Week 14 -- Rock the Bump!

As my pre-pregnancy clothes seem to be getting smaller and smaller, I’ve been browsing the web for maternity clothes. I’m in that awkward, uncomfortable stage where I don’t have an official baby bump but my tummy is definitely not flat anymore and it’s past the point of sucking in. So basically I just feel like I need to lose a few pounds and we all know how uncomfortable that can be! Sources tell me that in the past, finding fashionable maternity clothes was harder than finding a Republican in California (um, no Arnold doesn’t count). Thanks to designers like Heidi Klum, Nicole Richie, Rachel Pally, Juicy Couture and Danang to name a few, there are SO many options now days for every season of pregnancy. Who says you have to put your sequin leggings on the top shelf of your closet never to be seen again just because you’re preggo? Okay, you might catch a few awkward glances if you’re sporting the sequin leggings in the 8th month, but you get my point. Recent maternity fashions are pushing the envelope with everything from leather leggings to sequin tunics and bright bold satin printed blouses. Even though you may not feel like a million bucks, there’s no reason you can’t look like it. Here are a few of my favorite pieces:









I got plenty of parenting practice this week by watching Michelle’s 17-month-old daughter Kaylen. She came with me to a Dr.’s appointment; we went to Chic-fil-a and Toys-R-Us and played outside. She definitely kept me BUSY!! She is walking/running everywhere, into everything and even more dangerous, she repeats everything I say! She has the vocabulary of a 36 month old and is already wise beyond her years like her Mom. Saturday Carlysle and I went to our brother-in-law’s 40th birthday party at Golfcrest Country Club; we enjoyed a live band, dinner and a Hawaiian shirt inspired cake. Sunday I was busy hosting our Houston Zeta Alumni Association annual Social. For events like this, we usually go to a wine room or have a seated dinner so this year I decided to change it up a little bit and host it at St. Arnold’s Brewery. It was SO much fun! We expanded the guest list to Zetas and their friends, families and husbands so we had a great turnout.

Weekly Womb Workings:
Our baby now has fingerprints! Believe it or not, he actually created them himself while swimming around in the amniotic fluid. As he moved his hands, the skin on the tips of his fingers formed unique ridges and folds. That's why no one on earth has the same fingerprints, not even identical twins! Cool, right? His arms are now in proportion to his tiny body, but his legs are still on the short size in comparison. The baby continues to gain new and impressive skills such as practicing and controlling voluntary muscle movements which are no longer the jerky, uncontrollable twitches of yesterday—he now moves with semi-graceful control. He weighs about an ounce and is the length of a flip phone, or roughly 3.5 inches—he's tripled in size from a mere three weeks ago! Luckily, I haven't done the same.