Monday Love: Geek

This Monday Love will be dedicated to geeky & nerdy stuff that I love... here are a few finds that I just couldn't pass up this week!

Geek Kids
If you want your kids to grow up as geeky as you... then you must get to ThinkGeek immediately. They have the best gifts you can ever give to your kiddos. You will also have the most unique shower and birthday gifts at the party too! That is unless your at a geek friends house and then they probably are already clued in on the awesomeness of this website. My must have for Xan is a set of wooden blocks with the periodic table on them. Ultimate geek toy for your 1 to 3 yr old!

Monday Love

My first post for the 'Love' section of the blog. Only... I haven't quite figured out how to post to other pages. I am still that lame at blogging. sigh. Until then... I have dedicated my Monday's to posting things I've been browsing around during the week for inspiration and for my family. Here are a few things I'm loving this week!

Clothes

I'm loving that fall is right around the corner! I am starting to lose my pregnancy weight, but still not quite into my old clothes yet. I am dreaming of some new clothes regardless... And just in case I'm not down to my old size by fall. I love colored jeans... I don't know which color I love more, the aqua blue I have pictured or possibly a bright shade of poppy! Regardless, new over the knee boots from Steve Madden and a sweater from my new favorite online shop ModCloth are in order!

Crying, Loving & Laughing

Whoa! It's been three weeks. Next week our son Xan will be one month old... Where did the time go? I remember a little. Okay... you caught me in a lie. You all know I've been logging every single second I can into my already full brain of every movement, smile, cry, coo, and gaze that I exchange with my son. He's the most amazing being I've ever met...insert loving... I can't believe we brought him into the world. Yeah... first time parents...insert the biggest love... July 16th, 8:38pm; 7 pounds and 3 ounces; 20.5" long. All ours...insert crying (tears of ultimate joy) here...

Not my plan... but nonetheless the plan that will be.

On July 10th, a new plan for the birth of our son became necessary for few reasons. The amniotic fluid surrounding him has become very low, without an explanation. I just don't seem to be holding on to the water. The normal range is between 5 and 25 cm. Well, that is a pretty big 'normal' if you ask me. I was 7cm last Tuesday (July 3rd)... I was concerned and started downing the fluids being at the low end of a large spectrum. This past week (July 10) I had gone down to 5cm.

Uh oh. I just froze. How could that be??

John and I both got nervous hearing this. It went down?? I pleaded with my doc and told him I swear I've been drinking a ton! I did not ignore your advice. Good news is... his kidney function is great! So is heart and lung function. But again... fluids... where are they going? Why am I not producing? I'm not leaking and I'm drinking till "my teeth float" as my doctor put it. I honestly feel like it's going to come back up if I drink another sip sometimes! Well, in your ninth month your body slows a lot of the regular functions it was performing because the hormones are now preparing for birth. And your body then begins to rely on the baby to recycle the water through urination. However, Xan isn't doing this very well.