I sorted through all of my maternity clothes a while ago. It brought back fond memories, I-can’t-believe-I-was-that-huge memories, and I-don’t-know-if-I-can-stomach-to-wear-that-one-more-time memories. And then I got to my jeans. Holy Maternity Cow. The Mom Jeans Factor of the jeans I wore for my entire pregnancy with Ali was OFF THE CHARTS. I wore those?!? Those pockets?!? […]
The Possible Dawn of the SUVan?
About a year ago, I wrote an open letter to all car manufacturers. I asked for something that didn’t yet exist, but that was desperately needed for us new (and somewhat egotistical) generation of Moms – an SUVan. Just like those that grew up in station wagons didn’t want to buy a station wagon when […]
Whirlwinds.
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 […]
A Newbie Naming Miracle.
So, in an ironic twist of wonderful positivity that was wholly unexpected in the case that we would have to pick boy name, Newbie’s name negotiations were nearly over before they began. It was a very peaceful council. There was no need for a cease fire… no need for marriage counseling…not even the need for […]
Top 10 Great Things About Having a Boy.
So I’ve been quite busy processing the whole I’m-about-to-be-a-Mom-of-a-child-of-the-Bizarre-Male-Species thing this week. It’s not that I was opposed to the idea, it’s just that, after 3.5 years of parenting a girl, I somehow had it in my head that we were a sort of “girl-child” family…but no longer. But, I’ve thought of some benefits of […]
Newbie Revealed.
I promised Ali that she could tell all of you Newbie’s secret… What…you can’t read that? Have YOU tried to get a three year old to hold a sign and smile at the same time? Okay…let’s try again… It is indeed a boy!!! But don’t mistake her happy expressions for being thrilled with the outcome… […]
Newbie or Newbette?
Tomorrow is The Big Day. The day that we finally get to find out whether I’ve been toting around a boy or a girl for the past 16.5 weeks. On Ali’s big sono day, being that I was a new and nervous parent, I was slightly more anxious about making sure that everything was all […]
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 […]
Random Pregnancy Updates, and Life Lessons from Glee.
For all (none) of you that have been waiting with baited breath to hear the exciting outcome of my doctor visit, my doctor did indeed have an Otoscope (thank goodness, no Torture Pappy Device needed), and said that I had a lot of pressure in my ears, but no infection. The cure he prescribed was […]
How Ear Fluid Can Adversely Affect the Contents of your Refrigerator.
My ears are driving me crazier than pregnancy is already making me. They have been for three weeks, but they’re getting increasingly, and very quickly, worse this week. So much so, that for 15 extra potential hours of relief, I moved my next OB appointment up by one day in hopes that he could fix […]