category: Pregnancy
Spike’s Arrival
March 28, 2012"Bah! Yesterday Spike turned four weeks old! I'm not sure how that happened so quickly. But since the past four weeks have really just felt like one giant, endless day, punctuated with a few short naps, I suppose it is possible. I realized that in the post-newborn fog, that I never shared Spike's birth story. [...]"
Almost Time
March 01, 2012"(New spoiler: I wrote this post Monday. There is in fact a new baby) (I'll start this post with the spoiler that everyone is fine and there is no baby yet) Last Friday I got into (stupid, annoying, inconvenient) car accident on my way to work. Driving in rush hour, bumper to bumper traffic, the [...]"
Grayson Coulter
February 28, 2012"We got a little bit of a surprise today... Grayson arrived a week early. Long story, barely made it to the hospital, perfect baby boy. Grayson Coulter 7:41 pm 20.5 inches long 8 pounds 3 ounces Everyone is doing well. Please excuse me while I unplug and enjoy the new baby scent for a while."
Maternity Portraits
"With Bink, I planned out a maternity portrait session weeks in advance. I collected inspiration pictures. I had my Mom take 487 pictures of me, Hubby, and K to document my gigantic belly. This time around...well, I just never found the time. I've been meaning to plan something for months. I've even been collecting inspiration [...]"
Almost There
February 15, 2012"Yesterday marked 37 weeks of pregnancy for me and Grayson. It is exciting to know that we are in a good place if he decides to come early. But mostly it is nice to know there is an end in sight. Sometime in the next three weeks (or, I suppose, five weeks ..."
Teaching a Toddler About a New Baby
February 07, 2012"Hubby and I have been trying for the past few months to prepare Bink for the impending arrival of his new little brother. As you can imagine with a two-year-old, that's mostly been falling on deaf ears. Then about a month ago, Bink has suddenly become all about Grayson. I think it started when he [...]"
Overwhelmed
January 31, 2012"I'll let you all in on a little secret... I don't handle change well. Those who know me probably aren't shocked by the revelation, but it's true. I do well in routines. I plan my day, my meals, my outfits. And when something big is sitting on the horizon, I panic. Most of that panic [...]"
Our Week Through Instagram
January 18, 2012"I wrote a post last week that illustrated our week through Instagram and I kind of loved it. It was fun to go back through my phone pictures to see what I'd snapped, especially since it is what I grab to get a quick shot of Bink when I know I don't have time to [...]"
Goals
January 04, 2012"This time last year, I set 52 pretty lofty goals to accomplish during 2011. They seemed pretty achievable at the time What I did manage to accomplish (or at least got pretty close): Photography Goals 6. Take a picture every day (Project 365)--almost. I did really well, only missing a few days up until December. [...]"
Pregnancy Update
December 22, 2011"{First and foremost, everything is fine.} I've mentioned before how different pregnancy is this time around. No time to sit still, let alone worry too much. In many ways, being so busy with Bink and K has been a blessing during this pregnancy. I think if I had had my miscarriage during my first pregnancy [...]"
Nesting
December 08, 2011"So, yeah. Um. Grayson is due in less than three months. I'm not really sure how this realization snuck up on me, but it did. I've been so wrapped up in daily life that this pregnancy has moved at warp speed. Once we get through Christmas, meaning: the first time I might have a minute [...]"
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The Big Reveal
October 06, 2011"{No, you are not finding out in this post if we having a boy or a girl.} Early in this pregnancy my Mom told me about a cute idea that she'd seen on the news--a gender reveal cake. While I immediately thought it was adorable, Hubby took a little convincing. He got on board pretty [...]"
Pregnancy This Time Around
September 27, 2011"So, hey, I'm like 17 weeks along already. Funny how time just keeps moving along. Hubby asked me the other day how big the baby was...and, uh, I had no idea. I had to look online to find out (answer in actual units of measurement: about 5 inches, answer in fruit/vegetable units of measurement: onion). [...]"
The Best Sound Ever
September 21, 2011"First, my apologies that I couldn't find a cooler way to share this. I've tried and tried to find an embeddable audio player, but no luck. So, in it's humble glory, here is the audio that Hubby took during our last doctor's appointment. (In theory, if you click the link, it should take you to [...]"
