You must go see this movie.
More info at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176740/
We now know who would play Sean in a Hollywood movie of our lives.
Auditions are still being held for some to play me.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Away We Go
You must go see this movie.
More info at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176740/
We now know who would play Sean in a Hollywood movie of our lives.
Auditions are still being held for some to play me.
midwives and secrets
Today we visited our second midwife. We are anxious to start building a relationship with our care provider and to have someone to address our questions. Sean is ready for an expert to enter into the support team and I am ready to start making the next set of decisions.
We both loved Ms. June. She was warm and kind. She had just the right about of "mothering" to her personality- enough to make you feel comfortable telling her anything, but not so much that she calls you "hon" (one of my initial fears). We are going to think more about it tonight, sleep on it, see if we want to interview anyone else, but our feeling right now is that Ms. June is person we'd like to have at our side when we deliver our baby. It's so exciting to be able to write that, and with confidence!
I have not been feeling too well. It's not that my nausea is overly strong- it sort of pulses in severity through out the day- but it is constant. I been drinking raspberry leaf tea and snacking lots. It's hard to tell what's working and sometimes it feels like all the efforts to ward off the ickiness are pretty feeble.
Our list of "who's in the know" has grown a little. We were attempting to keep it to the immediate families and a few key friends, but it's definitely spreading. Sean was congratulated on the golf course last weekend. Aunt Sharla didn't realize the power of the Facebook network- so a few friends of friends of friends of friends know. No one that is in our circle so it's more funny than anything else. I couldn't get through happy hour with Jackie and Christopher with out letting the news out- I guess it makes sense that your drinking buddies are some of the first to know. So Mom and Dad Gustafson, Larry, Dee Dee, Sharla, Sheri, Tim, Cohen, Lorelei (I doubt she'll tell anyone), Derek and family, Lizzie, Molly S, Christina and Tom, Eric and Molly, 204 of Sharla's Facebook friends... wow, we are bad at secrets. I guess the cat is out of the bag and we might just need to pick up the phone to make sure the rest of our friends and family get in on the excitement.
We both loved Ms. June. She was warm and kind. She had just the right about of "mothering" to her personality- enough to make you feel comfortable telling her anything, but not so much that she calls you "hon" (one of my initial fears). We are going to think more about it tonight, sleep on it, see if we want to interview anyone else, but our feeling right now is that Ms. June is person we'd like to have at our side when we deliver our baby. It's so exciting to be able to write that, and with confidence!
I have not been feeling too well. It's not that my nausea is overly strong- it sort of pulses in severity through out the day- but it is constant. I been drinking raspberry leaf tea and snacking lots. It's hard to tell what's working and sometimes it feels like all the efforts to ward off the ickiness are pretty feeble.
Our list of "who's in the know" has grown a little. We were attempting to keep it to the immediate families and a few key friends, but it's definitely spreading. Sean was congratulated on the golf course last weekend. Aunt Sharla didn't realize the power of the Facebook network- so a few friends of friends of friends of friends know. No one that is in our circle so it's more funny than anything else. I couldn't get through happy hour with Jackie and Christopher with out letting the news out- I guess it makes sense that your drinking buddies are some of the first to know. So Mom and Dad Gustafson, Larry, Dee Dee, Sharla, Sheri, Tim, Cohen, Lorelei (I doubt she'll tell anyone), Derek and family, Lizzie, Molly S, Christina and Tom, Eric and Molly, 204 of Sharla's Facebook friends... wow, we are bad at secrets. I guess the cat is out of the bag and we might just need to pick up the phone to make sure the rest of our friends and family get in on the excitement.
Friday, June 19, 2009
staring at babies
Yes I'm going to be a blog mom- With so many of our friends and family so far away it makes sense to have a running update of our little ones life. It's probably a little early to start, our "little one" only being the size of a lentil right now- but I am so anxious for some part of this 'baby having' to start- that I've declared the blog to be step 1. (not really- we took the home test, made an appointment, took some vitamins, told our parents, bought 3 books, etc.)
I think the real reason I've started the blog is that I have now investigated nearly EVERY baby website, primarily ones with Eames rocking chairs and modern bassinets, but also ones with loads of information about everything that could possibly go wrong with a pregnancy. Now I am on input overload and need a venue for output.
So far I've felt ok. There have been a few bad moments where the nausea is distracting- but I'm fortunate to have a flexible schedule and some time to rest and lay low. The hardest thing so far has been maintaining my regular exercise. My exhaustion level, coupled with the 100 plus degree weather, has made it a challenge. But today I had a good swim and feel good about building some new active habits that fit with pregnancy better than some of the things I've been doing. Getting hit by cars on your bike and running in extreme heat have fallen off the list.
I can't wait until we progress into the pregnancy. I'm ready for the wooziness to be is over and to tell everyone. I can't wait until I look pregnant so that the mom's at the grocery store know why I'm staring at their babies or the people on the running trail know why I am studying their jogging strollers. I'm ready to make a place for the baby in our little home. I'm ready to buy a high chair and diapers... but for now I'll stick with reading my books, taking vitamins and posting a few premature blog posts.
I think the real reason I've started the blog is that I have now investigated nearly EVERY baby website, primarily ones with Eames rocking chairs and modern bassinets, but also ones with loads of information about everything that could possibly go wrong with a pregnancy. Now I am on input overload and need a venue for output.
So far I've felt ok. There have been a few bad moments where the nausea is distracting- but I'm fortunate to have a flexible schedule and some time to rest and lay low. The hardest thing so far has been maintaining my regular exercise. My exhaustion level, coupled with the 100 plus degree weather, has made it a challenge. But today I had a good swim and feel good about building some new active habits that fit with pregnancy better than some of the things I've been doing. Getting hit by cars on your bike and running in extreme heat have fallen off the list.
I can't wait until we progress into the pregnancy. I'm ready for the wooziness to be is over and to tell everyone. I can't wait until I look pregnant so that the mom's at the grocery store know why I'm staring at their babies or the people on the running trail know why I am studying their jogging strollers. I'm ready to make a place for the baby in our little home. I'm ready to buy a high chair and diapers... but for now I'll stick with reading my books, taking vitamins and posting a few premature blog posts.
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