My personal experiences have had me rather large and advanced in the pregnancy by the time summer is in full swing, so I haven’t actually had full blown morning sickness in the dead of heat. The third trimester can offer nausea as well, though, so no matter what stage of pregnancy you are in over [...]
Having had two September babies in the Southern US, I can truly empathize with all of your pregnant mamas right now. That’s kindof a big deal, considering empathy is not my strong suite- as evidenced when I regularly state, “Welp, you shouldn’t have been _______” in response to big dramatic tears over bizarre toddler-owies. If [...]
We’ve all heard that birth is a marathon and you have to prepare for it throughout the pregnancy. That’s nice, but when it’s triple digits outside and the A/C has to run nonstop for you to be as close to not-miserable as possible, training for a marathon is pretty much at the bottom of the [...]
Note: I want to broach this subject very cautiously, as I know there are many women out there who desperately ache to be pregnant. That may make this subject sensitive, and I want you to be aware before you choose to read on. My heart aches for you on your journey, and you are in [...]
Time is a strange thing. Sometimes life feels so weird. Things like…chewing food to a mush and swallowing it…laying horizontally and “powering down” every night…growing a person in a fluid filled chamber inside of you…they just feel foreign and bizarre sometimes. I hope I didn’t just scare half of you off. Surely I’m not so [...]
The boys were so ridiculously excited to play in last week’s crazy snow. I know I’ve called it that a few times. I’ve not forgotten where my thesaurus is; that is just its name. In 24 hours, an area that usually gets 3-6 inches of snow per year got 18-24, depending on where you were. [...]
I’d intended to write this while dinner cooked, but apparently it was a very fast meal. Now, I’ve got grilled cheese just about cooked, Amy’s Tomato Bisque Soup about to start bubbling, and the baby’s cuddle time with daddy is just about up, as my expanding chest tells me. The moments don’t last long. That’s [...]
This has kindof gotten out of hand. You might remember back in the summer time when I mapped out the remainder of the pregnancy for spaced-out-nesting. I think it worked pretty well. Now that we are slowly easing back into life, I am nesting again, of sorts. I tend to think that planning can cover [...]
We have had family portraits, a reunion, company, and a baby shower, all in the last four weeks since Baby’s birth. We will find out officially on Thursday, but I am pretty sure she is putting on roughly a pound every week. If the get togethers were to continue, Hubby and I probably would keep [...]
This may be a super fast post, ‘cos I still don’t have a good office chair and my bum is telling me to type like the wind! That said, I haven’t had to cook much for the last couple of weeks thanks to some awesome friends and a fantastic Hubby. One meal that came just [...]
