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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Bump Progress – Week 19

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November 20th, 2011-November 26th, 2011 How big is baby? He is the size of a mango! Seems like a decrease over last week’s sweet potato, but they must be going by ounces this time instead of inches but who knows. He is about 6″ and 8.5oz. Wow! How I’m feeling? So happy! This past week was Thanksgiving   …Continue Reading


Bump Progress – Week 18

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November 13th, 2011-November 19th, 2011 How big is baby? Baby is the size of a sweet potato – quite an improvement over the onion from last week! Baby is 5.6″ and 6.7oz. Slowly but surely, baby, slowly but surely. How I’m feeling? Pregnant. I finally feel pregnant. I finally feel like there is an actual,   …Continue Reading


Bump Progress – 17 Weeks

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November 6, 2011-November 12, 2011 How big is baby? This week, baby is the size of an onion! Baby is about 5.1″ and 5.9oz. Not too long before this little bean will be getting up to 1lb! How I’m feeling?  Awkward. I am at that awkward phase where people look at me and think “Is that   …Continue Reading


Nursery planning

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We have a house that’s on the smaller side. It’s a 3 bedroom, 1 and a half bath with an eat-in kitchen, living room and finished basement. Of the three bedrooms, one of them is really no better than a glorified walk-in closet. That bedroom, though, is going to become the nursery. The remaining two   …Continue Reading


Another happy Halloween

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Another successful and fun Halloween on our street this year! My husband, Alex, snapped this pic of my sister (in her Renaissance outfit), me (dressed up as a lazy wife, apparently) and my dad plus all our carved pumpkins and my homemade ghosties. The lighting in our house turned out a little crazy in this   …Continue Reading