Ellyn and Travas' Baby Bloggin

quality....

2010-02-10T04:57:00.000-08:00

so maaaybe i don't update the blog enough...but when I do...it's good shiz.

here is a little video of lola in her birthday suit. When does it stop becoming ok to film your baby nude...I don't want to be out of the loop with that one.

here is the BIG NEWS! lola booked a NATIONAL walmart commercial!!! ok. THAT being said...so did three other babies. what happens is, they shoot 4 babies and whichever is in the best mood, is the best that day, gets to be IN the commercial. SOOOO, she gets paid for the day, does the shoot, but we won't know if she is ACTUALLY in the commercial, I guess until they edit it. HOW FUNNY? she works more than I do...i love it! I mean, who WOULDN'T buy cheap imported goods from a right wing republican chain, who uses slave labor to keep costs down? not this lady!

GEEEEZ!

2010-01-26T07:59:00.000-08:00

wanna get hate mail rul rul quick? chum up with al queda...OOOORRRRR neglect the baby blog. the hate mail come a tricklin in !!!

hi!

ok. so I was in england for the holidays and...and....and...nothing I am a slacker. I can't keep up with all the cute photos and videos I take. i just can't. She's just TOOOOOO damn cute. and I have facebook, which is like a part time job. NOW WHAT?

ok here is a recap. of the past 2 months.

Lola and max solidify their love with their first official date.

thanksgiving was full of stripes at uncle anthony's.

lola got her first passport and made her first transatlantic trip to england to see friends and family. it's so cold....babies wear fur.

Everyone in England spoiled lola. mostly with clothes. She will not have to buy another article of clothing until she is 6. Travas got to catch up with all his friends...who all have kids. so travas was let back into the club. lola flew amazing. but when we got back, she went down for a nap at 2:40 pm and thought that was bed time. not so awesome. at 2:30 am...guess who was ready to start her day? thanks. LO.LA.

This is xmas day. with her adorable xmas dress that grandma margaret bought for lola. can you just EAT this face?

So, I promise to be better at the blog. MOM. GET OFF MY BACK! i really do love it when i do it...it's just a matter of getting to the computer. so...lay off everyone...I'm TRYING!

love you.

ellyn

LGA

2009-11-20T15:11:00.000-08:00

no, not laguardia airport....LOLA GRACE ANONYMOUS. I am seriously addicted to my daughter. I am working...i use the term "working" veryloosely. very part time....but the other day i left the house at 10:30 am, and didn't come back till after she was alseep. I MISSED HER! she is such a sweet little baby. I am soaking up all of the baby love I can get....i know come 7, 8 , 9 years old, she will want nothing to do with me...**sigh**

I love just sitting with her, talking to her, letting her bite my nose (which she hasn't grown out of). am i spoiling her? I always used to frown upon spoiled kids, NOW i know how easy it is to spoil them...I just want to hug and kiss her all the time and make her happy....mostly putting things in her mouth makes her happy these days...

lola has many interests...

2009-11-10T15:34:00.000-08:00

one of them is rap.

seriously, this song always makes her laugh...wait till she grows up and sees what she found so funny...the black eyed peas...

my goal for halloween....

2009-11-01T16:13:00.001-08:00

my one and only goal for Halloween was to have Lola in a baby costume that noone else would be in....

I WIN.

I will never...

2009-10-05T12:59:00.001-07:00

I will never:

-have straight hair without the use of a CHI

-NOT get parking tickets

-be as good of a blogger as my cousin amy

-have cute feet (fred flintstones are here to stay)

-think "everybody loves raymond" is funny

-like cilantro

i WILL however,

be the coolest mom who takes her baby to drag shows...

sisterly love.

2009-09-08T07:15:00.000-07:00

So, since Lola has been born, my first born...pearl, has IGNORED the presence of baby #2. Not hating on her, or anything mean, just not even acknowledging her existence. I think she sniffed her once, and then wondered when she was leaving our home. Sadly, for my canine daughter, the human daughter is here to stay (for now....don't get comfy LOLA)...but the other day while enjoying a lovely afternoon in world wide plaza i was sitting on a low wall with the stroller in front of me, baby in stroller and pearl on my lap...when out of the blue and totally unprovoked Pearl walked across my legs and into the stroller and plopped her adorable self next to Lola. I waited to see lola's reaction, she lifted up her arm and put it on top of pearls back. I was in HEAVEN! my two girls together...living in harmony! I LOVED it. I loved it so much I strolled them both home together...and they broke out in song...."sisterssssss, sistersssss, there were never such devoted sisters".

what? they could have sung...

photo proof of the happy occasion

I know it's just gas but...

