Monthly Archives: January 2013

Flea-Falling

Posted on January 31, 2013 by larva225

As if things didn’t sometimes feel overwhelming enough these days, I discovered something horrible and revolting the other night:  the 3 Stupid Cats have fleas.  While this statement is not shocking to many, when you have 3 cats that have lived indoors … Continue reading →

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Stuck In the Middle With Ewe

Posted on January 29, 2013 by larva225

All parents know that kids love singing and music.  Many of us while knocked up put headphones on our swollen guts to expose the new kid to it.  BY is currently enjoying a Radiohead concert on Youtube right now.  We … Continue reading →

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Little Bed Riding Hood

Posted on January 28, 2013 by larva225

My husband completed the first huge item on the “Oh Shit BY Will Be Here In Under 3 Weeks” list:  the co-sleeper is DONE.  Will had found the plans on another blog (http://ordinaryhappilyeverafter.com/blog/2012/10/diy_co_sleeper/) and ran with it.  Basically for those … Continue reading →

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Great Barrier Brief

Posted on January 26, 2013 by larva225

This will be one of those quick and random posts just to summarize the past several days.  First and foremost for those of you following along at home, we had our follow-up ultrasound yesterday morning to check my amniotic fluid … Continue reading →

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Every Which Way But Oof

Posted on January 24, 2013 by larva225

A while back, I was given a gift card for my birthday for a massage clinic near my office.  I had been sitting on it all this time, waiting for the optimum moment to get a prenatal massage.  I didn’t want to … Continue reading →

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Cold and Fluid Season

Posted on January 22, 2013 by larva225

It seems that perhaps I’m channeling my inner Bruce Willis from Unbreakable:  you know, M. Night Shyamalan’s last good movie.  For those of you who missed it or forgot, Bruce was something of a superhero.  He couldn’t be hurt and couldn’t get sick unless … Continue reading →

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Michelin Tired, Man

Posted on January 21, 2013 by larva225

Saturday was rough.  I didn’t feel particularly awful when I woke up, but after about 3 hours or at around 8 AM, I started to falter.  I was just so tired.  And overwhelmed.  I saw the list I keep on our kitchen … Continue reading →

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Just Out of Speech

Posted on January 19, 2013 by larva225

I’ve started about 3 different posts on Stella, the Early Steps program, and her therapy (therapies, at this point).  I’ve deleted them all for various reasons:  too angry, too boring, too clinical, too long.  To summarize where we are in bullet form: … Continue reading →

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15 Seconds of Name

Posted on January 18, 2013 by larva225

The naming issues become more pressing each day, just like BY’s enormous head on my bladder.  I swear, y’all: it’s so much easier naming girls.  I think I’ve looked at every damn baby name website in the world.  Right now we have … Continue reading →

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The View(ing)

Posted on January 17, 2013 by larva225

From time to time during my life, I’ve had the opportunity and strange embarrassing desire to indulge in some rotten TV.  Way back when in college and grad school, I whiled away hours and hours on House Hunters on HGTV and just … Continue reading →

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