Monday, March 29, 2010

Milestone missed

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So in my previous post I mentioned being afraid of missing some of Sophie's "firsts" that I experienced with Emma. First crawl...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

Almost time to rejoin the "real world"

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I have two weeks left of my maternity leave. Sophie will be ten weeks old when I go back to work. I know that is four weeks later than many ...
Saturday, February 6, 2010

She's here! And the rollercoaster began...

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What an emotional week this has been! Tuesday was the day for my scheduled induction of Sophie. Turns out she had other plans. At around 6...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

Holy crap this is going to be OUR child!

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Ok, maybe I'm a little late in this revelation. Maybe VERY late, considering she's coming in three days. But this entire pregnancy, ...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

The countdown

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This is a mixed-up week. On one side, today was my 36 week baby checkup. She's still a she!! I am very relieved at that. Also, she is de...
Sunday, January 10, 2010

Techno-what?

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I've always thought of myself not so much as a technophobe, but as someone who didn't really need or want a lot of technological thi...
Saturday, January 2, 2010

(Aroma)Therapy

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In around one more month, Sophie will be here. I am uncomfortable much of the time, and run out of energy way too quickly for my to-do lists...
Friday, December 18, 2009

A Christmas story

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Normally, I don't read through this kind of email. This one, though, I did. It was a new story to me, but the message is an old one that...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Ain't misbehaving

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(I think that's the first time that word - the a-word - has ever come from me!) It's not a good sign when your doctor walks into ...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009

To tell the truth (a Santa story)

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So it's that time of year again. The time when parents hide stashes of "stuff" and secret wrapping paper, fake handwriting on ...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Learning lessons the hard way

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I have a bit of a stubborn side. If you know me at all, this is not a surprise. So when I am told I can't do something, my first respo...
Monday, September 28, 2009

The big reveal

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Last Thursday we had the 20 week ultrasound to see how the baby is doing... and find out what was cooking in there. My husband and I both h...
Monday, September 14, 2009

Something you should never say to a pregnant woman

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For some reason, as soon as the rest of the world finds out a woman has conceived a child, the floodgates open wide for opinions, comments, ...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

To tell the truth?

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On my way to work this morning, the morning show I listen to was discussing telling the truth. Should we filter what we say or be completel...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Why are we unhappy?

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I heard something very interesting on the radio this morning as I was driving to work. The morning show host had read a study recently that ...