pregnancy

The Lost Weeks

Sometimes I wonder if I’ll look back at the last four and a half months of my life and wonder what in the world I was up to. I had relied on blogging as my personal journal for so long that now, looking back at the scarcity of posts, I’m wondering how I let so …

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Thoughts on Pregnancy {Part Two}

 (Sorry for the poor-quality phone picture–I still haven’t upgraded to a smartphone.  Notice the SeaBands snugly in place on my wrists! Picture taken at about 9 weeks along)   These thoughts were written down five weeks ago when I still hadn’t gone completely public with the announcement. I am now 12 weeks along, and while …

Reflection

A Shifting of Priorities

I made a comment today that pregnancy has made me feel like a completely different person–one I’ve never met before, and one I’m definitely not used to. If you had asked me before to describe myself in 3 words, one word that I would ALWAYS include on the list would be “motivated.” Pregnancy has changed …

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Thoughts on Pregnancy {Part One}

 (pics taken on the day we found out we were expecting)   First of all, THANK YOU for your warm wishes and congratulations on yesterday’s post.  I have felt overwhelmed with love the past 24 hours, and I appreciate all your kind comments! When I first found out I was pregnant, I was dying to …

Birthday

Birthday Week

    Well folks, I’m 28 big ones today. You wanna know how I celebrated? By having to work over 12 hours due to parent-teacher conferences while running on way less sleep than normal. Luckily, although Matt nor I celebrated much for our birthdays this year (his was last week), we have an awesome trip …