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As I mentioned in my last post, since February of this year, I have been working to drop the baby weight. I have purposely chosen not to write about my attempted weight loss on my site, for fear that I would be embarrassed when it did not work out. I gained a LOT of weight [...]

Over Labor Day weekend, Daniel and Wesley and I decided to surprise our families and make an unannounced trip to Idaho! Despite my parents and my brother and his girlfriend and baby going on a camping trip, we had a great time and definitely surprised everyone. We left Thursday after I got off work, so [...]

My family came to visit me last weekend! My mom, dad, and one of my brothers drove down to Portland to see us and we had a great time. Here are some photos: Wesley and Grammie Angie: Wesley and Grandpa Ronnie: Wesley and Uncle Landen: We went to a local toy store, looked at lots [...]

I was in the process of writing some soggy ol’ post about how I’m upset about the extra baby weight I’m carrying (on top of the weight I should have lost pre-pregnancy) but it got really maudlin and, well… I was irritating myself. So instead I will write about Wesley. He is learning to grab [...]

I have to return to work in a week. I’m really conflicted about this. Let me start by saying that I love my job. I really do – the people are awesome, the company culture is young and fun and laid-back, and I enjoy the work that I do. I just have a very, very [...]

Today has been just lovely. Wesley had a good night so I didn’t wake up exhausted, and then Daniel took him to the living room for a while anyway so I could rest a bit more. I got breakfast in bed: French toast on Texas Toast-style bread with blackberry jam, and BACON and fruit and [...]

Home life Things are going pretty well here at home with the new baby. As best I can tell, Wesley really only cries if we don’t feed him fast enough or if he has gas that’s hurting his tummy. Aside from that, he’s usually sleeping or being quietly alert. We had storytime the other day: [...]

Wesley Leif was born March 25, 2010 at 11:57am. He weighed 6lbs 14oz and was 19″ long. He’s super cute! (And blonde!) I will post the rest of the birth story as soon as I can. The short story is that I dilated to a 5 and was doing pretty well, but the baby hadn’t [...]

Maternity Photos! We had our maternity photoshoot on Saturday and it went splendidly. Ashley is so fun to work with and was great about giving us directions so we didn’t look stupid. I’m really bad at finding places to put my hands and don’t always notice if my bangs are doing something kooky so I [...]

So! 30 weeks down and approximately 10 to go. Baby is moving much differently than even a month ago – it’s much more squirmy, rolly, and stretchy sensations rather than distinct kicks. I still get those too, but they are much fewer and farther between. I’ve also felt hiccups a couple of times! I think [...]

I got my first unsolicited pregnancy remark this week! And! It was very pleasant with lots of well-meaning advice. It was from a nice lady who works at the grocery store, whom we’ve seen there for years, and when we made it through her line she asked, “When are you due?” I kind of missed [...]

Restraint This last week or so, I’ve been trying to make a conscious effort to not go overboard when eating. I still rarely feel full and want to eat everything in sight, but I’m trying to get my body to realize that HEY, if I have just finished a bowl of cereal, I probably do [...]

I have been very bad at taking pictures of my tummy so far – I keep meaning to, but I hate my camera and photos by Daniel are… sometimes of questionable quality, and it just kind of didn’t happen. I did manage to take some 12 week pictures, and just today I took some 14 [...]

Here’s a quick roundup of the craft projects I’ve tackled recently: Harry Potter themed decorations for my birthday (in June) I think my favorite of the HP crafts was my “Weasley is our king” banner. It came out EXACTLY how I envisioned it and fit perfectly over our fake fireplace. I started out with some [...]

Yesterday, Daniel told me he bought us some M&Ms for dessert, and then asked if I wanted a treasure map to find it. We laughed about that for a bit, because really, how sad would a treasure map be for finding a bag of M&Ms in a decently-sized apartment? All you’d have to do is [...]