Some semblance of normalcy

Posted on December 29, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Today was the first day I went out without the baby. My mom and I took advantage of Roth’s offer to watch the freshly changed and fed baby so we could go shopping. We were only gone for about an hour and a half, but it felt a little odd to be out and about [...]

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The greatest gift

Posted on December 26, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | 9 Comments

For Christmas this year, Roth and I planned to exchange stockings filled with thoughtful little gifts rather than spend a lot of money on big-ticket items, as we normally might do any other year. We were to only spend $50 each, the idea to find each other’s favorite treats and trinkets, little tokens of our [...]

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Better be prepared to be surprised

Posted on December 23, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | 13 Comments

In the last few days, I’ve frequently had to stop whatever it is I’m doing, be it nursing a baby, changing a baby, staring at a baby – a baby that is mine, no less – and just revel in the awesomeness that is my life. I mean, seriously, how did I get here? One [...]

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The birth of two souls in one

Posted on December 19, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | 52 Comments

Meet our son, Rowan James, who decided to come into this world two weeks early! He was born December 17 at 8:22 p.m. He weighed 7 lbs., .04 oz., and was 21 inches long. He is happy and healthy, and we, while both tired and weary, are absolutely thrilled for his early arrival. Naturally, we [...]

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A melon strolling on two tendrils

Posted on December 10, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | 7 Comments

I’m woefully overdue for a round of belly shots. I planned on doing them every five weeks, so as not to overwhelm anyone, myself included, with a regular blitzkrieg of bare-naked belly, but the 35-week mark was during Thanksgiving break, and I blame the tryptophan on it slipping my mind. I swore I’d make time [...]

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She’s come undone

Posted on December 9, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | 4 Comments

So, the cankles, thankfully, only lasted about two days, and now my feet, for the moment anyway, look much more human than they did at the end of last week. I wholly anticipate the swell season to return again, after a particularly salty meal or long day on my feet. But for now, the sausages [...]

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Puff mommy

Posted on December 5, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Well, crap. I most certainly cursed myself with the comment about my lack of cankles, because I kid you not, not 12 hours after posting about it, I got them. And BAD. Go ahead. Laugh it up. I’ll wait. Done now? I discovered said swollen feet, calves and ankles on Wednesday night just as I [...]

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You push and you pull it, struggle with the knot

Posted on December 3, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | 10 Comments

It’s official: I can no longer tie my own shoes. My belly button has most definitely popped. I can no longer comfortably wear my wedding rings. My hands are swollen, and they frequently go numb throughout the night while trying – trying, being the operative word – to sleep. I wake up to pee almost [...]

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