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I know I said pictures today but yesterday a yummy dinner and an evening being crafty with Erin took precedence. Tomorrow, promise.  Today I went to the doctor and am still only dilated to 1, but the Munches and Jeeves were at the appointment and the girls got to hear Squirt's heartbeat and charm the doctor a little. Everyone in the OB office kept saying how cute and polite they were, which

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The laundry that is. It's funny to me that I will likely not do another load of laundry until after my son is born. The munches have drawers full of clean clothes and now they are well versed in getting themselves dressed without much more than a reminder to put on clean undies. They even put their dirty clothes in the laundry basket, SCORE! All of Squirt's stuff is clean and put away and my

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So, yesterday while at the local gas station procuring a bottle of apple juice and some diet Pepsi, I was surprised by a loud barking laugh. I looked around and noticed a man standing about three feet from leering at my stomach like it was actually boobs. The conversation went like this. Creepy Dude: "Wow, you're almost there huh?"  indicating the belly with his newspaper. Me: "yep" inching

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I had a full weekend, it was full of fun and full of other stuff too. On Friday I found out right before heading out to a party that one of the women I've worked with, a young lady similar in age to myself who had been receiving services at my place of work for about 8 years, passed away. She was hilarious and will be missed however, I'm happy that now she is probably looking at the wonders of

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Yesterday was Mutti's 51st Birthday. My little (actually a head taller than me) brother and his wife wanted to make her dinner and invited us over to join them. They made French onion soup and french dip sandwiches. I got there as the ingrediants were coming together and the house was starting to smell awesome. I mixed up a pan of Mom's favorite, cream cheese marbled brownies and sat back to

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I stole a t-shirt idea from a website and made it myself. However I'm not selling it to anyone, so it's not so bad right? I did the big sister t-shirts for the munches last night. I free handed the giraffes and then colored them with iron tranfer crayons. After doing the transfer, which due to the variation of wax on the paper,is always sort of a crap shoot, I decided I didn't like the way that

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The 10 Great Ironies of Pregnancy 1. During the one point in your life when you want more than anything to be able to maintain your "lower body hair situation," you can either        a. not see the area in need of trimming, which poses an issue because it's not a place you want to take a sharp instrument to blind; or        b. not reach it. The center of gravity is off, so bending over is not

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Good morning everyone! I'm 36 weeks today and in 7 days, this child will be considered "full term" which means that at any point in the next 2-4 weeks, the baby countdown clock will hit zero and I'll be harboring the alien no longer. (Can I get an amen!) We took some more maternity photos yesterday and the photographer sent me a preview of some of the edited shots. I'll share, cause I'm cool

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Now that the laundry situation is just about in hand at the Casa de Ninja, I am turning my focus toward something more important but slightly lacking of late. Cooking, (yeah I know "look at the blog title, this is supposed to be about cooking") Post baby with the healing and nursing I anticipate about two weeks of not having the energy or motivation to cook for my self or the kiddos. With that

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So, it's been hard for me to deal with the weight I have gained during this pregnancy. Hormones, sciatica, an affinity for nachos and the inability to battle fatigue sufficiently to cook meals has caused an 18 pound total gain. (Yes, I know, that's normal, even healthy, however I did not get there healthily, nachos remember?) Anyway I've been worried for the past few months that I don't look

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I've been hard at work getting my home ready for squirt to come home. Here are a few of the things I've been up to. This is one of the photo props that Pinterest prompted me to try to recreate. The photo will be of squirt asleep on his belly with the hat on his head and the "turtle shell" on his back. I also did a quick diaper cover so no pampers are sticking out in the photo. The turtle stuff

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My appetite and 2 pounds in the last week. It's not ideal, but with the baby still sitting so high I feel like anything I eat just sits in my throat and I'm not hungry enough to want to go through that. I think Doc is going to yell at me tomorrow, but what can ya do? If this keeps up, I may end this pregnancy under 200 pounds after all. That was my goal, have a third child and stay under 200. I