2009-08-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

...seeing a baby sleep, specifically, my baby, is the sweetest thing. I can watch her sleep forever. She is so amazingly peaceful...but when she smiles in her sleep. I just melt. I know it's gas, or some facial twitch, but I really like to pretend she is dreaming of something and it made her smile....I don't know...a land full of nipples or something she can readily relate to...I have no idea, but it's still fun to wonder what her little mind is capable of imagining. Mostly poop, I know...I don't have delusions of grandeur thinking she is some baby genius, but she did say "hi" the other day...that's all I'm sayin. sooooo...my baby is smarter than your baby...sooooo.....

can you even stand this picture? she has defiantly found her smile and her giggle (and her drool). We are enjoying it now before she hates us for ruining her life...I give it 11 years or so....

lola the jet setter....

2009-08-19T11:58:00.000-07:00

Lola has had a handful of firsts...no real BIG firsts...except her first plane ride! Yup. Mommy and baby sans daddy, flew a whopping 6 hours to california and 5 hours back. (love tail winds). ANd as luck would have it, she was amazing both legs. Nothing a little walk up and down the aisle or a boob in her mouth couldn't fix. She really does have the making of a true jet setter!

so ...while in california. she got to hang out with lots of new friends. Not all of which I have pictures of. SORRY! there is time everyone, she'll be around.

Everyone keeps asking me what kind of baby she is...My mom says, "she's perfect". so there is your answer. I have a perfect baby. weird. my definition of perfect is toooootally different.

Her first bath with Nonna...

and her first baby sausage with Nonna...

first time in footie PJ's

I warned you, these weren't BIG firsts....just firsts.

her first time hanging out with someone who had the same amount of hair as her

(p.s. she looks like a boy in this picture)

Her first cheeky smile to the camera

(not really, but I had to add this picture)

So I am going to stop calling this a blog and call it a PLOG because all I do is post pictures. It's too hot to type. Did I mention we moved to Africa apparently? We did.

6 weeks?

2009-08-10T07:02:00.000-07:00

On one hand i feel like she was born yesterday, but then again, I feel like Lola has been here forever. It's amazing watching her eyes everyday find out more things about the world. As her eyesight improves I see her SEE more and more. it's so fun. Our favorite past time of late is so fun...it's called watch the baby. we watch the baby sleep. we watch the baby watch us. we watch the baby try and poop. (don't laugh, it's super hard work). And with everything I have had a camera in hand. I am OK with the camera but I promised myself I would document as much of her young life as I could for her sake and for her kids and their kids and their kids.

our second baby...not so much...

my favorite picture to date....

six week photo shoot

sunday mornings

2009-08-02T10:11:00.000-07:00

So the weather in new york as of late be described in one word. CRAP. it's pouring. it's humid. It might as well be snowing. so, sunday mornings are spent in bed, watching movies/tv and making lola videos. sue us. She's too cute NOT to video it.

once upon a time...

2009-07-26T16:49:00.000-07:00

about a month ago...

people asked how I was doing....NOW?

"how's LOLA"...

"where's lola"

"I want pictures of LOLA"

LOLA, LOLA, LOLA...i mean...baby...you are stealing my thunder.

She is so damn cute. I have so many stories to tell, but I will deliver what you all want....pictures.

*sigh*

a swaddled baby is a happy baby. She looks like a sausage.

I love daddy daughter cuddle time. it's too cute.

Cuddle time generally ends in sleeping time.

Nipple confusion.

always with her mouth open this one...

this picture was taken at 4am. no joke. I sleep with my camera. Don't judge.

ONE MONTH OLD!

look at that FACE!!

grandmas and grandpas a plenty...

