Telling everyone

I generally love the part where I tell people I’m pregnant.
Watching the reactions has been an interesting study in human interaction and behavior, and I haven’t always gotten the reaction that I expected.
Of course, the first person I told was my partner, Justin. His reaction was less than completely enthusiastic at first. We had talked [...]

Nothing Like a Prenatal Checkup to Make You Feel Old

I found out at my first prenatal checkup that I was considered of “advanced maternal age.” Which sounds like I should be on some reality show featuring “world’s oldest moms,” but it really isn’t quite so bad. I’m 36, (and was 35 at the time of conception) which is by no means too old [...]

Baby Socks

I admit it. I’ve got a baby sock addiction.
It all started before we learned the gender of our child-to-be. I wanted to buy something for the baby, but I wanted to wait on buying whole outfits wait until we knew whether to buy the pink or blue onesies with matching socks, mittens and cap. Instead, [...]

Finding Out Baby’s Gender

My partner Justin and I knew we wanted to find out as soon as possible what the gender of our baby was, but we didn’t realize what an issue the whole gender thing really is.
We’re currently living overseas in a country where revealing the gender is supposed to be illegal. Since we’re going through a [...]