15 Weeks

Being pregnant is strange, don't you think?There's totally a baby in there.Today I am technically 15 weeks and a day, but I don't think that day makes a significant difference. (Maybe it does, though. I did not look like this two weeks ago.) It was pretty chilly outside when this photo was taken, especially in the shade with bare feet on the cold ground. I reminded myself that this will be one of...

Perspective

Two weeks ago, I was in planning mode. I survive on lists, and I was making only about a thousand of them. Since I haven't had a baby yet, I have nothing for babies. I decided I needed to research my heart out and make enough checklists for a lifetime. You know, so I would be prepared.A week ago, I was exhausted. I had so many lists and so much information that I was stressed. Too stressed to keep...

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day (or Friday, depending on who you ask.)

People have been talking a lot about Valentine's Day lately, naturally. Being a holiday lover, I've been really looking forward to it. Not in the sense that I'm hoping I have a super expensive and fancy date night or something, but in theory I'd like to make heart-shaped, love-themed everything and eat chocolate just because. The thing I realized today, though, is that VALENTINE'S DAY IS...

On Food & Being Psychic

Nausea is kicking in again these last few days. What's funny, though, is that I'm finally starting to be interested in food. I was concerned there for a while that I would be repulsed by everything forever. And by "concerned" I mean devastated. My "cravings" were really just the only foods I could think about eating and not be disgusted. It's kinda funny (and also incredibly tragic) how...

HOLY CRAP THERE'S A BABY IN THERE

Baby Straily, due August 2014I'm only 13 weeks in tomorrow, and this is already the best experience of my life.No one tells you how amazing it is. They tell you to wait. They say it's hard. They tell you that you'll never sleep again and you'll worry constantly and that your entire life will change. You'll sacrifice all your energy and money and time on a child that will poop on you and ruin everything...