The Grand Finale (or, The Grand Beginning)

I’m a brand new mommy.
I’m also the only girl I know who would stay home on Monday because I peed the bed, and go into work on Wednesday after my water broke.
I got nervous sitting there at work, and I decided not to wait until my 3:30 appointment. I went outside and called the office [...]

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I Need a Nesting Intervention!

As I round the corner to the 39th week, I find I’m in full-blown nesting phase. I’m sure this “nesting” manifests itself in various ways from pregnant woman to pregnant woman, although they’re all special unique forms of CRAZY. I find to my relief I’m no different. I’ve recently been blessed with this burst of [...]

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Top Ten Things I can’t wait to do in approximately three weeks.

10. Have a brand new, cuddly, beautiful little girl to care for.
 
9. Have Regis and Kelly and Rachael Ray shows on in the mornings. I DVR these, but it’s so hard to find the time to watch them. It’ll be nice to have them on in the background.
 
8. Have labor and delivery and the whole [...]

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Everything’s Okay.

T-Minus Six Weeks and Counting…
I’m officially 34 weeks and 3 days today.
 
I’m starting to feel the first of the Braxton-Hicks contractions. My doctor told me that I’m not early; women usually feel them as early as 28 weeks, and if he were to hook me up to a monitor, he’d see regular contractions. These feel [...]

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Prenatal Visit – 33 week checkup

Dr Z (best doctor ever): Good morning! How are you doing?
Me: Ugh. Not too good. I swear, I have been pregnant longer than anyone has ever been pregnant ever.  Seriously?  No one has ever had a longer pregnancy than me.
Dr Z: You’re exactly right. Oh, except for the girl who’s been pregnant for 33 [...]

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Our First Baby Shower!

My friends Julie, Kelly and Ellie threw me my first baby shower I’ve ever had this past weekend. It was the nicest shower I’ve ever been to.
 
Julie was in charge of the location and decorations, Kelly took care of the food, and Ellie provided tons of fun games.
The place was decorated in purple and butterflies [...]

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Routine Prenatal Visit – 31 weeks

Cannot BELIEVE how close I’m getting to meeting my first child, my best creation. I had my quickie routine prenatal visit today.
 I got to meet another one of the nurse practitioners today, and I LOVED her. Her name was Amy and she was SO sweet… nothing at all like Dr Cardboard, whom I met [...]

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I refuse to be a soccer mom.

SO I’m sitting here on a Friday afternoon at work.
 
Even though I’m not buying any clothes lately (this pretty much stopped the second I couldn’t fit into my normal stuff anymore), I still find myself frequenting a few of my favorite shopping sites and brushing up on the trends for spring and summer on [...]

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Pregnancy Update – 28 Week Mark!

Okay. So far it hasn’t been too bad. I’m in my seventh month. I cannot believe how the time has flown. I’m mostly “all belly” as they say, and I can still wear high heels and do the majority of the things I’ve always been able to do. In the past few weeks there’s been [...]

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Our New Roomie

Done and done.
My mom moved in with us one week ago. It happened way earlier than any of us had expected, but due to job constraints and something bigger than all of us, we had no other option.
She called us two Sundays ago, and she pulled in the driveway the following Thursday. Good thing Mikey [...]

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