Mark, Becky, Dave and I were headed somewhere one fine day and we came upon this turtle crossing the road. Naturally, we stopped and Becky moved it out of harm’s way.
Yes, folks, 16 days ’til our due date!
1cm dilated
75% effaced
overall weight gain: 13 lbs (oops… backslid by 1 lb)
blood pressure: excellent though I didn’t get the numbers
baby’s heart rate: 146 bpm
All this adds up to my doctor thinking we’ll go late. So late, that she’s predicting I’ll be [...]
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Garrett 042, uploaded by smwood77.
WELCOME GARRETT! Proud parents: Nathan & Shannon Wood
UPDATE: a friend IM’ed me his weight: 8 [...]
Yeah, well, while I’m working on my own theme, I’m also trying out other peoples’ hard work. I’ve noticed that since my navigation links were built into my last template, they don’t import when I switch themes so here are the navigation links for this site:
home – kind of boring
pregnancy [...]
We’ve lived in this apartment for a year and a half… and the complex for 3 years. We’ve never seen a roach until this past week – and two of them?! Yuck! Both were spotted and killed in the master bathroom. Tonight’s roach was found thanks to Mambo’s keen eye and killed thanks to David’s [...]
overall weight gain: 14 lbs
blood pressure: 120/80
baby’s heart rate: 156
dilated: 1 cm
effaced: 50%
So… I asked my doctor if any of this meant I would have the baby early… and she said that I’d probably be right around my “due” date. At least the weight gain is getting higher.
The [...]
Dave had to work today. Not really work but he still had to give his time and attention to the school district today. I must admit, I have gotten quite comfortable having him around all day long and I missed him terribly today. He is very helpful and has been the enabler of my comfort [...]
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36 weeks, originally uploaded by davejenbarnes.
Not much noticeably different than last week’s picture from the outside… but he/she has been moving less as I am guessing [...]
I just got back from swimming in our apartment complex’s biggest pool. It was heavenly. For 45 minutes, I was weightless.
We left when David turned into a prune.
Mmm… prunes!
We just bought a new mirror for our dining area and it’s on the floor leaning against the wall where it will eventually be hung. Every time I walk through the apartment, I see this big belly leading the way in the reflection in the mirror… so last night around 11 pm I [...]
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