Maternity DIY /3

I made this maternity maxi dress by taking a very old too-short sweater from Express (I think I've had this since high school!) and cutting it to empire length and then attaching a skirt of two way stretch jersey!  I put all the gathers over the belly but I still ended up ripping out the back seams and tapering it more to get rid of extra fabric that was pooling at the small of my back.  I also didn't bother actually hemming the knit fabric; just cut it to floor-skimming length!

Belt: Target, Necklace: F21

Term

Baby should stay cozy in there another couple weeks at least, but I'm 37 weeks today!  I bought my birth kit and got my prescription for the after-pains (seriously, they're no joke; staggering acetaminophen with 800mg ibuprofen didn't *touch* the after pains while nursing when Bauer was born. Like, can I just give birth again, instead?).  And my midwife affirmed for me that despite my paranoia caused by all the peri-navel-region movement, baby is left occiput anterior; meaning the baby is head down with the back and bum just to the left of my navel.
Exciting!!!

Necklace/Earrings: Charming Charlie, Jacket: F21, Dress: American Apparel

Great Date

Want to laugh really hard while feeling like a horrible person?  Daniel Tosh can help!  Damon and I went to see him at the Mirage last weekend (his anniversary gift!) and it was a great show.  He's such a jerk and I wonder how much of it is his genuine personality and how much of it is exaggeration for comedic effect.  My favorite part might have been the nervous way the couple next to us glanced at me while they were laughing at a bit he did about if people would stop having kids.  It's okay people, I wouldn't come to a Daniel Tosh set if I was easily offended!
I'm still randomly laughing out loud when particular jokes pop into my mind...

{in the Terry Fator theater}

{with the munchkins prior to leaving}

Blazer & Necklace: F21, Top & Booties: Nordstrom, Leggings: Asos

Polka Dots & Bubbles

Last week we happened upon some tickets to go see Jay Mohr at the South Point hotel.  He had some really funny things to say about marriage and parenting but then went into some stuff about rock band concerts that was somewhat universally humorous, but I imagine was far funnier to the people who fully got the references.  I've never been much into rock and roll!
Onto what I wore!  Polka dot blazer and bubble necklace!

{American Hustle revived my love for late 70's level eye makeup and plunging necklines ;)}

{photobomber in pajamers!}

Top: F21 (very old), Jeans: AE, Blazer & Wedges: Target, Necklace: Charming Charlie's

Thirty Days!

30 days until my due date!  Who knows how many until we actually have a baby, but, countdowns are fun.
Here are some randoms from my eighth month with this 3rd babushka!

six weeks

Just six weeks left.  Baby must be practicing breathing a lot more in there because the hiccups seem nearly nonstop lately!

Top: Motherhood, Cords: Target

Anniversary

I thought of the outfit I wanted to wear to Damon's and my anniversary dinner a couple days before and I was excited.  And then we went to a huge kid birthday party that day.  And someone (ahem) maybe drank a lot of punch with ice cream in it.  Said someone took a lactase supplement before drinking it, but maybe pregnancy hormones cancelled it out or something?  I ended up with painful trapped gas.  I drank hot lemon water all afternoon and proceeded to get dressed just *knowing* it was going to pass.  It got a little better, but not really.  I did not want to waste a more-expensive-than-we-usually-do dinner being careful not to further upset my tummy.  So we went and saw American Hustle with me dressed like this.  The nice thing about Vegas is that the theaters are in the casino resorts so it's not completely weird that I'd be there dressed like this.

Necklace, top and skirt: F21; Boots: Aldo

And then, we went to lunch on our actual anniversary and it was much less glamorous lol  But it was at a tried and true favorite place of ours and we were there together <3

AND... just for extra giggles, a pic from when we were dating

Maternity DIY /1

Megan Nielsen has a wonderful list of DIY sewing projects for a winter maternity wardrobe.  She also sells patterns.  For this project, I took one of Damon's super old Structure (remember that store!?) button-ups that he was getting rid of because it was much too big and I used this tutorial as a jumping off point to alter it to maternity.
I'm really happy with the results!
Notes: pay attention to the sleeves!  I switched mine once I reattached!  I had to remove the breast pocket.  I notice nearly all men's shirts have this pocket and it's right in the way of making an empire seam.  I also didn't want the bottom to look like an umbrella so I cut down the back half of the bottom as well.  I have trouble making gathers even so I opted to put all of mine under the bust, rather than trying to evenly spread them across the entire front.  I have one more shirt of Damon's I plan to alter and I want to also put in bust darts as well as bring the hem up a couple inches so that it's more shirt, less tunic.

Cardigan: F21, Jeans & Wedges: Target, Necklace: Charming Charlie, Shirt: Self-made!

New Year

This year I don't have any resolutions.  New, and specific ones at least.  I want to have more patience, but that's not new; I'm always working on taking a deep breath and calmly assessing the situation.  I also want to manage my time better, but I've been working on that since I got my positive pregnancy test because I have so many things I want to finish making before baby gets here (there should be forth-coming posts on all my little crafting).
So I guess I just keep on keepin' on!
And almost completely unrelated, here are some snaps from January first.

{one of her things lately; mismatched socks}

Top & Cords: Target, Tank: Express, Jacket: F21, Shoes: very old Nine West

Emberly took the above three pictures; I might have to start incorporating a little residual per photo used on the blog for her!  She's going to save money for Christmas shopping this year.

{browsing Lowes getting all kinds of expensive ideas}

Last Minute

I enlisted my mom to take a shot of my outfit outside of Target when we went on some last minute shopping (for gift boxes; damned odd shaped gifts!).

Top & Belt: Target, Cardi: F21, Cords: Old Navy, Boot: DV via Nordstrom

All Black

Top: F21, Jacket: Target, Pants: ASOS Maternity, Boot: DV via Nordstrom

The Weekend

This weekend flew by in a whirl of kanekelon and Christmas decorations.  I put havana twists in Emberly's hair and we went to a party at Damon's co-worker's house, and these people live for Christmas!  This is the second year we've gone and the kids really love all their decorations!

{Santa tried to get fresh with me right in front of my husband & Mrs. Claus!}

{blazer: Target, Shirt: AE, Top/Necklace: F21, Pants: ASOS Maternity, Boot: DV via Nordstrom}

Party Time

It's that time of year.  Holiday party here, holiday party there!  I love an excuse to dress up!

Dress: American Apparel, Necklace: F21, Bracelet: NY&Co, Purse: Target, Shoe: Aldo

Comfy Cozy

An oversized sweater, cuffed boyfriend jeans and soft loafers are the solution to wearing your pjs and slippers out in public!

Scarf & Jeans: Target, Sweater: H&M, Shoe: Sperry via Nordstrom.

The Weekend

Crop

Cropped tops are cute with a high waisted skirt or pants, but pregnant, I'm loving them layered over other shirts to add definition above the belly, and to winterize since I seem to have more longer sleeveless shirts than sleeved shirts.

Crop and apparently unseen necklace: F21, Shirt: Martin + Osa {thrifted} Jeans: AE Shoes: super old