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Ok baby…it’s your due date…WHERE ARE YOU??? Oh fine – check out my 40-week baby bump!!!

July 17, 2011

Today is July 18, 2011… Do you know why this date is significant, dear readers? Well, today is my baby’s DUE DATE!!! Today is the day I’m supposed to meet my baby girl…the love of my life, the apple of my eye – the doll that I get to dress up every day for at [...]

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Baby Nursery in waiting…

July 12, 2011

I have never prepared for anything more in my life than for having a baby. Ok, a wedding is a very close second because that was a year and a half in the making and included loads more money, pre-marriage counseling with a priest, pre-cana courses, moving in together, and a body overhaul that included [...]

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Trading binge drinking for an ice cream binger – happy 4th of July! Plus, check out my 38-week baby bump!

July 4, 2011

Oh how life can change in the span of a year. <——This time last year I was down in Hermosa Beach celebrating our nation’s b-day by binge drinking for 3 days straight. It was so fun. I’ll never forget that weekend because my hangover on the ride home officially ranks in my top 3 worst [...]

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My birth plan: Give me the drugs. Plus, check out my 37-week baby bump!

June 26, 2011

With 3 weeks until my due date, I’ve taken my final class of pregnancy – childbirth preparation! From 9-4 this past Saturday, Jeff and I learned the various techniques of pain management, watched videos of women giving birth with and without an epidural, and learned all the many details I’ll need to know to help [...]

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9th month of pregnancy high-jacked my 5-year wedding anniversary!

June 17, 2011

Today I’ve been married for five whole years. On June 17th, 2006 I walked down the aisle in a beautiful church with stained glass windows and arched ceilings; an emotional dad on my arm, and a husband with a quivering bottom lip (awww!) waiting for me at the altar. (Hey, when I think about how [...]

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Feeling like the baby is going to crawl out of me any minute!! Plus, check out my 35-week baby bump!

June 13, 2011

My husband thinks that my baby is about to crawl out of me any minute when he feels all her wiggly little movements that have intensified over the last several weeks. And I swear, if frequent movement from your baby means the baby is going to come early, then my baby is due any second! [...]

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Six weeks until baby! It’s all about nesting and finding comfort now. Plus, check out my 34-week baby bump!

June 7, 2011

I cannot believe I have a mere 6 weeks to go before the baby comes – that is, if she comes on time and not early! I’ve got a single track mind these days – baby, baby, and more baby! I’ve let Jeff know that every weekend from here on  out is about making further [...]

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Are final trimester hormones a preview of the baby blues? Plus, check out my 31-week baby bump!

May 16, 2011

Lately I’ve been so impatient it’s not even funny. I’ve been feeling a little bit stressed trying to finish up the baby nursery in time for my shower this weekend at my house, so I think the combination of trying to pack all the expenses of filling the nursery into such a short time span, [...]

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Coming clean about my pregnancy cravings…

April 27, 2011

One thing people ask me a lot is what kinds of cravings I’ve been having over the course of my pregnancy. Of course they bring up the cliché preggy combo of ice cream and pickles, but I’ve gotta say that after being pregnant for a while, I kinda think that stuff is made up. I mean, [...]

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On the home stretch – entering my third trimester! (YIKES!) Plus, check out my 28-week baby bump!

April 24, 2011

I cannot believe I only have 12-weeks to go before I’m a mother. And who knows, it could even be less than that if little Ms. Life Changer decides to come early. It’s funny, but pregnancy seems to take FOREVER, yet it flies by so fast I don’t know where the time has gone! You [...]

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