So, last week. I’m still trying to catch my breath from it all… …returning from vacation and trying to get caught up on everything under the sun… …finding out that I was going to be a Mom of a BOY child… …picking out a name for said boy child much quicker than we anticipated… …my […]
How to Act When They’re Expecting.
There’s something about being around a pregnant woman that makes some people lose all sense of proper manners, including (and sometimes especially) strangers. Maybe it’s the pregnancy pheromones wafting through the air….I don’t know. But it’s uncanny, and it only gets worse as the pregnancy continues. Being only 15 weeks along myself, my level of […]
Tilted Uteruses Rock.
(Or would that be Uteri?) (And yes, I am aware that I have used the “U” word on my blog twice in a week. But you know what? I’m pregnant, and that’s kinda where my baby is hanging out these days. Anyway, I’m pretty sure that I have 99% female readership. So you 1% can […]
Hurricane Newbie
Ali asked to call Daddy this morning. When he got on the phone, she verbally exploded into the phone.. “I’m sick because I coughed all night long and Mommy just threw up all her food in the potty and I need you to come home right now and make me feel better!!!!” That pretty much […]
The Princesses of the States.
There’s nothing that Ali loves more than Princesses and Princess dresses. I spend approximately 28% of my week helping her dress and re-dress her little plastic princesses, trying my best to avoid the task of putting their microscopic shoes that refuse to stay on their nearly-microscopic feet. (I try to convince Ali that Princesses are […]
Don’t Mess With The UMU.
Dear Newbie, We need to talk. I know you’re not to the cognitive point where that is really possible yet, but I need you to concentrate really hard and grow a brain because WE NEED TO TALK. You may not be fully aware of this, but there are some specific and finely negotiated agreements between […]
The Case of the Overly-Curious Baby-Carrier.
So as you know, we took Ali with us to the baby doctor last week. We didn’t tell her that I was pregnant until we were already there…at which point she booted me off the exam table because she started to feel a bit queasy:I can relate to that feeling. As fun as it was […]
The Scent of a [Pregnant] Woman.
I smell a poopy diaper. In my kitchen. Not just any poopy diaper. A NEWBORN’S poopy diaper. How is that possible? And where is the smell coming from? I never had psychotic scent episodes when I was pregnant with Ali. In fact, I remember thinking that my friend Lydia was a bit…over the pregnancy edge… […]
Yogurt Mountain and the Dreadful Case of Underbutt.
There’s a new hangout in Birmingham. It is most definintely the hippest of all places to go, especially if you’re under 18 years old. The esteemed and worshipped ascent to Yogurt Mountain. Careful, though. It is dangerously addictive. I am afraid that my husband is hopelessly and forever strung out on the place. When it […]
12 Reasons that I hate 24.
Chris loves it… I used to love it… But after two seasons, I realized that it stressed me out so much that I might need medication if I watched another episode. Just hearing the mere “beep, BEEP, beep, BEEP” of the intro and before and after every stinkin’ commercial break literally makes my heart race […]