Just call me Dash..

So I'm in the awkward stages of pregnancy, where I can fit into some of my clothes but yet some wont even come close to buttoning. So I have been wearing a lot of leggings these days paired with silk blouses - pretty sure thats my new style. It's comfortable and doesnt look like I ate a 15lb turkey!

So here's a funny story of my husband trying to relate and make me feel better about my weight gain and expansion. We are getting ready in the morning, per usual, and i cant seem to find anything to wear. And of course I get discouraged and my loving husband turns to me and says "Babe, you're just in that awkward stage! Its just like that buzz cut i got last year - remember when it was in between a buzz cut and growing out, it was that awkward stage!" I looking at him trying so hard to give him a high-five for trying to relate to me, but my inner-self was like is he SERIOUSLY comparing a hair cut to my pregnancy!?!?!?!?! I looked at him, with a half-smile and said "Not really the same, but thanks!" Hahah. 

So as you know or may have read, I have a little bit of an issue going to the bathroom at night alone. But since all of you have been making fun of me to my face, I have been trying to get better about it. And I really had a 'OK, Sam' moment when Patrick's God daughter Therese and cousin Sam came over (everyone was in for Thanksgiving) and were looking at the distance I had to go to get to the bathroom and everyone thought it was just soo funny. I mean, it is funny at day light when I'm around people, I too can laugh! But at night, when I wake up and its dark its a whole different story. But I have been getting better - although now Patrick wakes up to what he calls my "Wind Sprints". So now, I do go alone and I even flush (Patrick was not enjoying the unflushed pee when he got up in the morning, hahah i dont know why!) But anyway. So I go pee, stand, prepare my sprint-like stance,  flush and high-tail it out of there! And when i mean high-tail it, I run, actually its more of a Incredible's like dash back to the bedroom and shut the door behind me then tie my draw string on my shorts. I figure this way, they (you know the monster in the tub or small gremlin in the toilet) cant catch me in time! I mean, its all very rational at 2am to me that is! After the first week of this and Patrick was waking up each time giving me that 'whats she doing now look' and falling back asleep, he finally says "Its like youre doing wind sprints to a finish line! What are you doing?!" I mean, I guess i'll work on quieter sprints now- either way its a loose loose for him and the monsters too, hahah. Poor Patrick ;)

Speaking of sleeping, well if any of you have shared a bed with Patrick you know hes quite the bed hog. And when I mean bed hog i mean, he takes up 99% of it and leaves me with an edge on the corner still telling me to "scoot over"! Hahah. This is one of the few things we constantly fight about - bed space. He thinks since he is 2x the size of me, he gets 2x the space in the bed. And even now that im pregnant and i have to sleep on my left side, facing him. It becomes more aggravating beacause hes so close to me considering weve sleeping on a FULL mattress. Yes, people, not a queen a FULL for 5+ years (thank god, we got that king bed finally yesterday). So as some of you know, or will know when you are pregnant its hard to get comfortable and espcially get to sleep. Well Im laying in bed with the fastest falling asleep husband in america and I cant sleep, so i instantly get annoyed he is. So im staring at him, as i slowly get more mad that hes got the good end of the deal of this - and he opens his eyes and is like "what?" Clearly a bit freaked out. I calmly stated, "I want to smother you in your sleep" (of course, half kidding). He's like "O.K., that's not very nice." And then of course hes a bit awake now - probably fearing for his life LOL! And says I'm going to email the baby tomorrow and say "Moms threatening to kill me, shes a real joy. Get here soon. Love Dad!" We both laugh and he turns over - smart move - and we go to sleep! (aka He then I) ;)

You may wonder, email? Our friends Eve & Joey gave us this great idea. I recommend it! Create an email account for the baby and email him/her from time to time and then you cant print them out and put them in a scrapbook or something later on. Well Patrick and I have been pretty frequently, so has his Nana & Pop! :) So its something to keep for later and update the little one on things that are going on in its life (before birth that is). Its quite nice. If you wanna send a note - ill give you the addy, let me know! ;)