2009-07-07T10:55:00.000-07:00

a baby is born and in they flock. Lola has so many grandmas and grandpas and auntes and gay uncles she doesn't know what to do with herself, other than sing Cher on a loop, in order to fit in with her new surroundings.

This poor babes has had a camera in her face non stop for days. I swore to myself i wouldn't be one of those moms that just sat around all day and waited for her child to make cute faces...suck it...i am!

how can you not take pictures of this adorable face?

chillaxin in her mosses basket. (no clue why they call it a mosses basket. I mean i guess mosses floated down the nile in one or something, but i tried that shiz is NOT water proof....do NOT send your baby down a river in one. doesn't work)

here is our first official family portrait. Fourth of July spent at my auntie gloria's house.

it was so awesome that our families got to welcome Lola to the world together!

GRANNIES!

I love this picture..."no photos please". trying to escape the shutterbugs...

LOLA has had so many visitors and love from friends and family alike it's been so so fun seeing everyone. THe fun is just beginning.

Oh, and she projectile pooped on her father. she's a keeper.

tales of a three day old..

2009-06-29T09:39:00.000-07:00

I never thought the day would come! she's here! she's here!

LOLA GRACE CLIFTON decided to join this crazy world after 36 hours of labor (fashionably late) at 5:25 pm on June 26th, 2009.

weighing in at 7 pound, 11 ounces...and measuring a WHOPPING 20.5 inches (english people don't know if you know our wacky metric system)

In true first baby form the camera's have been snapping paparazzi style...NON STOP, so we are in no shortage of pictures of our little nugget.

Her hobbies so far include, sleeping, eating and pooping. so, we already have very high hopes for her. Here are some shots of her first days of life...thanks for the love, support, texts, phone calls, messages, it has been an overwhelming week, but we can't wait to talk to everyone and brag about our little lola!

First few minutes of birth...flipping the bird...clearly her fathers daughter!

Proud grandma ! Lola singing a high C...pretty good pitch.

Morning we get to go home! has him wrapped around his little finger already...

Dad's first swaddle...

I mean....REALLY? really?

Grandma celebrating her first grandchild the Italian way...GO MOM!

another first. Her first rasberry...

*internal monologue...enough with the cameras!!!!"

sorry pregnancy....

2009-06-23T07:55:00.000-07:00

Listen...pregnancy....ok....this is gonna be awkward. Yeah, it's just going to work out between me and you anymore. It's not you....it's me. I need to take some time off. Maybe we can try again in the future, but in the meantime...it's over.

We did have some good times, right? I mean, the vomitting, nausea, scaticia, the general aches and pains, the getting fat, the huge boobs, the exhaustion, the crying and laughing fits, the tight skin...aaahhhh....I'm getting teary eyed just thinking about it! But alas, it's better we go our separate ways.

Please don't try and contact me for a while, it'll just be too hard.

Your friend,

Ellyn

I'm DUE TOMORROW!!!!! ya'll. I know she's not gonna com

e...but the fact is....40 weeks! i survived! this is 38.5 weeks at the doctor...all excited for my last ultra sound....

this is me when I found out a) i wasn't getting a cool picture and b) it lasted like 23 seconds...we were pretty bummed.

so, I guess now, this will not be a pregnancy blog but an actual baby blog soon! crazy! i will try and take one more belly picture, as I have gotten bigger in just a week! COME ON BABY! let the good times rooooooll!!!!

my Demi moment...

2009-06-04T19:59:00.000-07:00

A great friend of mine who is a photographer did my naked, belly fat lady shots for me the other day...

these are the ones I can show...nothing graphic, very Demi does Vanity Fair magazine. It was really fun. This is week 37 PEOPLE! PLEASE LET IT END SOON!

Pearl was at the shoot with me and got in the action too! her hair is soooo long!

So these are the only ones I feel are ok to show my PG audience...

Latest news? baby's head is down, she's on the launching pad, ready to go...ok...i'm ready, you're killing my insides baby girl...leeeesssss go!!!!!

WHAT'S THIS?

2009-05-25T08:18:00.000-07:00

I'm a blogging MACHINE! woo hoo!

