thank you thank you thank you!

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Thanks so much for all of your kind words and positive thoughts! I knew it would feel more “real” once we announced that we were expecting, and it’s really fun to not have to keep it a secret anymore. I’ve been bursting at the seams to talk about paint colors for the baby’s room, furniture, the cute stuff I scored at Ikea, as well as the nausea and complete exhaustion. My mom said she could tell I was bursting…she thought I was leaving lots of hints here on my blog. Maaaybe.

A lot of you asked me some good questions that I want to answer in a post.

Q: Are you going to start a line of baby products?
A: Although I’m sure that I’ll make a lot of individual things for my kid and share the pictures and tutorials with all of you, I’m not planning on starting a line of products. I think that I already have too many irons in the fire–the 2010 dress line, the new website (we’re working out bugs now so it will be as easy for you to use as possible), trying to get on the Martha Stewart Show, doing a collabo with a Texas-based fashion design company, writing a book proposal, plus all of the new challenges and goals presented by my impending nuclear family. And in the short term I’d really just like to get moved into our new house. And in the shorter term I need to finish this amazing navy/white/silver bouquet! (And it’s for a national bridal magazine..! And they need it by the 16th! And we close on the 16th! Ack!)

Q: Are you going to find out the gender?
A: Definitely! I want to have this knowledge beforehand…I don’t want a lab tech somewhere knowing the gender of my kid when I don’t! I’d also like to be able to have a name in mind before it is born so that when he/she comes into the world I will already be used to calling it by its name!

Q: How have you been feeling?
A: Uncomfortable. Nauseous. Worst acne of my life. Every smell is repulsive. Extremely tired–I used to be able to go for about 40 hours at a time, and now I can’t stay awake more than 12. I don’t have much of an appetite and it seems like any nutrients I eat come right back up, which is frustrating (especially for the poor man who drove across town to get the food for me). But baby is healthy–we even got to see its heartbeat at my last appointment. I’ll be going back to the doctor sometime next week–I can’t wait to see how much it’s grown!

Q: Do you guys have any names in mind yet?
A: We’ve been joking that if it’s a girl, we’ll name her LaWeez (pronounced like “Louise” with spelling as an homage to rapper Lil’ Wayne) and for a boy, Kla$i (with the dollar signs to indicate the high degree of classiness). Realistically though, we are having trouble coming up with names that we both like. If you have any suggestions, we’ll take em!

Q: What plans do you have for the baby’s room?
A: I think we are going to do grey/white/black with natural birch wood. I’m into a really minimalist, functional aesthetic for my new house right now. On one wall I’d like to do an abstract, graphic mural because I hope that abstract art will be more stimulating for creativity. See, there I go already, being a child raising expert.