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Top ten reasons to get pregnant in High School 2007-05-01 05:59:00 Granted, I don’t go around telling girls to get knocked up in High School
as a regular......
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Brought to you from the makers of tampax, hose, and heels 2007-05-05 03:07:00 I want to tell you about the amazing Baby Shower we had last weekend. About some of my favorite people that all came to celebrate our little boy’s birth. About the loot, the food, and the activities. I want to tell you about how we painted canvases and wrote birthday cards to our little man and how these things mean more to me than a million gifts.
I want to, but I can’t because maternity clothes are made by a man......
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I like my cars like I like my jeans: Compact looking, roomy inside. 2007-05-08 05:31:01 Just like Guess Jeans, my car isn’t meant for a behemoth pregnant lady coming dangerously close to weighing the same thing her husband does. In fact, we’ve recently traded cars so my belly would fit behind the wheel and I could get the SheChild in the car without breaking a disc or giving myself a hernia. That’s right, Internet, we’ve “de-balled” the.........
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It’s about time 2007-05-08 01:58:00 You think it’s common sense but it’s not. Now there’s a website for tips on online safety including “think before you post”. I’m trying to take that advice daily.
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Taking love a little too far 2007-05-08 01:12:00 You remember two years ago when I got my DVR for mother’s day? Remember how I dry-humped the box when it showed up? Remember how we never have to resent our first-born child because she prevents us from watching LOST or Grey’s Anatomy?
Last night while we sat on the couch watching the DVR recorded Grey’s, the baby made some convulsive moves and my belly jumped three feet to the left. “LOOK!” I yelled, “Wait, Let me rewind it...” I said as I pointed the DVR remote at my belly shortly before realizing what I was doing.
I think I’m taking the love for digital video playback a wee bit too far.
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I can’t cheer enough 2007-05-06 13:59:00 If you haven’t read the great post by Izzy Mom, you need to. And, can I add? Amen. Now, run off to write your letter and make a difference.
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Call God or maybe Bruce Lee; the baby is EATING MY BRAIN 2007-05-10 13:26:00 Hi there! Well, hello! I can’t seem to keep my mind focused on one thing longer than .2 seconds, which is not long enough to write a post, mind you, and thus have attempted to write FOUR THOUSAND posts in the last two days, all of which look something like this:
“You know how when....”
“One day I was.....”
“It was a dark and stormy night....”
Ok, no, that last one was the start of my latest best-selling-novel that never got past seven words long. It was a damn fine read, though, in my head.
I’ve started seven projects, three websites, two loads of laundry and a grocery list, all of which remain unfinished. I believe I washed half the kitchen floor, but the kitchen floor runs in to the dining room floor and runs in to the living room floor and that’s just too much floor to wash at one time. So I took a nap instead.
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Satisfying like a Rice Cake 2007-05-13 04:39:00 When I was a little girl, I had this feeling I would describe as a used-up audio tape.* In my limited understanding of the world at seven years old, I knew enough to use objects to express my feelings to others. So, when I found myself completely dissatisfied with the length of audio one could obtain when using her Fisher Price Tape Recorder, I realized I felt this way sometimes with my life. My poor, pathetic, seven-year-old middle class life. Oh, woah-is-me, I know.
I quickly learned not to tell my Mom I was bored. This usually led to raking the yard or cleaning my room. So to say, “I feel like a used up audio tape,” I was actually saying how completely unsatisfying the day was turning out to be and how even if I tried to rewind and go back, it would just be the same crap I heard before.
I was deep for a seven year old, yes?
I’ve actually thought of this analogy from time to time. Like, now, for example, when I’m sitting here wanting something.... some Read more:Satisfying
Meet Simon 2007-05-12 12:55:00 Erin had Simon
today! Go say Congrats!
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His first video 2007-05-11 12:21:00 What you see here is my favorite 2 min segment from our 32 week ultrasound. The gal tickles his back with the wand and he arches in response, then pushes his nose on my uterus, which looks like a screen in the video
. He smiles, grins, opens and closes his mouth and then tries to eat the umbilical chord. Yes, I realize it’s nearly impossible to actually get all of that from this tiny video screen, but I assure you, he’s extremely active and completely hilarious. If your his parent, that is. I think shortly after I cut the video off here, he tap-dances and looks directly at the camera and says, “Hey yo!” but I didn’t want to show off or anything.
