26 Weeks

This week was a pretty big week, for multiple reasons. My grandpa had his angiogram, discovered he has one artery that’s completely blocked, and his kidneys aren’t functioning at optimum levels. His heart is weak and may not withstand the surgery to replace his pacemaker battery, but he has surgery scheduled for next week anyway [...]

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Information Overload

Preparing for a baby is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. I try to liken it to planning a wedding because that was the last major, overwhelming change I had to go through, but even that can’t compare to this. I didn’t research safety and consumer satisfaction ratings on every little thing I purchased or [...]

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The Best Laid Plans

Saturday was my MIL’s birthday. Since my in-laws live a good 8.5 hours away, never in the history of our togetherness have we ever been there on her actual birthday. Around Christmas, we realized her b-day would fall on a Saturday so we made plans – weather permitting – to make the trek to their [...]

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Nursery Update

It’s becoming really obvious that my mom is excited for this baby. It will be her first grandchild and she’s definitely spent a ton of money on this kid already. For Christmas, she got us the glider I wanted for the nursery. Then just last week, she decided she wanted to get us either a [...]

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Pregnancy Observations

I’ve been trying to keep a running list of pregnancy observations since, oh, November. Here’s my bulleted list so far. (Yay bullets!) When I see a cute baby (not just any baby, but a CUTE baby, yes, there’s a difference) it’s like my uterus recognizes what I see and wants to leap up and down [...]

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V-Day Surprise

As much as I love all the pretty Valentine’s Day decor – pink and red hearts, chocolate, roses, etc. – I just don’t get into the day itself very often. It’s totally cliché, but right now in our lives, we’re pretty good at taking time out and being romantic. Not only that, but our definition [...]

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Thursday. (Because I’m too tired to think of a better title.)

Some days I feel like I’ve got it all under control. I can juggle the meetings and the calls, respond quickly to all the emails, take a few minutes to socialize with co-workers, and even make it out to a friendly happy hour, all with a smile on my face and a positive attitude in [...]

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24 Weeks or 6 Months

Total weight gain: (gulp) 20 lbs.  I really don’t want to gain more than another 10 lbs so I’ll be hitting up the grocery store to stock up on healthier snacks, now that the mere mention of a salad or vegetable doesn’t repulse me like it did. How big is baby?: He’s almost a foot long (picture [...]

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Not a Morning Baby

Happy February! One of my favorite things about a new month is the feeling I get when I rip off the previous month’s calendar sheet, or flip to a new month on my wall calendar. I really, really love calendars and usually have a few. These days, it’s another timely reminder of how close we [...]

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