16 weeks 2 days

Friday is always a good day because, at the end of it, you get a weekend! After running around all day (except for a few moments of sitting in my chair) I relish every moment of sitting here on my couch! (all propped up with pillows!)

You can somewhat see the bump bustin' out of the side

This is the shirt that my friend Stacey got for me after I, literally, cried over it at Gap on one of our shopping trips. It was around the holidays last year and Jesse and I had been trying to have a baby for a while...and I was sad and angry that I couldn't buy it...or more specifically that it wasn't applicable. Stacey secretly bought it and then gave it to me once she found out I was pregnant. I wore it today to work and some people got it, some did not. I think the ones that didn't must have thought that I think of myself as extremely smart or skilled. Jesse's take on it was a little more racy - he thought it was a comment about the size of my chest.

I have had a lack of appetite today, and I hate it. I want to eat Fried Dough and chili cheese fries and chili. Thankfully our town is having a big event tomorrow so I may be able to satisfy one of those cravings. I tried a large Klausson's pickle and triple double stuffed oreo's, but it's just not cutting it. Next up is Annie's Mac and Cheese.

I hopped online yesterday, during my day off, to do some research and was pleasantly surprised. I went to Overstock.com because my friend Kara had mentioned that they had good priced baby items. So, I took a look and found this:

To help you understand how wonderful this is let me explain my path to a carseat and stroller:

1. The trend now is to get a Snap-N-Go frame and a matching car seat. Ok, not a bad trend. The frame is light weight and folds up easily, oh, and has a basket underneath to carry your stuff. The cost of the frame is $75. The carseat with one base is $130 and an additional base is $50 (which you need if you have two cars). Then, when the child gets too big for the carseat you use a stroller which runs you about $65. Total cost being....$320 (ouch!)

2. Our friends offered us their car seat and frame to use for free. Sweet deal...except it's been nagging me that I ultimately wanted new stuff for my first child. I have been struggling with that, but I removed the car seat and the frame from my registry. We still would need to get the stroller for $65, which as a total cost to transport my child...not so bad.

3. I went to Overstock.com and found the above car seat which snaps into the stroller, and then when the baby outgrows the car seat I can use just the stroller for $137.99 and the additional base is $39.99 for a grand total of....$178.00 (did I do this math right, that was never my strong suit). Call me crazy - but I think this is the best of both worlds.

NOW, I know that the Snap-N-Go frame is super light and folds up nice and small...and the above option is going to be more bulky and take up more space - but I DON'T CARE! I would rather be practical and frugal...and hey - maybe for baby numero dos we will get the frame so we can use this stroller for our older child...or I'll upgrade to a double stroller (which this company has available).

I love the challenge of finding good deals :) and hey - FYI...if anyone is shopping for a shower gift and finds one of my registry items for a cheaper cost and you want to pick it up let me know and I'll take the yucky expensive item off my registry!