Well when I think about the cutest things there are a lot of choices. Puppies for instance are super cute. So are my students. And basically every part of Andrew (especially his tiny little butt!) But last night we gave him solid foods for the first time and it...

I will let you all in on a little secret. I gained 53 pounds while I was pregnant. Fifty-three pounds. You heard me right. That’s an increase of 40%. And since I was last weighed on a Wednesday and gave birth on a Sunday it is entirely possible I...

I haven’t been working for almost the last 6 months. The first two of those months I was so gigantically pregnant that I didn’t want to move. The last four of the months have quite obviously been rather hectic but I’ve still found time to watch a lot of...

Remember when you were a kid and your parents took your picture for Christmas cards? Well I do. Of course I was perfect and always smilied beautifully and never gave my parents an ounce of trouble (I’m lying). But my behavior was nothing, nothing compared to how my brothers...

Well now that we’re moving forward I thought I’d take some time to look back. You see very personal though it may be, I feel like I should share a bit of my pregnancy journey and what better time to do it than almost exactly a year since the...

Well I haven’t posted much recently…. ok, I haven’t posted much at all this past year. But I’ve been busy you know? Growing a human child in one’s body takes work. Raising said child takes even more work but since billions of women have done that over the course...

Don’t get me wrong, some roller coasters are a lot of fun. I’m just not a fan of them in general. I don’t so much mean the emotional aspects of pregnancy either. That’s a given. But in the wee hours of the morning this morning, as I spent yet...

He’s shy. This is the only picture of him where he isn’t covering his face with his arm. He’s a cutie. I can’t wait to meet him! Eight more weeks!...

I don’t know what I was thinking. Really I don’t. I have the patience of a two year old right now (It’s the 6.5 months pregnant thing) and last night I was doing reading for my graduate course on RSS feeds which led me to the brilliant conclusion, “I...

You’ve missed me? Aw how sweet. Through an unusual set of circumstances I have taken a leave of absence from the site. Actually the circumstances are not all that unusual, it’s mostly just the timing. Aside from becoming pregnant (not a surprise) and being exhausted beyond all measure, I...