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In the last two weeks Jeeves has been doing things that make me wonder if he is really the man I married. For the past 2 weeks he has been washing dishes, doing laundry, letting me nap, and generally being "that guy" You know who "that guy" is, right? The perfect husband to a pregnant lady, the one who makes other wives jealous. With two sick babies and a case of the yucks myself I have never

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We got a phone call from the doctor's office and all of Sunshine's lab work came back normal. She is absorbing nutrients well and has no indications for Celiac or Grave's disease. More good news, Pumpkin started throwing up last night, which indicates that Sunshine's throwing up was part of a flu-bug type thing, albeit a weird one, with no other symptoms. So we are doing a two-week calorie

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Sunshine is still not feeling well, we are just waiting for some answers and it's hard to not know what's going on. Thanks for the prayers everyone. I'm having a hard time concentrating today.

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Week 34 arrives with some potentially terrifying news, not for me or the baby, but for my Sunshine girl. I mentioned before that she had been throwing up at night during the weekend so first thing Monday morning I called her doctor and asked for some advice. The doc asked us to come in because she was concerned about strep, which she had seen a few cases which had presented with no symptoms aside

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Going to print this in black and white. When did I get so fancy lookin? The blocks kept falling off my belly, so I had to hold them up.

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Friday after work we went to church for a trivia night. I'm not really "good" at trivia but it's fun to do and we always have yummy food. Plus the church's youth group provided free childcare, score! Anyway the game involved guessing jelly belly flavors and correctly naming cereals as well as one really awful round dealing with sport equipment weights and measures (who gives a crap?) Any way, we

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I cut and highlighted my hair last night, so today I fixed myself up before heading out to work and had Jeeves take a photo. Without further ado. Preggo-Ninja Gotta fix that whole "creepy smile" thing Dude, just take the picture! One of these days I'm going to find a basics of digital photography class for Jeeves. I'm standing still and smiling and he still has a hard time taking in focus

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I went to the OB today and she says everything is going well, and that the baby is measuring a tiny bit big, which means he may come earlier (Ha! I knew I was right about that) I have not gained any weight in the last three weeks, which is pretty cool and also surprising. Squirts heart rate was 136, and my BP was 122/72. She also mentioned that at my next appointment she will start checking me

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Interesting Observation: When you have sciatica on the right side and a pulled adductor tendon on the left side, you can't figure out which side to limp on. Yesterday my sciatica wasn't causing me any problems, but today since I spent yesterday favoring the right (torn adductor) leg the sciatica is flaring up. It wouldn't be so bad, however, the pulled tendon is more painful today than yesterday

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Quick Update Post. Friday: was my Birthday. Mutti took the munches out of town to visit my grandparents and Jeeves and I went out for dinner and then headed back home as the weather got bad and we didn't want to be out in the icy craziness. I was in bed by 10pm (bliss) Saturday: I woke up at 9 am, fell down my front stairs doing a graceful and unintentional side split and injuring my adductor

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Afternoon folks. I've been rocking and rolling on my list and the "have to" list is basically either done or planned. It seemed a bit much to pack a bag for the hospital, 7 weeks before the kid is due, so that particular task has been scheduled for the middle of February. With that in mind however here comes a little more unsolicited advice. When packing your bag for the hospital stay, be aware

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It's week 32, 8 weeks to go if we make it to the due date. I still feel like he's going to come a little earlier which makes it closer to 7 weeks and if you've ever done this before you know the momentum with which it feels like everything is accelerating right now. I'm getting anxious that I won't be able to finish everything. Squirt technically has everything he needs to survive on the outside,

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I have been dealing with some work stuff for the last two days and unable to post or think much. I have entirely too much attitude these days to be responsible for helping others to check theirs. My internal dialogue for the last two days has been something along these lines "stow it, and do your damn job, fools!" (rinse, repeat) Anybody hear me? I thought so. I miss beer...

