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It's not always sunny in Babylandia
Knowing that less than five percent of women actually go into labor on their due date, I knew I was definitely not in labor on June 12th when that really bad indigestion hit in the evening. Definitely not.
Except, of course, I totally was. (It wasn't indigestion.)
Fifty-one hours of laboring without an epidural later (and I seriously am not saying ( Read more... ) -
Let's play Guess the Hatcher Hatchling...
I am full term this week (37+ weeks) and exhausted. AND super cranky. Oh, man, SO cranky. I still have a million things to do before the baby is born, but most of them involve organizing and cleaning... so I need a distraction. A fun one. This is where YOU come in!
I think pretty much everyone knows that we haven't found out the baby's sex. We ( Read more... ) -
THAT Person
It's been months since I've posted, and not due to a lack of things going on in my life. Really, it's been more because of multiple conversations I've had over the past four years with people, to this tune...
"When you get married/get pregnant/have kids, just don't become that person who only talks/tweets/status updates/blogs about any-of-the- ( Read more... ) -
He's a unique snowflake. My unique snowflake. :)
While making dinner, I realized that classical music was coming from my garage. I know I am saying this like it's a weird thing -- it's not that we're not cultured and worldly people who listen to classical music, because we totally are -- but how often does classical music come from your garage? How often does classical music come from your garage ( Read more... ) -
Pregnancy brain and other disasters
Today, George sent me a seemingly innocuous video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubEgdXH_C8Y
Innocuous, that is, unless you are a 20-something female in her first trimester of pregnancy. Two-legged chihuahua HAS NO HANDS, OK? NO HANDS. I am totally ugly crying over here.
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Oh, baby baby.
It's officially public: against all odds (well, against some slightly dramatic and emotionally-loaded odds which I might discuss at some point but are still a little too overwhelming to me), we're having a baby.
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Wheels, wheels, keep on turnin'
There are certain images that just spark something in me... and today, it was one that Beca posted on Facebook.
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Live and let decide
Since today seems to be the day when people would like to push their values and opinions on others regarding the subject of abortion all over Facebook, I decided I will push my values and opinions on those people, too.
So. Abortion. Always a tricky subject, right? I know my opinion on the matter has changed probably a dozen times, according to age ( Read more... ) -
Brats (and I don't mean the children)
Every so often I will run across posts/comments on blog or Facebook that just make me angry. I know, little even-tempered ol' me? Angry? Lies and calumnies!
I get particularly upset when these posts have to do with certain aspects of parenting. Now, I know you're thinking, "Are you freaking kidding me? You don't even have children yet, just wait ( Read more... ) -
My mom needs a new hip… I mean, is so hip!
I’m currently in Cancun interpreting for a conference having to do with law enforcement. During breaks and at lunch time, we play music from our iPods in the room. I keep making fun of my mom for playing music that is too ancient and boring to keep even old people awake.
Today she grabs her iPod at lunch time before I was able to beat her to it. ( Read more... )