Since becoming pregnant, I have not wanted to blog. I don't know why, but I guess it is just that I'm changing. Everything is changing and I don't want to miss a moment of that change. I want to be entirely present in my life and for the life that is growing inside me. I guess I am in a period of transition... and words fail me... I just feel instead.
This coming Wednesday marks the start of my 28th week, the third trimester. I can hardly believe it. This pregnancy has been amazing, as all pregnancies are, I imagine. We did not know that I was pregnant until I was on the cusp of the 2nd trimester. I have felt well (some nausea, always remedied by eating). Despite my being on the low end of weight gain, the baby is growing and measuring as the baby should. Blessings, too numerous to count.
I am changing in mind and body.
Our house is changing, too. My husband seems to be "nesting", has anyone else experienced this phenomenon with their partner? He is going room by room, getting everything "just so" for the baby. I am taking bags of give-aways to the thrift store weekly. Our shredder is getting quite the work out as we empty our three two-drawer file cabinets with the goal of whittling it down to one. The office is well on its way to becoming the baby's room. Our accumulation of "stuff" is giving way to make space for the baby.
I have been thinking and thinking about this next statement... Our relationship is changing, too. It is still strong and loving and collaborative and... as it should be... as we want it to be... It is changing, but only getting better. Changing in the best way. It is just a feeling, no words.
We are becoming. I am becoming. He is becoming. The baby is becoming.
Change has never been more real or more welcome.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Thursday, October 28, 2010
October
October has been busy and filled with 2 new jobs, work to do at home, family events, and doctors appointments because...
I am carrying our first Brainy and Beautiful Baby :-)
This is an honor and a blessing.
Baby is due at the beginning of April.
I am carrying our first Brainy and Beautiful Baby :-)
This is an honor and a blessing.
Baby is due at the beginning of April.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Two New Jobs
Yes, I have not one but two new jobs.
I am now working at a small local pet supply store 2 days a week. The store strives to provide quality pet supplies at affordable prices. It is five minutes away and Pierce the Puppy gets to come to work with me.
3 days a week, I assist a pet physical therapist who has a very busy practice. She does pet physical therapy on land and in the pool. Some dogs come just to use the pool, to get more comfortable in the water, and/or for really good low-impact exercise. The facility is also five minutes from home which allows me to go home at lunch time and take Pierce out.
I love the commute, the fact that I now work for local businesses, the set schedule (Fridays and Sundays off), the steady income, and working with animals.
Feeling really thankful <3
I am now working at a small local pet supply store 2 days a week. The store strives to provide quality pet supplies at affordable prices. It is five minutes away and Pierce the Puppy gets to come to work with me.
3 days a week, I assist a pet physical therapist who has a very busy practice. She does pet physical therapy on land and in the pool. Some dogs come just to use the pool, to get more comfortable in the water, and/or for really good low-impact exercise. The facility is also five minutes from home which allows me to go home at lunch time and take Pierce out.
I love the commute, the fact that I now work for local businesses, the set schedule (Fridays and Sundays off), the steady income, and working with animals.
Feeling really thankful <3
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Hot, Hot, Hot - Snippets
It's hot. Really hot. Maybe even hotter than last week in Bermuda, but in Bermuda there was the ocean to dip into. Anyhow, it is hot.
Strawberry ice cream, frozen fruit, central air, cold showers... All work well for a quick cool down.
BUT...
In the 95 degree heat, I can't bring myself to run. It is even too hot by 7 a.m. and still too hot at 7 p.m. Sure, I take quick walks around the block with the pup a few times a day, but it is just not the same.
I've always been a summer person, but I find myself really looking forward to the fall.
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Had an interview and got a new job this morning to add to my current part-time job. It is a job with a local business that I really believe in. Training on Friday and start next Tuesday.
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This afternoon was spent with a friend and her baby girl. Mmmmmm.... babies. Mmmmmm.... girl talk.
Dare I say, better than strawberry ice cream :-)
Strawberry ice cream, frozen fruit, central air, cold showers... All work well for a quick cool down.
BUT...
In the 95 degree heat, I can't bring myself to run. It is even too hot by 7 a.m. and still too hot at 7 p.m. Sure, I take quick walks around the block with the pup a few times a day, but it is just not the same.
I've always been a summer person, but I find myself really looking forward to the fall.
____________________
Had an interview and got a new job this morning to add to my current part-time job. It is a job with a local business that I really believe in. Training on Friday and start next Tuesday.
_______________________
This afternoon was spent with a friend and her baby girl. Mmmmmm.... babies. Mmmmmm.... girl talk.
Dare I say, better than strawberry ice cream :-)
Monday, August 30, 2010
Bermuda
So, the August Break... yeah, I kinda let that fall by the wayside... BUT
LOOK!
It's Bermuda!
LOOK!
It's Bermuda!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Day 11
Lawrence of Arabia
When I was little, my mom washed my hair in the sink. She would run her fingers down a strand of my hair and it would squeak. "Squeaky clean! All done!" Then she or my father would put a towel turban on my head "just like Lawrence of Arabia."
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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