I did it. Chopped off a foot of hair. I’m not sure exactly how much all that hair weighed, but I’m pretty sure getting such an extreme haircut is one of the fastest ways of losing weight. It’s certainly one of the only (if not the only) acceptable ways of losing weight while I’m pregnant! (Not that I needed to.)
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A date of significance
Five years ago today, a certain young man invited a certain young woman into the adventure of courtship. Five years ago today, the young woman said yes to that invitation. Now, 5 years later, they are one month away from the due date of their first baby! Needless to say, their adventure has only begun. ;)
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Prenatal classes: Done!
Last night, we successfully completed our prenatal classes. I asked T, “Does that mean we’re now ready to prenate?” ;)
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It’s coming together
With 6 weeks to go until the official due date, things are certainly coming together. We’re pretty much finished clearing out everything we don’t need or want and down to reorganizing baby’s room. This afternoon, we went stroller and crib mattress shopping. These were the last two “big” items we needed to get.
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Go ahead, grow me up
One thing that has surprised me most about this process of pregnancy is my own struggle with body image. I’ve touched on this in a previous post but I guess it’s a major enough area that it warrants another post.
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Mad and ruthless
These days, we are mad and ruthless. Don’t worry, it’s not toward each other, just toward our stuff. Yup, we’re madly and ruthlessly purging our apartment. We’re down to the final room in the house: the office-soon-to-be-baby-room. By the end of this process, we figure we’ll have scrutinized every item we own and given away or gotten rid of at least 20-30% of it. We can’t wait till everything’s sorted through and the furniture is all rearranged.
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Brain jam
I feel like I have a backlog of thoughts waiting to be written. So today I will attempt to clear some of the brain jam. Be forewarned, this might end up being quite a long post.
Things have been happy. Things have been sobering. Things have been difficult. And things have been hopeful.
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