Kate Spade, baby!

So...I had an awesome girls' getaway in Palm Springs this past weekend! It marked the end of 98% of my nausea which is soooooo wonderful. The nausea is worth it but for me, the epidural-free childbirth is so much more enjoyable than projectile vomiting every day. Just sayin'.

So. We went to an outlet mall. I have no money. I did so good. I barely spent a dime.

Until.

Until....Kate Spade...and it wasn't technically my dime because it is going to be a Christmas present from my awesome parents...but...I couldn't resist.

Every time I say Kate Spade, I think of a Sex and the City episode (shocker) where all the girls are in the bathroom asking Carrie for tampons and she asks why they didn't bring their own. Charlotte holds up her cute purse and says, "I'd bring my own but they won't fit in my Kate Spade purse!"

So now when my little one needs a diaper I can ask a fellow mommy for one and say, "I'd bring my own, but diapers won't fit in my Kate Spade bag!" Even though they will...it is nice and huge. :)

They had some awesome diaper bags! I know I told Andrew that my Petunia Picklebottom diaper bag that I got for Griff would last through several babies...but...I think I was lying to myself. I have an affinity for overpriced diaper bags.

But really, this one will seriously be for at least 2 babies. I know this for a fact. Well...as long as Rwanda cooperates.

Here's a picture of the wonderfullness in all her glory:

Isn't she fantabulous?? The inside is a great bright green. Love. LOVE! The saleswoman said congratulations as I was leaving the store and I thought she meant for my awesome purchase...then I realized she meant cogratulations on the baby. I'm a loser.

Anyway, Betsy got the smaller cuter purse version but that is the one benefit of living far away from your best friends...you can buy the same things!

And an adoption news update: While I was riding across the Californian desert with my girls, I had a conference call with Andrew in WA and Gladney in TX and it was decided that they aren't going to change anything about our adoption right now since nobody knows what is going on in Rwanda timeline wise. We will have to update the home study (again) once this little sweetness is born which we expected. And they want at least a 9 month difference between when this on is born and when we bring home our child/children from Rwanda. Which would mean at the earliest a referral in August-ish.

Also, we are going to tweak our age preferences from 0-2 to 1-2 so there is no chance that our bio baby is the same age as our adopted baby. It all makes sense to us and we are so glad they are willing to work with us.

We hope that things speed up in Rwanda so that we can figure out a timeline, and we also hope that the ministry will work with us in waiting to match us with a child or children until August or September but I am really really hoping that by some miracle we get to bring home our son(s) and/or daughter(s) before Christmas of 2011 (slim possiblity) but I would love to have them home by them.

Let the praying continue! I can't really update that on the adoption blog since it's still on the DL but had to write it out.

So glad the nausea has (almost) disappeared!  I LOVE being pregnant but that gets pretty old and I'm ready to interact with the Griff again without being the world's laziest mom. Ready to start running again and I'm so ready for my next appointment. I want to hear the heartbeat again. I want to feel some movement in there! I feel like I'm feeling something but it's at the stage where it could just be gas and I'm not 100% sure. The tummy is growing though. Mostly at night.

This is one spoiled fetus though. First Italy and next month Disney....geez.

Anyway, Oct. 13 is my next appointment and then early November we will get to do the 20 week ultrasound. I'm so ready to see the little cutie and make sure everything is (hopefully) A-okay!

Signing off!