Have I told you all how funny my unborn baby is? She's HILARIOUS. I mean, she thinks she's hilarious. Yeah, she has an attitude problem. Her latest trick is sticking her foot in my ribs and keeping it there. I nicely ask, "please remove your FOOT from my ribs" does she listen? nooooooooooo. she sits in there thinking she's funny, and cute...."look at me, I'm a funny fetus". yeah...NOONE thinks you're funny...FYI.

That being said. she had the hiccups last night! How cute! that's pretty cute, right?

Things are coming along here in the apartment, a few things we are still shopping for, including a pediatrician...this weeks project, for sure. If any moms have a list of questions I should ask the doctor, send them my way...I'm always open for advice!

That is not a beached whale, the picture below is a picture of me at the beach. We decided to grab some sun this memorial day weekend. That's my maternity bathing suit...don't be jealous of my fat bellllly (say it like that fat guy in austin powers...it's way funnier that way).

besties share everything...

2009-05-21T09:13:00.000-07:00

So, here I am ....35 weeks. Everyone keeps sayin, "oh my gosh, it's gone so fast"....

REALLY? because I feel like i have been pregnant my whole life! But I'm glad it's gone so fast for YOU! I have been pregnant since OCTOBER. that is Halloween, thanksgiving, xmas, awkward moments day (real day-look it up) new years, valentines day, black history month, my birthday, Easter, Bo Bice day...the list goes on and on. I can't remember the last time I ate sushi, (if i knew I would have gone to Alabama and come home and not been able to eat sushi again, I would have given myself mercury poisoning with TONS of sushi) had a cold stella or smoked crack...you're WELCOME baby!

So, as luck would have it , my best friend, and recent maid of honor, melissa, is having a baby too!!!! she's having a boy! so, naturally, our kids will get married...and as MORE luck would have it, we have been able to take a few baby prep classes together...we took a marathon lamaze/baby prep class in Jersey, in her BEAUTIFUL state of the art hospital, that more resembles a hotel than a hospital, but I'm not complaining. Nope. Not complaining that my hospital was updated circa 1977 and it is shared with another person and a goat and she has a flat screen tv and marble sinks. No, what is important is that we have healthy babies. Of course hers will be born into the lap of LUXURY and mine will be in a bassinet made of twigs and berries...

anyway, here is a picture of our old bellies...

for the record, I honestly don't know why we were lifting our tops. I think we were showing our sweaty sports bras. But we really don't need a reason, I'm just disclaiming.

and now...current bellies....

*melissa's face is cracking me up!

So, it's weird to see how i'm carrying (a girl) and she is carrying (a boy)

So, there is a current belly pic. It's really nice having melissa to talk to, complain with about all the crap that our bodies are going through! She's gonna be an amazing mom! Love you lissy!

the sprain heard round the world and nesting...

2009-05-06T08:26:00.001-07:00

so...I am still battling with my sprain. The cast is off, the boot is off, but the pain is still there. Here is a lovely picture of my club foot....nice and swollen for ya. And yes, it is as bad as it looks. gross.

So , the time came. Travas found out the sex of the baby. A friend of mine sent us this adorable;e vibrating chairs...and it was pink. Trav knew not to open the box but as he moved it, the box within the box fell out, and on the INSIDE box was a cute little picture of a little girl in a PINK vibrating chair. He was bummed for about a day and I was bummed for him, but it has been so fun showing him all the clothes I have purchased for her and calling her by her name is WAY fun! That's right, we have a name! Woo hoo! so all is good.

*NOTE TO ALL YE WITH LITTLE FAITH.... I DID NOT SLIP, SPILL THE BEANS OR ANY THING OF THE SORT!!!!!!*

"ellyn, you can't keep that a secret..."

"you'll slip...."

blah blah blah....

in other news....

The past two weeks Travas has taken to many projects around the house. One might refer to this practice as nesting. I refer to it as messing up the house and putting it back together. We have emptied our downstairs closet and turned i

t into the babes closet. That's right , like a true Manhattan baby she will spend most of her first months in the closet. (insert obvious gay joke here). Here is Travas amidst one of MANY of his apartment projects thus far...

You can see glimpses of the "nursery" in the back. If you ever come over, PLEASE don't call it a closet, call it a nursery...Travas is very touchy about this.

Belly pics to come!

The day dreams of a pregnant, crippled lady.

