Overwhelmed

I lost my planner the first week in January, right after scheduling the rest of my doctor’s appointments for the rest of this baby-growing experience. I spent the next three weeks blissfully unaware of just how crazy my calendar was about to get. Over the weekend I found it, buried under a stack of LOST [...]

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Progress: We Have a Glider

This week, I hit a new pregnancy milestone. Swollen feet. More accurately, it looked like someone had taken a baseball bat to my ankles, but either way it wasn’t pleasant looking. Thankfully, they don’t hurt, but man – what a shocker to take off your shoes and see your feet looking like a wasp just [...]

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Things We Don’t Talk About

We interrupt the regularly scheduled sarcastic/happy/random/baby-related daily musings  that appear on this blog for an important message. One I’m not entirely at all comfortable talking about, but maybe that’s why I’m putting it out there. WARNING: It’s long. And graphic. If you’re having a good day or are in a particularly good mood, save this [...]

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Belly Pics

Alright, alright. I’ll concede to this whole belly pic thing. I really thought I’d be the type to document my first pregnancy with fun, semi-weekly belly shots, like maybe this one: But as it turns out, the last thing I want to do is have my picture taken. It also doesn’t help that it’s winter, [...]

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Parent Brain

I think I already know what I’m going to miss most about our pre-baby life. Sleeping. Without a doubt. Sleeping. This weekend was pretty low-key for us. We were in bed before midnight each night and didn’t get out of bed until after 9:30 each morning. On Sunday I even made the effort of fixing [...]

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Body Battles

I’m just beyond the 21 week mark (just over 5 months) now, which means this is the time for feeling “comfortable” in my pregnancy, according to my weekly BabyCenter email. Baby is about the length of a carrot and weighs about 3/4 of a pound. I’m feeling tiny kicks but nothing so strong that it [...]

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Nursery Decor

I swore to myself that I wouldn’t let the gender of this baby determine the nursery theme. I told anyone that asked that we would be doing “gender neutral” so we wouldn’t have to re-do it for a possible baby #2. Yet, I find myself gravitating toward very gender specific themes. I can’t help it. [...]

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20 Weeks. Or in other words, HALFWAY THERE!

Well, here we are at the 20 week mark. Part of me feels like time is flying, but when I really think about it, I groan at the thought of waiting another 20 weeks. Then I remind myself that our “nursery” is still a spare bedroom/storage facility and suddenly, 20 weeks seems pretty tolerable. It might [...]

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If I were to get married again…

…I would totally have a Pinterest-inspired wedding. One of my bestest buds is getting married this fall and I’m so jealous of all the cool wedding inspiration she has, thanks to Pinterest. So that got me thinking. If I had it to do over again, what would I do? Maybe some save-the-dates like this one? [...]

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Do More

I’ve never been much on new year resolutions. Most of the time, they’ve always been related to losing weight, eating healthier, working out more, etc. With a baby on the way, I’ve given myself permission to forego that mindset. If I want to eat a cheeseburger or have a cup of full-fat ice cream, I [...]

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