Baby Arlo, Mallory, Pregnancy

Mom & Mallory Photo Shoot

March 23, 2009

Rick took some pictures of Mallory & me this weekend…here are my favorites of the 105 we took! I think I’m going to get the bottom two blown up for my bedroom. And I love the top right one too. And the top left one where she is trying to button my shirt up.
   

Baby Arlo

Ditto Wednesday's Post

March 20, 2009

See Wednesday’s post for my status.
I did have a trip to Triage last night but will post about that later.

Pregnancy

Still here…

March 18, 2009

I don’t have anything to report but figured that all of my fans would think I was in labor if I didn’t post something…so here is the official “I’m still pregnant” post.

Pregnancy

Thinking Out Loud

March 17, 2009

Not sure if “thinking out loud” is the right terminology since blogging isn’t really “out loud” but whatever.
I’m sitting here scrapbooking but I’m finding it hard to concentrate with the acrobatics going on in my stomach. It is amazing that there is a little baby in there. A little baby that we will meet sometime in the next couple of weeks.
I know I keep saying that I’m fine with this weekend or even next week, as long as I’m not late, and I’m telling the truth. But the crazy thing is that for as much as I say …

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Baby Arlo, Mallory, Pregnancy

37+ week update and Miserable Mallory

March 11, 2009

Well, two days of pre-baby maternity leave down and not much relaxing yet.
I had my weekly NST and OB appointment on Monday and I took Mallory with me. Mallory was too cute telling everyone about Baby Arlo in my tummy and alternating between telling everyone it was a boy or a girl. We got to see Arlo on the ultrasound screen but I don’t know if Mallory really understood what we were looking at. Baby is still head down (good) and was SUPER active (good for the doctors, not good for my uterus) so we got to skip the …

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Baby Arlo, Baby Fred, Pregnancy

It’s not my imagination

March 7, 2009

I really am bigger now than I was at 40w with Mallory. Photographs don’t lie (36w with Arlo is on the left, 40w with Mallory is on the right). I think my belly looks rounder in the picture from 2006 but it’s still not as big as the picture on the left.
     
And if that wasn’t proof enough – my dad did the math.

Baby Arlo, hockey, Mallory, Pregnancy, rb

That was FAST!

March 7, 2009

Holy cow this week went FAST! All of a sudden it’s Saturday morning and I’m 37+ weeks prego.
Here’s the recap.

You all know about my doctor’s appointment Monday – but the newer news related to that is:

my insurance won’t extend my physical therapy benefit for another month to allow me to see my physical therapist for my pregnancy-related back pain. I’m not sure I really understand how if pregnancy lasts MORE than 60 days, can they restrict the coverage to 60 calendar days of treatment. Additionally, I am allowed either 15 or 30 actual sessions during that 60 days, …

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Baby Arlo, Pregnancy

36w3d Baby Arlo update

March 2, 2009

Just real quick – had my weekly appointment today and non-stress test. Baby Arlo looked fabulous on the monitor, nice heart accelerations, etc. I am nervous that EVERY.SINGLE.PERSON who has observed this baby on an ultrasound or monitor has commented on how active the baby is.
Anyway, the nurse was reading over the little printout thing that the monitor spits out and said something like “…I see some contractions…”. I was like “WHAT THE $%&#??” I haven’t felt much of anything contractions-wise ever since I quadrupled my water intake after my trip to triage back in January. Plus, I’ve resigned …

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Baby Arlo, Mallory, Pregnancy, rb

Four more weeks

February 27, 2009

I am 36 weeks pregnant today. That means I am nine months pregnant. But I still have four more weeks (one more month) left. So in case you hadn’t heard, pregnancy is TEN MONTHS, not nine.
It’s getting weird to be getting to close to the end. In some ways I feel like we are less prepared for this baby to come than we were with Mallory. Sure I have some clothes in the dresser and have a package of newborn diapers ready to go, but other than that – nothin’. I don’t have my bag packed, still no set …

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Baby Arlo, Mallory, video

A present for Baby Arlo

February 26, 2009

This conversation is a redo of one we had just moments earlier (I really need to just run a video camera all of the time). So although it seems as though I am prompting Mallory to answer, she actually said all of these things by herself the first time.

Here is the transcript of Mallory’s contribution to this conversation:
“Baby Arlo have my jammies and go night-nights in Baby Arlo’s crib”
“And I have present for you, your bear (it’s actually the puppy blankie I showed you a few weeks back) and my bear. OK? Ok.”
“You come out and have your present, OK? …

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