If there was ever a time to pull out maternity pants early, it is the weekend after Thanksgiving. I think I ate myself into a coma on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I jumped on the scale this morning and grimaced painfully until the numbers popped up and was relieved to find I only gained a pound. So technically I’m still under my previous pre-prego weight, which honestly is a huge relief. With Conner I gained 7 pounds in the first trimester, and I’m at week 9 with one pound gained as of yet. Now how my pants are fitting in the waist is a little different. I thought I could make it until the second trimester before I started breaking out the elastic, but instead I’m having to opt for my low-rise jeans. It’s fun tho - I can’t complain. So here’s a belly shot for you - the first of many.
Thanksgiving was so fun - it always is - and we got our fill of family and food. We started the day out watching Tim play a little football and poor Conner…wanting to be a big boy so badly, he bawled on the sidelines after the game started b/c he couldn’t play with them on the field. It’s hard to explain to an almost two year why he can’t play football with giants who will bowl him over - I don’t want him wearing helmets and licking windows the rest of his life.
This year our good friends Jerrod and Amanda joined us and it was just as much fun having friends among the chaos. The boys played the entire time and Conner slept like a rock. I always seem to forget just how much I love Thanksgiving, and leave thinking, “wow, that was so much fun!” We really are blessed to have so many friends and family nearby that we can all gather together at the same place and fellowship together.
Sunday I forced myself to decorate for the holidays. I really do go all out, but this year I just wasn’t feeling it. I don’t want to be a scrooge about it, but it just takes soooooo long. But Tim gently (and guiltily) reminded me that this will be our last Christmas in this house, so why not remember it the right way? So all the greenery is back up and fluffed and lit with twinkly lights and our world is right with itself. Conner helped us decorate the tree and is absolutely enamored by it. He pulls us into the living room at least twenty times over the course of the day to point at it and exclaim emphatically, “Sisma Tee!”
You can’t really tell in this picture, but Conner’s head about exploded when he saw all the Christmas balls. The boy is obsessed.
I’m also one of those people who does not shop until the last week of Christmas. I would love to say it’s b/c of all the deals you get when you wait, but it’s not - it’s sheer laziness. However this year is already different in that Conner is bought for, Tim’s stuff is ordered and I’ve already begun rounding up the gifts for everyone else. I really surprise myself. I know it sucks all of my Christmas spirit when the week before the big day I’m stressing that nothing has been bought, so I really do think those days are over, for I’m already nestled into the spirit of the Holidays and my shopping and buying and making is almost complete. I am hoping to do another giveaway very very soon, so check back for another crafty giveaway (that may or may not be a clutch - haven’t decided yet).
bee says:
My pre-Wog belly didn’t look that good!
I’m not feeling the decorations either, maybe I’ll change my mind. I want to see pictures of the finished product!
BTW, I’ve been trying to win those PJ’s for Woggie on ebay!
November 27th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Melany says:
Firstly that belly of yours is adorable.
Then that face of Connor and the Christmas decorations is ADORABLE! So cute.
Glad you guys had such a good Thanksgiving
November 27th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Amber says:
Cute cute cute baby belly! Love the pics of Conner decorating!
November 27th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Simone says:
Wow, You are organized. I’m hoping to get started by December 15th. On the other hand, my tree tends to hang around until about February, so it’s okay to get a late start. Right? Love your little belly.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Filtering Life says:
Still looking for a belly in the belly shot…looks pretty shapely and flat you sucker! you look amazing. I had to let out a junior high chuckle when you wrote about Conner getting excited about all the balls. Don’t take him to Target where you can buy gigantic pairs of Christmas balls. When my mom and I went down the isle I said, “It is a good thing Ryan isn’t here or we would never hear the end of it”. Your house is the most festive I know at Christmas time. I will live through you as no Christmas cheer will be spread this year in the Portnoy homestead.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
oh amanda says:
That’s a belly?! Girl, you look good! And I’m on my way to ogle your flickr pics!
November 27th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Elizabeth (formerly devriesthree) says:
You look terrific. I wish my post-prego belly looked as nice as your nine-week belly does. Happy decorating!
November 27th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Christie says:
That belly is so cute! And Conner’s face holding the Christmas balls is so funny. Love his jammies!
November 28th, 2007 at 5:03 am
Erin says:
I drove by your house, since I am stalker and all, and your lights look lovely from the outside. I’ll have to live vicariously through you too, since no Christmas cheer ever happens at the Erin house.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Rachel says:
I just wanted to say that your home looks absolutely beautifully decorated for Christmas…I to have a lot of my Christmas shopping done, but not quite finished yet..More money nessecary to finish!LOL…Your belly shot is adorable and I understand completely needing the elastic pants early the second pregnancy…its crazy!
November 28th, 2007 at 10:53 pm