{Neon} Yellow on my Little Mango

Shirt // Jeans

Cruz just isn't down to pose for pics like he used to. It's a fight and a struggle to get a normal face, let alone to have his hair somewhat in place and his clothes not completely disheveled. So imagine my surprise when I was getting little man ready this morning and he couldn't get enough of these pics...(please don't judge on the iPhone quality photos, when the opportunity presents itself, I'm just grabbing for the closest camera!)

  

The other night my fave shopping buddy joined me to run a few quick errands, but the main focus: operation find Cruz undies. I figured we would get him excited about picking out his first pair so it would be less likely to ruin them. Yep, we are getting serious about this potty training gig and have decided at nights when we are home he will wear them until bedtime. I mean, he won't pee or poop on his beloved Mickey Mouse, right? Right?? Because this mama really doesn't want to be cleaning human pee from the carpet.

 

Of course, on our little shopping adventure I got sucked into BabyGap but they were featuring a sale...on their sale items (they still have the sale going on today!). Um, yes please. And we just had to have this neon shirt with the worn jeans and matching belt. Too stinkin' cute. And what about that cutie wearing it? Handsome little man.

 

I am just loving all of the different faces Cruz makes - he really has the most fun personality and it shines through bright in these pics.

 





Shirt // Jeans

Oh, and Trumpette is on Zulily today. My absolute FAVE socks for littles - if you have a kiddo who is 0-12mos or over 12mos with weirdly small feet, check them out!

Linking up with two of the best girls on this beautiful Tuesday!



Mama and Mou

Modern Camelot

18 Weeks: What's New...

Due date: at our ultrasound appointment yesterday, the tech told us she thinks our due date is off and that I'm actually a week farther along than what we thought. She has me at 19 weeks and my new due date being November 21st. I'm going to confirm with my OB to be sure before making any major changes.

Baby developments: Little Mango is now the size of a sweet potato and is becoming extremely mobile - yawning, hiccupping, punching, kicking, sucking and swallowing. Baby can hear noises outside the womb....I need to start playing some music for this little guy. I saw these CDs at a couple baby stores and can't wait to pick up Pearl Jam, U2, Guns N Roses and a couple others - check them out:  Rockabye Baby! Music

Weight gain: I'm sticking at 1-2 lbs above pre-pregnancy weight this week, the tech said I should be really popping any time now and gaining some weight in the next couple of weeks.

Cravings: pretzels & warm cheese are still my major craving....hence the box of 20 pretzels I bought at Sam's Club tonight. I really don't think it was necessary, BUT the pretzel I had with dinner tonight was fantastic! So was the one I had at the College World Series last night....omg, I am ridiculous.

The most amazing box of food pleasure I've ever seen...

Aversions: nothing out of the ordinary this week.

Symptom: the cold I had last week was definitely a symptom of this little guy taking over my body - it lasted a week and I'm still congested, but feeling so much better than I did last week. I've also had a bit of cramping....nothing terrible, mainly uncomfortable.

Sleep: has been great, but I've been waking up every morning about 15 minutes before my alarm goes off and it's been nice to realize I've got a little more time to sleep - before I snooze again, that is!

I miss: not having to pee every 20 minutes...it's really cramping my style.

I am looking forward to: our 4th of July weekend in Okoboji - we leave on Friday and as I pack up things here and there I'm getting very excited!

I'm spazzing about: finding a pediatrician. This is definitely an important step and I need to get serious about finding one. I thought I would go with Tessa's doctor, but she hasn't been overly impressed the last year or so because her doctor hasn't been available, so now I've actually got to start looking on my own.

Best moment this week: check out the "It's a...." section. Obviously this is the best moment of the week and beyond....I'm so excited we finally know the gender!

Movement:  Baby is getting big enough that soon enough I should be able to feel his movements...I cannot wait for this! The way he was moving yesterday in the ultrasound, I can't believe I haven't felt him yet - he was going crazy!

It's a....: OMG....I'm so exited I can finally write something here! We had our ultrasound yesterday and found out it's a BOY!!

Exercise: I only worked out two times last week, but I am blaming that on being sick all last week and maybe a case of the lazies. I just wasn't interested in sweating!

Diet: besides pretzels that I've been craving virtually every week of my pregnancy, here is a little of what my diet included this week...

Lemon bundt cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes at One Pacific Place.

Tessa & I went shopping on Sunday and the ONLY thing I bought was this, besides lunch...

Rolo McFlurry from McDonalds - snack size might I add

 (as if that makes it better!)

Goals for the upcoming week:  getting serious about my nursery - Tessa and I stopped by NFM and Kid's Stuff Superstore to look at cribs and furniture and I think I found the one I love, plus Nick likes it. We are very lucky because his dad has offered to buy the crib and his mom the dresser, plus my parents will be buying the chair. We've got such an amazing family!

Belly shot:

18 weeks

Introducing.....

IT'S A BOY!!!

Oh.My.Goodness.

I am seriously on cloud nine right now and an emotional basket case. I am having a [gorgeous] little baby boy!! I've got tears in my eyes and the biggest smile on my face. This pregnancy just got that much more REAL...

Nick came back a day early from Las Vegas, so being the impatient little mama that I am, I decided to incessantly call the ultrasound technician until they could get us in yesterday. Little Mango was moving around like crazy (the tech said I should start feeling him soon!) and I will tell you that it is the BEST feeling in the world. It's so hard not knowing what is going on in there from appointment to appointment and worrying that something is wrong or wondering why I haven't felt him move yet, but then you see a picture and hear his strong heartbeat (146 bpm) and it just makes you feel so much better.

We asked the tech not to tell us, instead to write down the gender and put it in an envelope. About 20 minutes into the appointment we asked if she knew what it was and she said she was 99% sure. Nick was sweating bullets at this point and kept whispering to me, "it's a girl, I know it's a girl." Not that he would've been disappointed, but he really had his heart set on a healthy baby boy.

We got out to the car and neither of us could wait to open it later (at dinner or where ever), so we pulled over and ripped the envelope open - and this is what we saw.....

The car was a rockin with the excitement coming from both Nick & I after seeing those words...I believe Nick's exact words were, "I never win the coin flip, but I just won the biggest coin flip of my life!" Immediately we started calling our family to let them know the great news!

And here are some new pics of Cruz Manganaro...

Our little peanut!

His arms were extended above his

head - he was just chillin.

Scary skull face w/ the eyeball showing in one of the sockets - this

 is definitely going to make it as a blow up pic on our wall at future Halloween parties!

But it's the most beautiful skull I've ever seen.

Showing off his long spine and gorgeous profile view