Pregnancy

I can’t believe that tomorrow Nate is going to be nine weeks old, and I really can’t believe it has taken me nine weeks to even begin to write about his birth. I intended to get it down so much sooner, when all of the details were so much more fresh and vivid...
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One of my lovely readers, Nicole of Resolving Timeline Issues, sent me her Maman Kangourou wrap. (Her daughter wasn’t into it.) As you can see, Graham has mastered it already! Thank you so much, Nicole! I can’t wait to try it out.
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Today is our due date! And as I mentioned on Twitter, this means the baby is officially on borrowed time. I was pretty crabby yesterday, and for no good reason. I took a moment to remind Graham that in spite of the fact that I was behaving like a royally grouchy...
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“Your snoring is keeping me awake.” It wasn’t me who said these six little words. Six little words spoken by Graham at 2:00 in the morning last night. It seems I’ve developed a charming new habit in the wee hours. One that makes my husband take his pillows and blanket and sleep...
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Day one of maternity leave. It’s been productive, with moments of rest in among the moments of frenzied cleaning. Vacuumed upstairs. Vacuumed the main floor. Cleaned two bathrooms. Including the toilets. Dusted the furniture on both the main floor and the upstairs of our house. The spare room is all ready for my...
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