2009-04-07T09:41:00.000-07:00

SOOOOOOO.....long story short, I was trying to catch the bus the other night on my way back from Ben's and I tripped on the horribly maintained streets of NYC and rolled my right ankle and severely sprained it. Yeah. I'm talking this shiz is BLUE. my ankle is blue. It's gross. It's not only blue, it is swollen to the point that no formation of an ANKLE can be detected. It simply looks like a continuation of my shin. gross.

So, now, I am on crutches. 7+ months pregnant, hobbling on crutches. It's quite a sight. OH! did I mention it's raining here in New York....(sigh)

So, I have had plenty of time sitting on my couch to google things that have popped into my head as an expecting mother and figure some stuff out.

I also just day dream a lot. Day dream sounds so childlike, and juvenile, but I literally just drift...they say a symptom of pregnancy is the inability to focus...yeah...I have been pregnant for YEARS then. I have been thinking a lot of what the bean is gonna look like. I mean, we want he/she (so annoying...everyone KNOWS what it is , but the off chance that Travas actually READS this!) to be healthy and smart and have good teeth...but I am just wondering, who he/she will look like, what color eyes, etc....

I guess I have narrowed it down for who he/she WON'T look like .

Now I have a cousin, Amy, who, we kiiiind of look alike , I mean big features etc. not nearly as Italian looking as me...but who would have thought she would have one of the cutest babies I have ever seen.

I mean, seriously? You can't BUY babies like that on the black market. SO, I am pretty sure my baby won't look like him....blue eyes? yeah. no.

I'm pretty sure I can count the United Colors of Bennaton off my list...

So, I dunno. It's just so crazy thinking of all the variables of how a little baby is made and how RANDOMLY all these traits are figured out without any input what so ever from us! It's very powerless. And I like to be in control. I know....SHOCKER!

hating through blogging.

2009-03-31T15:41:00.000-07:00

Well, I started this blog as a way for people to glimpse into the creation of life process and in the hopes it would extend to a baby's first year blog type of thing. However, it has taken a turn for the worse as a venue for people to harass and harangue me for my inability to keep up.

I have gotten hateful texts from people who shall remain nameless. Take my brother John for example. John texts me the other day :

DIRECT QUOTE:

"your baby blog's name should be changed to baby blahhhg cause that's what it's been lately...just kinda blah...now go write something"

hateful.

or take my mom's threatening email:

"if you're going to have a blog, it needs to be updated".

where does the hate end I tell you?

and take Mari. Mari and I have been friends for 15 years. I never would have expected a turn towards the dark side... This is an email that was accompanied by a bomb threat.

"it's been WEEKS! (that was bolded, I didn't add that for dramatic effect) There must be blogable updates!"

Note the hate in her exclamation points.

Well, the truth of the matter is...there isn't much to tell. I get fat. I can't sleep. I can't eat, my stomach gets full too fast for me to enjoy my food, the little thing moves WHILE I'm trying to sleep even though I ask , very nicely for it to stop...that's another thing, I think I am dealing with a child with an attitude problem...ALREADY! I mean, I knew I'd have some karma coming to me for the stuff I pulled in my teen years, but little did I know I'd have such disobedience in the WOMB....

So, I m 29 weeks now. and here is me.

here is a bit of a zoom for ya....

SO there is the belly in all it's 29 week glory. Whaddya think?

I am also adding a picture from my birthday. Travas treated me to an awesome dinner at a Greek restaurant that was FAB, and then we went to see a HILARIOUS comedian Russell Brand. Many of you may know him from being the British guy in "forgetting Sarah Marshall" but he's so funny! And he bought me the dress I'm wearing in the pic. you can't see it, but it's very very pretty! He doesn't read this cheese, so no need to stroke his ego anymore.

Hope all is well! I will be better about writing. Mostly out of fear.

Open letter to baby clifton...