Anywho -- we find out the sex next week. I can find out who this little person is break-dancing inside my tummy countless times a day! (which by the way makes all this other stuff worth it) :) We are out of our minds excited to know the gender, I can barely stand it! :) So until then, we will be patient and enjoy our 18th week of pregnancy! :) Although my back hurts like a biatch, my stomach looks like I ate an entire 20lb chicken (head, feet, and all), my skin is dryer than a dessert, I'm constantly short of breath, taste buds are shot, face is breaking out like a 14 year olds, Im always hungry, forget my name most days, cant walk a straight line, and i have to pee more than i blink - I'm really enjoying pregnancy! ;)

Until next time.. ;)

"Someone had to say it!"

Second trimester seems to be a bit more tolerable than that of the first. At this point, I have gotten used to being the sober girl out and not being able to order that glass of vino at the restaurant. Although i have been licking the wine glass of many friends just to get the taste in my mouth - haha. Only semi-kidding.

It was a good weekend, we had a bunch of friends and family in town for Patrick's 30th birthday  - Medieval Times. It was a great time with everyone here and just watching how excited the guys got over it all! I mean, you would have thought they were at the Superbowl! Patrick had a great time, he thinks were doing Medieval Times for my 30th (2 years away)! He must have pregnancy brain, too. But with inflation and % of income at that point - hes going to throw me an even better one. HAHAH! Just kidding, kinda. ;)

Some of Patrick's best friends came in from NYC for the Medieval extravaganza! Most of them left Sunday but we had the pleasure of hanging out with Jeff & Sadia for another couple days! Which leads to a couple funny stories - theres always a funny story when Jeff is involved. Well, every Sunday Patrick and I read 'this weeks' chapter on our pregnancy. It just so happened Jeff was over and we suggested he read aloud to us! Mind you, some of this stuff I don't even want to read. Lol. Well, he starts and first its all very informational and basic - baby is the size of a softball this week, skin layer is thin and you can see the veins, etc. Then to the good stuff - weight gain, breast tenderness, and even pap smears. The whole room was dying laughing, it was hard to be serious when the wild one of the bunch is talking about a woman's body and its changes!

Speaking of changes, my taste-buds have changed on me too. Last night we went to dinner to celebrate Sadia and Jeff's 3 year anniversary and I ordered, my favorite Filet Oscar at a DC Steakhouse. Well it came out cooked to perfection, perfectly pink! I took one bite, just couldn't wait for the taste to hit my buds! And gag-me! It was like someone milked a dead donkey and dumped it on my beautiful 8oz chunk of meat! I was like - whats going on, they trying to poison me!!? Patrick tasted it said it tastes good! I wanted to cry, why me?! Why didn't it taste good to me? I wanted to go Real Housewives of NJ and flip my table I was so disappointed. So after the waiter came by a time or two - i had to ask for them to make me a plain one. When the waiter came back with my steak, Jeff shouted "SHES PREGNANT!" The gentleman laughs and tells me to enjoy. As he walks away, Jeff said "Someone had to say it!" haha! It was hilarious. Needless to say, I have a feeling I'm going to be a bit more high maintenance than normal for the next 5 months! Oh no, watch out friends. Good thing you can drink..

Speaking of drinking.. So you know I have to drink like 12 glasses of water daily, which count it - its hard! So my bladder which is small anyway, is constantly knocking on my door telling me to go pee! It really inconveniences my day! And now this little bebe is getting bigger, size of a softball, its harder to hold it in. Which is why this next story is quite understandable although embarrassing. But I thought for all of you ladies that will have babies in the future or soon, you're not alone.

