of labor, 2 epidurals (b/c of course I can never have anything go perfectly EVER), and an emergency C-Section, my precious little bit was born on September 16,2009 at 10:29pm. Absolutely NOTHING can prepare you for how much your life changes after your baby is born. I never felt such an overwhelming love and constant worry and concern to make sure they are doing ok. I love her so much it is scary. She was born weighing in at 8lbs 1oz and measuring 19" long and looking just like her mama, and a little like her daddy too. She has an amazing caramel skin tone with beautiful violet eyes (yes they really look violet most of the time) and tons of jet black hair. I just recently took her to the doctors before I went back to work and at 6 weeks she is quite a butterball, she is up to 13lbs and close to 23 inches, hopefully she gets a lil of her daddy's height.

Anyway, I am so ecstatic to finally have her here, the most recent thing she has learned is to smile and laugh. She smiles everytime i kiss her cheek and it just makes my heart melt. She also laughs at funny noises, kisses, and tickles. She is amazing.

Perfect Homecoming Ensemble

So, I have been searching and searching the racks and the internet for the absolutely perfect homecoming outfit for my lil bit, and much to my dismay nothing seems to really be jumping out at me... you know how when you find that one outfit, that you just HAVE TO HAVE, no matter WHAT, that is what I have been searching hi and lo for for the past few months. None have measured up to my standards, i hope this is not a sign of things to come in the future as well :(
I have been obsessed with all things fashion and clothes for as long as I can remember, I was the five year old who was actually excited to get dresses or any kind of clothes for her birthday or Christmas, and I hope to pass this along to my lil nugget. I remember vividly the outfit that I picked for my lil sis' homecoming, a light blue dress with yards of frills and lace... it looked just like a little doll's dress and I LOVED IT!!! Had I left it up to my mom, she would've been dressed in what I had the unfortunate displeasure of wearing home... a purple sweatsuit?! Really mom?! She claims this was all the rage back in good old 1984, somehow I feel she is mistaken... anyway, I don't wish this humilation on my lil bit so I have decided to make her the absolute CUTEST homecoming outfit EVER...
DRUM ROLL PLEASE...

Lil Keira will be debuting herself in a super cute leopard print onesie and a hot pink and white ballerina skirt (designed and sewn by yours truly) and the cutest lil socks w/ ballerina shoes printed on them (from Nordies compliments of her auntie B) and to tie the outfit all together she will be sportin a hot pink headband complete with a bow.

Pics coming soon... now if she would only make her appearance...

xoxoxo

Kati

Keira's Princess Room

Baby Fashionista Car Seat Cover

Made with TLC for my lil peanut...

2 weeks to go... I AM DONE

So the countdown is 13 days and I am so ready to be done it isn't funny. I can no longer sleep, Chris says that you can't talk to me after 10 pm, and I can't even think about laying down without taking a bath with the baby's night-time bubble bath. It's sick I know, but I have already tapped into the baby's soap supply and can't stop until this pregnancy is OVER. It seriously is like crack, it is the ONLY thing that helps me fall asleep at night!
I know everyone says to rest while you can and enjoy the peace and quiet, but truthfully I am done waiting and I just can't wait for the little bit to be here. I want to hold her and see her and touch her. I am just so impatient and this has seemed like the longest 9 months of my entire life!!!!
On a more positive note, I am done with the room and I couldn't be happier, I found my animal print bedding, all the furniture came together perfectly and I finished my car seat cover so she can ride in style!

ITALIAN ICE... MY NEW OBSESSION

Nothing cools you down on a pregnant hot summer day like Luigi's Real Italian Ice. It is the best food ever, especially the lemon flavor. I have never been so HOT in my entire life as I have been this summer, I hope to never again be super pregnant in June, July, or August, but if I am at least I have lemon ice to help get me through:)

Road Rage and Pregnancy makes for an interesting mix

I have a serious road rage problem, I always have, and since being pregnant, it has gotten SIGNIFICANTLY worse. I have noticed for the past three days in a row now, no matter where I drive I get behind or around an IDIOT! Now, these people might actually be driving perfectly fine, b/c anyone who rides in my car is usually bracing for their life, putting thier feet down on the imaginary breaks in the passenger seat, or if it's Chris telling me to watch out for everything, and when to brake, and moving around all my trash that I acumulate in my car. Thankfully, he drives more often then me, and no one else seems to be followed or surrounded by psychotic drivers. Here are my problems with drivers on the road currently:
1. Just because you put your signal on to get over doesn't mean you have a free pass to get over whenever you feel like it!!! This guy (a missouri driver) put his signal on to get over, when i was right in the middle of his car length, and he just flies over into my lane, practically taking out my whole entire front end, then proceeds to drive AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE and if that weren't enough, sit in the right hand turn lane during a green arrow, and the red light, and the next green arrow. I am sure b/c i had the nerve to honk at him!
2. Stop signs do NOT equal Stop lights, i have to go through 3 four way stops on my way to and from work and at least twice a week I am stuck behind some crazy who i swear is waiting on a green light, and then when they realize they have missed about 20 turns to go, they step on the gas and almost kill everyone in the intersection b/c they went out of turn (what is this?)
3. Not driving the speed limit. This is something I seriously have NO PATIENCE for, why on earth would you drive any slower than the speed limit?!?! Especially in the left lane?! I like to drive about 10 over, and I have no clue why you wouldn't want to get somewhere as fast as you could. Again, this could just be me, because I am usually always late for absolutely everything.