2009-02-24T13:12:00.001-08:00

hi baby,

I'm your future mom. That is so weird to even type. MOM. When I think of mom, I only think of my mom. SHE'S a mom. I'm just ...i dunno....not. So that's weird right? you are gonna be the first run at me trying to crack this mommy thing. Sorry. Ahead of time. Yeah, let me get my sorry's out the way. Sorry for the time, I let you cry more than you want to, for under/over feeding you (at any age) sorry for dressing you in clothes you might later hate, sorry for the first time I say, "it's for your own good", and for everytime after that, sorry for making you eat food you hate because it's good for you, sorry for not understanding you when you are a moody teenager, sorry for the time you are at a school dance and I bust out in the funky chicken and you die of embarrassment...I of course will think it's HILARIOUS!

Anyway, this time is going by so SLOW...I just want to meet you already! I seriously can't wait. another three months seems like forever! I mean, take your time, stay in there for as long as you are supposed to, but, in all honesty, I can't wait!!!

so, this is what you have done to your moms cute figure...

I mean...not cool baby. not cool. And I know you have to grow...blah blah blah...but if you have any control over how big my boobs get...I think it's safe to say we can lay off now. ok? All set on the boob front. Thanks! you're a peach.

This letter brought to you by,

future mom and the letter R

BOY OR GIRL?

2009-02-21T12:40:00.000-08:00

is it a BOY?

is it a GIRL?

I think everyone in the WORLD knows except Travas and my mom! COME ON you guys!!!! I wanna spill it!

maybe....

????? nah.....

Here are the things I have learned thus far being pregnant:

*it is tiring! I can fall asleep on a DIME!

*I get full really fast and starving just as fast.

*my boobs are HUGE.

that's about it!

Oh how the mighty have fallen....

2009-02-16T13:45:00.000-08:00

So, Travas and I decided to take a mini -break. So, beautiful, scenic New Jersey was calling our name! I know! I'm spoiled! So, we went away about an hour and 15 minutes north to Mountain Creek, where they boast snow, and ....um. That's it. So we went tubing. We actually had a great time. Here we are... In all our tubing glory...

So, the reason we went TUBING and not something like, I dunno... skiing or snowboarding like normal adults, is obviously, I can't. If i were to take a spill or fall of, that would be very bad....so tubing it was. Even though Travas was green with envy watching all the swank boarders in all their gear walk by...

that being said. sometimes ...there can be tubing accidents. and sooooooometimes, it's caught on video.

So, yes. I took a spill. I was seriously just STANDING there. And I slipped. From a ...STANDING position. So it turns out...tubing IS quite dangerous.

Have you ever had that combination of crying and laughing. Yeah that was me for about 15 minutes.

actual tears. very sad. BUT baby is fine...I feel it moving now...which is CRRRRAZY! mostly at night. Apparently, it's taking after it's (i HATE calling it "it" when I know what IT is!) parents as night owls!

hope all is well!!! "The Bachelor" tonight. I am a PARTY animal! Thanks for all your comments, I love reading them!

and it's a......

2009-02-12T14:29:00.000-08:00

ok. I can't tell on this blog. because my mom reads it and she doesn't want to know....but I will tell you if you email me! Oh yeah...AND travas doesn't want to know either. SO this is my biggest secret keeping adventure YET! So please don't spill the beans if I do tell you...he's old fashioned...who knew?

here are photos taken today of the little whipper

snapper...

It has 10 fingers, 10 toes, a good heart, and nice round head (hopefully not big like travs)

AND.....DRUM ROLL.......

IT SMILES!!!!!!!!!!! LOOK!!!!! IT'S SMILING!

SO, this next part, you might not want to look- scroll at your risk...they gave us a 3D picture and though I love my bambino this kind of looks like night of the living dead style. Some might say it's beautiful...I think it's kind of gross! but here is baby Clifton in all it's glory....

I told you it was kinda gross. I'm sure he/she will look way better in person.

till my next update!

Here are the pics! of the belly!

2009-01-26T15:41:00.001-08:00

So, here I am at a little over 16 weeks. ! The little bean is showing. it's very hard to take these belly pictures on my own. Note to self, wait till Travas gets home to take them for me!

If you look close, you can see pearl at my feet. she never misses a photo op.

Right now I am home in the Bay Area (ca) directing a show, having a great time, counting the days to go home so I can find out the SEX! I'm dying to know. I just want to start shopping already!!! I also ordered my first maternity clothes on line. I am planning for the day, I get really fat and need them a bit more than I do now.

so...onto 19 weeks. This is me 19 weeks with child...

