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Merry Christmas!

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:23:24 GMT

I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas. I know I'm looking forward to our first Christmas with little Gwen. It'll really be a neat experience.

Back To Work

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:38:07 GMT

Well, I came back to work yesterday. It wasn't as hard to leave Gwen as I thought it would be. Of course, she's with my mom, so I don't have to leave her in a day care center. She's been doing really well at night. She has been going down between 9 and 10 and she usually doesn't wake up until 2 or 3. Then she's up again when I'm ready to get up. She's starting to smile more in response to things we're doing (not just gas). The result is lots of silly faces and sounds from Mommy and Daddy. The dog probably thinks we're crazy.

Gwen is Here!

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:40:14 GMT

Well, I had my baby on Tuesday morning. At 1:26 in the morning to be exact. She was delivered by C-section, which was not planned. Her heartrate was dropping and they didn't like how she was tolerating the contractions. I'm glad they decided to do that because not only was I worried about her, but I also didn't like how I was tolerating the contractions.

Anyway, she is beautiful. She looks like her daddy and she has a head full of thick, dark brown hair. We've had a few rough nights since we've been home from the hospital, but she's doing much better and sleeping longer in her crib.

Monday, September 18, 2006

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:59:58 GMT

I just checked out my husband's website, where he has a countdown to my due date (pretty cool). And I realized that there are only 20 days left. I also realized that half of that is how many days of work I have left. So yay for me and baby Gwen! I can't wait to hold her!

Almost Done!

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:19:43 GMT

Sorry to those of you who visit my blog and all I ever talk about is being pregnant. It's just that very little else had occupied my mind lately. And at least I'm posting something, right?

Anyway, three more weeks till I'm considered full term! Five more weeks till my due date! I'm getting pretty excited/nervous at this point. I had a wonderful shower this past weekend (the 26th). Friends and family gave me, Jeremy, and baby Gwen some great gifts. Thank you to my mom, Lori, Loni and Linda for your hard work. It was wonderful.

I spent the rest of the weekend putting everything away and getting the nursery organized. It looks so good. I cleaned most of the baby clothes so they're ready for her to use and I sterilized the bottles and pacifiers.

I think Belle is starting to get nervous. She wants to visit the baby's room from time to time because she knows something is happening in there. I think she's going to be in for a shock, but I'm sure she'll be fine. Poor puppy.

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face...

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:37:02 GMT

Jeremy and I got to see Baby Gwen this weekend. We had a 3D ultrasound at Becoming Mom Spa. It was so neat to see her face. Check out his website for more pictures!

The Home Stretch

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:54:08 GMT

Well, here I am, officially in the third trimester. The backpain (which has been blissfully absent) is starting. And I'm getting more and more frustrated at work. Besides having to go to the bathroom every ten minutes, I'm a very clumsy person and I drop things constantly: pens, papers, etc. It's getting really hard to bend over from my seat and pick things up off the floor. Today I knocked a bunch of tickets I had made (probably about 10 check-sized pieces of paper) on the floor. They all fell out of order and I certainly couldn't pick them up from my chair. So I stood up, used the desk as support to get on the floor, and started picking up my tickets on all fours with my big pregnant butt pointed at my boss's office. Lovely!

There really are very wonderful things about pregnancy, they're just not as interesting to write about as the wonderful gracelessness (is that a word?) I seem to be displaying of late. All-in-all, I must say that my second trimester was wonderful. Except for a couple migraine headaches and some general awkwardness with my body, it really was the "honeymoon" trimester as they say.

Kicking

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:51:07 GMT

Well, my child is officially a gymnast or a cheerleader or soccer player. Over the past few weeks her movements have been getting stronger and stronger. She's beating me up on the inside right now. On Sunday, it was so stong I could actually feel her when I put my hands on my stomach. So, it was a happy Father's Day gift to Jeremy. He got to feel her too! It's really neat to feel someone moving around inside you, but I know it's going to get annoying.

It's a Girl!!

Fri, 19 May 2006 11:18:54 GMT

Jeremy and I went in for my ultrasound yesterday and we found out we're having a baby girl. Check out Jeremy's website for the ultrasound photos.

I Love Lori!

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:45:06 GMT

I just want Lori to know that I love her and I'm so happy she's not hurt. I'm not happy her car is hurt, though.