30w6d - Physical Fitness Fail
My God, I am full of good ideas. Full of reason, too. I've heard that you should exercise consistently through your pregnancy and so I've been to prenatal yoga three times, all during my second...
View Article35w2d - Of Growth and Uncertainty
Oh ladies, it's been a little roller-coaster-y for the past two weeks. Things are still good but I'm facing my first hiccup of pregnancy. Ok, more than a hiccup potentially. I'll explain.For those of...
View Article35w5d - Sonographer Makes Mistake, Hilarity Ensues
Yesterday was my first appointment with my regular OB since the "holy-shit-he's-tiny" ultrasound. The tone was decidedly less peppy than in my previous checkups. I got tested for Group B Strep a week...
View Article37w0d - A Loss
Growing up, I lost a lot of people I love. I had five grandparents in the world when I was born (one divorce and remarriage), and by my preteen years I only had one. I lost my beloved uncle in that...
View ArticleWelcome to the World, Henry!
I always get (unjustifiably) annoyed when one of my beloved bloggers gives birth and then neglects to post the announcement and full birth story in then ten minutes after they deliver the placenta. So,...
View Article4 Weeks In - A Complete (mis)Guide to Infancy
This is momentous. I am sitting at my laptop for the first time since Henry was born. 4 weeks of relying on my iPhone for basically everything. If that thing dispensed breast milk, I'd have been set....
View Article10 Week Update
A week ago, my friend urged me to update my blog and keep writing for the good of all humanity and my family of infertile turtles. I was all, "Oh, you don't understand. See, it's very difficult finding...
View ArticleBaby on a Plane!
This has been a week of big firsts, soon to be followed by more firsts. Last Saturday we did what some would consider criminally insane: J and I boarded not one but two airplanes with a ten-week old...
View Article17 Weeks - Working Topless.
Oh, hi there, friends! Ever so sorry that I haven't been blogging much lately. Well, what with my baking, sewing, macrame, dog obedience competitions, baby-raising and working full time, I've barely...
View ArticleHow Does She Do It?! (Muscular Atrophy Post)
"How does she do it?!" is what no one at all has said about me lately. Seriously, friends. I don't understand this whole life-work balance people speak of so frequently. There have been times in the...
View Article4 Month Sleep Regressskerflafla
Hello, smug mom. I've got some terrible news for you. I too used to have a baby that slept like an angel. One quick snack at 3 or 4 and not another peep til morning! And then there was that little...
View ArticleTim Gunn Moment
When i started writing this post 87 years ago, I titled it "Is This My Tim Gunn Moment?" I have since decided that, yes, this is my Tim Gunn moment. Make. It. Work.I've been dragging my feet, hanging...
View ArticleMy Semi-Annual Typing Exercise. Also, News.
You guys have probably been checking my site daily, or more likely, twice daily to see if I've updated a damn thing since October 2014. And, until today, I hadn't. I got all excited about my Tim...
View Article16 Weeks and Such
Sixteen weeks today. Feeling like shit. Horrible headaches that make me nauseous, general feeling of being woozy and light-headed much of the time. This pregnancy is kind of a doozy. Cooking Henry was...
View ArticleLe Reveal Sans Balloons & Cupcakes (I am so French.)
Remember when I said I had so much less anxiety about this pregnancy than the last? It's still true. But barely. Apparently I can be thrown back into complete neurosis at any given time. I was pretty...
View Article19 Weeks as told by Bullet Points
A post in bullet points. Because it's easier and I don't need to organize my thoughts. Also, not a ton is going on.That last post was bananas because I am often bananas. I can work myself into an...
View ArticleHealthy Passenger, Engine Light On.
Ok, great news first. I have one, perfectly healthy baby girl cooking. She is definitely a girl with real lady bits and nothing dangling below. More importantly, she has a four-chamber heart beating...
View ArticleA Visit to the Principal's Office
Well, it's happened. We were called to the principal's office at daycare. There's actually no principal. So, the director? Or head of the early toddler room? A similarly weighty title. According to Dr....
View Article29w5d - Rambling Update
How many posts do I have to start before I realize that perhaps I don't have to write the most amazing post ever that perfectly encapsulates exactly how I feel in this moment about my son,...
View Article35 Weeks - Change in Plans
As of today I am 35 weeks exactly. I have a horrible sinus AND ear infection (have you even heard of an adult having an ear infection?) and generally spend my nights writhing in the agony of face pain...
View Article36 Weeks - A Love Letter
Dear Henry,As I know you've noticed, something is up in our house. We are on the brink of change. You ask to see and touch my giant belly frequently and last night pointed to it and said your little...
View ArticleShe's Here!
My beautiful Eloise arrived last night via c-section. She is a peanut, born at 37 weeks and 1 day, she weighed 5 lbs 9 oz and was 19.5" long. She has lots of dark blond hair and the sweetest little...
View ArticlePostpartum Party
Eloise and I partied so hard last night. She was binge drinking and crying; I was trashing our room, throwing nursing pads, pacifiers and swaddle blankets around like I didn't even care where they...
View ArticleUpdate Where Everything is Different
Basically everything is the same since I last posted to this blog back in February except for the following:Eloise is no longer 1 week old. She is now 15 weeks old or something like that. Now she...
View ArticleThe Post Where Things Are Different-er
Today is September 2nd and things are completely different than the last time I blogged. I am 34 years old and live with my parents now.First, we sold our condo in about 2 seconds. Many thanks to my...
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