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Wow, I really didn't think it would be this long. I just can't do both, successfully at least. Thank goodness maintaining this blog is not a money making gig because I would be broke right about now. I've been thinking about this blogging thing for some time now and part of me thinks that I should just retire it. I enjoyed when I had time to write, but lately it seems like a task that is

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For prior posts click here. The day we drove home from the hospital was a beautiful summer day. It was so surreal having a tiny baby in the back seat. When we got home we drove straight into the garage and started our new normal. Zero to month one with little Emerson was great! Chris did a lot of the work since I was recovering from having her. He changed a zillion diapers, cooked, cleaned, did

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Finally after four months I am finally posting the last of my weekly pregnancy posts, week 40. Clearly I am not a good multi-tasker since having the tiny one. Getting online to write has been the last thing I have wanted to do. If I am online I am looking up baby stuff and I love it!! On the other hand I love blogging too and need to find a nice balance, especially since I am already behind in

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A Message To Myself:&nbsp; Step 1.) Open your computer and actually turn it on...check Step 2.) Exhale and realize that it's been 2 months since you've done this...check Step 3.) Tell yourself it's okay, you had a good excuse and you're still trying to get a rhythm...check Step 4.) Accept the fact that you might morph into a mommy blogger just because that would be easy to do...check Step 5.

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For prior posts click here! We are at the end of the pregnancy and I have to say I am glad about it. My belly isn't growing anymore but the little one is and boy is it getting crowded. This week our baby's heart rate was still at 148 and I was now dilated to 2cm. &nbsp; I can say I've had my feel of the joyous wondrous baby movements but about now I am good! Lets get to birthing! During this

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Well we showed you the bones of the nursery here. We were still trying to figure out exactly what we wanted and where we were headed. We knew we didn't want the room to be overbearing and we wanted it to be comfortable. We have finally made some progress. We decided on the fabric which we purchased from fabric.com and hypernoodle.com. We also purchased our recliner from Babies R Us on sale!

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For prior posts click here! Well at 38 weeks we are making moves! Well my body is at least. This week I was dilated to 1.5 centimeters.&nbsp; &nbsp; This week baby's heartrate is 148 bpm and my belly is still at 36 cm. The doctor says I am right on track but I have to say, I am officially ready for the little miss to be here. As I have stated before, her movements are way more violent. It

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For prior weeks click here! Week 37!! We are officially full term, we are in the final countdown! Can you believe it! We participated in our childbirth workshop this week. It was an all day class from 9-5 and boy was it informative. They showed us so many different ways that our partners&nbsp;could help out with back pain, they explained the different levels that you go through leading up to

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For prior weeks click here! At 36 weeks baby's heart rate is 160 and my belly is 36 cm. We made some additional purchases for the nursery. As you are already aware we opted to not go with a theme, and just wanted to make sure that the room was bright and colorful. A theme would have certainly been easier as we are not decorators so coming up with a look has been a bit of a challenge. We took a

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For prior weeks click here! Week 35 has been pretty much the same. There has not been anything super noteworthy other than the fact that our little one&nbsp;is&nbsp;still healthy and growing like she should! We've been pretty much basking in our blessings and all of the left over decor from the shower. In addition to that we've had the fun experience of washing all of our daughters new

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To view past weeks click here!&nbsp; Week 34 was a very exciting week! It was our anniversary (June 25th) weekend and baby shower weekend!! We scheduled the baby shower for that weekend because we thought it would be fun to have a weekend celebrating two very special moments in our lives. My sister Von did the planning for the shower and it was wonderful! She spent so much time planning,

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At 33 weeks things were still going smoothly. Well, everything except the little girls antics. I cannot say enough how busy she is! Sometimes it's fun to watch her acrobatics, other times it hurts! Well, not extreme pain, but definitely and ouch moment. At night it's often at a fever pitch, so her daddy decided that we needed to calm the little one, just a bit. He created a classical play list

