my sister's bedside table and gigantic bras

23/04/2009

Ok, I know I am biased, but don't I have the sweetest sister in the world? Look what she put on her bedside table:

I love it!

On Tuesday I went for bra shopping. OH-MY-GOD! These maternity bras are enormous! And I am not even talking about the ugly just plain white granny looking ones! I am talking about the sexy pink and black lace ones! I mean, why-oh-why does it have to cover the whole boob up?! That's not making me a very sexy mama, is it?

I went into this wonderful little Crouch End shop and awkwardly I asked for a very supportive bra, maybe maternity, we'll see :p Sweet Lucy, the owner was like "erm, are you preg, or not?" lol Anyway, she explained to me that normal bras will hurt a bit more and won't be as comfortable, so we checked out her maternity stock instead.

Sooo embarrassing! I tried the best good looking one and felt sooo unsexy! Oh and the fact that it has an option of opening at the top for boob feeding, made it worse! oh and the style is called "milk"! haha, now who is the lovely Daisy the Cow?

Still, I did buy it, since it was actually very comfy and matched it with its pretty lace panties, making me a very happy customer. So happy, I even bought my first maternity stretchmark belly rub from the same shop (love local boutiques that sell all-a-girl-needs like that).

So, off I went to work yesterday, feeling very moisturized on the right places and without the need to support my boobs with my arm on the way down the tube's escalator ;)

my first baby present!

Aren't these the cutest baby shoes ever?

My friend Al couldn't resist to buy me a present and since I've now done my 12-week scan, I felt safe to open it!

How exciting! My baby's first little pressie! hehe

my very own 100 Q&A

12/04/2009

1. How old will you be in five years? 35

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today? noone yet it's too early in the morning and DH is asleep

3. How tall are you? 1,70m

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? 12-week scan

5. What's the last movie you saw? Little MIss Sunshine last night, love this film!

6. Who was the last person you called? skyped my sis

7. Who was the last person to call you? my sis on skype

8. What was the last text message you received? from my friend Claire to tell me she was on her way to pick me up to go for cake :)

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail? Clear Cut Talent for a job

10. Do you prefer to call or text? neither! email please!

11. What were you doing at 12am last night? watching film

12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced? divorced and re-married. Nosy!

13. When is the last time you saw your mum? last September at my wedding (she lives in Greece)

14. What colour are your eyes? blue

15. What time did you wake up today? 8am

16. What are you wearing right now? my pjs lol

17. What is your favorite Christmas song? Santa Claus is coming to town!

18. Where is your favorite place to be? On a Maldivian beach eating fresh cut coconut

19. Where is your least favorite place to be? Soho Friday night when it rains and smells of piss

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? back to Coco Palm in Maldives! and then Bali ;)

21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? in a big house in the county side with a good sized pool

22. Do you tan or burn? burn if not careful and then tan a bit

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?not feared but wished, aliens! They would fix my myopia and send me back

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh? James at work

25. How many TVs do you have in your house? just the one

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? both, I'm a geek

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? sleep with panties and a vest

29. What color are your sheets? white

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? now two

31. What is your favorite season? Summer

32. What do you like about Autumn? nothing

33. What do you like about winter? ahh snow and the crisp cold

34. What do you like about the summer? the heat, the shade, the smell of fresh cut grass, my frappe (ice coffee), watermelon, swimming (if lucky and in Greece), long drives in the country, stuffed tomatoes, the barbecues, wearing dresses and flip flops, getting natural highlights from the sun, freckles, ice cream that has to be eaten fast before it melts, live outdoor music, the sense of peacefulness I get, and the list goes on :)

35. What do you like about spring? the flowers, the trees that they have finally leaves on them, the smell of the ground after a shower, the sun, birds singing in the morning aaah so nice

36. How many counties have you lived in? just two, Greece and UK

37. What cities/towns have you lived in? Athens and London

38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? pumps in the winter, flip flops in the summer

39. Are you a social person? Very much so

40. What was the last thing you ate? shredded wheat with almond milk 41. What is your favourite restaurant? Busaba in Soho

42. What is your favourite ice cream? Vanilla with wild cherry syrup

43. What is your favourite dessert? cake

44. What is your favourite kind of soup? carrot and corriander

45. What kind of jelly do you like? strawberry

47. Do you like coffee? oh yes

48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average? 2. I should drink more really

49. What do you drink in the morning? coffee

51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed? before PG: by the window, now: closest to the loo lol

52. Do you know how to play Poker? nah, bored of table games

53. Do you like to cuddle? yeah! who doesn't?

54. Have you ever been to Canada? nope

55. Do you have an addictive personality? oh yes

56. Do you eat out or at home more often? at home, love home made meals

58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you? my husband! hehe

59. Do you want kids? obviously ;)

60. Do you speak any other languages? Greek

61. Have you ever gotten stitches? yeah :/

62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance? been in one, but not for a ride

63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool? pool by the ocean? hehe I love the sea

64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat? depends. Pre-PG window, now closest to WC!

