August 8th, 2008
So Wednesday was our “ABC’s of Babycare” class. Unfortunately this also coincided with Jeff’s work softball league playoff game #1. I normally would have insisted he come to the class, but given that the other class I took at Phelps (breastfeeding) was fairly useless and also that he’s captain of the softball team I didn’t [...]
read more...August 7th, 2008
With Japser’s (hopefully) imminent arrival, I’ve been thinking a lot about what he will look like. Jeff and I both have greenish eyes and brown curly hair, so that seems to be a given, but other than that I am just so impatient and curious to know who he will take after!
Of course I [...]
August 6th, 2008
For most, when the “nesting instinct” kicks in they start deep cleaning or organizing closets. My nesting instinct seems to have a different meaning : Buy everything you think you might possibly need ahead of time!
For example, my wonderful friend Tracy got me a peanut shell baby carrier for my shower which I can’t wait [...]
August 5th, 2008
Excuse me while I take a few deep breaths.. I am still traumatized by my appointment yesterday.
It all started out innocently enough, I met the only midwife in the practice that I hadn’t seen before and she was as great as all the others. I weighed in at 160, a 2lb gain [...]
August 4th, 2008
I didn’t think I wanted to do maternity pictures, but with my due date less than a week away (yowza!) I was afraid I might regret not having any that I didn’t take of myself in the bathroom mirror. I also used it as en excuse to teach Jeff how to use the new [...]
read more...August 1st, 2008
Thursday I got an unexpected call from my friend Allison. Allison was my best friend from college but we haven’t spoken in a really long time. So long in fact, that when she called and I asked her if she even knew I was pregnant she responded by asking if I knew she had a [...]
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