December 2009
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Bundle's first Christmas (kind of)
What better way to spend Christmas then with Jackson, my parents, Jackson’s mom and sister, and Georgia…crowded around the fireplace with coffeecake, coffee (tea for me), and fresh grapefruit, it took us until almost 4:00 to finish opening all of the presents, which is a record in this house.
Georgia got a new collar and a few treats, but really just spent the whole day staring at...
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Sledgehammer follow-up.
I love, love, LOVE having friends who have had babies and can impart their wisdom upon me.
A friend with a three-month old little man sent me an email after reading my post about this pain, saying that she had gone through the same thing (poor her, but nice to be able to talk with someone who can relate to this specific feeling), and with some advice….
Hi Laura I had both RLP and DSP. The...
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Mix it up and shake it.
We were laughing last night, thinking about all of the many questions I/we have had for our midwife, based on what we’re reading and want to confirm with her (how much I can exercise, sleeping on my back, etc).
Jackson reminded me that the funniest string of questions (to him) that I had for her was at our first appointment. I was absolutely TERRIFIED that I had destined this child to...
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Definitely a Christmas baby.
If I thought Bundle was kicking before, all of a sudden in the last two days this little bug has been en fuego! Lying in bed next to Jackson, he can feel Bundle kicking, bouncing and careening off the sides of my belly.
Perhaps it’s because we’re on vacation, away from work and I’m not racing around, or maybe it’s simply because Bundle loves Christmas as much as I...
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Christmas Eve!
I love, love, love, LOVE Christmas…this year it has snuck up on me, and I realized as I was climbing out of bed this morning that it’s already Christmas Eve!! Five of the six of us are here, (#6 is flying in tonight), and we’re having our first “combined family” Christmas (Jackson’s family and mine) in Middlebury.
I could not be more excited to all be...
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Merry Christmas to the sledgehammer tearing its...
I’ve hesitated writing about this, partly because putting it in writing makes it more real, and I’ve tried to stay in denial that this is something that may be a reality for the next five months.
However, after a follow-up visit with our midwife this morning, it seems that it’s here to stay, which means it’s on my mind and I’ve got to write it down to get it out.
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KickKickKickKickKickKickKickKickKick.
More than one person (moms and medical professionals alike) have told us that the way the baby behaves in utero is a preview of their little personality and activity once born.
Well, watch out world, cause this kid MOVES. In the last month, Bundle’s gone from a near coma-like state where I was looking for, and focusing on even the tiniest hint of a flutter, to what feels like an almost...
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Belly-side out.
Driving back to Burlington from Middlebury, I was driving through a farm, paralleling fields and fields. I saw, from a far way off, a farmer driving a tractor through his fields.
I didn’t have my glasses on, so I couldn’t tell what he was hauling, but could see that there was something big and white in the front end loader (yes, I’m from VT but I did have to look up the actual...
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What, what and what?
Salads, fried eggs, clementines.
These are my favorite things to eat right now, hands-down. I guess that combined they’d make a fairly well-balanced meal, but that rarely happens.
Instead, for breakfast all I want is a fried egg, for lunch and dinner a big salad, and from the moment I wake up until I’m ready to brush my teeth, clementines, clementines, clementines.
This poor...
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WatchDid you know that there’s another ‘Bundle of Love’ out there? I laugh so hard every time I see it’s furry little head. Fairpoint’s (a New England Comcast) newest campaign is a “bundle of love”, trying to get people to bundle their many communication needs (internet, phone, tv).
I’m really, really, REALLY hoping that our Bundle doesn’t bear...
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I want to remember to....
Some of the traditions my friends and family have done with their kids that I love…
-Take monthly photos of the Bundle with a little sign showing his or her monthly birthday
-Write yearly letters about what happened that year in the Sprout’s life
-Create a bookshelf with all of Jackson’s and my favorite books from growing up (Ferdinand the Bull, Velveteen Rabbit, the Richard...
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"A butterfly-like fluttering"...? Nope. Not this...
Suddenly all I feel is this little Bundle….and I think I’m starting to figure out his/her schedule. Early morning, late afternoon, and late night Bundle is MOVING!