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After Missouri's balmy temps for the last week it's about to get really, really freaking cold. I'm not upset about this. I enjoy cold weather. I like to bundle up under blankets (yes, Erin, I know I do that in the summer too, lol) I like to cook big pots of chili and chicken and dumplings and drink hot chocolate. Basically the summer months are like torture for me and the only reason I put up

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I could stage a one woman show of the dwarf monologues. (pause for me to stop laughing cause that just tickled me a lot) Seriously though, I'm so tired that yesterday I woke up at 10:30am (yep, got to sleep in) and was bone tired, ready for bed by 3:00pm. What the what? And I'm apparently now suffering from a bizarre lack of snot, yeah after all the goo that has been running out of my head for

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I spent the majority of the weekend with a clogged ear and unable to taste anything. A very funny friend once described eating with a cold as trying to find taste satisfaction from licking the back of your hand, not gonna work. The ear is still clogged and it might even be an infection. If it doesn't ease up I'll end up at the ENT this week, more doctors, yay... Well, at least the crud is

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I'm in the middle of a pretty miserable cold/sinus bug, which has me leaking and coughing like no tomorrow. (note: it's hard enough to have normal sneezes when you are pregnant but this is uncalled for) It's remarkable that one head can produce this much snot, I must be losing brain matter at this point. I helped Mutti with some grocery shopping last night and they had a new flavor of energy

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I have become a life lesson book junkie. One of my recent finds is called "the Power of a Positive Mom" It's written by a christian lady who includes bible versus to make her point. It's been very instrumental in my change of attitude during the last week. One thing that struck me is a chapter called "the Power of a Smile" The author asks what your children see in their heads when they hear the

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Squirt weighs about 3 pounds this week and apart from putting on fat he's developing keener eyesight this week, although when he's born it will still be impossible for him to focus on things more than a few inches from his face. Most of the changes happening this week have to do with me. My ligaments are stretching in preparation for birthing little dude, so my hips have started to feel a little

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Okay, so the week has finally calmed down and I'm looking forward to this weekend. Jeeves is going out of town until at least Sunday night, and I will be hanging with my munches for the next few days. We are going to chill and probably spend some time at McDonald's so they can tear through the play place for a few hours. Yay for expending energy. Technically I'm off work Monday so it's a three

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An Open Message To the Husbands of the World, from your Pregnant Wives   What I am -Tired, dear god I'm tired. Imagine doing the hardest day of work you've ever done, every single day for 40 weeks and you'll have a vague idea of where I'm at energy wise right now. Everyday, even if i didn't do a thing aside from lay in bed and convert oxygen into carbon monoxide I'd be burning the same amount

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It's week 29 and Squirt now weighs in at about 2.5 pounds, he's a mover and groover and the other day he kicked my phone off my stomach on to the floor. It was hilarious. His skeleton is hardening and if I wasn't getting enough calcium I'd start crumbling like the nose of the sphinx. His head continues to grow to make space for his future rocket scientist sized brain. This week his spleen is

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Here's the rundown. Friday night: Dinner at Mutti's and opening presents with Felix and his family. Mutti made thanksgiving style dinner and we all chowed epically and then we got down to opening gifts. The munches, and Livvie, each received a home made(Mutti sewn) Raggedy Ann doll for Christmas, and I got the coolest gift ever, a crock pot with a seal and two clamps to make transporting crock

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That's All, Merry Christmas All. We will resume the regularly scheduled ninja style snarky programming next week. Love you!!!

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Yesterday Mutti stayed home from work in the am to watch the Munches so Jeeves and I could attend a work Christmas lunch together. Mutti, Jeeves and I all work for the same organization and Jeeves and I are on the same team. So we ate, drank, played a trivia game and were generally merry and bright. It was a good time and it was a pot luck so I ate a ton of yummy goodies. Then I picked up the

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So, we are in week 27 and Squirt is about 2 pounds and about 14-15 inches long this week. His little "jewels" should have fully descended by now and his system can regulate his body temperature. I'm heading toward the third trimester, otherwise known as the days of lumbering, weepy, lunacy. The baby website says that squirt is the size (weight?) of a head of cauliflower now, I've had two

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Sunshine: "blah-de-blah-de-blah-drinks-candy-blah-de-blah-de-drinks-candy-blah" (I honestly don't remember what she was saying just that it was a lot of words and she wanted lemonade and tootsie rolls.) Me: "Sunshine, dearest, my patience is wearing thin" Sunshine: "Your patients are waiting for things...Mommy your so funny, you just talked like a doctor....*giggle, giggle, snort* Me: (rolling

