Sally Hansen® Complete Salon Manicure

 

I was lucky enough to get yet another free  VoxBox from Influenster!! This time I got not one not two but THREE bottles of Sally Hansen® Complete Salon Manicure. The colors I got were Jaded, Red My Lips and Pat on the Black. I loved ALL of the colors. I loved them so much that I actually painted my nails different colors. I went to my midwife’s office and everyone was like OMG too cute. They have an odd brush design and by odd I mean good odd. It’s flat and makes WAY more sense. It makes it much easier to paint your nails. Why didn’t someone think of this sooner? So far it’s lasted for about 2 weeks with minimal chipping and it’s still shiny!  I’m wearing black and white to my baby shower now I just have to pick out my Sally Hansen nail color.

Inza

33 weeks day 6

BABY MOON!!!!

So I spent January 10 – 17 having my own personal BABY MOON!! It was so much fun. We checked into the Haiti Village timeshare resort. We had an amazing room that I actually forgot to take pictures of. I booked the two bedroom 2 bathroom 1 1/2 kitchen suite. I think the front desk guy said it was 1300 square feet.

Here is where the real fun begins. They have an activities center. I was looking at the list of activities and realized that a lot of them were kinda cool crafting activities. Things I could make for Kennady’s room!  So I got up the next morning and off to crafting I went. Our first activity  was “Face painting”. Well I didn’t want my face painted I wanted my belly painted!! So I went down and met Cindy and asked her if she’d paint my pregnant belly. Much to my surprise she said YES!! We hopped on pinterest to find a design and she started to paint. It turned out so cute. She took a picture to send to her boss. Later that day I got to make a candle holder for the baby’s room. Granted I wont be putting a lit candle in it. Maybe a battery operated one.  The next day was “sun catchers” day. These were pretty cool too. You can either hang them or suction cup them on a window. I made Kennady a mitten and matching hat with her name on it. I hung them from the light in my room after they dried just to see what they’d look like. I love them!!! My little cousin Maya and I also made something called “Flubber” that day too. Think old school slime but more solid. lol On Monday January 13 my mom and I went to the make your own tote bag activity. My mom has WAY more crafting talent that I could ever dream of! Her bag came out soooo cute!! The next day I learned how to make bath salts. I made purple with lavender scent. I think I am going to make this and put it in small containers for baby shower gifts. Maybe do some pink and some purple ones. Not sure yet but it sure was fun to make. Later that day when Maya got out of school we made cute charm bracelets out of plastic beads. On Wednesday I made a wood photo frame for Kennady’s room with her name on it. It’s purple and pink of course lol. Thursday was decorate your own mug day. I was very excited about that. I never knew you could decorate a mug with sharpie markers and bake it to set the colors. I made a mug for Amy and I. Mine says “Kennady’s mommy” and Amy’s says “Kennady’s favorite Aunt”. I think they came out cute. A lady that was in activity center made a duck for me on my cup :)  . Later that day there was a fused bead craft but I missed it :(  Jessica the girl who works in the activities center was kind enough to make me a purple and pink heart key chain with a “K” on it since I missed the craft hour. I thought that was totally sweet. I almost cried because well that’s what I do here lately lol Friday morning I went to the 10th floor to do some morning yoga with Jessica. Great way to start my morning and end my trip. Oh did I mention that Damon and the rest of my family got a good giggle out of me going to all the crafting classes? lol

 

WOW pictures are here!!!!!

 

This place is totally fast! I love how they turned out. I thought I wanted something all crazy complicated but turns out I like the simplicity of my photos. Who knew I could be simple?!? I went to pick up my pictures. I got there and they had them all laid out all pretty on a mat. I noticed they didn’t edit out the white trim on my panties like they said they would.So They told me they could quickly edit them and reprint them. I walked around the mall for about an hour. YAY exercise! I went back after my walk and they had edited the pictures and reprinted them. I was thrilled :) The pictures were taken at 30 weeks day 5. The pictures posted were before the editing. I snapped them really quick when they showed them to me on the board.

 

Inza

31 weeks day 3

Maternity Shoot!!!

