Baby: He opened his eyes for the first time. He lost a whole pound, but gained 8 ounces back. He was a little jaundice, but nothing that the pediatrician was concerned about. He’s struggling with breastfeeding (I was told he was a hand-sucker in the womb, so that apparently makes him want to kill me…
Year: 2010
Baby's Here!
More to come, but just had to share the news. Little Stevie P Born December 23rd, 2010 6:44am 7 lbs 0 oz., 19 1/4 inches long I am smitten, overwhelmed, exhausted… but most importantly, amazed at what I have experienced and learned in just the last few days. Ain’t he delish???!
Contractions
Another long, sleepless night filled with labor pains – and no baby to show for it… By about 4am, the contractions got down to 9 minutes apart and I kept thinking “Here we go!” But at 6am, they just stopped. While I am grateful for the break, I won’t lie – I’m getting impatient. I…
Finns, False Labor, & Christmas Spirit
What a week we have had here in little ol’ Burbank. My cousin and his girlfriend from Finland came to visit for about 10 days, so I did my best getting them to see all Southern California has to offer – which mostly meant that I dropped them off places and let them sightsee, while…
36 weeks - 9 months along (!!)
Upside: Yes, we hit the 9 MONTH mark! Pretty soon we’ll be counting down days instead of weeks. Über-exciting.Downside: I got my first stretch marks, dangit! They are mostly on the underbelly, but I started using Maderma the day I found them. (That stuff is $35 big ones! Geez.) But hoping the squigglers don’t get…
Date Night
If I haven’t mentioned it lately, I have a pretty sweet husband. He’s been on hiatus from work for the past 5 weeks – not that he’s had much time to relax. He’s been working his butt off trying to get this house in order. But when he takes time off, I always get way…
Home Improvement
For the past 4 years or so, my husband and I have been all talk about remodeling our kitchen. We would come up with a plan, start weighing our options, then decide it was just too expensive and scrap the idea. I can’t even count how many times we did that. Our latest plan was…
Mammoth Mountain
This last weekend, we had the chance to get outta dodge and go visit some nature. Same cabin as last year and it was just great. We had snow in the hills and it was plenty cold. We did some beer (and root beer) tasting, watched a lot of TV, went to the tippy top…
Baby Shower
Well after all my moaning and groaning about how hard it is being pregnant, my wonderful sister-in-law went and threw us the best baby shower in the whole wide world. Seriously, you would not believe how awesome it was. We had quite a guest list and she made accommodations for everyone – all 65 friends,…
Things They Don't Tell You About Pregnancy
I’ve read “What To Expect When You Are Expecting”. I even glanced at it before I got pregnant. It almost made me not want to bother. Almost. Because if you focus on all the pain and suffering it takes to get that little baby into your arms, it seriously sounds like a deal-breaker. But I…