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I have to make this. I'm sort of done with the pillows I have, many of them are flat and sad. So I'm going to buy some new pillows and turn the stuffing from the ones I have into this pregnancy savvy pillow that should make the next fourteen weeks a little more comfortable. I have a coupon for Hobby Lobby so I'll be able to get the fabric to cover the pillow, a nice soft jersey knit, for

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So after a rough day yesterday which surprisingly did not get much better when I left work, I snarked at jeeves some more, let Mutti cook me dinner, did some crafting and then managed to get home to bed before midnight. I'm tired and it's a bad season for wanting to be a slug. Slugs freeze in the winter you know. Nah, I'm not feeling it Happy Friday Everyone.  

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Not an idiom, actual spilled milk, skim in fact, thanks to Sunshine, all over the floor, kitchen island and recycling. She was trying to be funny and I was making the Ovaltine chocolate milk for bedtime. I shut the fridge, it startled her and she knocked the whole cup all over everything. My response to this was something like when the Beast discovers Beauty has entered the west wing of his

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Before I talk development I wanted to share a photo or two. This first one is from February of 2009 I was not 6 months pregnant in this photo.  And this photo was taken this morning. Today I am 6 months pregnant, Jeeves with no sleep + freshly scrubbed face = bad photo This is good right? Any way it's week 26! Little man is growing and his central nervous system is developing. In this

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Yeah, there are like 4 languages in that title. Whatevs. So I took some pics of the new house stuff. Thought you'd like to see what the fuss was all about. First the new (reclaimed from munchkin-land) den. We need a bigger tree skirt - post Christmas sale here I come! My new favorite place to crochet and watch movies. Then the living room which has once again become the place where the

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Lookit me, posting on a Sunday, what is going on? I got up really, really early today and dragged the kids to church, then we went to Walmart to pick up some staples for the week and came home. After arriving home I felt a little ill and started having a few Braxton Hicks contractions. So I drank a big thing of water and went to lay "on my left side" until they went away and I started feeling

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Oh, the extreme satisfaction of having things done. I'm just going to bask for a moment. Alright enough of that. 4 bags of stuff went to the trash, 2 Bags and 1 basket of clothing went to the goodwill and 2 tubs went out into the storage shed. My office closet now has 1 tub of yarn, 1 tub of scrapbook stuff and 1 tub of jewelry making supplies, just like I wanted. It also has 2 tubs of Jeeves

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Today I woke up earlier than I needed to and then decided to come into work because if I'm in at 7am, I can go home at 3pm, rather than 5, which is pretty great, cause I got's me some stuff to do. Right now I'm sitting here drinking Butter Pecan flavored coffee and feeling pretty alright about the day. The thing about waking up early is that you wake up, and want to go back to sleep, but you

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Sounds like dog food but it's not, it's a cereal I bought last night to increase my fiber intake. (mmmmm, fiber) It tastes like cardboard and it's the consistency of gravel, but it helps the tummy and if I put in yogurt and let it sit for 5 minutes it softens up enough to not crack my fillings. I don't know if I'll get around to eating the full half cup described in the serving info, but I'll try

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I'm just saying. A good friend of mine who was at my house on saturday made a comment that struck me as both hilarious and totally true at the same time. At no other point in your life, except pregnancy, do as many strange things happen to your body and you just think, "eh, no big deal, that's just part of the process" Basket-case brand Psycho Moments like those brought on by pregnancy would

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Morning folks, It's the monday after thanksgiving and there are 27 shopping days until Christmas, who's done? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller? lol, me neither. I had such a lovely weekend and am now the proud co-owner of a big flat screen television (Merry Christmas Jeeves!) I hoped to luck out and get my old navy coat on Black Friday but by the time I got there, the only size left was small and

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Today was such a lovely day, I spent it with my family and we ate good food, retold some of our favorite memories and enjoyed some time with some of the people who mean the most to me. In the spirit of the season, here are some things I remembered to be thankful for today. 1. My family: Jeeves, Pumpkin, Sunshine, Mutti, Gram, Grump, Dad, Felix, Brit, Livie, Rhys, and so many others who enrich my

