My maternity outfits!

Hello beautifuls!
How are you all?

I was send an email asking about maternity clothing. Did I buy anything? How much where the items? What was the most expensive thing? Did my fashion change in any way because I was pregnant? I thought that this was a really good point so I decided that I'd make a blog on it linking a few pictures, kinda like outfits of the day but only I'm not going to be in the picture wearing the things; they'll be off my polyvore where I recreated all my outfits.

Reason for this is, my iphone smashed and it looked ridiculous holding an ipad to take a self-photo so I gave that idea up and just worked into the next one which was using polyvore! One of my favourite sites, everrrrrrrrrrr.

I didn't buy too many maternity things. Michelle past a few of her maternity things that she hadn't got to wear because baby Jessica (who is doing amazingly well) was born early, so I am very thankful for that! The things I did buy was only a few maternity tops/tee's, sweaters, bump jeans, a cute maternity maxi dress and two pairs of maternity leggings because the leggings I had been using up until I turned 29 weeks, where fitting perfectly but the waistband got slightly tight. The items I did buy where extremely inexpensive, the cheapest thing which was a plain white cami (which came in a pack of 2!) where only £5.00 (UK currency!).

I also used a few things that I had before I got pregnant, things like my baggy cardigan from Topshop and my cropped blazer/jacket from H&M. Without a doubt, all my outfits where matched around the comfiest shoes I own; converse, TOMS, sandals and slippers (which by the way, aren't the slippers you lounge around the house in!). Comfort came first for me!

The most expensive maternity thing I bought was embroidered shirt (£43) and my denim studded shirt(£40). I didn't mind the price because I knew that both items would go with almost anything, I could match them up with many different outfits which is exactly what I did and believe me, I'm definitely getting my moneys worth! They are two of the most comfiest pieces of clothing I own!

My fashion didn't change that much in my eyes, apart from the fact I needed to find clothes that fitted around a large bump! I still get told that I'm very stylish even when I'm pregnant so, no, it hasn't really changed..

So, now time for the pictures! Again, these are the exact outfits that I own and worn! The maternity clothing I bought are included! All items bought from local stores (apart from the Louis Vuitton bag) and all put together by myself.

THE PICTURES WON'T LET ME UPLOAD SO PLEASE GO TO THIS LINK AND SEE THEM BOTH FOR YOURSELF! http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/collection?id=1909326

 

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Pregnancy Tracker: 32 weeks, 1 day!

 

PS: I have changed my writing, I'm not using colour anymore and I've also changed the background too! I felt like it was time for a change =)

 

Stay beautiful!

Katieleigh & Baby Brown! xoxox

Precious baby girl.

Hello beautifuls.
How are you all?

(This blog was wrote this morning but only posted now.)

So, I know that this blog is late/early. Late because I didn't post on Sunday(9th) but early because I'm posting Friday(14th). It's currently 02:46AM on Friday morning and Carter and I have just arrived back from hospital 10 minutes ago and this time, it wasn't because of me or baby Brown.

Carter's older sister had her precious little baby girl last night at 11:23PM. Michelle was thirty-four weeks pregnant, she was due for the 23rd October 2012. Everything was going perfectly fine, she did everything by the books; not telling anyone she was pregnant until her first trimester was over, reading baby books everyday, not eating anything that she wasn't supposed to, not drinking any alcohol (and she didn't smoke in the first place so that was defintely crossed out).

Michelle is 21. She's the third oldest out of the five of Carter's siblings. When she and her fiance announced she was pregnant, it was such a surprise because she had always said she didn't want kids until she was at least 26. Two weeks later, I announced my pregnancy. Michelle and I have been going out shopping together, buying baby things, etc. We were both so excited to find out that there was only a mere three weeks apart from our due dates, we even started planning our babies future. (They were going to school together, they'd be more like siblings than cousins, etc.)

Carter had only got in from work at 9PM last night, like normal he came home and ate then showered, with my swollen ankles and sore feet, I already made myself comfy in bed with my Nicolas Sparks book. Carter climbed in bedside me and was out cold within five minutes. However, I couldn't sleep at all! I kept getting this twisting feeling in my stomach, I thought it was just baby Brown moving but then ten minutes after this feeling started we got a phonecall from Carter's oldest sister.

In a blind panick, she rushed her words out about Michelle being rushed into hospital and that she wanted Carter and I there. I started shaking Carter and calling out his name; (He is such a heavy sleeper and when he's exhaused, it's even worse!) when he didn't wake, I started hitting him (NOT IN A VIOLENT WAY!). He woke up, grumpy. Just like he is when he doesn't get his rest (drama queen, right?). After telling him that Michelle was rushed into hospital, he sprung upright and grabbed the first pieces of clothing he could gather. For a split second, he forgot I was pregnant when he repeatedly started shouting 'Hurry up Katie!' when I wasn't hot on his heels.

Finally after what seemed like forever, we arrived at the hospital. Carter this time had remember I was carrying a human that was going to drop out of me in less than 10 weeks. We were lead up to a private room Michelle was moved into by a nice nurse who was waiting for our arrival.

Michelle and Carter has always had a extremely close relationship, closer than any other siblings I know. They've been best friends since day one. So when Carter appeared in the room, Michelle burst out in tears and grasped her little brother in a tight hug. She kept repeating that she was scared and that she was scared for the her baby girl (they had a gender scan done a few months ago).

