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  How Far Along: 39 weeks, 3 days Due Date: April 23rd. After meeting with our doctor and discussing my progress, we have a cesarean scheduled for April 25th. More on that decision in a separate blog post! Weight Gain: Up 33 pounds! All throughout my pregnancy, people commented on how small I was and […]

It seems to be a bit taboo to admit that you were hoping for a particular gender, or sad about discovering that your baby was not what you were expecting. I don’t think dealing with very real human emotions are ever wrong. It is normal to have a vision in your head and it is […]

A small confession – baby showers aren’t really my thing. I feel terribly uncomfortable opening gifts while all attention in a room is directed my way. On the other hand, it is so amazing, gracious and wonderful to have people that you care about shower your baby with so much love, attention and needed baby […]

I am currently 36 weeks along and just staring down at that due date which seems so far away but I know will be here in a flash.  In an effort to start to tackle all of the many things that need to take place leading up to the birth of a child, I’ve been […]

Back with my muffin love before baby comes! I’ll be posting soon about how we are prepping for baby #2 foodwise soon, but for now, these muffins are stocked in my freezer. I’m a big big fan of nonnutritive breakfast food – give me Belgian waffles and French toast all day every day. Unfortunately, I […]

For Eli’s first birthday, we vacationed at the Oregon Coast with some of his grandparents. His second birthday was spent in our hometown attending a funeral. We opted to throw him a park party since it was one of the few times his big family would be around. Our original plan for his third birthday […]

We have many long road trips under our belt with a toddler, and we’ve created a standard road trip bag set up for us. Water and snacks: We pack things like water, hummus, pita crackers, apple, goldfish, orange slices, fruit leather (our favorite brand Stretch Island): A road trip signifies vacation which means lots of […]