six months

Antonio sent his photos to me today, yesss!!!

This one is my favorite... the dress its a little over the top. lol so what

I am six months this week, my hands and feet are starting to get swollen.

Have I told you I wake up randomly in the middle of the night? I do.

I have I told you when I'm hungry, I mean feed me now, no waiting!

Have I told you I have low patience for strangers and will yell at them? I do, and have.

Have I told you the maternity pants I bought in the beginning are starting to fit? they are.

anyways.. I tell you Im hungry? I'm eating a danish.



size of baby

1 pound of future awesomeness

Baby has taste buds now and has finally broke her weight from grams into her first pound. That's one large tomato, or a potato, or an onion, or a small bag of sugar. Since she has taste buds now, she's eating what I'm eating. I am going to try my best to stay away from processed foods, and fast food. This week I feel I did pretty well. Everything I ate was homemade plus I made a butternut squash soup from scratch (feeling pretty accomplished at that). I've been eating more fruit and veggies, making sure I get all the calcium as possible for her little bones. Her ear bones have formed now and she can hear my heartbeat and voice. I am going to start talking to her. James already does, he felt her kicking last night :) I am slowly giving up sweets, I may limit them to weekends only, just like coffee. I did find a blueberry cheese danish at the Farmer's Market on Sunday.....I gave up donuts and replaced them with French Vanilla yogurt.

We received another gift, from his grandmother up north near Washington. Thanks Grandma!

I love taking advantage of this spot! The best compliment I've her was

"Have you gained any weight??"

me: yeah 10+ pounds

"Its not showing, you look like Nicole Richie, she just got a bump, but you couldn't see the weight gain"

yesssss!!!! I love Nicole!

Steph says the baby is going to like PopStars as she gets older, lol, omg.

Monthly tune up

Had our monthly doctor visit. She talked about H1N1 & flu shots. Our
dr says even the healthiest pregnant mom can have serious issues from
this flu. I was a little scared. She's going to have the vaccine in
her office, when it's avaliable in November, or I can go to Valley
Medical on Saturday 9am and wait in line. I can also get a regular flu
shot in the mean time and call her when I get a fever. But I hear you
get sick when you take a flu shot. Boo...

I gained 4 pounds this past month! I haven't broken 140 yet, I'm just
a few away.......I had almost half a bag of Doritos on Sunday. I said
to myself "So what! You haven't had Doritos in months you want
something cheesy and crunchy then u eat em!"

We heard her heartbeat again, I didn't cry this time but I was holding
it back. Her heartbeats at 146 bpm.

We are both healthy! My last blood tests turned out negative. I have
tons of energy! I was in the breast cancer walk over the weekend,
3.5miles and I felt great afterwards and the next day. I even got
another walk in this morning.

I know I'm really lucky I haven't had any problems. I'm going to try
out new prenatal vitamins, if I like them I can get a prescription
(for a vitamin?! Wow) I get painful gas pressure they may help =\

Miss lil baby girl has been introducing her foot to my insides. I can
feel lots and lots of movement. I had the remote on my belly, she
kicked and the remote moved! James hasn't been able to feel them yet.

Our next visit is 11/30, she gave us info on childbirth classes and
hospitals. I didn't know you needed to register....I think I'm overly
preparing myself, but I like that stuff to be organized and I like
having time to ask questions.

Oh and no blood test required this time *happy dance*

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Little Miss Baby is 6.5 inches this week, shes the size of a cantaloupe.

Steph booked a banquet room at the Holiday Inn San Jose for January 31th at noon. I guess the shower list of to-do's is the following:

[ x ] location & date

[ x ] baby registry

[ ] food

[ ] decorations

[ ] invites sent out

[ ] party time!

The halftime show!

Our pregnancy is HALF over. I'm at the 20 week mark, 20 more (hopefully less) to go!

I like being pregnant. Strangers are really nice when you tell them you are expecting, its an easy conversation topic and people have been really enthusiastic and supportive. I like it. Of course friends and family are all of that too, but its a different feeling when its a stranger. hello new attention

I started working out again, and by "working out" I mean a walk around the block which I had to rest for 30 mins afterward because tired me out. I saw a woman on TV 6 months pregnant running in a forest.....overachiever.

I can't say how phenomenally supportive James has been this whole time. He's been making this journey really wonderful and fulfilling. He has been talking to her, claiming her opinion on his side when a disagreement comes up, took me maternity shopping when I felt I felt frumpy and uninspired, hooked up with moonbeams coffee and lemon cupcakes. Its all cute. I love it!

We have received more gifts! His friend Tyler purchased the crib set off the baby registry and my friend Lisa sent a ridiculously cute fuzzy giraffe blanket our baby will look so GLAMOROUS in. no joke. (she said all the celeb moms have one, heyyyy!!)

I picked up a job a children's clothing store --> discount, yay!

I've found a childbirth class, looks like I'm going to have to take a bunch because I have never been around a baby before. The lady said I don't have to take them until January, which is after the holidays. I think we are going to have the baby shower in January too, we are just waiting to hear about the location, then ordering invites, then mailing them out, but thinking about food.....

Next Monday I have a Dr. checkup.

I had a "chic" phoot-shoot with a old classmate for his portfolio class! I can't wait to see the finish product. He wanted to use my belly so i let him! We also came up with another concept for when I get bigger. I'm really excited about that. Check out his stuff CLICKME

weekend update

This weekend, with the help of my Tia Elida, I added what I was missing from our registry. I was missing alot, like receiving blankets, crib sheets, bottle sterilizer, teething toys etc. I was real appericiative she took the time to help me out.

James and I decided to stay away from the color pink. We had also checked out cribs at Babies R Us. I really liked what they had to offer, thick, sturdy, wood cribs with the ability to convert to a bed later on.

Here is the registry info:
Babies-R-Us
Registrant: Christina James
Co-registrant: James Cerniglia
Email: cjames.v@gmail.com
Registry #: 43894841

Target
Registrant: Christina James
Co-registrant: James Cerniglia
Email: cjames.v@gmail.com
Registry ID: 014208800000356

I've realized how important to my mental health it is to maintain myself. Some days I feel like crazy Britney. If I put the time to fix myself up I feel like a star and my happiness goes up.

My baby girl has been squirming around more!! At first I thought she was kicking or it was gas I wasn't too sure, but now I'm postive it's her. Today she must've known the Chicago Bears were playing because she woke up just in time and started putting her little foot into my bladder. It felt like a gentle finger poke at my bladder. I'm not going to think about how it's going to feel when she's bigger =\. My belly button felt funny

My leg pains are a killer though!!! Only on my right, the pain wakes me up in the middle of the night


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Baby registry time

We registered at Target today. I gave us a time limit of 45 mins :) I'm not sure if we got everything we really need. I aimed for the basics, diapers, stroller, car seat etc. There are some items I'm staying away from, like plastics bottles and toys. I don't trust plastic. I prefer glass bottles & wooden toys....but Target doesn't seem to carry too many wooden or cloth toys.

I need someone to proof read our registry, I hear diapers are important and babies potty up to 10 times a day. (crazy!)

I asked my friend to design a baby shower invite. Hopefully we'll figure out something non-cheesy lol. A lot of people have offered to help out which is really nice! So I am getting excited, yay



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