Abigail Joy Lindberg

Gotcha Mama!

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Precious baby feet.

Hello World!

Unexpected Places.

One of my dearest friends is getting married next week, months ago I found a maternity dress on a clearance rack that I really liked so I bought it. On Saturday, I tried it on and decided I looked large, but not necessarily pregnant. That dress wouldn't do, you need to feel pretty at a wedding, even if its not yours! Here I come Southdale! After 2 hours of shopping and 50 items later I found nothing! GRRRR...so I went to my favorite store, Macy's! Now they don't have a maternity section, but I thought I would tackle the regular dress department just to see if I could find something that would work. They had at least 3 racks of dresses for 75% off, they were talking my language, now if I could only find something. I walked into the dressing room with 15-18 dresses tried everyone of them on and decided 4 of them could work. As I was trying on the 4 finalists on I went out into the larger dressing room to scope myself out in the big mirror, there was a woman looking at her dress. She looks at me and says, "Oh, that looks nice. You are having a baby." I said, "Yeah, that's the problem" She said, "No that's not a problem, that's wonderful!" I went back into the dressing room with an entirely different perspective. She was right, it is wonderful! And I found a 2 dresses that I like and feel good in baby bump and all. The shopping bonus is that I had a $15 off coupon if I spent $50, so I paid about $35 for each dress. I'm just waiting until next week to decide which one I'll be most comfortable in and looks the best. Either way...everything is WONDERFUL! I'm thankful for hearing things in unexpected places.

Woe is me....

For 4-1/2 months I remained relatively small in the stomach area. So much so that the general public was wondering if I was pregnant or if I had simply gained my holiday weight a little early. Well, there are definitely no questions, it is now obvious I am pregnant. The downside of this new development is the trial and error technique I have had to develop in getting ready in the morning. Last week I tried on a pair of pants (not maternity) but a larger size, uh-oh they don't fit! They just fit last week...shoot. Let's try these. SHWOO, I'm in. Next, top. This one should cover my belly...UG! You've got to be kidding me. My lined bra is not enough to pad those things! I guess I'll need to put on another shirt--layered look here I come. This is not going to work either, the shirt doesn't fit! GRRR...this is getting ridiculous! Hmmm...do I have something that matches these pants and this longer shirt!?!?! Oh, here is one...Dear Jesus, please let this work, I'm getting real tired of getting dressed this morning. Ahhh...it works! Until tomorrow...