It is pretty funny how the nesting instinct, however subtle, is ingrained in us. Even though the kid’s room is far from done, the work that we have completed makes me feel a ton better. Even the not-so-newly painted bathroom makes me feel more ready. Maybe it’s our way of ignoring the fact that our [...]
I had been privately celebrating my body’s victory – 36 weeks in and I am one of the 25% of pregnant girls whose body doesn’t turn against her with the swelling of the extremities. Yay me! Well, I have been betrayed. How dare my body turn into some kind of science experiment gone wrong. My [...]
I’m crossing Congress Bridge, in my cutest preggers outfit – a short black dress with black tights and ballet flats – on my way to a spa downtown for a mani-pedi (time for a little pampering now, that I’m a beach ball wrapped in human), when I hear honking behind me. There is no traffic [...]
While Kara is busy craving beer with still almost 4 months to go – bummer! I find myself day dreaming about liquor. This cannot be a good sign of my parenting skills to-be. While other mothers dream about holding their new baby, dressing him in all the cute little clothes they have acquired, and giving [...]
Last week, at Wholefoods by myself – a rare occasion indeed – while buying a groceries including a lovely, locally grown watermelon I was accosted by an ex-fratty, funny-guy, goober in the check-out line. Goober: “Hey man, you better check her dress – I think she’s smuggling another one of those out!” Goober to Goober-Girlfriend: [...]
Marc and I both had visions of our lives changing completely once we got pregnant and especially once the kid came. And while our lives have changed, it hasn’t been as drastic and certainly hasn’t been as terrible as we had imagined. I think we both saw ourselves turning on all of the things we [...]
We’ve been working at light speed for the past few months. I’ve been energized creatively and Marc has been producing websites incredibly efficiently and still managing to keep learning and improving his skills. I am really proud of the work that we’ve been doing lately – see below for a peak: I will be taking [...]
After speaking with my cousin, a doctor in Manhattan, who with both of her daughters planned a hospital-birth free from drugs, but, was convinced coerced scared into taking pitocin, epidural, etc., gave us this interesting advice: You have two options. 1. Do a natural, home birth with a midwife. -or- 2. Have a hospital birth [...]
With 5 weeks to go, I am nesting slightly more, sleeping a lot more (albeit uncomfortably – last night I upped my pillow count to 4 – with varying degrees of fluff, each with their own specific position surrounding my upper torso), and tearing up at the oddest times. The latest induction of watery eyes [...]
Yesterday the kid didn’t move much. I had a pretty busy day – a lot of meetings, in and out of the office, but, I assumed that when I got home and relaxed that he would wake up, move around and let us know that it was all good. But, while he did finally pass [...]
