Happy Tuesday! (Didn't get a chance to update the blog yesterday).
We had a very fun week last week. Last monday, I got to have a traditional pregnant person lunch -- my friend Kim and I went to a diner (Cafe 50s) and I had waffles for lunch. So fun! Not a craving, just a "why not? i'm pregnant! i can do this without regretting it later" thing.
Tuesday was very exciting. Jem and I met at home around lunch time for our professional photoshoot. We were inspired by our friends Sharon and Boris' amazing pregnancy photos and decided to call their photographer and set up an appointment for some pregnancy shots (and lots of great belly shots). So, we met Ellice at our house and went through our closets with her to decide what to wear for the photo shoot and came up with 2 different looks -- for the first set of pictures, which we did in our bedroom, we wore white -- I wore a white tank top and white pants and jem wore jeans and a white button down -- and we put our white sheets on our bed-- and took some really cool pics of us laying on the bed -- both with my shirt pulled down and also up so you can see the belly. We did some others up by our bay window and mirror, which should turn out really great. We also decided to be a little racy and did a few shots sans shirts (with hands covering the racy parts) so you could see the belly in all its glory. Luckily, I don't have any stretch marks so the belly isn't a scary sight!
Then we changed into more "fall/autumn" attire for some shots outside -- which of course Milo decided he needed to be a part of (until we locked him inside) -- he just bounced right into our laps for the photos... We hope to have proofs sometime next week and will give you all the website to view the photos...
Tuesday night we went to dinner with our friends Ellie and Daniel and Andrea and Jon to this great Italian place (Andrea and Jon's favorite) called Cafe Delphini in Santa Monica/Pacific Palisades. Its just off PCH (the Pacific Coast Highway) and is about a block from the ocean. We had a scrumptous dinner and great company.
Thursday we had our infant cpr and baby safety class at the hospital, which like all other classes, we took with our friends Taffy and Claude. Its a pretty traumatic topic, but we're really glad that if g-d forbid something was to happen, we'd know what to do. Afterwards, we all enjoyed a delicious dinner at Jeff's Gourmet Sausage -- of course we all got burgers and not sausages but still totally delicious. We still haven't been to the Kosher Subway that just opened up on Pico since the line is always crazy, but its on our To Do list.
Friday night, we went to our friends Julie and Rusty's house for dinner -- they just had a baby about 6-7 weeks ago -- Matan -- and Rusty's parents were in town visiting. They had literally brought shabbos dinner with them from Arizona, so that Julie didn't have to do anything -- I was wondering how and why they were inviting us over for dinner so soon after the baby was born! We had a great dinner with them and some other friends who were there. Walked back home in the rain (i know -- it rained in LA! crazy!). Shabbos Day we decided we needed some down time, so we slept in, read, and did some stuff around the house -- a bit of "organizing" -- it may be the beginning of what I'm told is called pre-baby "nesting", where you start organizing and cleaning frantically. After shabbos, we did a lot more organizing and then headed to bed after catching up on some tv.
Sunday was baby shower #2. Jem took Milo to his training class and then did some stuff around the house, while I headed over to Karen's house for a baby shower thrown by Karen and Aileen (aka "A"). It was a fantastic day. Seriously, this baby isn't even born yet and his life is so filled with love! It was a great shower -- complete with Mimosas for those who were drinking, yummy yummy food and great gifts! We even had people write down suggested baby names, since Jem and I are still deciding on a middle name for the baby -- we decided on a first name a while back but are still going back and forth on middle names. There were some great suggestions in there!
Sunday night we headed over to our friends Jeffrey and Laurens for a BBQ with our friends Ellie and Daniel (same crowd as a few weeks ago). Had a fantastic night with DELICIOUS food! Gotta love BBQ.
Jem headed off to Ohio and Illinois this week for work VERY early Monday morning and is coming back tomorrow (Wednesday) night. So, yesterday, after work I had a very girly day. Taffy and I went to the Pump Station (a breast-feeding focused store) where we got nursing bras and tank tops (apparently must haves from day 1) and some stuff for our breast pumps and then headed over to Burke Williams Spa for pregnancy massages and milk baths. A wonderfully relaxing evening. Then we headed over to Real Food Daily for a healthy, vegan dinner. A fantastic day.
This week shouldn't be too eventful -- we are trying to knock things off of our To Do list so that if the baby comes early we won't be too unprepared and if he comes on time or late, we can enjoy some downtime in the last few days... So, we are getting the nursery furniture delivered this week and will probably make a Target run to get some essentials -- i.e. the things my friends with babies have told us we need in the first week or so. Luckily, since we have lots of friends with babies, we've been getting fantastic advice.
Thats it! I can't believe there's less than 3 weeks to go until Baby Kolieb's due date -- and my grandma told me yesterday that she was 3 weeks early with all 4 of her kids -- I had no idea! That would mean any time now! Though my mom was only 3 days early with me, so hopefully we have a little more time to get ourselves together -- like 2 weeks or so.
Since Jem is out of town and I can't take such great shots on a timer, these pics were taken today at work (so yes, finally a picture that is NOT in a workout outfit!). Enjoy!
