Over Labor Day weekend my SIL and brother announced they are pregnant with baby #2! My nephew was born 4 months after Cora was so it will be exciting to be graced with a new baby to sniff and snuggle in this family. I knew they were having a bunch of sex trying for another baby [...]
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Just because I have a kid doesn’t mean I like kids
When I was pregnant I wrote about how people assumed you should love their kid because you are pregnant. Wrong. It was such a weird phenomenon. Turns out, it just keeps on getting better....I mean worse. I may be in the minority but just because I have a kid doesn't mean I like kids. Or [...]
What you don’t see in pictures
We sat on the back deck last night, in the dark, soaking in the last night of summer. I sipped a glass of wine, my husband smoking a cigar, the baby monitor on the table between us. I had that pressure building in my chest all day. It started with those memory photos that Facebook [...]
Things I Am Looking Forward to Post-Pregnancy
With the end in sight to this pregnancy, there are several things I am starting to look forward to, aside from having my baby here (obviously). Alcohol. All the wine and rum. While I have had a few small glasses of wine here and there, I'm ready for a big fat glass or three [...]
36 Weeks- The Guilt Factor
I've heard the story a million times, women who started to worry about their older children right before their new baby was born. Call it what you will, the guilt factor, or the knowledge that life will never be the same for them. I never quite understood this. I would always listen to the Mom's [...]
36 Weeks Pregnant- Preparing the Furbaby
We are those annoying dog people. The people who treat their dog like a human, like a child. A spoiled rotten child. Our two-year old black lab, Fenway, has been our baby for the past two years and she damn well knows it. Many people have expressed their concern over us preparing her for the [...]
35 Weeks- Birthing Class
I went back and forth about taking a birthing class that was offered through our hospital. They had a couple of options of a class that was from bump to bassinet. Basically meaning from labor through the newborn phase with a hospital tour included. We had the choice of an all day Saturday class or [...]
35 Weeks – Packing the Hospital Bag
My "to do" list before baby comes is slowly dwindling as the time grows closer and it seems the last few things on the list are things I have been ignoring or just weren't looking forward to doing. Packing that hospital bag is one of them. I have read so many lists from other people [...]
Through My Mistakes 