Joshua woke this morning at 6am, and stayed active, happy and awake for six hours.  He grunted and twisted his body into knots before he pooped so knowing when to hold him over the toilet was easy.  He nursed strong and long until he was full, and held his eyes at half mast when he began to get drowsy.  I put down in the bassinet still awake, and ( Read more... )

My glutes are killing me.  I don't feel like I just spent the last eight hours sleeping, i feel like I've been walking around the block all night. I'm exhausted, out of breath and ready to go back to bed again and I just got up.

Johnathan's bet on the calender is the 27th, this Wednesday.  Man, I hope he's right.

I do remember taking a shower today... maybe I need two.
31 weeks into it and I still am not used to the strange pregnant smell.

Cellophane packaging is now on my list of current annoyances.  It sounds like gross indulgence to me.  It makes me think of greasy fat people eating candy bars.  Or poor people spending all their money on cheap things they could do without from the dollar store.

I really need a glass of wine.

So the big day is getting closer, and I have that *get ready for baby* itch.  Though I am still lazy and swimming in house chores, the mess is bothering me more each day, with a touch of panic.  Like it really matters if I bring a flesh nugget home to a dirty home.   I started going through the baby wardrobe to see what clothes I'll need to ( Read more... )

Jeremy's due date is today.

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Cramping, bleeding, and feeling pretty sad and mopey about the whole thing.

Is it okay for me to eat ice cream for lunch if everything else makes me gag?

Tonight I came across the website for photographer Vincent Lee Smith.
Somehow wart research led to an image of female genital mutilation which brought me to a feminist website that quoted a portion of Vincent's blog:

" I see beautiful women all around me - of all ages, shapes and shades of color. They have freckles, wrinkles and A cups; six packs, ( Read more... )

You aren't going to be asleep already in fifteen minutes, are you ( Read more... )