From the monthly archives: June 2010

Baby Shower #1

On June 30, 2010 · 6 Comments · In baby shower, our baby, pregnancy

On Sunday, I was given a baby shower by my sisters-in-law on my side of the family–Kara and Marie. It was a nice, but REALLY HUMID day, so I was definitely grateful for the central air conditioning at my mom’s house, where the shower was held. It was a bummer we weren’t able to be [...]

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28 Weeks: I Want to Meet My Baby!

On June 29, 2010 · 9 Comments · In our baby, pregnancy

Alright… 28 weeks into this, the suspense is getting to me.

The baby has a room now. We have a baby’s room in our house. With a crib. And a dresser. And a glider.

The baby bedding is officially done and in the crib. Today, the crib mattress arrived.

To top it all off, I [...]

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Blueberry Pancakes

On June 28, 2010 · 4 Comments · In recipes - breakfast

For about 50 weeks out of the year, fresh blueberries are too expensive for me to consider buying in a grocery store. But there comes a time, every summer, when blueberries suddenly drop in price and you can snatch them up. And then… well, then you have to figure out how you’re going to use [...]

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Just Say No

On June 27, 2010 · 5 Comments · In pregnancy

One of the things that women never tell you about pregnancy: It really, really sucks when you can’t take good drugs. (The legal ones, of course.)

I had a pretty bad cold after we got back from Florida, but I was really only miserable for a day or so before my body kicked it and [...]

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New Carpet!

On June 26, 2010 · 3 Comments · In home improvement

I told you earlier this week (in my 27-week pregnancy post) how we were getting new carpet. Well, here we are at the end of the week, and we do, in fact, have new carpet.

And we are EXHAUSTED.

It was SO.MUCH.WORK. I’ve come to the conclusion that the carpet guys have the EASY [...]

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