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It's week 24, which a is a big week in the grand scheme of things, because if there were a problem and little dude had to come early this is a pivotal point. His lungs have started producing the fatty substance (surfactant) that will allow them to inflate once he hits the air and his circulatory system is now capable of passing oxygen through his lungs and sending it out to his bloodstream to

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for the weary. And boy oh boy am I weary. (anyone else feel some Otis Redding coming on?) It's such a good term for the exhaustion that pervades almost every minute of my life. I feel the draw of sleep like addicts feel the pull of their drug of choice. In spite of the almost constant risk of spontaneous napping I also have a marked inability to rest or sleep well. It's got to be nature setting

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I had a really, really busy week and I'm sorry that I've been absent from commenting. I pledge to get better about it this week. But so much has happened, it's really remarkable. We got the spare room cleared out, and got the twin bed moved in. The baby's bassinet is set up with a ton of baby junk packed inside of it and after the holidays (when we will use the space as the "santa staging area")

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Slacker Dumbass Nice to meet you. It's week 23 and my little man can now feel it when we rock, which ought to be his favorite motion when he comes out because is sit in my rocking chair for at least 2 hours every day. I'm considering getting a new one from when he gets here, this one has been through 2 babies and looks a little ratty, I'm not gonna lie.I'd like to get one that reclines as well

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I now have 120 days left of being pregnant, according to my little sidebar widget dude. That's about 4 months, which depending on which train of thought you use means I'm either 5 or 6 months pregnant. You guys all know the debate right, 40 weeks at 4 weeks per month equals 10 months. But that's not totally accurate because that would mean each month has only 28 days, it discounts days 29, 30 and

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Today's outfit just came together this week. It's not awesome, but it was pretty cheap and all of parts are covered. I forgot to have Jeeves take a photo so this one sucks, but It's the best I can do in my office with the camera timer. I have owned this white sweater for ages and been unable to figure out how to pair it with things that looked alright. I ran this by Erin the other day and she

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Yep, I'm gonna keep blathering about it. I visited the trusty goodwill again and came across a dk gray and blue plaid hoodie that is lined with fuzzy warm stuff. It's a men's size large and is pretty comfy. I've removed the "sweater cuffs" and will be headed to the store to buy a yard of dark gray fleece to make some coat-like cuffs, a faux double breast placket for the front, and possibly a

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I need a new winter coat. I have two winter coats, one is a light weight wool coat that works fine when it's not windy, or if I'm wearing three layers underneath. The other one was a necessity buy while visiting some family a few years ago. We drove up to Iowa and realized that the temperature had dropped below freezing and everyone had a coat but me. So we went to the nearby Walmart and found

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It's week 22, more growing, more developing, more of the same. No new developments this week but tooth buds, inner ear balance systems, and facial features continue to form. This week he is about the size of a spaghetti squash and still hovering at right under a foot long and right under a pound of baby chub. Today the websites tell me that Squirt looks like a red wrinkled prune, and is steadily

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I went to my Gram and Grump's house this weekend. They live about two hours north-west of us and a couple time a year I pack up some clothes and Mutti and I take the munches for a weekend at the Lake house. When My Grands lived in town we were there at least once a week and I miss them terribly now that they have moved so far away. So getting to visit was a real treat. I lost Sunshine under one

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So, now that I have a few blog and in town friends who are expecting, I'm going to do that thing I said not to do. Give some unsolicited advice. If you are not interested, do not read further. 1. Do not allow yourself to be constipated! During a time in your life when nothing seems to be working properly, a dysfunctional digestive tract can be the worst thing in the whole world. Drink tons of

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Vidia and Fairy Mary Sunshine at the Pumpkin Patch Pumpkin at the Pumpkin Patch Come'er and take a picture with me you snot! Watching the Cloggers Why do they hide from the camera? Picking Apples Me and my Pumpkin Girl My cutie-pie nephew (Darth Baby)Rhys Third Place at Trunk or Treat! Mutti's Gang When do we get candy already? Pixie Hollow assorted family

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Sunshine as Tinkerbell Pumpkin as Silvermist Silly Mommy, Fairies don' wear hats! Jeeves was a Daddy for Halloween this year. Felix and Rhys Mommy! My nose is running! Sunshine found some M's Ready! Set! Candy Coma! OMG! I'm so excited! Ninja Family The Whole Gang - Brit, Felix, Liv, Munches, and assorted cousins. 

