Pavlina: Life is Not For the Living

Real quick, I don’t have a lot of time. Martin is crying and Emma is sleeping. Emma Katherine is here! She arrived at 1:01pm on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, Jan 21. She is 7lbs, 8oz and 20.5 inches long. I’ll post more when I get the chance.

I’m sitting in here (in the office/sewing room). I can’t leave because my Mom is attempting to put martin down for a nap. I am learning some very interesting things while I am home on leave about the way my mother looks after my child, and I can’t say that I am pleased with all [...]

She’s digging in. It must be comfy in there. She won’t come out. I have another pre-natal appt in the morning. I was really hoping that last week was the last one. I can’t even bear to put on clothes, because nothing fits!!! Not even my maternity clothes (as if I can wear anything else, [...]

Exhausted, am I. I was up most of last night with false labor. It was enough to keep me awake, but not enough to really wake up Jason. It finally tapered off around 4am, and I was able to get a few hours of sleep. I was hoping I could get some sleep, the last [...]

Nothing yet. No baby. It must be comfy in there. Two days past due and counting. on the other hand, I think I am finally catching up on my sleep, and I am getting through my pile of sewing projects. I finished the diapers and covers. Also finished the little fleece outfit for Martin. So [...]

Really. I have heard of hugely pregnant women who stopped sleeping in their beds and started sleeping in the Lazy Boy. I won’t allow Lazy Boy’s in my house, but between the circus and the heartburn, I have ceased getting more than a 2 hour period of continuous sleep at night. Oh yeah, and the [...]

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