today i go in for my 6 week postpartum check up.  it's the last step in pregnancy for my doctor.  after this i won't be going back unless something happens or for my yearly checkup.  today i tried on my pre-pregnancy jeans.  something i've done every couple of weeks or so to see where i am.  today they zipped up and look appropriate for leaving the ( Read more... )

this year has been a real eye opener for me. i went 10 months only buying a few things and cycling the same wardrobe biweekly. it wasn't fun, but neither was buying maternity clothes. thus, i've decided on a challenge for myself. no new clothes or shoes in this next year (save possibly a christmas or birthday gift). i don't need anything. currently ( Read more... )

next friday i'll be taking the first "monthly picture." how did we get here already? it seems like the longest 3 1/2 weeks of my life that have gone so impossibly quickly that i can't even remember where they went. i suppose that's normal? i am not exactly sure ( Read more... )

birth stories are popular around the blogs... so i thought i'd write (what i remember) mine. if for nothing else to remember what i currently remember later. because the events of the day already seem so long ago that pieces are forgotten. i think i can reasonably blame the drugs i was on... but, well, who knows ( Read more... )

i was going to post about being 10 days out. the a week out. i guess i missed both those days. now i am less than a week away from my due date. doctor has scheduled an induction for next monday night. so by this time next week i might have a baby. if not, i'll be close to having a baby. this is both very exciting and very surreal at the same ( Read more... )

this is my last week at work. i'm down to half days. i'll be completely honest, training has been hard. and stressful. i consider my job pretty easy. i was very good at it; and, although, i probably never really "gave it my all" i still exceeded my boss' expectations (their praise often made me feel bad, sadly). i'm not sure if it's the person we ( Read more... )

this is usually my "fall wishlist" time of year. however, stores don't seem to have their fall collections out yet. so i don't have anything to wish for, nothing to ogle at. plus, since i won't be working, my need for new clothes is pretty low. people keep giving me horror stories about not fitting into their pre-pregnancy clothes for months ( Read more... )

a couple of weekends ago we moved. a new part of town, a much bigger apartment. we're settling in... we have just a few more boxes to go. last weekend i somehow got everything to fit in our closet. i'm still not sure how. i have a lot of clothes, in case you were wondering. i never really knew how many until now. lots. so many i am ( Read more... )

i was going to post about all the lovely boden fall preview items i was coveting but when i went back to the site the same things were "ogle worthy" on friday were just "eh" today.  the excitement of their release had worn off, i guess, and i started picking them apart.  "that'll be too short," "where am i really going to wear that?!," ect.  i love ( Read more... )

may is over tonight.  meanwhile, i am ogling the boden fall preview.  i will be able to wear real clothes this fall!  maternity clothes have not been my favorite.  they seemed fun when they weren't my only option but now that they are i don't want them (or to buy them).  on the plus side, i've always been jealous of people doing "capsule" wardrobes ( Read more... )