Entries tagged with 'Pregnancy'
Hello, Teagan Jayne :: Part I
September 12, 2009
This one's for Teagan. To remember the day she was born. If I told you that 5:45 Sunday morning, September 6, 2009, arrived in an eyeblink, quicker than thought, quicker even than acceptance of eight-plus months of denial could evaporate... Read more >
Time Ticks Down
August 19, 2009
Three weeks to go. And who'd have thought two pregnancies could be so different? It's weird enough having something wiggling around on the inside of your body, shoving itty bitty extremeties into the nooks and crannies of your hip bones,... Read more >
Welcome to the Jungle, Part II
March 11, 2009
It has been weeks since a decent post, but that's because I've been puking my guts out for the last couple of months. Any time not spent hovering over the crapper has pretty much been spent trying to figure out... Read more >
A Year Ago Today
September 29, 2007
One year ago yesterday, after 20+ hours of labor and with The Varmint and Deb standing next to me, the best thing in my life popped out of my very own innards and said hello.This picture's from the day after... Read more >
Welcome to the World
October 8, 2006
Meet Makenna Kay McGlathery. I never expected that The Varmint and I would fall so hard and go completely ga-ga in such a short time. How it All Went Down I'm hanging out with The Varmint last Wednesday night. That... Read more >
A Stupid, Stupid Move
September 23, 2006
So yesterday I'm talking to my friend Summer on the phone. She's pregnant too, so we're having a lively little gab sesh and cackling madly about stuff that first-time pregnant chicks chat about - namely bodily functions, phobias and all... Read more >
Baby's Room: The Big Reveal
September 21, 2006
Today, I plopped the final cherry on the top of the baby room sundae. The Varmint and I are really happy with how it came out. I love interior design and this project was so much fun to plan and execute... Read more >
On Pins and Needles
September 20, 2006
Yesterday, good friend and pro needler Mike Julien stopped by with his big plastic box of goodies. He had me sit comfortably on our couch and proceeded to pop needles an inch or so deep in ten different spots on... Read more >
Somebody Please Play the Rocky Theme
September 18, 2006
This Saturday, a milestone was reached. As The Varmint and I sit on the sofa with the baby next to us (don't get me wrong, she hasn't been born yet - it's just that when your belly's this big and... Read more >
Handy Gizmos for Lazy Parents
September 13, 2006
In the midst of researching kid crap, I've found a few little items that I think might just be indispensable. Strangely, you don't find them listed on many "essentials" lists and I, for one, can't understand why not. For the... Read more >
Double Date
September 10, 2006
Last night, in what may be The Varmint's and my last double date before we become a triple, we went out to a fancy dinner with friends Deb and Greg to Vagabond, a delicious new Frenchy / International restaurant and... Read more >
My Current Perspective
September 7, 2006
No, no - you're not looking at three moons, three paper plates, three eggs in a bowl or some bizarre set of freckled lightbulbs. This is my view whenever I try to see my feet. Will you look at that... Read more >
Catatonia at Chez Varmint
September 3, 2006
The Varmint has been distracted and staring off into space, lately. Also, he's spending a large amount of time in our new sub-level outdoor hidey hole, working and organizing stuff, but also frequently escaping into the calming machine-gun fire of... Read more >
A Move, A Reunion + A Big Kaboom - Part Three
September 1, 2006
The Big Kaboom As you might imagine, sleeping when you're this pregnant is not easy. I'm not as bad off as Deb of the Microscopic Bladder who, nine months into her gestation, was up approximately 15 to 20 times per... Read more >
A Move, A Reunion + A Big Kaboom - Part One
August 29, 2006
Part One: The Move This weekend I cried three different times: Once for feeling overwhelmed and demoralized. Once for feeling like an asshole. And once from laughing so hard I nearly wet myself. The Demoralization Cry was a direct result... Read more >
Mount St. Crapola
August 25, 2006
This is the current state of our office. And currently, the state of our life, as well. In a bizarre series of Bad Luck Schleprock Events (which shall remain nameless here), Life has stepped in, its nose in the air,... Read more >
Things are Getting Weird
August 23, 2006
I just woke up. I mean it. Still got goo in my eyes. I just had the weirdest dream and had to stumble in here to blog it before I forgot it: Shannon and I are in Berlin talking to... Read more >
A Preview of Our Coming Attraction
August 17, 2006
Not bad for a sonogram, eh? World, meet baby. Baby, meet world.... Read more >
See This?