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This is the point where pregnancy gets really boring, we are just growing. It's like that point when gardening that you have gotten over the thrill of seeing the seedlings thrust out of the dirt and now they are just plants, with no flowers or fruit attached to them. Squirt is just being a plant. A Carrot to be more precise. This week he is about 10 and a half inches long, about the length of an

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I have lots of pictures from the weekend but they are being held captive on my mother's camera, I will have a Halloween picture post up this week, but today is a busy day and I'm feeling really bad so I'll keep this brief. Happy Halloween, Be Careful out there, Please don't point and laugh at the pregnant fairy.

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Sunshine was born a week early on April 9th, 2008. We were living with Mutti at the time, Jeeves, myself and Pumpkin shared the master bedroom and Mutti was living in the 2nd room. Jeeves was working a midnight shift, Pumpkin was sleeping, Mutti was sleeping and at 3am I am woke up having contractions. I wasn't sure if the contractions were going to mean that my baby was on her way, so I made

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Week 20 is finally here and I'm halfway done with this being pregnant nonsense. Now we measure Squirt by the length of his whole body which, according to both the ultrasound tech and the baby websites, is about 10 inches from head to foot. His bones are hardening and his fingerprints and toe-prints are just about done forming. He has got the beginnings of eye lashes and eyebrows and his tiny

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No wait, that's me. We went to the family fun farm, ate yummy succotash and played with the munches. I have dozens of photos, but I'll only bore you all with a few. I am so looking forward to this next weekend. This is the 3rd year they've worn these! Sunshine riding the range...um circle. Pumpkin spent ten minutes after this petting the pony. My Cute Little Pumpkin! Livvie,

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This has been such a wonky week, I'm so glad that it's friday. Not that I have a relaxing weekend planned or anything, but tonight I'm going to clean house, and get our laundry done. Tomorrow we are going to the Pumpkin Patch with Mutti, Felix, Brit, Livvie and Rhys. We are going back to the orchard I wrote about back in September which also has a pumpkin patch and it promises to be a fun day

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He's already doing the "face palm" Mother's of boys, you've seen this before right? Pumpkin threw a fit in the ultrasound room, she was crying and holding her ears like she was sure something horrible and loud was about to happen. Needless to say, she will not be there when Danny boy makes his entrance next March. Have a great day everyone!!!

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I'd like to take a minute to address one of the things pregnant women have to deal with as soon as they begin showing, advice. To be fair, this affects most women. It doesn't matter if you are trying to conceive, sharing your good news, or just looking kind of fat that day. Near as I can tell, there are 5 types of advice. 1. The not-really advice: This comes from snarky women in Target as you

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This morning I was actually woken up by my darling little shrimp kicking and rolling around in my midsection. I lay there for about 15 minutes having some quiet time in bed feeling my new little having a party in there. I'm not going to lie to you, I cried a little. Any woman who has had a baby will attest to the constant worry about "what could go wrong" and each time the little sea monkey

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I'm a baseball fan, I love the game, and I love my hometown team. When they say that Saint Louis has the best fans in baseball, they are not exaggerating. Last night the Red Birds beat the Brewers 12 runs to 6, and the representation of Cardinal fans in Milwaukee was, according to the announcers, bigger than any other they'd ever seen. Wednesday we are going to have game 1 of the world series in

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There is a distinct and precious rumbling happening in my abdomen right now. Squirt is definitely making her presence known. Jeeves could feel Squirt kicking around in there last night, he was pretty excited. I find out one week from today if it's a boy or girl. I'm so excited I can barely keep still. We've decided to take the munches to the sonogram appointment so they can see the new sibling.

