People ask me everyday how far along I am and I never know the answer. When I was pregnant with L'il E I knew how many weeks plus days I was, but this time I've just been focused on how many weeks I have left. Just so you know, the number is seven! Only 7 more weeks of uncomfortableness before I move on to six weeks of tenderness. I so desperately just want my flat abs back (take note of photo above!). I want to wear cute clothes and walk around without bumping into things. I want to play on the floor with... More »

I was pregnant three times. That equaled over 27 months to stew about our future babies' names. And stew I did. My husband and I did not exactly see eye to eye about names.Here's how it would go: I would spend hours combing baby name books and blogs and come up with a list of potential names. Then, one by one, he would POOP all over every suggestion. Thanks, Steve. Super helpful.With each pregnancy we found out the sex of our baby so we only had to fight about half as many names as we would have, had we not... More »

My first blog was about the birth of my son Travis, so to make things fair; I thought my second should be about the birth of my wee-man Rory.The differences between the two births were drastic. Travis was old school: water broke, went to the hospital, wife did majority... ok, all of the work, and 5 hours later we had a baby. Rory, on the other hand, was like me in the hot-tub...don't wanna come out.We were expecting Rory on February 18th, but by February 28th, 2011, it was apparent this little library book of love did not want to come... More »

Well.  I did it.  I called the doctor (who my grandmother liked to refer to as 'the father') and made an appointment.  I'm about to be 44.  I'm old but with the ease I got pregnant the first time, I'm confident that I can give Will his biggest wish...a sibling.I've thought about it so much over the last year.  Ultimately the pros outweighed the cons.I mean, the first time was a piece of cake so why not go for another?  Okay,.okay before my sister's head blows off her body....APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!AS IF.  People need I remind you of this...PPD   and  Two Year... More »

I was just sorting out and getting rid of some baby books the other day. I had a shelf full of books like What to Expect When You're Expecting, Parenting by Dr. Spock, and a couple of fun baby name books were amongst my pile. I'm pretty sure I'm done that stage so I've passed them on to my friends. But I stopped to think about just how quickly things have changed in how we do our research. It was only 8 years ago that I had my last baby and I still depended on books at first glance for... More »