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Tuesday, March 5, 201303/05/2013

Tales from the Parenting Workshops

Though I haven’t quite experienced the frantic “nesting”, I have encountered the frantic need to fill my head with info to tackle this birth with confidence.

Wednesday, February 27, 201302/27/2013

Iced Over

I’m sitting here listening to the ping-ping-ping of sleet or freezing rain hitting my window sill, feeling slightly helpless and…

Wednesday, February 20, 201302/20/2013

33 Weeks, Classes and Panic Mode

I am 33 weeks along now – nicely plump, but oddly still sorta tiny for what I expected I’d be sized…

Wednesday, February 20, 201302/20/2013

Old Fashioned Baby Names Back in Style

The era of Logans, Madisons, Aidens, Jaydens, Braydens, and Kaydens is seemingly coming to an end. “Parenting” magazine has been…

Thursday, February 14, 201302/14/2013

32 Weeks Bump Report

Bump is thumpin’! (baby is too!)

Thursday, February 7, 201302/07/2013

What to REALLY Expect…

… when you’re expecting. This article/blog pretty much hits the nail on the head.  I wish I’d seen this when…

Wednesday, February 6, 201302/06/2013

31 Weeks Now

31 Weeks and counting! Good lord this is flying by.  I always read these tidbits on pregnancy sites and posts…

Monday, January 28, 201301/28/2013

Fruit Basket Part Deux

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fruit Basket;  Part II:  A New Hope …and by “fruit basket”,…

Friday, January 25, 201301/25/2013

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fruit Basket

…and by “fruit basket”, I mean “cookie jar”. (Part I) You see, this is how things work in my world…

Wednesday, January 23, 201301/23/2013

Orange You Glad You Took the Day Off?

Yesterday I had to take the day off from work, as I went in for blood glucose testing to make…

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