August 16, 2006
See this? At first glance, you might think it likely that, given the facial hair, it could be attached to something like this: But you'd be wrong. Because what it's REALLY attached to is this . . . Which is... Read more >
Surf Safari to Nicaragua
August 10, 2006
Tomorrow evening the Varmint will scuttle from his burrow, nose pointed southeast, surfboards firmly under forepaw. He and his salty crew of bewhiskered scalywags are heading to the tropical climes of Nicaragua for a week of wavehunting and manly bonding.... Read more >
Welcome to the Apocalypse
August 7, 2006
WELCOME to the APOCALYPSE! Tam and Shan are breeding!That was the opening line on the baby shower invitation. So I guess I should have expected what was coming. The only two activities outside of eating (street-style Mexican tacos) and drinking... Read more >
L.A. Update
August 5, 2006
A few of you emailed wanting to know whether or not we'd managed to find furniture with my friend Jac in Los Angeles. The answer is no. Sadly, we did not. I did salivate over a lovely vintage marble coffee... Read more >
Schweaty Boobs
July 27, 2006
San Diego's been a sauna lately: hot, moist and stinky. Not New Orleans-in-the-heat-of-summer uncomfortable, nor Chicago-in-the-blast-of-winter painful (gotta get some perspective, here), but uncharacteristically sticky and steaming and absolutely unrelenting. It's the kind of heat where sleeping becomes a challenge... Read more >
Oh, Crap. It's Slayer Night
July 21, 2006
Last night, after a balmy dinner at Deb's discussing the baby shower, I arrived at Chez Burrow chock-full of warm fuzzies (and some tasty homemade Italian food) thinking innocent thoughts of duckies and booties and what color to paint the... Read more >
Call the Men in White Coats
July 18, 2006
Imagine yourself driving home after a long day at work. You're about to pull into your driveway, maybe thinking about that ice-cold beer in the fridge - when you look over and see your next-door neighbors doing this: What would you... Read more >
A Generic Summer Party
July 2, 2006
Last night, The Varmint and I broke out of our air-conditioned cocoon, and hightailed eastward on a steamy Saturday night for 'The Generic Summer Shindig' at Vince and Lisa's place. Vince is a favorite friend and colleague; Lisa's in the... Read more >
Bye, Bye Sugar High
June 26, 2006
There are a number of pleasures that being pregnant includes. Because everyone loves to talk about the other gazillion less-pleasant wonky bits that happen when you're a pod-woman, I shall list my three favorite things: 1. Feeling the kid wiggle.... Read more >
Why I Shouldn't Watch 'Baby Story'
June 5, 2006
Always diligent, I thought it might be wise to conduct some research and watch the many ways the birthing thing goes down before my own feet hit the stirrups. That way, I logically figured, I could try to mentally prepare... Read more >
23 Weeks
May 25, 2006
Okay, okay. In answer to repeated requests, I will show my Buddha bellyness in all its middle-weighty glory - but not nekkers, thankyouverymuch. We wouldn't want to scare anyone. The kid is already dancing Flamenco on my bladder and protesting mightily... Read more >
Steppin' Out
May 24, 2006
There are those people in your life - we all have them - that mark a sort of milestone era in your personal history. Maybe it was your high school clique, your platoon buddies, a softball team or the summer... Read more >
Ode to Snoogle
May 18, 2006
A lot of crap is marketed to each of us, every day - but a true avalanche of crap is marketed specifically to pregnant women. Apparently, in our fragile, hormone-fueled state, we preggos are emotionally-challenged suckers who'll buy anything to... Read more >
And the Mutant Offspring Award Goes to...
May 13, 2006
People have been asking for an image of The Varmint and me, you know, together. (That's the thing about lugging your Nikon around - you rarely have pictures of yourself. This one was shot by The Varmint's dad, Monte.) Sneakily,... Read more >
Is It Wrong?
