Someone left a comment last evening that I should do a post and let everyone guess the name of the baby. That sounds fun to me, so here we go! I do want to mention that I did ask for suggestions a while back and gave some “guidelines” …
I’m 37 weeks now and continue to feel the toll of carrying around the extra X number of baby pounds. (Nope, I’m not telling, but my doctor is happy with my weight gain if that counts for anything!) The doctor is guessing she’s over …
I was originally going to title this “Feeding the inner Swede”. Then I thought about “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…” But when I took a look at our NOAA forecast today and saw a WIND CHILL measurement, I knew …
I looked online for a simple rub for pork chops and found this one. (I don’t remember where!) We tried it out this weekend on boneless, butterfly chops that we grilled and it was delicious! Definitely a little spicy which we both like. Spicy …
I believe getting rid of the clutter in my home is a key part of living simply and peacefully. We do not have a large house (1250 square feet on two floors with an unfinished basement of 600ish square feet). We have a one-stall detached garage and an …
When we met with our pediatrician, he recommended not taking Peanut out where there are a lot of people (mall, store, church, etc.) the first six weeks. I had vaguely heard something like this before, but have also seen a lot of people not practice …
Several weeks ago when I had one of my doctor’s appointments to check the status of my gestational diabetes (GD), the OB was very pleased with most of my numbers. He tweaked my insulin doses a bit and encouraged me to keep working at it because …
At least for now… Yesterday I got to take a bonus trip to the doctor’s because my GD numbers have been doing weird things, I had not felt well at all in about four days, and then Sunday night/Monday morning I woke up shaking in the middle …
Nobody told me that the end would be like this! I mean, I had read all the info and I knew I would be tired and my ligaments would get loose and it would make it harder to walk. I knew that my feet would swell. I knew my stomach would get sore as …
Well, pregnancy is catching up with me at 34 weeks 2 days. I didn’t think I was overdoing it, but apparently I am. I’ve had WAY too many contractions the past few days and the doctor said I need to rest. I guess going up and down two …