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Last night as we all climbed into bed, the munches were once again talking about the baby. Pumpkin says, "I can't wait till we have the baby" and I thought, "I totally can" The first couple weeks are not all muted pictures of pretty momma's happily nursing little soft pastel bundles. A movie-like scene where older children play quietly and offer to bring diapers and cocktails to Mommy as she

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Week 18 has rolled around and it strikes me that I am almost halfway done with this whole baby making thing. The kid is technically safe to be born at 38 weeks and next tuesday I'll be about halfway there. Also, I usually deliver about a week before they tell me I'm going to. Nesting via culinary adventures has come on full force and on Sunday I made a big pot of white chili and a huge batch of

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I got a call today from a friend at work. She is starting a photography busniess and asked to borrow my belly. The bump is still rather, well...uninspiring, however when 7 months rolls around I'll be just the right size and shes going to take some photos of me and the munches and she's going to give me a CD of the images that I can make copies of at my local printing place. NO SITTING FEE!!!

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On Tuesday Jeeves asked me what we were doing this weekend. I thought for a minute and said, "Nothing, and can we keep it that way?" So after class tomorrow morning Jeeves and the Munches and I are going to relax at home, maybe play outside, probably watch a movie, eat some cheese-balls and I'm going to cook something yummy for dinner. It's going to be a nappy, snuggly, pajama type of afternoon

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Last night I followed a recipe I found on another blog and hollowed out some apples, filled them with sugar and pecans and served them warm with ice cream and pie crust cookie crunchy things. Erin came over and baked with me and the girls helped out a bunch, it was a fun night, full of yummy smells and taste testing. Sunshine knocked over a whole bowl of pecan filling and we had some brownie

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It's the first day of week 17 and all I can say is that I'm working it out. I've got some round ligament pain and the baby is moving and grooving more and more, typically in the evenings and at bedtime. I can feel a hard lump in the area that the experts tell me the baby is hanging out. I feel a little crazy, which is pretty common for me during pregnancy. I get a bit wiggy, where everything

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I'm feeling fat, emotional, tired, fat, over-worked, underpaid, fat, stupid, girly, dramatic, angry... and oh, did I mention fat? Note to my male readers, if you do not cook, or do laundry, or do dishes...do not tell your pregnant, mother of two wife, who holds a full time job and who is trying vainly to hold it together that you aren't feeling appreciated. It doesn't go over well and the

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Last night I showed up at her house with potatoes and sausage and she made me breakfast. I had scrambled eggs and hash-browns and biscuits and gravy. I'm a bit of a breakfast snob and no one will ever make it as good as my Mom, except maybe my grandmother, who taught her how to do it. So it's like my soul food. What made it even more awesome is that I was visiting with my niece and nephew, my

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Last night I vegged, (epically vegged) and watched Thor. I love comic book movies and the fact that I got to see about 15 seconds of shirtless Thor (drool) made the entire movie worth it. I thought the movie was very short, and it didn't have a really involved story, but the fact that it was short meant the story moved well, not a lot of waiting around. Did I mention Thor shirtless, yeah I

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We shop a lot at Walmart, it's close by and has everything we need in one place. I am there a few times a week to pick things up and the Munches really like going there. They get really animated and they call it "the Walmart" which makes Mutti and I laugh because we both love the movie "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" and the way the munches say "The Walmart" reminds us both of the part of the movie

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Squirt is about the size of an avocado right now, (anyone else craving Mexican, no, just me, alright then) she weighs about 3 ounces and is about 4 inches long. As she slowly gets to a normal head/body/limbs ratio there are other thing going on as well. Things like toenails and scalp patterns (riveting, no?...)  Week 16 is typically when people begin feeling baby movements.  I have been feeling

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Saturday was a beautiful day and when Erin called to ask if I wanted to go out and do something I was like, "Hell yeah!" We decided to take the munches and head about 45 minutes south-east to a local apple orchard/farm that allows you to pick your own apples. I had never been apple picking before, so this was new for the whole Ninja family. It had been awhile since we had seen Aimee, so we called

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I'm officially zombifed today. I'm sitting in my office drinking a cup of coffee that is more other stuff than coffee. It's got creamer, hot coco mix, and splenda all stirred up in there. Tastes pretty darn good, I'm not gonna lie. I didn't sleep well last night, was up late decorating a cake and then Sunshine climbed into bed with me and proceeded to kick me in the side all night long. (awesome)

