Nowadays, we use Sweetie's maternity clothes as a tarp to cover the backyard for outdoor parties.

Sweetie will likely never need maternity clothes again -- the Babies! have pretty much permanently scared us out of parenting -- which makes it kind of a shame that I only after-the-fact heard about Kiki's Fashions.

Kiki's Fashions offers actually cool, actually good-looking maternity clothes. That's a welcome change of pace, I'm sure, from the sweatpants, muu muus, and borrowing-hubby's-t-shirts that most pregnant women have to resort to in order to get through a pregnancy without also getting an indecent exposure ticket.

When Sweetie was pregnant with the Babies!, she had a lot of trouble finding anything that not only fit but looked nice -- and if we'd known about Kiki's Fashions, she wouldn't have had to worry. Dresses, tops, bottoms, whatever women wear to look nice, Kiki's probably sells it for pregnant woment, giving you a chance to be the most stylish-mommy-to-be on the block. Or any block.

If you're in the market for chic maternity wear -- for yourself or as a gift -- head over to Kiki's Fashions (kikisfashions.com) and check out what they've got. Tell them you know me and get a discount... seriously: when you check out, use coupon code "blogfriends" and you'll get a 20% discount.