So after a long days work of drinking like 8 glasses of water, I have to drink 4 in the evening when i'm trying to relax. Well I got all ready for bed, and even peed prior to going to sleep. Well I have this thing about going to the bathroom in the middle of the night - i get really scared lately. So if I have to pee, i hold it until Patrick gets up for the bathroom and as hes climbing out of the bed i bolt there first - so hes awake in case the boogy man gets me. He gets annoyed, but at least I can pee and go back to bed with peace of mind. Well the other night, I woke up having to pee and thought "why hasn't he gone yet! UGH" So i fell back asleep, until I felt a little warmth on my leg and realized I was peeing the bed! I SHOT UP and ran to the bathroom - yelling at myself the whole time! Well I ran back and changed my shorts and hopped into bed! MORTIFIED, this is what pregnancy is like!? Im peeing myself now? Thankfully, Patrick didn't seem to wake up in the midst of all this. So the next morning, hes like "what happened last night, you jumped out of bed!?" I was bent on not sharing the episode with him, cause he gets grossed out so easily. When he grilled me until finally I blurted out "I peed the bed babe!!" Of course he goes into full disgust mode, typical male. And then we laugh - Haha.

So since then I have learned my lesson, and have not been waiting until he gets up to pee, but i do something else that grosses him out - evidently. Well when i wake up, i peek my head out the door down our hallway to the bathroom. If it's clear, no gremlins or monsters I sprint there and use the rest room. Well when im done, I get so scared Im going to flush and somethings going to pop out of the shower or toilet and catch me that I refrain. This way they will expect me to flush and by the time they realize im not there, ill be back in bed with my head under the covers. (They = figments of my pregnant imagination) Well Patrick has been waking up and now calls me into flush the toilet before he can pee - which i dont mind cause then at least he can fight off the monster if he comes out! Needless to say, it's surely been a time of laughs. I laugh, Patrick not so much - which makes me laugh more. :)

Something that we can agree to laugh on, now that is - I am a Cermak so I am irritable by nature. It's not something I can control and I really do try to fight it - sometimes it just can be contained. Well since pregnancy its been quite worse at times. So the other week Patrick and I were watching my show, Revenge. We have one TV so we alternate our tv nights. So I had to record and now Im watching it a day or so later. Its called compromise ;) So as I get home from a long days work and make dinner for us, we eat, we clean up I finally sit down to relax and watch my shows. Well Patrick was making his lunch, while doing so decided to make himself a plate of celery and cream cheese - he has weird cravings now - I think im contagious. So he sits down and is CRUNCHING on the celery, i gave him a look - it was a warning that my crazy is about to come out. He continued to eat the celery, so i yelled "GO EAT THAT IN THE BEDROOM!", well if you know anything about Patrick and I you know we like to do things that annoy the other for laughs and our own guilty pleasure. You can deny you do it to your spouse/partner but we all do it from time to time. So he walks slowly in front of the tv, crunching even louder and it was like i was turning into the hulk. My skin was going green and i was about to go bizurk, i threw my cell phone at him and he picked it up and laughed and ran to the bedroom. It was his evil plan and it worked. Needless to say, after chasing him into the bedroom and him having me jumping up and down trying to reach it from his hand which was held directly above his head - my inner hulk had subsided and i invited him back into the living room - of course celery was not welcome. F-U celery.

So a couple days later, we are sitting at the dinning room table and he in all seriousness says just feet across from me - "You know what i was thinking today?" (I was instantly like 'oh gosh..') And he continues "You should wake up every morning and look over to me and say 'Im sorry for the crazy things I will say and do today!'" I looked at him, again containing my inner hulk - realizing he must be kidding. And i respond "You should wake up every morning and say to me 'I forgive you for anything you may say or do today because you are carrying my baby for 9 months and your body and mind arent what they used to be'" Basically, we agreed to disagree, and later had a good laugh.

Needless to say, there is going to be a lot more laughs and good & surely embarrassing stories to come. But in all seriousness, laughs aside Patrick and I are so very excited for Baby Brady. He is amazing and supportive during this time and I am very lucky to share a family with him. In addition, we are extremely thankful to have soo many friends and family being supportive and sharing this time with us. We love you, thank you!

xoxox,
Patrick's baby-mama ;)

Dear Waistline, I miss your face.

How do models do it, walking the runway at 4 months wearing lingerie? I call bullshit on the whole thing!!