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In week 32 we interviewed pediatrician number 3! And Loved the practice! I think we are done with interviewing pediatricians, we will definitely decide on one of the 3 that we've seen. At 32 weeks the little one is getting ready for her descent and should be in a head down position...hopefully! Guess I will find out at my next appointment if she is heading in the right direction or if she isn't

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Week 29 In week 29 Chris and I along with his cousin Monte and his wife Makiva all went to see What To Expect When Expecting! We thought seeing a pregnancy comedy together would be fun. Now we had a great time together but the movie was a solid C. Save your money. &nbsp;What was crazier was that out of the two names that Chris and I are deciding on for our daughter, one was

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In week 27 and 28 we registered! That was certainly an interesting undertaking. It was like information overload. There were so many different types of bottles, breast pumps, tubs. We just decided to not over think it and just started clicking. Even when it came to clothes, we just clicked. It was fun, but definitely a task. We were in the first store for at least 3 hours. In this week we

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So I have been on this baby kick for quite awhile, and it's not because I'm baby obsessed. It's mainly because I've been an overall slacker and then I find myself behind on my baby post so then that is all I post! I should be posting once a week on baby but clearly I'm barely posting anything at all. Time to change it up a bit. We were long overdue for carpet upstairs in our home. The rooms had

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We decided to start on the nursery in week 25. Our home has 4 bedrooms, one we use as the office and the other two that are not the master have not been given that much attention. Now that we have decided to have a baby it was time to make a move on one of the rooms. The room that we chose is the smaller of the two, also known as the blue room. Why blue room? Because the room was an under the sea

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I really suck at this blog updating thing. During week 24 I finally showed some significant weight gain!! Not that this is something that everyone gets excited about but I was ready to break into the 140's and I did. Dr. said I was right on schedule. &nbsp;At this point my belly size was 24cm, and the kicky monsters heart rate was 150 BPM. She was also the size of a cantaloupe this week!

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Week 21 was a great week, especially for Chris. finally he was able to experience the baby a lot more because now he could feel the kicks!! Quite noticeably. The first time I put his hands on my tummy his eyes lit up, it was such a special moment. Other things that I've read might be happening to me are not happening. Things like itchy skin due to the stretching of my body...not happening,

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After finding out that we were having a little baby girl we had to decide how we wanted to tell our families, which we did in week 22. We had so many different ideas but ultimately slacked off a bit and decided to go for the simple cake reveal. Thinking it would be simple enough we waited until a couple days out and called to order a cake. A strawberry cake to be more specific...only to find out

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Can you say wishes came true!!! We are having a baby girl!! I broke the boy mold. All of us are ECSTATIC. We decided to find out the sex of the baby and it was THE best decision ever. When the doctor said "I can say with very high certainty, you are having a girl" I lost it! All of my emotions finally came out. Chris said that day was the most emotion I had shown so far during the

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Turning simple glass vases into a little something extra just takes thinking outside of the box. I purchased a couple simple glass vases from goodwill for $.50 and needed to spice them up a bit. So what did I do, I grabbed my trusty twine, double sided tape, hot glue and got busy! First thing I did was use my double sided tape to wrap around the vase as a little extra something to hold the

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Practically at the halfway point the question was looming...Boy or Girl!!! &nbsp;Naturally what we all know is that what matters is that the child is healthy. Of course we want a healthy baby first and foremost. That healthy baby however will have to be a boy or a girl. This is kind of a big deal for my family because the last girl in my immediate family is 18 years old. My mother put it in

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Week 17 was a fun week! We made our first baby purchase! Unlike what most people might expect, I was not overly eager to go out and buy a bunch of baby stuff. I have not purchased one baby book and did not immediately start browsing baby stuff once we found out we were expecting. We did make a plan of what we were going to do with the nursery in terms of style but that was about it. The

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Week 15! Happy Valentines Day!! Isn’t that board the cutest? I was so tickled when I got home that evening to see the board that my husband drew with a little baby inside the heart! Quite fitting and super adorable! The headaches that I felt from week 14 had gone away. All was still going well but according to some websites I should be going through some major unsightly things such as

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