Last Saturday we had the baby shower - it was a great time. My friend Jaime organized it and hosted it - the woman trumps Martha Stewart, I swear. We had cake and presents and an adorable baby boy that a friend brought. I got a good amount of stuff, including Grandma-to-be's promise to buy the crib & changing table Jaime's cousin is selling for ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago, I was reading my weekly Babycenter update when I found out that more than four Braxton-Hicks contractions in an hour was cause for alarm. I was pretty sure I was having more than that, so I started noting them all. Turns out, I was having between 8 and 10 per hour. So, just for posterity's sake, I called up the doctor and let them ( Read more... )

A co-worker is having hot dogs with sauerkraut for lunch today, something I've hated for as long as I can remember. Now, however, the smell of that sour cabbage stuff was appealing. Ugh!!

I realized today that I haven't updated here in over a week. I can only come to one conclusion: my LJ is for whining. I've had a pretty good week and a half, and never once thought about posting. What does it say about me when I want to vent my anger to the world, but keep my happiness inside? Probably that I'm perfectly normal. ;o ( Read more... )

This weekend, I realized just how stressed out I am. On the heals of that, I realized I hadn't realized before because it's a constant state of mind for me. Besides being a sucky state of mind, that kind of constant stress is bad for the baby. So, I've decided that for the remainder of my pregnancy, it's all butterflies and sunshine all the time ( Read more... )

Today is a very, very important day: it marks the first day of the last trimester of my pregnancy. There are exactly 90 days left to go before Abigail's due date. Thank God this is a good budget week: we're buying the crib this weekend, and maybe a glider. I think gliders are oogly, but they're supposed to be the best for feeding, so I'll have ( Read more... )

Mr. Minda has been getting more and more anxious about my baby shower. There was a bit of drama with his mother, because she wanted to do something I did not want to do, and he was concerned that I wouldn't have one at all. The friend who was my Matron of Honor at my wedding hadn't said anything about doing the shower, and I didn't want to say ( Read more... )

I'd like to open this post with a link to dooce.com, where comments are open on one thread. Comments on Dooce!! I am comment 786 of 1193. I shall live in infamy ( Read more... )

Today I was reading in the NY Times about BlackBerry's trial for patent infringement. What it boils down to is yes, they did infringe on another firm's patents, but BlackBerry warns that should they be required to cease all sales of their patent-infringing product, America will suffer.

The way I read it, BlackBerry absolutely did copy someone ( Read more... )

Last night at around 9:00, Abigail asserted herself like never before. She was doing gymnastics in my tummy, and we could plainly see her movements. Everything else was immediately forgotten as Mr. Minda and I watched her progress across my tummy ( Read more... )