We’ve finally started getting The Acrobat’s room ready in earnest. I’m hopeful that we’ll have it mostly ready to go this week, but it really depends on my energy level. I wake up in the mornings exhausted, after “sleeping” fitfully all night, so I run out of gas pretty fast these days. I’ve been setting…
The Fairy Reading Tent
May 20th, 2013Comments: 17
The Acrobat’s Heart
May 17th, 2013Comments: 17
I have recordings of both of my daughters’ heart beats when they were in utero. I recorded Madeline’s when I was in the hospital on bed rest, and Annabel’s was at home with a portable Doppler. I had to make sure I got a recording of The Acrobat’s heart, too, but the bonus was this…
Bye Bye Belly
May 16th, 2013Comments: 10
Even though I really am not enjoying being pregnant, there is, strangely, one thing I like: my belly. I have countless reasons to hate it: ~ At last measurement, it was 49 inches around. I am only 63 inches tall. ~ My back hurts and my ribs ache in a way I cannot adequately describe…almost…
Heather’s nesting gene may be faulty, but mine most definitely isn’t. Though Heather’s known for a while that I’ve wanted to rent a dumpster to de-clutter our home before the baby came, I think she’d firmly placed that in the “yeah, right” category. Well, she never should have doubted me, because right now there’s a…
The Tail End
May 15th, 2013Comments: 52
In the waiting room at Dr. Risky’s office yesterday, I noticed that a lot of people were looking at me. At first I thought it was the, “Holy Crap She’s About To Pop” look, but then I realized it was the “OMG THERE IS SOMETHING MOVING IN THERE” stare. The Acrobat was particularly wiggly when…








