There is nothing I’d rather spend my Saturday evening doing than trying on clothes under fluorescent lights in Target while listening to various children scream or cry around the store. Especially when I’m pale and splotchy and flabby. You know how flattering fluorescent lights can be. A treat, really. I’m considering installing them in frontRead the whole post >>
Because the Sun is Shining and its over 60 and I Have a Coffee Date with A Teacher Friend NOW.
Dear Baby in My Belly – I love that I’m feeling you move now and that you are growing like crazy, but I’m a wee bit tired of being tired. And then waking up in the middle of night either nauseous or just AWAKE for no reason. My second trimester is supposed to be theRead the whole post >>
The "Right Time."
This isn’t the right time to have a baby. It just isn’t. Mike will be starting a PhD program this fall and I currently earn 75% of our income. My job provides our health insurance. I always thought work would be optional for me when when we had kids one day; that it would beRead the whole post >>
Lesson Learned.
Lesson Learned: the right light in IMPORTANT. As is cropping the photo if the other half of your hair is frizzy. :) Do NOT Google “15-week-old fetus.” I think the images of miscarried babies is burned in my brain. Yikes. Going without dairy is way, way more difficult than going without meat. I gave itRead the whole post >>
The Belly Pop, Telling our Parents, and other such Milestones.
Around the tenth or eleventh week of pregnancy, I started to notice the tiniest of bulges when I tightened my abs. Now, I’ve never been Jillian Michaels or anything, but when I tightened my abs – my stomach was always flat. It was sort of exciting – finally! Proof for all the nausea and ickinessRead the whole post >>