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on social awkwardness 2007-05-16 08:08:00 Yesterday when we met Mr. Flinger at lunch (read: Starbucks coffee), the three of us were sitting drinking our allocated beverages when a group of three men about our age walked in. Mr. Flinger stares at one of the men, leans over to me, and whispers, “He went to our High School. I’m sure of it. He graduated in my class.” I was sure he was lying because just three weeks ago he saw Ross Perot at Safeway and two weeks before that, Wade Boggs at Quiznos. So, apparently, a lot of people get “spotted” when out at lunch time with Mr. Flinger.
I’m just saying.
So we stared a little too long at this man who looked only vaguely familiar when I realized OH MAH GAH! I had a huge crush on him! Like, in college! Like, he was, like, TOTALLY hot Freshman Year! And OH MAH GAH! I instantly, like, turn in to, like, a teenager! Because! He’s! Still! Hot!
Mr. Flinger kicked me, mumbled something about him still having his hair and tended to our child while
Mother’s Day: A summary 2007-05-14 13:44:00 I had a fantastic weekend. Full of all kinds of boring details and sentences that start with “why I love my family” and end with “I had three sips of beer!” Instead of boring you with all the details I’ll cherish for months to come, I’ll just give you the brief overview:
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The short short version? Even on the best of weekends, a mom’s job is much the same.
Hope yours was just as wonderful.
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Hormonal Reflections 2007-05-18 07:01:00 I’ve been thinking a lot during these last few weeks. My thoughts swing from “GET THE DAMN BABY OUT! NOW! OUT OUT OUT!” to “This is the last time my daughter will be an only child.. the last time she’ll get every ounce of my attention; aside from the blog and the laundry and that shiny thing over there, that is.” Lately I’ve been romanticizing every aspect of her tiny little person because look! We made a tiny little person! Who turned out to be pretty damn incredible! Don’t we rock?
We somehow survived those first few months of reflux, screaming, not sleeping. We made it through the first winter with our newborn, we figured out how to feed her, to swaddle her, to get her to sleep. I remember sitting with her in various locations feeding her and telling her I loved her, even though the words landed on an unresponsive baby who couldn’t comprehend what I said any more than I could. I remember those first few months of struggle, tell Read more:Reflections
The Short Short Version 2007-05-21 12:24:01 We went to soccer on Friday.
She got a haircut on Saturday.
I had contractions the entire time.
Born via emergency C-section on May 20th at 2:04AM, weighing 5 pounds 15 oz and 19 inches long:
Baby “O”
Who now lives in the NICU. We’re hoping he starts breathing better so we can spend some time with him.
I miss my baby.
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Update for May 24th 2007-05-25 05:49:00 He’s been off Oxygen all day. Trying out feeding. His O2 level dropped when eating so he *may* get a tube tomorrow again. Not moved to crib yet. Hopefully overnight.
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May 22 2007-05-23 08:47:11
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Update 2007-05-23 07:31:01 Updates on Baby O will now show up on the sidebar of mrs.flinger. Updates sent via text messaging from my cell phone. Check the main blog page for information.
(Because I’m that big of a nerd)
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Celebrations 2007-05-23 06:23:00 Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate Baby O’s birth and to everyone who spread the news. I’m speechlessly touched.
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If I was telling myself this two years ago, I would’ve gagged 2007-05-28 03:54:00 I’m crying a lot now. The difference is, I’ll cry once a day or so because I’m so happy. Because, Internet? I’m happy. I’m so touched to see my daughter gush over Baby O. I’m thrilled with how my husband is taking care of the three of us. I love how we mesh well and he is already a part of our lives that I couldn’t imagine him not being here. Even if he was three weeks early.
Two and a half years ago, I wasn’t a Mom. I wasn’t aware of what “MOM” meant. Maybe I had some misconceived notions about the word, maybe I didn’t understand how much it changes a person, not completely, but by enhancing what’s already there. Maybe I didn’t know that I was capable of being “MOM” in a way that would make me proud of my child.
Maybe I’m hopped up on pain pills and a bit emotional.
Maybe.
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The Latest Tax Write-off 2007-05-27 04:54:01 Today, we became four. Officially. At home.
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Update May 25th 2007-05-26 06:04:00 The car seat tests to see if preemie babies can keep their oxygen up while sitting in the seat. He did ok for a while but failed the test overall. We got a ”Car Bed” for him to ride home in and will have to use that for a month before re-testing him. As long as his feeding continues to go well, he will come home tomorrow. I’m scared beyond belief of taking a preemie home. Especially one that comes in and out of oxygen so easily. And I thought I was paranoid with a full term baby.
Still, though, I’m so excited to have our family of four together. We’re ready.
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