more ramblings...
...its rare for me to have the morning to myself. after an hr or so of putzing about i'm realizing i should take advantage of this time and just sit for a spell instead of doing chores paying bills checking work emails. nowadays i feel like every moment is filled and my noggin can't stop churning all the thoughts in the mill. gotta slooww down...
...before life is on hyperdrive. taco's going to be a big brother. hooooray! we're very excited. a little bit earlier than planned but completely welcome. (we are obviously NOT the poster couple for NFP, shmoo was conceived the month after i stopped breastfeeding.) its been an exhausting first tri but otherwise uneventful.
...we have all the usual anxiety. how can we possible split our love and attention to taco when he's still just a baby? can we afford 2 kids in daycare? is our house big enough? can we afford another maternity leave? are we ready to lose another year of sleep? needless to say, our mental to do list doubled and the amount of time to complete is now a hard and fast deadline of 6 mths. we'd already started the process of getting our finances in order, taxes, life insurance, wills, refi, blah blah blah. i've added things to the list to make maternity leave more pleasant, i.e. redoing the bedroom and the front yard. we'll see.
...in the words of howard stern, for every 50 words a photo.
...that's right, taco's come away from his first haircut looking a lot like howard cosell. i love it. we'll finish the rest of the trim after his birthday, when we can get him to sit still again.
...taco update: babbling, cruises w/ help and has a sweet tooth. ok that last one is my fault. all our good intentions out the door, i've allowed him to taste ice cream, cake and oreos. not all at once. but seriously, check out his drunken ice cream face. if this doesn't scream bliss, i don't know what does.
...choosing shmoo's birth place and prenatal care is foremost on our minds right now. we had a good experience w/ the nursing staff and our doula at taco's birth, but i regretted receiving the epidural and felt it led to more interventions (pitocin, episiotomy). the alarming rate of 1 in 4 cesareans at our local hospitals is OUTRAGEOUS. also, i'm realizing that i want more for prenatal care than 5-10 min w/ a doctor that ultimately was not part of our delivery. We feel more educated now about our birthing options. Our ultimate goal is to celebrate the birth process as a family and deliver safely with no or minimal interventions. will keep you posted but hope we have the support of family and friends in whatever our final decision is.
...thanks to sciencemama for helping me score the bargain prego tests at whole foods. when you eliminate marketing, plastic packaging and the digital readouts, you can get 3 tests for $5. i can't think of any other medical test that comes in close to that pricing. our copays are 6x that price! granted, everything else in whole foods more than makes up for the savings.
...before life is on hyperdrive. taco's going to be a big brother. hooooray! we're very excited. a little bit earlier than planned but completely welcome. (we are obviously NOT the poster couple for NFP, shmoo was conceived the month after i stopped breastfeeding.) its been an exhausting first tri but otherwise uneventful.
...we have all the usual anxiety. how can we possible split our love and attention to taco when he's still just a baby? can we afford 2 kids in daycare? is our house big enough? can we afford another maternity leave? are we ready to lose another year of sleep? needless to say, our mental to do list doubled and the amount of time to complete is now a hard and fast deadline of 6 mths. we'd already started the process of getting our finances in order, taxes, life insurance, wills, refi, blah blah blah. i've added things to the list to make maternity leave more pleasant, i.e. redoing the bedroom and the front yard. we'll see.
...in the words of howard stern, for every 50 words a photo.
...that's right, taco's come away from his first haircut looking a lot like howard cosell. i love it. we'll finish the rest of the trim after his birthday, when we can get him to sit still again.
...taco update: babbling, cruises w/ help and has a sweet tooth. ok that last one is my fault. all our good intentions out the door, i've allowed him to taste ice cream, cake and oreos. not all at once. but seriously, check out his drunken ice cream face. if this doesn't scream bliss, i don't know what does.
...choosing shmoo's birth place and prenatal care is foremost on our minds right now. we had a good experience w/ the nursing staff and our doula at taco's birth, but i regretted receiving the epidural and felt it led to more interventions (pitocin, episiotomy). the alarming rate of 1 in 4 cesareans at our local hospitals is OUTRAGEOUS. also, i'm realizing that i want more for prenatal care than 5-10 min w/ a doctor that ultimately was not part of our delivery. We feel more educated now about our birthing options. Our ultimate goal is to celebrate the birth process as a family and deliver safely with no or minimal interventions. will keep you posted but hope we have the support of family and friends in whatever our final decision is.
...thanks to sciencemama for helping me score the bargain prego tests at whole foods. when you eliminate marketing, plastic packaging and the digital readouts, you can get 3 tests for $5. i can't think of any other medical test that comes in close to that pricing. our copays are 6x that price! granted, everything else in whole foods more than makes up for the savings.
posted by Ardel at 8:22 AM
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taco looks more and more like you everyday!
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