Adventures in Babysitting My Own Kids, 24 hours a day, forever
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 31st, 2008
There’s something annoying about “fake” contractions. Sometimes called Braxton-Hicks or “false labor,” fake contractions aren’t fake at all. They can actually be somewhat productive, though typically less intense than the active labor sort. This pregnancy I’ve been having fake contractions since week 24, I think. The belly tightens up, I feel some pressure, and then [...]
Posted in Family on Dec 12th, 2008
Our host disappered with all our sites a couple of months ago, but Colin’s got us back up again. Yay Colin! I’m missing a ton of posts from July through October, but at least we have everything from before July this time around. Yay backups! So, what’s been going on here? Hmmmm… Thanksgiving in Arizona [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2008
My mom calls it the travel bug. Someone else in the family calls it the travel “itch.” It’s what many descendants of my paternal grandfather have–the almost constant desire to travel and see the world. Grandpa has this thing about staying put. He just doesn’t do it very well. He’s really been everywhere, including living [...]
Posted in Health on Jul 9th, 2008
You may have noticed that I get to feeling pretty sorry for myself when I’m feeling nauseous or when I don’t want to deal with blood sugar issues. Today I had a little push in the gratitude direction. This morning I got a call from a nurse at Kaiser. As I mentioned yesterday, I assumed [...]
Image via Wikipedia I fed my kids and myself waffles for dinner tonight. Not homemade waffles, which are superior to anything else in every way except prep time/effort. We ate Eggo waffles for dinner, with syrup on top. Not pure maple syrup, but a simple sugar syrup flavored with immitation maple flavoring that I made [...]
Posted in Health on Jul 2nd, 2008
I had my first prenatal doctor appointment this morning. I got to have an early ultrasound to measure the age of the baby, it’s size, etc., and it looks like I’m twelve weeks along and the due date is January 7th (or 5th, depends on which measurement we go with). Hey, if we go by [...]
Posted in Health on Jun 25th, 2008
When I’m not pregnant I very rarely take naps. Why? 1) Because I don’t really get that tired during the day. 2) Because even if I am that tired it’s hard to figure out how to get the kids to both go to sleep at the same time or be in an otherwise safe state [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 3rd, 2008
My husband has the uncanny ability to tell in advance the gender of our children. He sometimes knows even before I’m pregnant. He’s also figured out the baby’s name well in advance of me. And Colin’s always totally confident about his prediction. Until now, I’ve had no feeling one way or another gender-wise. But this [...]
Posted in Food on Jun 3rd, 2008
Okay, so there’s plenty to eat around here, just hardly anything my body is willing to let me eat this morning. Everything smells, and nothing smells good. Even the good things don’t smell good. When I’m pregnant my olfactory sense increases by a few factors and it’s pretty crazy. Those diapers I normally don’t notice [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 2nd, 2008
Two of my sisters, Abby and Phoebe, came to help me last week, and I just dropped the second one off at the airport. I cannot believe how much they got done in just a few days! Most of my house is boxed up and cleaned already! My mind is still spinning with relief, since [...]