Swimmin' Fun!

Today we took Amelia to the water park, which required that I put on a maternity swimsuit. This is something you will only brave if you already have a child. There will be no pictures of me in the suit -- well, possibly for the price of a college education for one of the triplets, but otherwise, no way. My sister, Mary, gave me the suit. It's a glamorous, black number with yards of fabric. I'm sure even it won't fit me in another month!

Amelia loves the water, so she had a blast! Daddy did most of the chasing while I watched from my lawn chair or the side of the pool. I joined in some of the fun, but I'm always trying to be careful not to overdo it. Amelia didn't want to go down the little slide today, but jumped from the edge of the pool into the water a few hundred times!

We took a ride on the Lazy River, too. When I got in to my inner tube, the black suit and the pregnant belly gave a great Shamu effect. Getting IN to the tube wasn't so bad, but getting back OUT was a little tricky, like popping a cork out of a bottle. We only did that once!

We brought home an exhausted Amelia, so we're hoping she'll sleep all night. If she sleeps, then Mommy and Daddy certainly will too!

Who Designs Maternity Clothes?

I had to go buy a few more maternity clothes tonight, as I am quickly outgrowing what I have. Our Tuesday night sitter came, so Jeff and I went out together. I told him he could go to the bookstore and I'd call him when I was done, but he gamely went with me to the store. Of course, we spent most of our time there making fun of the clothes.

Seriously, who designs this stuff? Clearly they think a wild pattern will help distract the eye, and they might be right -- but then they ruin that plan by sticking a big bow right on top of the pregnant belly! Jeff wasn't sure if some of the patterns were hypnotizing him or giving him motion sickness. I had to agree.

I put on a green dress that looked pretty promising on the hanger. Jeff took one look and said, "Ho, ho, ho. Green Giant." I'm still laughing about that.

I threatened to put the pregnant belly prosthetic they provide for those over-eager first time mommies who go shopping for maternity clothes before they actually have a baby belly. As I already look nearly full-term, that would have really been something!

I did find a couple of things that looked good and fit, for now, but a little advice for all the designers out there.

1. Clothes should not enhance a pregnant woman's Humpty Dumpty shape, but help disguise it a bit.
2. Most of American women are fairly large and big-busted to begin with. So why do designers think that pregnant American women wear a B cup? If I see one more woman -- pregnant or not -- wearing an empire waisted shirt or dress with the seam that should go under the bust running right across the bust -- UGH! A little more room from shoulder to bust line would be nice.
3. A few patterns that don't look like someone ate a Picasso and threw up would be nice.

I suppose it could have been worse. I could have been trying to buy a swimsuit.