Within a few minutes, Michelle was rolled away to have an emergancy c-section. Carter and I were left wandering the halls with so many thoughts going through our heads. I've never see Carter properly break down in tears until last night, when I tried to reassure him about his sister and niece he told me that, that wasn't the reason why he was crying.

He was crying because he realised how precious life is, that we couldn't tell what was around the corner. His sister and niece's life was in danger. His niece was going to be born premature and has only a 60% of survival. It got him thinking about our baby, was he/she going to be born early, would he/she have complications, would he lose me or the baby or both? Trying to calm him down, I grabbed his hands and rested them on my huge baby bump where our little one kicked; hard. That seemed to work.

At 23:23PM baby Jessica Clare was born by emergancy c-section. Immediately she was hooked up to many different machines including a feeding tube, she was rushed to BICU (baby intensive care unit). Michelle wasn't allowed to see her, she was also being closely monitored by hospital staff.

01:26AM, Carter, myself and John (Michelles fiance) was allowed to go and see the precious little girl who was placed inside an inkubator. She looked so small, so delicate but so healthy. At 01:45AM, it was announced that Michelle and Jessica would both be fine and they were both doing amazingly well. Michelle had preeclampsia which can cause miscarriage, still-birth, future health promblems in both mother and baby's case. Thankfully the doctors managed to get Jessica out before any of that could happen.

It made me realise that life is even more precious than I thought. It also made me even more scared but hopefully with the people I have by my side, me and baby Brown will make it through safe and happy.

Pregnancy tracker: 30 weeks and 6 days.

Stay beautiful!
Katieleigh (and baby Brown);xoox

Sporty spice!

Hello beautifuls!
How are you all?

Happy first (well technically second) of September guys! Can you believe it's already September?! I can't, I feel like I've just blinked at almost the full year has disappeared! What's even more scary is that my little baby is due in exactly 10 weeks and six days!

Anyway, I've been requested to do a topic about sports by livelaughlove. This topic is different from the ones I usually do so I am excited! Lets get started;

Soccer, figure-skating, swimming and tennis;

When I was in middle school, I did play a bit of girls' soccer although I was more focused on figure skating and swimming. Still to this day I adore both but with pregnancy I've not been skating, I have been swimming a lot though; I try to swim at least once a week.

When I played soccer, I ended up getting injured a lot and then eventually getting a fractured ankle. That was the end of my soccer career (well what there was of it). I didn't mind playing soccer, I thought it was fun but as I grew older, I realised that the sport just wasn't for me so I guess you could say my accident was a little bit like a sign. At least, that's what I think it was!

I started ice-skating at four years of age, I became a figure skater at age eight. Having my childhood in Canada, it was only expected for me to have something to do with ice. I admit, I did want to play ice-hockey but was turned away for being to 'fridgal.' Although I think that the only reason I wasn't excepted was because my big brothers all played the sport. Anyway, I adored being on the ice and when the Disney movie 'Ice princess' came out, it instantly became one of my favourite movies.

My mom and dad always told me I have always been a water baby. From my first holiday to Portugal, Spain when I was only 17-months-old, I was the first one out of all my siblings to get in the water. There's pictures of me, sitting in the baby pool with a incredibly cheesy grin on my face. So as I got older, my parents signed me up to have swimming lessons and the instructor told them that she has never seen someone adapt so quickly to water before. What should have taken 11 weeks to learn me to swim, was cut fairly short to 3 weeks.

When I moved to the UK, my cousins took me to an indoor sport centre where there was tennis courts, a gym, badminton courts set up. Of course, when I picked up the tennis racket at first I was absolutely horrible. I mean, not hitting the ball, horrible! But I found it fun and that was the most important thing. So, every week or two, my cousins and I would go to the sport centre and play a game of tennis for fun; sure there might have been times where we played in competitiveness but nothing serious.

UK sports aren't totally different than Canadian or any other country, however they do call 'Soccer' - 'football'. I found it quite weird at first but I'm slowly adapting to the change. Other than that, they play mostly the same sports.

I support the 'football' (soccer) team, Chelsea FC all because of my fiance. Carter has grown up supporting the team so when we started dating, he always told me that I would need to support them too. Of course, I wasn't very into supporting teams because I don't really like choosing teams. If you have seen my instagram you will know that Carter has already bought two teeny-tiny baby outfits with Chelsea's logo on the chest. If not this is it-





Youngest supporter already!





 

 

Already, he has turned our son or daughter into a Chelsea supporter.

 

I have been to local soccer game plus a Chelsea game. Carter's parents and I worked together to get tickets for his sixteen birthday, they bought his two brothers a ticket each while I bought us both a ticket. I gotta say, the hype at Stamford Bridge was an unforgettable experience!

 

 

Annnnnd, I think that's all for this post! Thank you again to Livelaughlove who requested me to do this, I had a lot of fun writing about something different. If you have anything you want me to write about or you want to hear my view on things, please don't hesitate to ask in a comment below, a tweet, an email etc.. I love hearing from you guys and seeing what you have in store for me!

 

Pregnancy tracker: 29 weeks and 1 day.

 

Again, thank you guys!

 

Stay beautiful!

Katieleigh (and baby brown); xoox