In case you can’t tell, that’s a Star Trek feeding set. It looks like the Enterprise. It has flashing LEDs.Flashing. LEDs. Now that we’ve established just how geeky we are, we can move on. Our shower was awesome. Yes, there were little yellow onesies and pink butterflies and lots of pastel-colored wrapping paper. Yes, thereRead More
Archives for 2012
35 Week Update
How Far Along: 35 weeks (pic: 35w2d) Size of Baby as Relative to Common Household Fruit or Vegetable: Butternut squash (really? that’s it?!) Total Weight Gain: Up 17.5 as of this morning. Sex: Girl Movement: STOP. KICKING. ME. Sleep: Just thinking about it makes me feel frustrated. What I miss: Not being pregnant. Cravings: Meh.Read More
Maternity leave and impending poverty/doom
I’ve always been a little squirrelly when it comes to money. Even as a kid, I would stash away money and refuse to spend it for months–sometimes even years–at a time. By middle school, I had a reputation in my family for always having more cash on hand than anyone else. If my parents neededRead More
I’m not going back…to the grocery store, that is.
My husband and I have had a consistent goal, pretty much since we first moved in together years ago, that we want to cook at home more. We both enjoy cooking, trying new recipes, and appreciate the cash savings and healthier offerings that often come with home-cooked meals. So why do we still eat outRead More
35 week ultrasound
We had our 35-week ultrasound yesterday morning. After all of our worries, our perinatologist told us that Isla’s CCAM has actually started shrinking, and as this is the case, he declared us officially “graduated” from his office. Isla is still head down (I would never have guessed that with her butt digging into my ribsRead More
Daddy the Domestic Doofus
We all know the stories about Daddy the Domestic Doofus. Daddy the Domestic Doofus doesn’t know how to operate anything in the kitchen other than the refrigerator door and the microwave. Daddy the Domestic Doofus is baffled and overwhelmed by the vacuum cleaner. Washing and folding the clothes simply involves too many steps for DaddyRead More