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Week 15 officially started yesterday but I worked from home and had appointments so I didn't get a chance to send out the update, sorry about that. Also last night I took my pregnant ass to the gym and walked on the treadmill, it was alright, but I was so afraid to run that I barely broke a sweat. Anyway, moving on. Note: I don't know what we are having yet, but I'm calling it Squirt and

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Weekend Re-cap Friday Erin called me and asked if the girls and I wanted to go down to the city to watch them inflate some hot hair balloons and see a fireworks display. We stopped at Imo's for a quick dinner and also because Subway had not bathroom due to missing keys? (seemed suspect to me) We ended up getting there after they had inflated the balloons but we did get to see them lit up in the

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Mutti was with me this morning when I got to hear the first sounds from my baby. It's little heart, racing like mad but very steady and so amazing. There is a heart, the size of a caper, beating away in there and before I'm ready (but at the same time, not soon enough) that little heart is gonna be out here in the world. Sadly I clocked in at 190 at the doctor's office today. Not okay. So not

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The foretold 60 degree weather came today accompanied by rain, so I did not head out into the neighborhood for my planned run/walk today. (boo) I did however, sleep for 10 hours last night and woke up to kisses from little girls which is, in my opinion, the best way possible to wake up in the morning. I talked to my good friend Erin who lives nearby and has a membership to the same gym as me

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I recently discovered the issue I have with being pregnant, It's like being highjacked. While on a diet, you shouldn't drink beer, or eat queso dip at the Mexican joint, however you still can. While pregnant, your actions don't just affect your waistline, they also affect the future of the sea monkey you are growing in your expanding and bloated uterus. If you eat one too many Little Debbie's the

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So the second trimester looms, begining tomorrow with it's mythical mix of "feel good hormones" and "increased libido" (who are these people kidding) However the Sciatica is here to stay. Yesterday was a busy day, The munches, Mutti and I started with church at 8am, the bible study, shopping at The Walmart, lunch at Apple bee's, shopping at the grocery store, then I had an afternoon of house

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Not sure why but for about two weeks Google reader has been wonky and not updating my posts properly. I believe the issue may have fixed itself. Gah! Why can't the technology work right??? Moving on. This weekend is my last free saturday for the next 6 weeks. I will be teaching classes every saturday from 9am to 12pm. I am teaching adults with developmental disabilities about world cultures

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It's week 13, and the little alien is 3 inches long and weighs just over an ounce. This week there are some cool new developments. 1. vocal chords: the better to hear you with my sweet, the baby is developing vocal chords, good thing they don't work in water cause I'd lose it if I could hear him/her making sounds inside of me. (creepy) But it also has an identifiable chin and nose, although they

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1. Today Pumpkin was being irritating and I gave her the "mom look." She gasped and ran away. I think that means it works, because she didn't ask me for a "pot start" again (that's pop tart for those who might be confused.) 2. Earlier I told Sunshine that I had a headache. She asked what a headache was, so I said it was a boo-boo in my head. (yeah I said boo-boo, deal with it) She looked puzzled

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Today is a good day. It turns out that I own three pairs of maternity jeans that fit me very well and make me look a little less frump-town U.S.A. than I do during rest of the week. If only the dratted company would relax the dress code, don't they realize my self esteem and well being are in danger here? Oh Well... Okay, so I'm in the mood to share birth stories, I love telling it and this way

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Yeah, we're gonna talk about pants again.  (BTW: the pants mentioned in the hyper-linked post still fit, I feel like this is a small measure of success in this weight gain of pregnancy) Today I'm having pant issues. None of my pants fit properly. The bump is impeding the normal wear of my size 14 pants. Standing is no biggie but sitting causes those lovely "pants are too tight lines" that itch

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It's so close I can almost taste it. (the way I can almost taste beer; God, I miss beer) This is the first day of week 12, (Big exhale everyone, Moms out there know what I'm talking about) and depending on which website you use the baby is either the size of a lime, or a Medium sized shrimp. It is starting to make and excrete urine which is being breathed in during the practice breathing it is

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