Anyway,

This was my rant for the day. I am sure I will have much more after this weekend, me and Chris are moving into our new house!!! Yay!

xoxox
*Kati

49 Days Left....

The end is approaching and I couldn't be any more excited! I currently have a heel permanently lodged either in the dead center of the top of my belly (like right in my clevage, not joking in the slightest) or under my left rib. I think she is trying to break out and it is SOOO uncomfortable... and all I can think about is 49 days until I can taste a DIET COKE!!!
Chris thinks that after I am done being prego I won't even like the taste of Diet Coke anymore, but I am seriously dying for it, I mean it did use to be my number one source of hydration, not kidding even a little bit. No matter what time of day... Diet Coke was the first thing I would think of to drink, it is like my water.
Anyway, 49 days until the little bit comes and even though I CAN NOT wait to drink my Diet Coke, I am getting a lil worried about the whole labor thing, pain just really isn't my thing, and I am afraid I will turn into the exorcist and just be a raging animal for the whole thing :( But after all that nonsense, I can't wait to see my lil kiki (my sis really hates this nickname) but i love every nickname in that genre, I secretly still want to name her Rocsi (but everyone thinks it sounds like a stripper I think it sounds adorable.) I would also love to name her Zsa Zsa, Gigi (or a name that goes with GiGi) or the best of all Coco, but Chris is like an iron fist and will not allow it... at least i still get to call her Kiki.
We move into our new townhome this Saturday and I can't wait to get all the baby and wedding presents unwrapped. Seriously, I have been dying to use all the great new wedding gifts and they have just been boxed up in storage calling to me, I must be going through the nesting phase. I have already decorated everything I possibly can before we get settled, except painting the crib, which Chris vetoed, eventhough I think a white crib is waaaay cuter than a boring old oak wood one. He might change his mind once he sees all the baby furniture together. (keep your fingers crossed)
On the leopard front, I found leopard print infant sheets at USA BABY, which will be purchased IMMEDIATELY!!! I also FINALLY found leopard print baby bedding that is acceptable and I can't wait to get it!!! Also, I made a leopard print car seat cover trimmed with pink ribbon (it is the most adorable thing ever, I can't wait to show it off with her in it!)

More to come... after I finally get my life organized and moved into the new casa :)

Can't Wait!! The only nesting I have been able to do so far is clean my office.haha.

xoxox

*Kati

Pregnant = insomnia + bad clothes + cranky kati

So up until this week I was doing pretty great through out my pregnancy. I was never sick, never uncomfortable, smells didn't bother me, it was pretty much life the same as always minus the drinks and my body was expanding rapidly. This week, marks the turn to hell. I feel so huge, I can barely stand it, I can't sleep because I am hot NO MATTER WHAT. Seriously our bedroom is like 45 degrees and I still kick off the covers, and to top it all off maternity clothes just DO NOT cut it for me. I feel like I am shopping at Wal-Mart but paying GAP prices. Seriously, the clothes are hideous, why don't buyers get a clue and realize that when you have a ginormous baby belly you absolutely DO NOT want ruffles anywhere on your body! Nor do you want itchy wal-mart fabric pants or anything that makes you look like a grandma/infant at the same time. I officially hate all maternity stores.

I have resorted to only wearing dresses in regular size clothing, which is fine, but annoying that you can't buy a decent prego shirt ANYWHERE. To top this all off i have a serious case of insomnia, all i want to do is lay down and sleep next to my hubby, but I can't i get all fidgety and restless, then i keep him up... it is just not good. All in all, I am COUNTING down the days until lil Keirah can just get on out and cause me a different kind of insomnia and days of fashion woes. Currently I am cranky, hot, uncomfortable, and absolutely NOT looking forward to August.

That is all for now,

xoxox
kati

So one year later, I have found my "sole" mate and am expecting a lil diva in September....

So, almost a year later, and it seems like on my last post, I knew where my life was heading. The previous post was inspired by my husband!!! Who would've thought that last year when we reunited (on this exact day July 3rd) we would already be married and bringing a new little bundle of joy into this world?! Well obviously Chris was and still is just like my favorite pair of wedges, which I haven't been able to wear all summer due to swollen feet. Oh the sacrifices I am making :). Anyway, this has definitely been a whirl wind year, and I have been neglecting my stalkers for an entire year!! Well to catch you up a bit, Chris and I got back together around the fourth last year, then I left my glamourous KC life and headed to the sticks to move in with my one and only. We had a super cute bungalow in Manhattan that I absolutely adored. I had my own personal dressing room and sewing room, chris had his "office." And life was more than perfect! Chris proposed in December, and wanted to get married at the courthouse immediately, but I just kept thinking how much I really wanted that "white dress." Then, in January we found out I was prego, so we decided not to hold off on the wedding planning anymore. In Febuary I got offered the marketing manager position at my old office (where I used to be a lowly assistant) and me and Chris made another crazy move back to the city! YES! YES! YES! It's hard to believe how much you miss 'a city' not a little cowtown. We made it back to KC in March, we found out the baby was a little girl... and definitely a diva, in April. We had a small wedding ceremony in May which was a dream come true. Then at the end of May we held our wedding reception!!! Which was fabulous minus I couldn't enjoy all the wonderful sangria, champagne, and beer:( but C definitely enjoyed it for the both of us. Now we are just getting prepared for the little one in September. I can't wait, and don't you worry, I have picked out as much leopard and pink as possible! Just can't wait to meet her...

More next time...

xoxoxo

Kati