65. Do you know how to drive? love driving so much!

66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on? computers and beauty products. A living contradiction, I know

67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7? nope. I only wear my wedding and engagement rings when I go out

68. What is your favorite TV show? lots! mostly drama, ie: Dexter, Dirty Sexy Money, Heroes

69. Can you roll your tongue? yeah

70. Who is the funniest person you know? James at work

71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? who does that?!!!

72. What is the main ring tone on your phone? don't remember, what a boring question

73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little? my mum does

74. What red object is closest to you right now? a throw on my day bed

75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth? nah

76. Do you sleep with your wardrobe doors open or closed?seriously! I mean what question is that lol closed!

77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees? haha NOT GET ATTACKED? I mean a bear will kill you and bees will kill you as well! Is that a question: would you rather die buy getting brutally ripped into pieces and become dinner or would you like to get stung by million of bees and have a slow but painful poisonous death?

78. Do you flirt a lot? little bit

79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in? yikes! don't eat that thing

80. What is your favourite food? stuffed tomatoes

81. Can you change the oil on a car? nope, Dh does

82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? yes hehe

83. Have you ever run out of fuel? nope, I feed my baby

84. What is your usual bedtime? midnight

85. What was the last book you read? Norwegian Wood, Murakami

86. Do you read the newspaper? the Observer

87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions? nope

89. Do you watch soap operas? waste of time

90. Do you dance in the car? yes hehe

91. What radio station did you last listen to? Radio 1

92. Who is in the picture frame closest to you? me! lol on DH's desk

93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper? Pregnancy-safe for spots: Benzoyl Peroxide and Salicyc acid

94. What is your favourite candle scent? don't have any

95. What is your favourite board game? not board game, pictionary

96. When was the last time you attended church? 3 years ago Easter. OMG no! last September at my wedding! haha Can't believe I forgot that! lol

98. Who was your favorite teacher in school? Mr Manolis, know him? lol

99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent? don't do these things, I am a princess, need my 5-star hotels

100. What is something that you can't wait for? have my beautiful baby in my arms! obviously hehe oh and holidays :p

11 weeks and counting :)

12/04/2009

11 weeks today! That's almost three months! Not long before the end of my first trimester, yay! On Thursday I have my 12-week scan, I will be 11 4 so hopefully it won't be too soon to detect abnormalities. Albeit, I am very excited, can't wait to see our baby! :)

Pregnancy symptoms are easing out, thank goodness. I haven't thrown up for 6 days, even though I still get mild nausea in the evenings. Last night's Easter food shopping trip was difficult, I had to avoid the food section for ages till DH bought almost everything we needed. I had a weird craving to have candies, felt that they would make me feel better, so I spent lots of time in the sweets section, lol

Cravings and aversions are funny things. Before PG I used to eat fish and veggie/dairy-free food only, all organic and prepared from scratch. I would even make my very own chocolate spread, all raw and yummy. Now I can't touch any type of chocolate, salad or fish! And of course this is the food we preggy women need to eat! All I am craving is pastries, puddings and ok sth good, fruit (that hasn't changed thank God).

Hmmm... Now that I am thinking about it, I crave mostly sweet things! Midwives' tale: a girl? ;)

we are going to be three!

Do you ever get that sudden feeling/realization that you are now going to be three? AMAZING! OMG! We are going to be a proper family by November!!! WOW

A little tiny person will be joining us! We are going to be the three marketeers! We will be going on holidays together, we are going to have fun and grow together! wow!

That's how I felt last night and how I am feeling right now, after researching for children's music to update my repertoire. Found so many fun ones! I am imagining lots of singing, dancing and laughter! OMG we are going to be like the Von Trap family in The Sound of Music!

I am hoping our new place will be very well insulated! lol

Zip a Dee Doo Dah, zip a dee hay, wonderful feeling, wonderful day!! lalalala

Anyway :p

nausea

1/04/2009

I haven't been writing on my journal, as I have been sickly sick and more sick for over a month and didn't want to associate nausea with BC.

I felt a bit better today, managed to eat lots of puffed rice cereal with rice milk in three intervals in the morning and then had a nap at 12:30 feeling exhausted (research on breastfeeding; very tiring). Woke up with stomach ache from hunger and feeling sick again, so had cheese on toast, my only remedy.

I thought that my nausea would be better by now, or am I just being too confident after hearing all these girls in my birth club, feeling better already... I want to feel better already too!

On a positive note, I managed a two-day freelance job without being too sick! The beginning of resuming work after stopping whilst preggy?