I just need to talk to people who share my interests. Someone who will not be annoyed at my incessant conversations about All Things Baby. Luckily, I have an angelkatharine and she is quite thrilled to hear my baby-related babble. It’s great!
Yesterday was an errand-running day and she came with me! I went to Ikea to find picture frames (I actually like the super cheap ‘clips’ ones) and to restock on candles. I had a great time discussing decorating choices in the display rooms. Noah isn’t interested in doing that with me. 
Then we went to Target for non-stick skillets which will allow Noah to make me breakfast with greater ease. I found some clothes and I am quite thrilled about this. Lately I’ve been wearing two pairs of low-rise maternity pants and about five shirts over and over because other stuff isn’t fitting. Oh sure, I can keep wearing the generic stretch pants I had for maternity, but they wear out and aren’t real flattering. I really want to put maternity clothes away so that they aren’t worn out the next time I get pregnant. This is complicated by the fact that while yes, I now have jeans (w00t!) I had just uhm expanded into this size before getting pregnant so I have very little clothing in size 14. Noah is challenging to live with if you want to not gain weight. I apparently can’t stay thin. All of my size 14 stuff is work clothing and I don’t really want to lounge around the house that way.
So new clothes! Yay! I also have the new constraint of nursing accessibility. Whereas I don’t have a problem with raising up the bottom of my shirt (I don’t care who sees my stretch marks) it is a lot easier to have boob access from higher up. Raising a t-shirt in the wraps is kind of a pain then we get all sweaty together and I don’t like that feeling. So yay for shirts that lower for boob access. I also found some cute jammies cause I don’t really have any. I mostly have nightgowns and nothing is more fucking pointless than having to raise the bottom of a nightgown from your knees to above your boob for nursing. (Ok, there are probably more pointless things…) So now I have two-pieces and I’m happy. I also found two dresses that are nursing compatible. One is even cute and not black so I can wear it to the wedding next month. (It’s grey, but I’ll take that as good enough.)
And Noah got nearly drunk last night. It was very amusing.
Much celebration is felt. And now I sit very still and pray that the munchkin goes to sleep soon for a really long nap cause she was up longer than is strictly speaking awesome yesterday.
I hear you.
I have a number of dresses I haven’t worn since before Kidlet. They fit, but they’re not nursing-compatible.
It’s kind of funny. I’m packing things away hoping that in a few years I will go through the box ad get excited about clothes feeling new-to-me again.
Yeah for weddings, I get to squeeze me some Krissy!
Speaking of free, are you available either the evening of the 28th or the evening of the 30th?
Yes, ma’am.
Both are free.
Most excellent! I’m at work with limited communication, but I’ll try to touch base with you later on tonight to discuss details.
*squee*
Ok, yes I’m excited.
Not boring, not at all.
Some of us are vastly interested in all things baby, even in spite of many other things to think/talk/read about…
Yay, dressing for easy access!
I like reading your posts about baby stuff. It makes me feel like I am missing less of your life (and Shanna’s life), even though I am far away now.
Yay for new clothes. I have a huge percentage of clothes from Target. I like to go there around Halloween because they always have cool clothes with Halloween theme stuff on them. Last year I got candy-corn leggings. And orange and black striped socks. Yes, I am a dork.
Nick is very amusing drunk, too – he gets very cute and flirty. It’s adorable.
I guess I’m just the crouch to nurse type, especially since I’m not going to bring a boppy to someone’s wedding, and my boobs are nice and baby-stretched out :-P, so I have all two piece fancy wear now.
I wear nursing bras… at least when I leave the house… and I find that it’s easier to deal with them with tops that have access from the top.
And I’m not bringing the Boppy with me to Portland.
I’m traditionally a really light packer and I’m debating if I can handle the bulk of traveling with cloth diapers.
Yah, I guess I just got used to unclipping them from the bottom, I’m gonna be sticking my hand up there to get my boob out anyway, and I don’t like stretching out the necks of my t-shirts? I dunno. Different habits.
Anyway, I know you use cloth diapers, but I found some half bags of size two and three disposables that I was wondering if you wanted? I don’t know if you do any switching back and forth when you go out and such.