So many people said that it would feel like a faint “fluttering”, like butterfly wings inside my stomach. Perhaps that was happening early on and I didn’t know that’s what it was.
But Bundle could...
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Babycenter love.
Better than any other books or articles or websites, www.babycenter.com has been, hands down, the best resource for us. I haven’t even cracked open my copy of ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ yet.
We get weekly updates with how Bundle is growing and changing, with a picture of the baby at each stage and a fruit or vegetable that’s roughly the same size as our...
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Thank you!!
Just heard that Senor Baudelaire (through his wonderful daughter!) is giving this pregnant lady and anyone who’s reading this a discount on all Baudelaire products!
So if you’ve poked through their website and see as many things to love as I do, head to www.baudelairesoaps.com, and use our friends and family discount, “friends2009” for 20% off!! It’s good through...
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Made...up.
In my never-ending search for organic, green products that aren’t a huge departure from the lotions, soaps, perfume and makeup I used pre-preg, I’m slowly uncovering some good finds.
A friend of a friend who we’ve gotten to know has followed her passion and started a Brooklyn-based company dedicated to finding, promoting and using good natural cosmetics in her work as a makeup...
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Boy?
The question continues, with more people weighing in.
A friend of ours, who’s a mom, said that I’m carrying the “characteristic boy belly”….high basketball-like. Apparently a lot of women carry girls much lower, and their belly looks a little more spread out.
It’s funny….I used to automatically think that I’d want a little girl first, simply...
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Selfish, but true (21 weeks)
‘What are you most excited about, and what are you most nervous about?’ asked our friend at dinner.
I went first, and it’s a question I’ve been thinking about a lot lately….
I’m most excited about, well, being a mom…creating a little person that is half me and half the person who I love most in the world.
Which is also what I’m most nervous, and...
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Prenatal yoga=heaven on earth (21 weeks)
I went to my first prenatal yoga class this morning, still reveling in the fact that we’re officially OUT of the closet and I can see anyone, anywhere, and shout that I’m pregnant while showing off my little belly!
So it was with this excited outlook that I packed up my mat, a banana and water this morning and headed off to yoga. I loved it from the moment I walked in. 15 women, all...
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FELT THE BABY!!!!!
“Have you felt the baby yet?”
“Nope.”
This is the conversation we’ve been having, on repeat, for about the last three weeks. According to the reading I’ve done, many moms first feel the baby sometime between week 18-week 23. We’re just about to start week 21 (if that really means anything, because as we’re learning, the due date is really a crock...
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Goodbye to my favorite perfumes (21 weeks)
“Fragrance Chemicals Found in Infant Cord Blood”
I just read this terrifying article that toxic chemicals from perfumes are now being found in the blood of U.S. newborns. “…synthetic fragrance chemicals for the first time in the umbilical cord blood of U.S. newborns. The findings provide hard evidence that U.S. infants are contaminated with toxic chemicals used in...
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Like the circumference of my waist, it's always...
Because I love to write and was an English (and Spanish) major in college, the mantra “Revise Revise Revise” has been permanently burned into my brain and typing fingers. So, like letters, stories, essays, articles, grants, and the other gazillions of things I write down, this blog is always subject to change.
Because this journal/blog really is simply a place for me to put my...
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And it's out! (20 weeks)
We finally just sent an announcement to all of our friends and family!!! My genius graphic designing/web-developing husband designed this page to share the news, and it’s SO exciting to finally be telling everyone!
Email, blog, website, facebook, twitter- you name it. This pregnancy has gone viral in the best social media sense of the word, and it’s so fun to share the news through...
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A trip to Costco just isn't what it used to be (20...
I used to LOVE my trips to Costco….monster bunches of grapes, huge blocks of cheese, enough spinach to last Popeye a month….there’s something so satisfying about flashing your Costco card, touring the aisles for random deals (need 20 toothpastes for $10? 6 miles of aluminum foil rolled up for $3? or a pack of 15 julia roberts movies for $2?), and buying more food for less money...