August 2009
11 posts
Body Check: Twenty-One Weeks
It’s hard to believe that I am almost to my six month (starts at 22 weeks). The time is flying by fast and it feels like I’m getting bigger everyday, sometimes bigger from morning to night. But at the same time, I still have an easy time forgetting I’m pregnant… until I look in the mirror. Right now it’s less of a physical feeling and just being mentally excited,...
Baby Shopping & Registries
Last night marked the end of a long and somewhat painful process… the completion of our baby registry. While I usually dig deep when researching a new piece of technology, Marta took the reigns on this task by reading an entire book on baby products. I’m really glad she did, because it really helped us be smarter and more informed as consumers. The Baby Bargains book combined with...
The Pregnancy Hangover
Recipe for a pregnant girl hangover: - Four action packed fun filled days up North - Staying up past 1 am each night - Several calf-workout walks through sand - A good amount of not so healthy food - Heaping portions of high energy dancing Mix in standing in heels for long hours and serve up a long drive home Sunday afternoon. I might not be drinking much of any alcohol these days, but that...
“You’ll *see* heels/feet/some kind of limb trying to rip through the skin...”
– Rie Yamaoka
“Just wait till he kicks you so hard you loose your breathe or better yet your...”
– Mariann Gojcaj
We Are Having A Boy!!
The wait is over. As soon as the technician turned on the ultrasound machine, I could tell that it looked like there was something dangling between our baby’s legs, but it took us about half an hour longer of waiting for measurments and various other images for her to confirm what I had long suspected… we are having a boy.
The ultrasound was a lot of fun to watch. Little Gilroy...
“Is that a penis? That looks like a… I’m pretty sure I see a penis.”
– Tom Strickland
I Taught my Baby to Spell in Utero! →
Start ‘em young!! While it is fairly disturbing and disgusting that so many parents-to-be out there would spend high amounts of money on “learning in utero” CDs and books… I do agree with the basic principle that one should be talking to their belly and growing baby. When else do we get a good enough excuse to talk to ourselves without seeming a little kooky. While baby...