You know the feeling when you work really hard for something and it finally comes true? When you spend countless hours and nights doing research and planning, to have your dream become a reality? It is incredible. Trust me. I know.
Since the ultrasound that determined Mini was in fact a baby girl, I have dreamed of opening a children’s boutique. A boutique designed like the inside of a princesses closet. With chandeliers and sparkles. Ruffles and pearls would be showcased on beautiful hangers. Lace and sequins would fill drawers in pink armoires. It would be beautiful. A perfect boutique for moms to shop for posh clothing for little princesses.
It was a dream. A pipe dream. Where was I going to get the money to open a boutique so fabulous I only pictured it in my dreams? ::Enter logical husband stage left:: That is when Mike told me to explore my dream from a different angle. He agreed that opening a boutique was a dream that wasn’t going to become a reality right away, but he supported me and my idea. I decided that I would in fact open a boutique. An online boutique. A boutique just like the one I pictured in my dreams, a boutique that I could run and operate in my pajamas. Talk about a winning compromise 😉
I spent the last 6 months planning and researching. Ordering samples, and meeting with manufacturers. Trying countless items on my own pretty princess. Slowly but surely Juliana’s Closet was coming to life. (That’s Mini’s real name you know…You didn’t think I really named her Mini, did you?)
I am so proud of what I have accomplished in the past 6 months and to have Juliana’s Closet up and running is such an amazing feeling. I have a long way to go, that I am sure of, but to see my dream slowly become a reality is incredible.
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xoxo,
D
Ok, so let’s discuss the past 4 weeks.
Current week: 16
Weight gained: 3lbs
Symptoms: Way better than the last few months. I am getting dizzy less often and I don’t need to eat as frequently. Thank god. The day I had to steer Mini into the toy aisle at Publix and lean on my cart scrounging for cracker crumbs in my purse so I wouldn’t pass out and hit the floor was a pretty dark day. Clean up in aisle 3. I am getting rather obnoxious daily headaches. I say they are obnoxious, well because they are. I never really get headaches, so to have one on a daily basis is driving me nuts. My energy levels are definitely coming back. Don’t get me wrong, I still need to sleep 11 hours a night. But it’s a far cry from the 15 hours I was requiring around weeks 5-11. It doesn’t help that I hang out with a 2 year old all day. A 2 year old with more energy than a trio of hyenas with a case of redbull. And just as loud. Oh shit, that explains the headaches…
Cravings: Candy. Candy. Candy. Sweet, sour, gummy, you name it. It’s kind of weird. I always liked candy, I mean who doesn’t? But now…I neeeeeed candy. Either Baby J is going to be super sweet. Or I am slowly encouraging the development of early onset diabetes. Pray for a sweet baby. Thanks.
Clothes: I am still buttoning my jeans up. I feel like the belly band is going to make an appearance in the near future. I’m loving maxi skirts. They are seriously like the dressed version of yoga pants. Mike finds it necessary to ask me if I worked out every time I wear my yoga pants. And every day I say no. Now I just walk around in my maxi skirts and let people guess…gypsy? orthodox? seriously trendy pregnant girl? They probably just assume what I am already feeling… damn she looks comfortable in her yoga skirt.
Thoughts: Kind of freaking out, I’m not going to lie. I was definitely shocked to find out I was having a boy. I was just expecting to have a girl. Now that the shock is wearing off, I am getting used to the idea. Not used to the idea of Pee Pee Tee Pee’s. Did I even say that right? Can someone please explain that. Better yet don’t. I am wondering what it will be like for Mini to adjust to having a baby in the house. I am incredibly excited to make her a big sister. I just worry about how she will react when the “baby boy” in my belly is actually a little brother in mama’s arms. She is so used to me alone all the time. With Mike working so much and being far from family, it is definitely the Mini & Mama show. All day every day. This new addition is going to shake things up a bit. I know she will do great though. It’s me I’m worried about.
Forgive these pictures for being so strange looking. Baby J is a definite houdini. I predict the hard, definite bump will show up next week for good, no more coming and going nonsense. Right now it’s a tiny bump in the morning and a full blown bump at night…
{ And forgive that I never stand the same way…makes its ridiculously hard to compare…I’ll work on that, OH and the fact that my crappy Iphone takes the most embarrassingly blurry photos known to man }
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