How Far Along: 23 weeks (pic: 23w3d) Size of Baby as Relative to Common Household Fruit or Vegetable: Papaya Total Weight Gain: I’m up 2.5 lbs. from pre-pregnancy weight! Sex: Girl Movement: Constant! Sleep: The pillows have arrived. What I miss: Today, I’m really missing sushi. And cocktails. Cravings: Chocolate. Symptoms: Nothing new, really. MyRead More
Archives for 2011
All moved in…
Please note, we moved into our current place in April. Today, we finally got all of the photos and art (including my husband’s guitars) up on the walls. I finally felt comfortable enough with the state of our house–or at least the front half of it–to share with the internet, and some of the coolRead More
All Baby Christmas
My husband have had to have this whole discussion about how for the next three months, if it’s not paying off debt or for baby, we pretty much shouldn’t be buying it. Money is going to be so tight once I’m out on maternity leave, and we have a lot of baby gear to stockRead More
I feel like my body is being pulled apart.
I’m not even to 23 weeks yet, and I have no idea how I’m supposed to deal with continuing to expand. I’m not even all that huge. It’s just that every time I sit down, I feel like there’s a giant bowling ball in my mid-section pushing into my ribs and lungs. Food doesn’t fitRead More
Money and Maternity Leave
I’m planning on taking 12 full weeks for maternity leave. I’m very, very fortunate that I have short-term disability available through my company. Still, I’ll only be receiving 60% of my paycheck, and after paying all my bills, I’ll have a whopping $115 to get through the month. This at a time when we’ll haveRead More
Hosting My First Thanksgiving Dinner
I wasn’t planning on hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year. Because my family is in Texas and my husband’s family is up here, we alternate holidays each year. This year we were going to spend turkey day with his family, and originally, our plan was go out to the coast and spend a few days withRead More