We had a very fun week last week. Last monday, I got to have a traditional pregnant person lunch -- my friend Kim and I went to a diner (Cafe 50s) and I had waffles for lunch. So fun! Not a craving, just a "why not? i'm pregnant! i can do this without regretting it later" thing.
Tuesday was very exciting. Jem and I met at home around lunch time for our professional photoshoot. We were inspired by our friends Sharon and Boris' amazing pregnancy photos and decided to call their photographer and set up an appointment for some pregnancy shots (and lots of great belly shots). So, we met Ellice at our house and went through our closets with her to decide what to wear for the photo shoot and came up with 2 different looks -- for the first set of pictures, which we did in our bedroom, we wore white -- I wore a white tank top and white pants and jem wore jeans and a white button down -- and we put our white sheets on our bed-- and took some really cool pics of us laying on the bed -- both with my shirt pulled down and also up so you can see the belly. We did some others up by our bay window and mirror, which should turn out really great. We also decided to be a little racy and did a few shots sans shirts (with hands covering the racy parts) so you could see the belly in all its glory. Luckily, I don't have any stretch marks so the belly isn't a scary sight!
Then we changed into more "fall/autumn" attire for some shots outside -- which of course Milo decided he needed to be a part of (until we locked him inside) -- he just bounced right into our laps for the photos... We hope to have proofs sometime next week and will give you all the website to view the photos...
Tuesday night we went to dinner with our friends Ellie and Daniel and Andrea and Jon to this great Italian place (Andrea and Jon's favorite) called Cafe Delphini in Santa Monica/Pacific Palisades. Its just off PCH (the Pacific Coast Highway) and is about a block from the ocean. We had a scrumptous dinner and great company.
Thursday we had our infant cpr and baby safety class at the hospital, which like all other classes, we took with our friends Taffy and Claude. Its a pretty traumatic topic, but we're really glad that if g-d forbid something was to happen, we'd know what to do. Afterwards, we all enjoyed a delicious dinner at Jeff's Gourmet Sausage -- of course we all got burgers and not sausages but still totally delicious. We still haven't been to the Kosher Subway that just opened up on Pico since the line is always crazy, but its on our To Do list.
Friday night, we went to our friends Julie and Rusty's house for dinner -- they just had a baby about 6-7 weeks ago -- Matan -- and Rusty's parents were in town visiting. They had literally brought shabbos dinner with them from Arizona, so that Julie didn't have to do anything -- I was wondering how and why they were inviting us over for dinner so soon after the baby was born! We had a great dinner with them and some other friends who were there. Walked back home in the rain (i know -- it rained in LA! crazy!). Shabbos Day we decided we needed some down time, so we slept in, read, and did some stuff around the house -- a bit of "organizing" -- it may be the beginning of what I'm told is called pre-baby "nesting", where you start organizing and cleaning frantically. After shabbos, we did a lot more organizing and then headed to bed after catching up on some tv.
Sunday was baby shower #2. Jem took Milo to his training class and then did some stuff around the house, while I headed over to Karen's house for a baby shower thrown by Karen and Aileen (aka "A"). It was a fantastic day. Seriously, this baby isn't even born yet and his life is so filled with love! It was a great shower -- complete with Mimosas for those who were drinking, yummy yummy food and great gifts! We even had people write down suggested baby names, since Jem and I are still deciding on a middle name for the baby -- we decided on a first name a while back but are still going back and forth on middle names. There were some great suggestions in there!
Sunday night we headed over to our friends Jeffrey and Laurens for a BBQ with our friends Ellie and Daniel (same crowd as a few weeks ago). Had a fantastic night with DELICIOUS food! Gotta love BBQ.
Jem headed off to Ohio and Illinois this week for work VERY early Monday morning and is coming back tomorrow (Wednesday) night. So, yesterday, after work I had a very girly day. Taffy and I went to the Pump Station (a breast-feeding focused store) where we got nursing bras and tank tops (apparently must haves from day 1) and some stuff for our breast pumps and then headed over to Burke Williams Spa for pregnancy massages and milk baths. A wonderfully relaxing evening. Then we headed over to Real Food Daily for a healthy, vegan dinner. A fantastic day.
This week shouldn't be too eventful -- we are trying to knock things off of our To Do list so that if the baby comes early we won't be too unprepared and if he comes on time or late, we can enjoy some downtime in the last few days... So, we are getting the nursery furniture delivered this week and will probably make a Target run to get some essentials -- i.e. the things my friends with babies have told us we need in the first week or so. Luckily, since we have lots of friends with babies, we've been getting fantastic advice.
Thats it! I can't believe there's less than 3 weeks to go until Baby Kolieb's due date -- and my grandma told me yesterday that she was 3 weeks early with all 4 of her kids -- I had no idea! That would mean any time now! Though my mom was only 3 days early with me, so hopefully we have a little more time to get ourselves together -- like 2 weeks or so.
Since Jem is out of town and I can't take such great shots on a timer, these pics were taken today at work (so yes, finally a picture that is NOT in a workout outfit!). Enjoy!
xoxo
Lisa (and Jem)
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