So, now I know there is for sure something in there. I don't feel him/her yet. Hopefully, I will soon. Hope you enjoy me getting fat!

tryin to upload baby belly pics...

2009-01-18T10:14:00.000-08:00

...not much success. I left my USB cable at home and can't find one that fits my camera. I took a 16 week belly pic, for ya'll to see, and can't upload it. more to come.

Thought I'd give some random updates that might be of interest. hmmmm...

I met my new cousin Judah! he's a doll and it's so weird to see my cuz Amy as a mommy, but it seems to be a prefect fit. he's so tiny! It's also weird because one of our baby boy names that we like is Jude, so that would be Jude and Judah, we are in talks now with my cousins to start a boy band. More on that later. Hit us back in 16 years.

Everyone seems to wonder about my cravings. And yes, I have had them for quite sometime now, they have come and gone...

at first it was chicken pot pies. I ate so many chicken pot pies that just , now typing the words are making me sick. I went to the grocery store and bought one, then the SAME day went back and bought 7 more. I, like a champ, ate 6 in oh, about 3 or 4 days and couldn't stomach the sight of the last one, and hid it in the back of my freezer....yuck!

limeade. I drank that like it's going out of style. And mind, you, it's damn hard to find limeade!

fruits. any kind of sweet fruit. blackberry's especially.

pizza. I don't know if I can put this under the craving category, because baby or no baby, I crave pizza. So, when it's born I will just say, "oooohhh you made mommy eat so much pizza!" and then riddle them with guilt for the size of my ass for the next 18 years. Good Plan!

Things I am NOT eating that I usually love!

chocolate. It's so weird. I LOVE chocolate, and for some reason the smell and even sight of chocolate turns my stomach. That is one of the weirdest things! That and Mickey Rourke winning that Golden Globe. how weird was THAT?

soda. I usually drink a few soda's a week. And even though I know it's not good for me and the babes, I thought it would be harder to give up...not so much!

anyway, there is my useless food information you were all dying to know.

We will know in a few weeks the sex. I'm going into my 18th week! I can't believe how the time is flying and how much better I feel than week 6, 7 and 8. And by the way, about those hard first few months, I would like to talk to the guy (and it was DEFINITELY a man), who decided to call it "morning sickness"....veeeeery deceiving mister. I'd like to call Obama and ask if he can legally change it to "all day sickness"...because who ever said it was confined to the morning is a LIAR!

oh yeah, and GO OBAMA! rock our socks off, like we know you can! and....YES WE CAN!

love to all.
pics on the next post, even if I have to sketch em!

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Welcome to our bloggy blog. I say "our" to be nice. Travas thinks this stuff is cheesy. But, get on board buddy, it's all down hill form here!

That's us! From our amazing wedding! A perfect day with our beautiful families and amazing friends at Tappan Hill Mansion and after party at our favorite local bar, Perdition. We danced, laughed, ate wonderful food, and were touched at how far people had come to share our special day. It was a day to remember, and we thank everyone for not only traveling but for all their generosity throughout our engagement and wedding. For those of you who could not make it for one reason or another, you were missed.

We still have our wedding website up: www.ellynandtravas.com

We were thrilled with ou

r photographer Dave Cross, for a peek at our w

edding pics you can go to www.after.davecrossweddings.com. If you see something you like you can email me at ellyn312@yahoo.com and I can give you the info to order. He's pretty reasonable with his prints!

Onto the reason for this blog! Drum roll....oh come ON! you all know! We are gonna hear the pitter patter of little feet, June 24th! On, or around June 24th. I just tried scanning my sonogram but it didn't work. more to come. So the things we know. It's about 13 cm right now. And i

t's a ham, because everytime I have an ultrasound it turns to face the camera...you THINK I'm kidding....it's so true!

So we are going to use this blog to keep everyone abreast (haha!) of our progress and how our life is going to change. (we plan on moving to a bigger apt etc) feel free to leave us comments or email us. Before anyone asks, we do not know the sex. I am DYING to know, Trav wants it to be a surprise...so I am going to try and keep my big mouth shut....we'll see!

Love to all and we are so happy to share our upcoming adventure with you....!

Here's to the Journey ahead.....