Do you want to be the friend with a stand out present at the baby shower?  i have found the cutest newborn outfit that is sure to get a laugh and be used….newborn baby scrubs.  They are just as comfy as the grown up version.  The shirt pocket has the perfect place to write down the “specs”.  It would be really cute to have your hospital visitors write a word they want to speak into the new little one, and sign their name with the included permanent pen.  It is large enough to fit a newborn up to 10 pounds (if the baby is that big, my hat goes off to the mama!!!)  The scrubs come in surgical blue or baby pink and arrive in a gift envelope with a display window.

i saw these and have to pass them along!  These would have been perfect for my little princess when she was a baby.  They surely are Heelarious!  They would even be cute to hang on the rear view mirror.  i have heard they are a bit controversial.    Would you buy these little heels for the infant in your life?

This post makes me chuckle.  Is there someone up there laughing at me?  i was going to talk about how Kelsey didn’t want Seanto go to work because she wasn’t feeling good and didn’t want to take care of baby Etta.  Guess what. Yesterday, i wish i could just curl up in bed and stay there because i wasn’t feeling well at ALL.  Hence, this post is a little late….sorry to all of you who may have been waiting.  i wish Kevin could have stayed home!  Unfortunately, we like to eat and have a place to call home (call us crazy).  With Kelsey and Sean i was surprised at how they changed.  i expected Kelsey to give it a good effort and was surprised at how fast she caved.  On the opposite end i was shocked that the guy who kept calling Etta “it” ended up staying home and was amazing with her.  Etta’s mommy gave Kelsey some great advice all of us mommies need to take to heart on those days we feel like failures.  When we fail, we can’t just ask someone to take our kids away (i guess you COULD however, i don’t think foster care needs anymore kids.  Not to mention how scared they would be forever.).  All we can do is sincerely say “I am so sorry and I will do better next time”.

Another amazing turn around was Kelly.  i know she is young, however, i really think motherhood suites her.  Scary thought i know!!  It goes back to the debate of young and poor or older and more stable (i opted for young and dumb.  does that count??).  She jumped in and did spectacular!  She even had dinner made when Austin came home.  For the girl who didn’t want to wear the pregnancy suit because it was heavy and made her look fat, to being June Cleaver, all i can say is WOW!

i thought it was great that some of the “daddies” decided to stay home while the “mommies” worked.  What a way to break the stereotype!  There are some amazing SAHD who don’t get the respect they deserve.  It goes back to that other argument women have been having for many years now.  SAHM versus working mama.  i just say, can’t we all get along?  Some of the mommies i have talked to express guilt.  If you are one of those mommies i say stop it!  If you are a SAHM who looks down on those working mamas, stop it!  We are all women doing the best we can.  Ok, i will get off my soap box now:)

Cheers to all you mommies out there who put in long nights and still get up and go about your day.  To all you who have had your head in a toilet (if it’s because you partied to hard, weeellll….haha)while your children look on asking when lunch is.  Once when i was pregnant, i heard my at the time 2 1/2 year old mimicking me in the living room.  It’s hard to throw up and laugh at the same time.  They take some serious work and sacrifice, BUT well worth every moment!!

Here’s a quick 2 minute catch-up if you missed this last week.

If they thought babies were hard………

Would you give your baby to a teenage couple for a few days?  Did you catch the show The Baby Borrowers last night? 

My hubby and i greatly admired the couples who allowed their babies to be used for this experiment.  i am not sure if i could do it.  Would you be able to give your babies to a teenage couple for 3 days to show them how hard it is?  Just the pregnancy suit the girls had to wear caused an uproar in one couple.  Kelly didn’t want to wear it because it was heavy and made her look fat.  i just about fell off the couch laughing.  Do i hear a little shout out from the pregnant ladies in the house?  At lease they didn’t have morning sickness too:)  The guy, Austin was such a sport.  He ended up going to baby class by himself because she locked herself in the bathroom refusing to wear the belly.  When they got home, Austin even volunteered to wear the pregnancy suit and wore it the rest of the day.  Talk about a good man!  Another couple had bedtime issues.  Etta’s mommy was so upset she went over to the house and talked to the couple.  Sean was talking about leaving her in the crib because she was going to cry anyways.  Wouldn’t you cry too if your diaper hasn’t been changed in awhile and you are expected to go to bed wet?

i think this show comes at a great time when teenage pregnancy is on the rise and these kids see the glamorous cutesy aspect of having kids.  They don’t get to see how you feel after being up all night with a sick baby, or cleaning a public diaper blowup.  i sincerely hope this is a turning for our kids.  Just i wrote before in my post about the Gloucester girls….”Our pretty babies, they just aren’t ready” Dishwalla.

Check your local listings for The Baby Borrowers.  i love their tagline…It’s not just t.v, it’s birth control!

Run out and get the July issue of Vogue!  The ever fabulous and pregnant Nicole Kidman sat down for an interview according to Style.com where you can read an edited version.

She talks about how she has fallen in love with the Tennessee landscape and gardening.  Which she laughs about that she has followed her mother and sister into “the Kidman women’s hobby of gardening”.  A place she never thought she would be.  She goes on to chat about why her new movie Australia “is a dream project”.  Best of all, she shares her excitement of finally being able to bear her own child after having adopted two fantastic kids, and her amazing relationship with country star Keith Urban.

When speaking of the surprise of being pregnant she says  “I like the unpredictable nature of it. To feel life growing with you is something very, very special, and I’m going to embrace that completely. I don’t believe in flittering around the edges of things. You’re either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you’re going to be a voyeur. And I’m not a voyeur.”  And she certainly isn’t.

Now go get the new issue of Vogue to read the full interview, and check out the pictures by famed Annie Leibovitz!

I know we are always curious what happens to the fetus during pregnancy. I found the coolest visual guide starting at fertilization and going to birth. You have to check out The Visible Embryo.

What does a rocker mama need?  A rock star baby of course!  i found the cutest, handmade baby tees and onesies.  They are even affordable!  Each item is only $10.  Check out Itsy Bitzy Couture.  When i find out the sex of my little one, i am going to be getting some of these:)