May 11, 2006
Speaking of drinking beer . . . (see previous entry) While ice cream has become a satisfactory, if temporary, substitute for the occasional fine brew, I fantasize daily about swilling a creamy, cool Guinness just as soon as that baby... Read more >
There's a Rockette In My Pants
May 10, 2006
There's a Rockette in my pants, and she's trying to get out. Or a mini Mia Hamm. Having your ass kicked by a six-month-old fetus is enough to give you shivers about the teen years. What sort of spawn am... Read more >
Test-Driving Other People's Kids
April 29, 2006
One of the best things about being a mom-to-be who's woefully past her prime is that everyone else has done it first. (One of the worst things is that everyone else has done it first, but that's another story.) Everyone... Read more >
Get Outta Mah Belly
April 25, 2006
And no, I'm not talking about the baby. Yet. What I am talking about is baby's not-often-talked-about sidekick: Gas. Nobody ever tells you the weird day-to-day stuff of pregnancy. Sure, they'll give you the half-hour play-by-play of their excruciating birth,... Read more >
It's a Girl!
April 21, 2006
It was sonogram and amniocentesis day today - and we found out the big, Big, BIG news that we're having a girl - and she's looking perfect. Yahoo! It's funny, both sides of the family were exchanging the typical pleasantries,... Read more >
Head for the Hills
April 13, 2006
It's not everyone's idea of a good time. Heading to a mountain top getaway with three attention mongering kids (ages 1, 3 and 37), an iron-fisted Brazilian, a German shepherd, a rip-snoring Varmint and a gassy pregnant chick may even... Read more >
Everything's Getting Bigger
March 29, 2006
Monday, the second contractor came by the house to tell us exactly how much of our hard-earned savings he felt we were going to have to cough up in order to make our postage stamp-sized, two-person home livable with a... Read more >
S-NAP-shot
March 11, 2006
Call it sacrelige, but I've never been a fan of naps. That's all changed in the last three months. The current nap schedule goes something like this: 6:30 am - Wake Up 11 am - Nap 2 pm - Post-lunch... Read more >
My Top Five Irrational Pregnancy Fears
March 8, 2006
My Top Five Irrational Pregnancy Fears1. I give birth to a rodent, or some variation with a fur / tail combination. (Varmint + Tam = ????) 2. Varmint Jr. gets the inevitable double-serving of The Nerd Gene and is destined... Read more >
All Hail the One Pump Chump
March 7, 2006
So, I've been getting hate mail from people because my old reliable daily entry has turned into more of a bi-weekly to when-I-feel-like-it thing. "Are you getting lazy?" they ask. "Are you busy?" Well, yes and yes. But there is... Read more >
One Month Under the Influence
January 16, 2006
I'm not a big fan of swallowing pills. Especially a big, horse-sized pill, the kind you have to position just so on your tongue in order to avoid it smacking your throat-wiener on the way down and making you gag.... Read more >
Cluck, Cluck, Cluck
December 27, 2005
Ooo-eeee! I got me an egg. See that cluster of round spots in the sonogram picture, below? See the one big spot surrounded by all the other little round spots? (Yeah, me neither.) According to the nurse practitioner, that thar's... Read more >
Earl of the Waiting Room
December 24, 2005
My favorite part of undergoing any medical procedure is the waiting room. That's because waiting rooms are prime people-watching real estate. I love fabricating back-stories of the more colorful characters to pass the time. This morning's waiting room was at... Read more >
My Personal Peep Show
December 22, 2005
Due to my body's delightful timing, I get to go to the doctor on Friday for a little procedure called an HSG test. That's where they inject my uterus and tubes with a concoction, take a bunch of x-ray snaps... Read more >
The Girlie Chronicles: Revelation, Part I
December 10, 2005
Monday, The Varmint and I went to the fertility doctor. The funny thing is that we're still on the fence about Varmintlings. (To be honest, The Varmint's leaning a little further over the fence, Humpty Dumpty-style, than I. But he's... Read more >
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