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When does pregnancy brain hit? (+OOTD)

November 9, 2017 No Comments

Either you love the pregnancy updates, or you skip over them. When I wasn’t pregnant, I most definitely 100% skipped over them. No interest in them whatsoever, since it wasn’t relevant to me. Understandable if you do the same.

I know every pregnancy is different, but I didn’t think this brain-fuzz would happen to me. All this week and last (25 & 26 weeks) I’ve been very “out of it” with getting thoughts into words. It’s kind of funny actually, but can most definitely be frustrating at times. When you were preg, when (if) did pregnancy brain hit? Does everyone get it? There’s some things in your app or the books I’m reading that doesn’t go into that much detail. Bah!Â Those dumb apps (if I’m being honest) kept telling me “now you’re over that hump of getting morning sickness” and as I mentioned in my last pregnancy update, I never did have any sickness. So reading that was a bit of annoyance to me.

I can be a clumsy person, but I’ve been overly cautious of walking down the stairs (I usually race up them by 2’s or run down them) but now I’ve been holding the hand-rails because of my previous months of slipping down a few stairs (pre-pregnancy of course!). Now I’m noticing it’s a bit more difficult for me to get out of bed the way I used to. Now I have to roll over, use my arm to brace me then sit up. Hahahahahah it’s so ridiculous.

Anyway! Here’s another bump outfit of the day for you guys!

26 weeks pregnant, meaning I’ve booked the hospital tour this week, and looking into some classes that my ObGyn suggested I take (that cost $55/each, pfth!).

Wearing:
PinkBlush Ivory Striped Long Sleeved ($36)
H&M Mama LeggingsÂ ($12)
GAP cardigan (purchased this late summer)
Zara scarf (from 2013)
Nike sneakers
J.Crew purse (from 2011)

I only have 2 pairs of maternity pants, and I live in one of them (the leggings of course). Both of them are from H&M Maternity, but I’ve found that the less constricting feeling on my belly, the better I can breathe. Oof!

Disclaimer: Huge thanks to my palÂ MeganÂ for hooking me up withÂ PinkBlushÂ to be an ambassador with them too!Â As a PinkBlush Ambassador I get 2 points for 2 pieces of clothing to review. Each time I post = 1 point. I did not receive monetary compensation for posting about the brand.Â

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Alfie’s Adventures in the birthday convertible

November 8, 2017 No Comments

Well folks, Alfie had one fantastic birthday, let me tell you that much. And a huge thanks goes out to Mazda USA for providing us with a birthday convertible for our sweet pup. Yes – I pitched it, solely for the purpose of Alfie’s use.

You want to know why? Because that’s the only thing that will make him smile this huge, these days. Almost two weeks ago we received the worst news that Alfie (who has lymphoma and is terminally ill) only had days left. So far, he’s going strong and is our little fighter. We’re hoping he becomes a miracle puppa. So far I think we’ve gotten everything down pat with regards to his medications, when to walk him (when his belly is all squeaky, or if he gets suddenly aggravated and barky), and feed him small frequent meals a day (which is 5….lol). He’s lost quite a bit of weight, but that’s due to the cancer, unfortunately. I’ve been updating everyone on his status on Instagram stories as much as possible, and people thoroughly enjoy seeing his little face, and rooting him on. So much love for this little fella!

His 8th birthday was on October 23, and we followed suit, similar to my birthday back in May. We didn’t get the car until the 24th so on that weekend, we drove down in the “California Convertible” as I like to label it (the Mazda MX5) and had a beach day in Santa Cruz, all catered to him. It was perfect. Brought his snacks, his meds and all hahahaha.

When we came back at sunset, we watched the airplanes come in, back in San Jose, and it was the perfect ol’ day. Couldn’t have asked for a better day at all.

This is my first time actually driving the MX5 myself, since the other two times I was in it, they were standard transmissions, and I didn’t want to take a chance learning on a review car, haha. So, I was peppin’ around all week with Alfie in tow, roof down constantly – even if it was a bit chilly. COuldn’t wipe that smile off Alfie’s face, which in turn made my entire week so much better.

Each day is a different story with our sweet pup, but luckily this past week he’s been “himself” with how well things are going.

Lymphoma isn’t curable, but it is treatable. At this point, Alfie’s lymphoma has taken over his little intestines, and is growing. We can only hope that we’re making his last while with us, the best he’s ever had.

Thank you again Mazda for being so understanding, caring, and best of all making my little Alfie smile.

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Fall Style OOTD + Adorable Alfie pictures

October 20, 2017 No Comments

The extend of my Fall decorating: these plush velvet pumpkins I bought years ago at one of my favourite stores back home in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Appropriately called ‘Home’. I whip’em out every Fall and never tire of them. I think they’re super classic looking and definitely go well in our bright white kitchen (although, yes the pic was shown in the bathroom, they’ve since been relocated). I’ve seen other lower quality one’s being sold at less expensive stores (like target and the like) but they’re not the quality that these are. I don’t remember who makes them, since Home carries a lot of independent brands. But I do remember, they were not cheap. YOLO.

I said it before, I think on my Instagram because I’m way more active there than anywhere else these days (IG stories mostly, to keep everyone updated about little Alfie), I think this pregnancy is easy for a reason.

I’m a little distracted, a little preoccupied with all my thoughts right now focused on keeping Alfie happy, and comfortable.Â Perhaps the baby boy knows I’m going through a lot of unexpected and unpleasant surprises with Alfie’s diagnoses, not to mention our first home, first baby, etc. So many firsts. And to top it all off, we still aren’t 100% unpacked nor do we have a fridge. Again, don’t ask about the fridge…I’m about as frustrated as I can get.

Our days are spent occasionally going for drives, Alfie loves them and has this huge smile on his face when he goes.Â My sweet little guy. He perked up for half of the day yesterday. Then last night Scott mentioned Alfie didn’t have a car ride all day. Alfie heard those famous words: “car ride” and immediately started smiling and wagging his tail. So at 11:30pm last night when we were all in our PJs we took him for a 5 min spin around the neighborhood and he, at that moment, you could tell was loving life. So happy to see him like that.

Today? It was difficult to get him to eat breakfast (not interested in chicken, turned his head after a spoonful of pumpkin puree – it’s ok Alfie I hate pumpkin stuff too), BUT!! He did eat an egg, which he didn’t want yesterday which was nice. He’ll eat again 3 more times today. We have to start getting creative with his food. We’re trying to keep carbs (although pumpkin has carbs) completely out of his diet, since cancer feeds on carbs. So we’ll see what the rest of the day brings. Keep an eye out on IG stories for more updates on him.

Picture was taken yesterday when he was feelin’ fine – minus the serious face he’s giving to my self-timer cell phone pic. I was taking OOTD shots for my Pink BlushÂ #MaternityClothes.

Wearing:
Pink Blush Cream Raw Cut Soft Knit Maternity Top ($36)
H&M Mama Super Skinny Maternity Jeans ($35)
Foot Petal Andi sneakersÂ (sent for review too, from Influenster)

Disclaimer: Huge thanks to my palÂ MeganÂ for hooking me up withÂ PinkBlushÂ to be an ambassador with them too!Â As a PinkBlush Ambassador I get 2 points for 2 pieces of clothing to review. Each time I post = 1 point. I did not receive monetary compensation for posting about the brand.Â