Nesting

It seems to happen in bursts for me.  I go into a frenzy of cleaning, de-cluttering, and organizing and well, I’m having another burst!  My recent and current projects: Boys’ Room – I painted it RED!  James helped move the furniture and disassemble the bunk-beds and together we came up with a new layout for [...]

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Me!

I handed the camera over to Jackson and Alex one day not too long ago and told them to take a few pictures of me with my big ol’ pregnant belly (at 28 weeks.)  We were outside checking out the garden, swimming in the pool, and taking laundry off the line on a beautiful summer [...]

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Ultrasound Update

All is well with baby.  He/she is measuring right on target and there is indeed only ONE baby in there!  The baby is head down and low.  Placenta is posterior and high.  Very active baby and the kids seemed to enjoy watching him/her on the screen, especially Alex. Is it a boy or a girl?  [...]

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Not quite 20 weeks yet…

but I’m feeling HUGE!!!  Technically, I’m not even to the halfway point yet and will be growing bigger and bigger all summer.  Eeeks! I get asked when I’m due by friends and strangers and when I say the end of October, the look on their face is priceless and full of surprise.  I’m pretty sure [...]

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Slowing Down

I was really getting into a good household chore rhythm over the past few weeks and making good headway on spring cleaning and de-cluttering as well until… I threw out my back on Sunday trying to roll my pregnant-self over in bed.  It just sounds pathetic, doesn’t it!?  I could hardly stand, walk, or sit [...]

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Food Vent

I am tired of eating.  I’m not having to eat as often as I did during the first three months of pregnancy, but nothing sounds good to eat at this point.  I have more and more foods making my aversion list, good healthful things like salad greens and eggs.  Eating dinner last night was work [...]

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Busy, busy!

We enjoyed a lovely visit with family from Texas last weekend and then the kids went through grandma and grandpa withdraw.  We seem to be running endless errands this week between co-ops and a midwife appointment.  Wish things were going to slow down for the weekend, but they’re not. Izzy’s has been running a fever [...]

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13 Weeks

Ahh, the end of my first trimester and the beginning of the second.  I’m a happy pregnant lady most of the time, only suffering from a single day of  of migraine misery and insomnia around 3 AM.  Belly is steadily growing, which I can only assume means that I’m growing a great placenta and a [...]

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Birthday Season

We celebrated Izzy turning 2 last week!  She had a cold for the big event, but seemed to enjoy family, cake, and presents just the same.  She didn’t seem to mind at all that her brothers were playing with her new toys while she cuddled in mama’s arms for the following couple of days. We [...]

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Birth of a Sister

I was given a great gift on Tuesday.  My friend JoAnn asked me to help with her girls while she labored and birthed.  I really felt honored to be asked to such a sacred event and to spend more time with her girls. When the time for birth was upon us, I stood in the [...]

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