May 15, 2008
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With eleven weeks left to go it finally dawned on me how pregnant I am. I suddenly realized with alarm that I don’t have anything ready and have really not given two thoughts to the whole thing beyond making sure Charlie is healthy.
I blame it on maternity clothes, because it wasn’t until now I outgrew my regular clothes and the sight of those stretchy paneled pants sent a jolt of reality through me. Holy freaking cow I’m having a baby.
I’ve completely avoided the dreaded wardrobe change. I know everyone says that maternity clothes have gotten way cuter, but I beg to differ. Even the tent sacks Lucille Ball wore were better than the stepford looking racks of khaki capris that dominate the maternity section these days. I’m not denying that there is some cute stuff out there, but it’s just not attractive on me, or at least I don’t feel like myself in them (same difference). It wouldn’t be so bad if some of it at least fit, but it doesn’t. It’s baggy in all the wrong places and is tight in even worse ways than the sags. To find a halfway decent pair of maternity jeans you have to spend at least a hundred bucks (which is $100 more than I have to spend).
So far I’ve skated by on the generosity of my friends. Julie sent me a pair of khaki pants that work, and Sharon loaned me heaven on earth maternity jeans that would be close to perfection if they weren’t almost too short. I was lusting over a pair of maternity designer jeans and wishing I could have my beloved luckybrand or BKE jeans when I was watching Juno and had an epiphany. I could make my own. So I dug up an old pair of lucky brand jeans that had been retired because they had holes in them, I cut up a super stretchy tank from Charlotte Russe and tadaa! An hour and multiple tries later I had the perfect pair of maternity jeans. I repaired the holes, cut out the waistband, added a stretchy band and I couldn’t be happier with them. These jeans offer all the comfort, good memories and contentment of a two year olds teddy bear. Blessedness.
So now that I’m happily ensconced in the waistless world of stretchy pants, I have all the freedom in the world to freak out about everything I need to get done in the next few weeks.
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Comments (12)
verrrrry nice! i love the look on jamie’s face in that pic. lol.
That is so cool! Love Jamie’s look. “How do you like my strecthy waistband, Mom?”
yay for successful jeans. i love the dimension and depth in the the picture with jamie behind you.
haha you’re 11 wks away and i’m just a little bit over 4 wks away and i have NOTHING ready!!!! talk about waiting till the last minute!
i, like you, didn’t buy many maternity clothes. i borrowed all the “bottoms” i wear from a friend who just happens to have good taste. i wish i were as crafty with a sewing machine as i was with other things. your “new” jeans look super cute! ya know, i got away with, although i can’t really wear them now, regular shirts bought in the regular section of the store that were a little more empire wasted or billowy in the stomach. i bet you could too!
Okay ~ life just really is not fair. You look better 11 weeks away from giving birth than I do seven years after!!!
You are an incredibly talented girl ~ in the words of MW: those jeans are just trendy!!!
Fabulous jeans.
My kids love any pic of Jamie.
It makes you look really stylish. And you’re really good at getting angles where you don’t look pregnant at all. O_O
you’re so creative and you look great
You make me sick Ez….please don’t complain anymore or I shall send you hate mail!;) Seriously you look amazing!
great job on the jeans. makes me make a mental note to hang on to my old jeans rather than trashing them.
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you are a clever mommy-to-be. (and seasoned mommy of Jamie already).
yikers. that’s how pg you looked at 29 wks??! wow. I wish.