It's close to impossible not to gain weight and that's the annoying part of it all! I eat well, veggies, fruits, no carbs after 5 and still I'm putting on the ol' L.B's! Well with the exception to Saturday or Sunday Pizza or cheese burgers - girls got to live. Say it with me: "YOLO!"

So, I seriously thought I could get to the 2nd trimester without gaining anything. You know like Heidi klum, Megan fox, etc! I say, screw those skanks! Lol. JK love you Heidi! Megan Fox, you can suck it! ;) I'm just going to think.. photoshop because otherwise I may start kicking puppies and i really like puppies.

This weekend we had Joe and Jaci in -- Saturday we were going to site see around DC. So I put on a pair of my favorite Sevens and they seemed harder to button than normal! Thinking to myself 'It must have been that extra piece of turkey bacon! I knew I should have refrained!'  So I did some lunges around the apartment! Maybe I just washed them and forgot!? (Whose fooling who here, I rarely do laundry!) Few lunges here, then leg hikes there, and in the midst of that I pulled something in my groin. Not only am I getting fat, I'm now an old fart! Hahha! So I finally got the jeans to button and went on my way - big mistake. 

Walking around DC, it was getting quite uncomfortable around the waste line. They were low rise, so i think my little peach (he/shes the size of a peach now from her head to bum) was getting uncomfortable. And if she/hes anything like her momma shes probably a tad pissed that someones in her space. But I tried to ignore, i mean fashion first right? Little peach will know that soon, shell/hell understand.

So after a couple hours I'm walking with some lunge in hopes I can stretch them out - finally Patrick says, "just unbutton them!" I was appalled - "so I'm fat and an old man now??!" Lol but the sound of the idea just gave me relief already, but i had to put up a little fight! So I did the unthinkable, and unbuttoned my jeans. I had a little more pep in my step, and thankfully a longer shirt to cover the unbuttoned-ness. It was not my proudest moment, but a girl has to do what a girl has to do. Mommy-0, Peach-1! Hahah!

This week we went to the Dr. and got on the scale, and I gained 4lbs since the first appt back in early Sept! Which isn't fair anyway since it was 2pm, I had ate breakfast and a good 4 glasses of water and ate lunch that contained carbs!! So they should take off a good 2 lbs for good measure! I mean, the nurse was a girl and thats just plain rude for not even offering it as an option! So I look to my husband and about to cry and he responds (as one man knowing little to nothing about women issues regarding weight) "it's fine, you're going to get fatter!" That's not what I want to hear! I wanted to hear, "EXCUSE ME Nurse, the scales broken, this is hogwash because my wife isn't over 110lbs! I demand a recount!!!" But no, I suppose he wasn't feeling all Bush-like that day! Whatever.

So today, its Friday. Thank God its Friday! Even though it was a short week, I still look forward to sleeping in and not having to work on the weekends. But who doesnt? So I went to grab a pair of jeans, instant sadness when I realize that the 25's are no longer in rotation. So I pull out the 'archived' and dusty 26's. Instantly, Patrick who already thinks I have a shopping problem - "are those new? Ive never seen them before!" Im like NO! They aren't new! (This time i was telling the truth!)

I have a feeling this little peach is going to get bigger -- I want her/him to grow big and strong! This is why pregnant women should be able to hibernate like the bears do! Not because of weather - because were pregnant and don't want people to see them us get bigger. Although now that we're telling people were pregnant people will understand why I'm gaining weight. Before, Im sure they were thinking 'Sam, lay off the cheeseburgers and fries!'. Speaking of -- i could go for some five guys!  

'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.. nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!' Ah screw it ... add me on some bacon and throw in some french fries too. Oink Oink. YOLO!

xo.

Pregnancy on the mind, literally

I'm loosing my mind, and its only 13 weeks in!

Now I understand what it means to have 'Pregnancy brain', it means you lost your head! Which has been getting worse by the week. .

