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52 Books in 2012: March & April Update
Tweet So, not surprisingly, progress really slowed down in March and April. I read five books total, bringing my total up to 11. I have 41 books left to read. Eek! In March, I read: Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals was interesting. It was a quick read. I think the authors (or maybe it’s [...]
Goodbye April, Hello May!
Tweet Lilies in my flower bed last summer I’m really happy April is over with. This month has been one of the most trying, exciting, crazy, terrible, wonderful months of my life. Of our life. I’m really looking forward to what May has in store. My hopes for May are: Ezra keeps growing into a healthy, [...]
Post-baby body
Tweet It’s been almost a month since having given birth to Ezra and I thought I’d do an update about my post-baby body. Weight Loss - Throughout my pregnancy, I gained a total of 27 pounds. One week after giving birth, I’d lost 21 pounds. Since I’m breastfeeding, I don’t expect the remaining six pounds to [...]
A typical day with a newborn
Tweet My baby boy turned three weeks yesterday. Unbelievable! I feel like I’ve learned a lot in these last three weeks, but that I’m also completely clueless. In some ways, becoming a mom is not nearly as complicated as everyone made it out to be…but in other ways, it’s more complicated than I thought possible. [...]
A glimpse of… my second set of maternity photos
Tweet On March 24th, I had my second set of maternity photos taken by aliciahasekoester photography. It was my last day of 36 weeks and I had no idea that I would be holding my son in two weeks time. I loved my first set and I love my second set just as much, if not [...]
Accountability & feeling fulfilled
Tweet I can’t tell you how many business adventures I have been involved in. There are a lot. I love to start businesses and I am really good at it… what I’m not so good at is sticking with the businesses and making them successful. Most recently (well, more than a year ago actually), I [...]
Ezra’s Birth Story – Part 2
Tweet *Catch Part 1 right here!* So, when we left off I had just received my epidural and it was around 5:30am on Friday, April 6th. I had been in labor for nearly 24 hours – just 15 minutes shy of that mark! I don’t know what time this picture was taken but, as you [...]
Ezra’s Birth Story – Part 1
Tweet Mommy & Ezra, our 2nd day home My labor began at 5:45am on Thursday, April 5th. Wednesday night I had been feeling pretty bad – mostly for myself, haha! – and tired of being pregnant. One of the joys of pregnancy is weakened pelvic floor muscles…which means you better build up a good supply [...]
A glimpse of… my sad, pathetic, sorry excuse for a garden
Tweet I love plants. I really do. But I have a really bad way of just killing every plant I’ve ever owned. Except for the ones that I wish would die. Those inexplicably hang on for dear life and thrive and spread out. That’s what’s happening in this picture above. Specifically with the lilies. Last [...]
No more bump – Baby’s here!
Tweet You might have noticed I didn’t post a 38 week bump progress post this past Saturday… and that’s because my bump is gone! We have a baby now! He decided to make his appearance nine days early and we couldn’t be more excited or happier. He is so perfect and we love him so [...]