 

I’ve given up a lot of the “special” extras with this pregnancy seeing that I have been fully supporting it on my own. I had picked out a great photographer to do my maternity photos. She was $700. Which from my understanding wasn’t too bad for everything I got. I even got a canvas print. Well I owe $990 on the furniture so that $700 is better left for the furniture instead of pictures. I went to the mall to go make a payment on the furniture and 2 stores down I saw a photo studio. I went in just to see if they even did maternity photos and sure enough they did. The price was only $70. I got 3 poses and 4 sheets of pictures. That doesn’t sound like a lot but up against what everyone else wanted it was a good deal. The lady who runs the place said just what I needed to hear just when I needed to hear it. She said that she was going to “bless” me with an extra sheet as part of their holiday special. At that point I needed any and all blessings. Even if it was just a sheet of pictures. So I booked my shoot and put down my $10 deposit. 

The day of the shoot came and I was just dragging my ass. I called and asked could I move the shoot from 12:30pm to 1:30pm just to give me an extra hour to get myself together. I had gone out searching for pinup outfits for the shoot and everything. I had props and all sorts of stuff. I get there 15 minutes late. My mom and I sit down and look at the photo sample books and found a few ideas we liked. Turns out the I misunderstood the girl when booking and I didn’t get 3 outfit changes just 3 poses. I didn’t need to stress about my clothes at all. The catch was if I used their wraps I didn’t have to pay extra for outfit changes. I used the wraps of course. HeeHee. The photographer made me feel pretty and I had a lot of fun. I’ll get the pictures on the 9th. I can’t wait to see them and share them with everyone. I’m glad I didn’t have to fully give up this “special” extra item during my pregnancy.

30 weeks day 6

Sick Prego!

I spent the week before Christmas with a slight cold. Not being able to take anything sucks ass to say the least. So I kinda had to deal with it. I was sent a to-go-pack of Puffs Plus Lotion free from Influenster. Blowing my nose a zillion times had pretty much rubbed it raw. So I figured why the heck not go ahead and use the free tissues. I shoved them in my purse and headed out to do my Christmas shopping.  I started to cough and sneeze so I pulled out a tissue. To my surprise they are soft and silky BUT they don’t have that lotion smell. My nose is really sensitive to smell right now so the lack of smell in the tissues was VERY important to me. They didn’t rub my nose raw which is great. They also didn’t irritate my already raw nose. That was a plus. So in this prego girl’s world Puffs Plus Lotion to-go packs are the best thing since sliced bread lol

Inza

29 weeks Day 7

Happy Holidays

Happy holidays everyone. I say “holidays” because well there are too many holidays for me to keep up and name one at a time so that pretty much covers everything and everyone lol I spent Christmas in Las Vegas with my family. My Aunt Judy who I love is so funny. She keeps looking at me and saying “you’re pregnant”. lol I cooked all Christmas Eve so I could sleep in on Christmas day. I came down stairs on Christmas morning and realized this time next year Kennady will be celebrating her first Christmas. AT about 2am I got a call and a text from Damon saying he was in the hospital. I admit I went slightly into a panic. I was in a different state and could do nothing to help him. He passed out in the car on the way to take his daughter home. He’s had the same cough for MONTHS now. Turns out he has fluid in his lungs. Which then of course turned into pneumonia. His ex had to call 911 to come and get him. When he finally got transferred to Kaiser the doctor told him he had the body of someone 40 years OLDER than he is. He also told him that he wasn’t going to live to see 50. Mind you he’s 45 now. We talked a few times on Christmas and exchanged a lot of texts. We shall see how long this lasts. Yeah so I’m a skeptic. I have a right to be. Other than that Christmas was great. I got some totally cute maternity clothes and lotions for my belly. Then we went to Opportunity Village to look at Christmas lights and go on rides. I even went on the Merry-go-Round. I didn’t even throw up lol  Well It’s time for me to get a few things done. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas or whatever you celebrate.

Inza 29 weeks Day 7

My first VoxBox!!

 

Awhile ago I signed up for a site called Influenster. They send out things called VoxBoxes. They’re filled with free products for your to review.  The reviews are social media based. So the better social media following you have the better off you are on the site. The box I got was called the JollyVoxBox. It was filled with some great goodies. I got a full size box of Skinny Cow chocolate and peanut butter treats, Puffs with lotion tissue, Rimmel London Lip Laquer, NYC HD Color trio eye shadow and some really cute mini duck tape. I can’t wait to use all of these products. I’m pretty excited. This really is an amazing program and this was a great box. I cant wait for my next one!!!

Inza

29 weeks day 5