Yummy Mummy

Should I go straight or curly?

Usually, when I get up in the morning, I pull my hair back and wrap a rubber band around it and start the day. I have so much hair (thick and lots of it!) that styling my hair is a time-consuming affair. With a hectic morning routine of getting my daughter out of bed, dressing her, feeding her breakfast, then driving her to preschool, I rarely have time to get myself dolled up. So it boils down to, if I’m going somewhere special, have a client meeting, or getting together with some friends, I would make the effort to fix my hair so I look “decent.”

Every morning last week I woke up extra early and styled my hair, which prompted this conversation:

Husband: “Where are you going today?”

Me: “Nowhere. I just want to look good in case we have to go to the hospital and give birth today.”

Husband (rolling his eyes): “Oh, brother!”

Me: “Hey, the first time one goes through labor and delivery it’s excusable to be unprepared. The new mom can look like a train wreck. The next time, she needs to know better. I need to look fabulous!”

So on top of the hair stylin’, I’ve had a pedicure so that I have cute piggies while my legs are in the stirrups (I’m gonna be looking at them a long time!), and I’ve had my wax appointment so that I have soft, smooth legs. I’ve got to be a “Yummy Mummy” this time around – and taking nesting to completely new heights! 🙂

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The Power of Flower Power!

…submitted by: Diana (Customer Service Specialist)

Adorable Claire in her Flower Power dress!

Recently, my boyfriend and I went to his mom’s house for a birthday celebration for his sister (Tayler), his stepdad (Frank), Frank’s sister (Cindy) and Frank’s mom (Judy) — yes, my boyfriend has a big family! Cindy and her husband, Joel have a beautiful little girl named Claire. I was sitting at the dinner table chatting it up with everyone when Cindy walked into the room carrying Claire. That made me stop, point and exclaim, “She’s wearing le•top!” Everyone kind of stared and looked at me funny, but I was so excited to (randomly) see our clothes on someone in “real” life, and not just the models in our books! Claire was wearing the Flower Power dress from our fall 2008 collection.

I explained to everyone that I worked for the company that made her beautiful dress, and that’s when I got all the wonderful feedback from Claire’s mom. She got this dress as a gift from a friend, and it’s one of her favorites. Cindy said she loves the way it fits on Claire, and she absolutely loves the fabric and the way it feels. I know this must sound a little weird, but seeing her in that dress made my night! Claire looked adorable! I just loved hearing all the wonderful things that everyone was saying about “our” dress that night. I was so excited and (powerfully) proud to say that I work for the company that made it!

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“Is the baby here yet?”

You go on a road trip with a little one, and you will hear these infamous words, “Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” over and over, to the point that you yourself want to be there as soon as humanly possible because it’s so annoying to hear that question when you still have 3 more hours to go. This time, the words I hear are,

Is the baby here yet? Is the baby ready to come out?“

Now, that’s not annoying at all to hear. In fact, they’re my sentiments exactly! I wake up each morning, wondering if today is the day. We are all so anxious here at home, especially my daughter. At this point, I don’t think she cares anymore if she’s having a brother or a sister (she really wants a sister!). She just wants to meet her new sibling and be a BIG sister.

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