Where to start.. I think ill start with the storm of the year - Sandy! Well, most all of you know I work for a news station - two actually. So I should be up to speed on the whole 'news' situation, and usually I am. Well, our family was coming into town this last friday for the weekend. And here is when I knew, the little comments Ive been making isnt due to the color of my hair anymore, its a bigger issue. :)

Patrick and I get home from the grocery store - grabbing a few items for the weekend. And Patrick says ,"Do you think Joe and Jaci will get caught in the storm tomorrow?" I shocked by the question respond: "Its a sand storm, they'll be fine." Patrick responds: "a whatt?" I replied "A sand storm, big deal!" He shockingly realizes I'm serious: "Where do you think we live, Sam?" Me having no idea what hes getting to "what are you talking about?!!" With a look of worry he says "Sam, the name of the storm is Sandy, its a hurricane not a sand storm?!" I, in all seriousness was putting it all together at that minute. It never dawned on me that we A - do not live in a dessert where sand storms would be an issue, B- why there was so much hype on our station and in our newsroom. Needless to say, thats when i knew - this wasn't going to help with my IQ situation!

As you all know, im a tad bit of a planner, some would say OCD. I have multiple google calendars, documents and reminders. I'm usually on top of things, plans month in advance. All of you know this because you've been annoyed by it at some point or another. Patricks case, probably weekly! Since i have reminded you of my organization skills and planning abilities i can get into my next story. Our cousin, Erica and her boyfriend Rishi were throwing a Halloween pot luck party! The evite was sent out, I rsvp'd with excitement! Just cause im prego, doesn't mean i cant party like the rest of you! LOL! I have been pinning Halloween food ideas for weeks. Ordered my black tutu off etsy, and was going to go all out!

Well, we had a couple Dr appts yesterday! Our first appt went really well and they gave us Patrick's test result back that we were concerned with - because I had tested positive for. So of course, we texted Erica when we got home for the evening to tell her the good news! Shes a very excited Auntie to be!

We were in our pajamas and about to make dinner when she texted back: "Great news, see you guys tonight." I was like tonight? whats tonight? ( in my head! ) So I asked Patrick, whats tonight? Nothings on the calendar, I go in stress mode. So i respond, "Whats tonight?" She gets back to me, "Rishis Halloween party" I cant even think, My mind and calendar had it for Saturday.  I wasn't ready! My black swan make up wasn't purchased yet - nor was my black leotard! And the stuffed peppers, cut like pumpkins i had planned for the occasion were not a possibility at this point. I rushed to the fridge, going to pull off what i could in the short time frame! Cut a pumpkin (correction, Patrick cut a pumpkin) to use as a dip bowl and cut the veggies we had in the fridge. I think it turned out well for what i had to work with:

So we got ready, Black swan was not quite up to par, but it worked. And got into a cab and headed over to the partay!  We arrived and the cab driver says "11.50" i handed him a 20 and said "ill take $17 back" The cab driver repeated "its 11.50!" i said "okkkkk $16 then" thinking have a bigger tip, whatever! Patrick chimes in "what are you talking about you gave him a 20! " i was like OK!?!" thinking why are they giving me a hard time - and looking at me like a have a unicorn horn on my forehead!!?

Patrick says to the driver "Shell take 7 back. Sorry sir, shes pregnant!" The driver starts laughing, and then it clicked "OHhhhh!"

This wasn't my only halloween mis-hap. My girlfriend Jackie and I were at our office. And the company was catering lunch for halloween. We went down to the executive room at 12:10 thinking it was time to eat, HR was strict and wouldn't let us start eating until 12:30 - our office runs a tight ship! It was just her and I, and then a gentleman from Politico comes in too. I guess i didn't think of anything, he was wearing a black sparkle cowboy hat and black vest. I didn't even question it. So we went back down at 12:30, of course there was a line out the door. And i look to Jackie, seeing people dressed up and say "OHH! Todays halloween." Shes like "hahah, yes" I see the cowboy fella, and say "you'd think i would have thought twice about why he was wearing a cowboy hat and vest, but it didnt even dawn on me!"

And that was just the last week!!! Needless to say, I got pregnancy brain! It's going to be a rough 6 months with this mind of mine. But surely entertaining for the rest of you. :) 

xoxo.