Happy Birthday, hun! I started to tell The Husband labor was on, but just began sobbing instead. Geeze pregnancy has made me so emotional. 5am on her due date, (The Husbands birthday) contractions woke me out of bed. Even though less then 5% of babies come on their due date, I wasn’t surprised. It…
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9 Things to enjoy before baby arrives
End of the 3rd trimester and in flow the daily calls and texts of wonder on baby’s arrival. Everything tells you to prepare at least 2 weeks early in case baby comes before the alleged due date, but all I found that did was give more time for thumb twiddling as I wake up each…
Pregnancy Blunders (and counting)
Month 1 Selling some items on craigslist, which I often do, I’d agreed to deliver a bed frame to a family not too far from our house. We set a time and they gave me the address, but it wasn’t until the next afternoon, I remembered I had completely forgot to go to their house! A…
Flying while pregnant
You would think the biggest concern of flying would be going into labor and not having a doctor on board, or not being able to make an emergency landing to get help. However the more likely concerns are blood clots and dehydration. Being pregnant puts you at a higher risk for blood clots in general,…
Life: 2nd Trimester
It is easy how quickly we can forget what seemed like our whole world in the moment. I am trying to take some note of this journey that brings us beautiful little Fynlie Autumn, as it really does go so fast, and you want to keep all the moments, as they are all so precious….
Boy or Girl? Girl or Boy?
It’s a b…..aby! I love surprises and, right now, am totally content with not knowing, but the husband wants to know. Since I get pretty much all the “firsts” carrying the baby, I didn’t want to deprive him of a” first” if he wanted one. At the big anatomy ultrasound, I told the Tech she…
Yoga for Relaxation
Once my snow pants were not even pretending to stay snapped, and I found myself holding my breath to bend over and tighten my bindings, we decided snowboarding season was probably over for me. I needed a new activity. The RV resort was closing the pool to rebuild the roof, so swimming was out. The…
Top 8 First Trimester Snacks
Your Moms will swear by plain crackers and gingerale, “keep some saltines by your bed and nibble one before you even sit up in the morning”, they’ll say. That’s fine advice, but not very exciting, and when you don’t feel good, you deserve something exciting! My first 12 weeks were rough. My sales job was…
Guess what I got you for Christmas? We’re Having a Baby!
Shower water running, The Husband was just about to step in when I told him, “hey look at that thing on the counter”. He picked it up, looked at it, set it back down, then got in the shower. A beat passes and then he starts yelling over the running shower….. “What does that mean?…